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It's mid-December and for the fifth year, at the Sullivans' lonely brownstone in Harlem, stockings go un-stuffed, tinsel un-strewn, gifts un-bought, mistletoe un-hung, chestnuts un-roasted, carols un-played, cookies un-cooked and a tree un-visible. But this year, a mysterious someone is sending gifts to widower Henry Sullivan and his two children, Will and Ella. These gifts are... strange. Noisy. And there's no returning them. First, a small beaked...
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English
Description
It is 1922, and London is tense. Ex-servicemen are disillusioned, the out-of-work and the hungry are demanding change. And in South London, in a genteel Camberwell villa, a large silent house now bereft of brothers, husband and even servants, life is about to be transformed, as impoverished widow Mrs Wray and her spinster daughter, Frances, are obliged to take in lodgers.
Author
Series
Baby-sitters little sister. Main series volume 28
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
From the bestselling author of the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club comes a series for a new generation!
Please pass the pisgetti!Karen and David Michael have the worst manners ever. Karen burps at the dinner table. And david Michael makes rude noises with his armpit. Then Karen's daddy sends them to charm school. Karen loves dressing up and learning how to dance. But David Michael and the rest of the boys are so rude. So Karen decides...
Author
Pub. Date
1986.
Language
English
Description
Robert Coover's wicked and surreally comic novel takes place at a chilling, ribald, and absolutely fascinating party. Amid the drunken guests, a woman turns up murdered on the living room floor. Around the corpse, one of several the evening produces, Gerald's party goes on - a chatter of voices, names, faces, overheard gags, rounds of storytelling, and a mounting curve of desire. What Coover has in store for his guests (besides an evening gone mad)...
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"As beautiful as it may be, their friends' country home is not where Lady Vespasia wishes to spend Christmas with her new husband, Victor Narraway. She'd rather pass a relaxing holiday at home with him--especially because Victor, former head of the London Special Branch, seems to be hiding some undercover dealings with the other guests who have gathered in the spacious home. As tensions grow among the couples, the young and beautiful Iris Watson-Watt...
10) Not yet, Yvette
Author
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
A girl waits impatiently as she and her father prepare a surprise birthday party for her mother.
Author
Series
Bright and early book volume 22
Language
English
Description
A youngster plans a huge, spectacular party, inviting friends whose names begin with every letter from A to Z--except for one person.
14) The 13th clue
Author
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
A young girl follows thirteen clues to a surprise.
16) Harry's birthday
Author
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Description
Harry, who is hoping to get a cowboy hat for his birthday, is quite surprised when he opens all the presents at his party.
17) Ice cream soup
Author
Pub. Date
[1988]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Martin and Marvin decide to give their own birthday party, but they have trouble making their cake and ice cream.
19) Spring green
Author
Pub. Date
[1985]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Danny Duck needs something to take to a "green" contest at a spring party and surprises himself by what he actually takes.
20) Birthday present
Author
Pub. Date
[1991]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Although he is not pleased with his mother's choice of gift for him to take to a birthday party, a little boy attends and experiences a pleasant surprise.
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