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Author
Publisher
Laura Geringer Book
Pub. Date
[1998]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
29 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
As a young girl waits for her six uncles to arrive for Thanksgiving, she asks her mother to describe life with these brothers on past Thanksgivings.
23) About that man
Author
Series
Trinity Harbor volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Daisy Spencer's name is on everybody's lips...
How could the sensible daughter of Trinity Harbor's self-proclaimed patriarch have taken in the boy caught hot-wiring her car? Whether the boy is a modern-day Huck Finn or not, Trinity Harbor is in an uproar. But for Daisy, guiding the orphaned ten-year-old is easy, an escape from her own tragic past. She can ignore the town's nay-saying. The only real obstacle is...that man.
That...
Author
Publisher
Tambourine Books
Pub. Date
[1993]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
29 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
After many Saturday outings at the expense of Great Uncle Max, Amanda takes him for a surprise treat to what she calls the palace of stars.
Author
Series
Poisons of Caux volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
With an army of scarecrows, a legion of birds, and her friends and uncle by her side, it is up to Ivy Manx to wage war against the evil Vidal Verjouce and the Tasters Guild, defeat her own father, and restore order to the plant world.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
When Willie's Uncle Bill comes to babysit, they have excellent adventures making icky stew, getting a haircut at Hair by Pierre, and jamming with a band.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
“Once again, the incomparable Quick has whipped up a delectable Regency romance” (Booklist)—about an ice-cold business agreement that turns into something far more heated…
The Earl of St. Merryn needs a woman. His intentions are purely practical—he simply wants someone sensible and suitably lovely to pose as his betrothed for a few weeks among polite society. He has his own agenda to pursue,...
The Earl of St. Merryn needs a woman. His intentions are purely practical—he simply wants someone sensible and suitably lovely to pose as his betrothed for a few weeks among polite society. He has his own agenda to pursue,...
31) The Silver Arrow
Author
Series
Silver Arrow volume 1
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Kate's humdrum life is transformed when her eccentric Uncle Herbert brings her a colossal locomotive train, the Silver Arrow, as her eleventh birthday gift, leading her and her younger brother on a mysterious quest.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A nine-year-old girl inherits a fortune when her father dies. Six different uncles vie to adopt the child, but does any want to for any reason but her money? Jerry Lewis plays all six of the uncles.
Author
Series
Forgetters volume 2
Publisher
McSweeney's
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
90 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this long short story, or short novella, Dave Eggers gives us an unforgettable duo, Helen and Peter Mahoney, a homebody niece and her adventurous, almost-British uncle. Helen designs invitations to parties and galas to which she is not welcome, and is quite comfortable with that. One day, though, Peter wonders, "Why not print an extra invite and I'll be your plus one?" What starts out as an innocuous lark becomes much more -- a very funny and...
37) The Golden Swift
Author
Series
Silver Arrow volume 2
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Kate and Tom are now full-fledged conductors of the steam-powered, animal-saving Great Secret Intercontinental Railway, but when Kate takes the Silver Arrow out on an unsanctioned mission to find Uncle Herbert she discovers a mysterious train called the Golden Swift with an agenda of its own.
Author
Series
Ordinary farm adventures volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When their great-uncle Gideon invites Tyler and Lucinda to his farm for the summer, they discover his animals are extremely unusual.
39) A river dream
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
[1988]
Physical Desc
30 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
While sick in bed, a young boy opens a box from his uncle and embarks on a fantastical fishing trip.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
36 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Buster Bickles's big ideas were always getting him into trouble. Eggs-ray vision was not a hit at the breakfast table. His robo-show-and-tell didn't pass the test. No one appreciated his genius. But he had no idea just how much trouble he could get into until Uncle Roswell invited Buster to test his newly invented What-if Machine. Now anything Buster imagines can become reality.
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