Bent Northrop Memorial Library

Zach, Alice, and Poppy, friends from a Pennsylvania middle school who have long enjoyed acting out imaginary adventures with dolls and action figures, embark on a real-life quest to Ohio to bury a doll made from the ashes of a dead girl.

Reduced to begging and thievery in the streets of London, a thirteen-year-old orphan disguises herself as a boy and connives her way onto a British warship set for high sea adventure in search of pirates. Life as a ship's boy aboard HMS Dolphin is a dream come true for Jacky Faber. Gone are the days of scavenging for food and fighting for survival on the streets of eighteenth-century London. Instead, Jacky is becoming a skilled and respected sailor...

"Music for parents and children to enjoy together!"--Container. At the goldfish ball / John Lithgow -- Don't miss the bus / Tom Chapin -- All God's chillun got rhythm / Tony Bennett -- You're a wonderful one / Art Garfunkel.

"Join three literary scholars and award-winning professors as they introduce you to dozens of short masterpieces that you can finish-- and engage with-- in a day or less with A day's read. Professor Arnold Weinstein of Brown University and Professor Grant L. Voth of Monterey Peninsula College-- two of our most popular literature professors-- are joined by award-winning Professor Emily Allen of Purdue University. Together, all three offer you their...