letters

Twelve-year-old Seymour Hope and his ghostly "mother" Olive go to Scotland to claim a castle inherited from Ignatius Grumply's punster uncle, Ian, but while they tend an aged tortoise and face an unscrupulous developer, Iggie deals with Ian's ghost and an inept insurance agent.

Come celebrate Christmas on the prairie! When Piper visits her cousin Henry in North Dakota for the holidays, she goes ice fishing, sees historical forts and theaters, tastes delicious local foods, and experiences a real Native American powwow. And every day, Henry gives her a special North Dakota gift, from 12 skates a-sliding and 9 bison basking to a meadowlark in an elm tree.

Catie has never been superstitious, but when bad things start happening after she throws away a chain letter, she begins to wonder if the letter's curse is real.

Still moping months after being dumped by her Arizona boyfriend Leo, fifteen-year-old Stargirl, a home-schooled free spirit, writes "the world's longest letter" to Leo, describing her new life in Pennsylvania.

Jennifer returns to the resort village where she grew up and two letters change her life; she discovers she still has the capability to fall in love.

Now that they live in different cities, thirteen-year-old Tara and Elizabeth use email to "talk" about everything that is occurring in their lives and to try to maintain their closeness as they face big changes.

A homework pack that contains book and audio versions of "Dear Mr. Henshaw," a story told through letters in which ten-year-old Leigh reveals his problems in coping with his parents' divorce, being the new boy in school, and generally finding his own place in the world; and includes a student worksheet and teacher's guide.

Three young middle-school-age children, Abby, Amira, and Sadeed, exchange letters back and forth between the prairies of Illinois and the mountains of Afghanistan and begin to bridge a gap across cultural and religious divides.

"Living in a new house and about to start at a new school, Florence feels sad that she had to leave all her friends behind. So she decides to write a letter to the panda who lives in the zoo next door, asking him to be her friend."--Publisher.

A series of letters describe the actions of Goldilocks, Peter Rabbit, the Three Pigs, Little Red Hen, and other storybook characters when Little Red Hen and her chicks become the target of the unsavory Wolf and his cousin, Fer O'Cious.