Showing results for "Polly" in Historical Fiction

It is World War II, and Franny and her parents, Sina and Old Tom, enjoy a quiet life on a farm on Vancouver Island. Franny writes, Sina sculpts, and Old Tom tends to their many gardens - including the ancient, mysterious night garden. Their peaceful life is interrupted when their neighbor, Crying Alice, begs Sina to watch her children while she goes to visit her husband at the military base because she suspects he’s up to no good.

Piet und Polly segeln mit ihrer kleinen Mannschaft über die Weltmeere. Kommt mit auf die Reise durch den Höllenschlund zur Insel Makama auf Schatzsuche! Wo die Glühwürmchen glühen, berühre den Stein, schon wird der Schatz der deine sein. Begegne einem freundlichem Seeungeheuer und dem wilden Mann. Und wer ist Joey? Ein Hörbuch in sechs Kapiteln geschrieben von Barbara Zimmermann für Kinder ab 5 Jahren.

Morgan is a young orphan who lives off scavenging - until he finds a cosy home at a famous London publishing house. Over time, he learns a trade - and soon becomes the very best book cat in the business. Then the Blitz begins. Morgan finds himself training up 20 odd kittens to be book cats, and then there is the small matter of secretly evacuating them out of London. Happily, Morgan has a plan.

It is 1940 and William, 12, Edmund, 11, and Anna, nine, aren't terribly upset by the death of the not-so-grandmotherly grandmother who has taken care of them since their parents died. But the children do need a guardian, and in the dark days of World War II London, those are in short supply, especially if they hope to stay together. Could the mass wartime evacuation of children from London to the countryside be the answer?