by Carrie Brownell · Children's Lit
For one hour every Christmas, the twenty-six carved, wooden angels in Westminster Hall come to life. For centuries they have kept their magic within the confines of the Hall. But one Christmas, the angel Benedict ventures outside and has an encounter with a yo…
by Carrie Brownell · Adventure
Island of Stars is a middle grade, old-fashioned adventure story involving curious kids, a mysterious island, and grownups who may be hiding something nearly impossible to believe.
by Carrie Brownell · Adventure
How much risk should a person take to protect someone who has been dead for centuries? Siblings Alice and Henry are about to find out when they head to the country with their parents for a summer holiday. The cottage the family rents near the childhood home of…
Ten Weeks with a Circus
by James Otis · Classics
The circus is in town, and Toby Tyler dreams of seeing inside its glamorous world. When Mr. Job Lord, the circus' candy man, offers him a job, Toby jumps at the opportunity, running away that very night. He soon discovers that the circus life is not all it pre…