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Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"Winston Churchill might have been known as the British Bulldog, but in truth he was best friends with a miniature poodle named Rufus. When WWII comes crashing down on London, the small dog bears witness to Churchill's efforts as prime minister."--Booklist.
3) Bumblebee
Author
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
24 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Follows the life of a queen bee from the time she wakes from winter hibernation until cold weather returns to claim the colony she has built over the warm months.
Author
Publisher
August House LittleFolk
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged.) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
In this British variant of a traditional tale, a great smelly, slobbery, small-tooth dog rescues a rich man from bandits and demands that the man bring his beautiful daughter to live in his castle.
Author
Publisher
M.K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[1986]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
A retelling of the legend from British coasts and islands in which a man falls in love with a beautiful seal girl and forces her to live on land and be his bride.
Author
Publisher
August House LittleFolk
Pub. Date
1995.
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
In this British variant of a traditional tale, an ungrateful woman who complains constantly about her house is granted increasingly grandiose wishes by a fairy.
Author
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"When the British Royal Navy grew desperate to protect their ship from German U-Boat attacks, they created Dazzle ships in order to confuse the enemy of their location and destination."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"In June of 1939, British monarchs King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visit America, the first visit ever by reigning British royalty. As part of the festivities, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt hosts an all-American picnic that includes hot dogs, a menu item that shocks some people"--
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color map ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
At the height of World War II, only a few days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill began an extraordinary visit, during which they made plans that would lead to the success of the Allied powers as well as to a continuing peace after the war ended.
Author
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color map ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
When Saddam's soldiers came to his house, beat him and his mother and took his father away, Mohammed never saw his father again. This is his story. From that terrible night, to the escape from Iraq by bus, on horseback, in an inflatable raft on a raging river and finally, hiding in a lorry on a ship. It covers his journey from Kirkuk to the Iraq-Iran border, through Iran, into Turkey and then on to England and safety. Mohammed and his mother were...
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