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Carousels

"Discusses the carousel's amazing history that began with a game played hundreds of years ago by Arab horsemen"--Provided by publisher.
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Skary childrin and the carousel of sorrow

2013
In Widowsbury, an isolated village where people believe "known is good, new is bad," three outcasts from the girls' school join forces with a home-schooled boy to uncover and combat the evil that is making people disappear.

Feivel's flying horses

2010
A Jewish immigrant who is saving money to bring his wife and children to join him in America creates ornate horses for a carousel on Coney Island, one for each member of his family.

Heather the violet fairy

2008
A merry-go-round sends Rachel and Kirsty to a magical world, where they search for Heather, the Violet Fairy and the last of the Fairy sister banished from Fairyland by Jack Frost. Presented in English and Chinese.

The rose horse

1995
When Lily goes to Coney Island in 1909 to visit her newborn sister, she learns about the art and traditions of the Jewish woodcarvers who make the carousel animals there.

The star horse

1992
An old carousel horse is granted his wish and takes the boy who loves him on a search to find the greatest horses of all.

Skary childrin and the carousel of sorrow

2011
In Widowsbury, an isolated village where people believe "known is good, new is bad," three outcasts from the girls' school join forces with a home-schooled boy to uncover and combat the evil that is making people disappear.

Moongirl

2006
When Leon is out fishing one night and is pulled into the sky by a giant fish-of-stars, he lands inside the moon where he must battle a fearsome monster, rescue Moongirl, and use lightning bugs to keep the moon's carousel lit.

The merry-go-round

1985
As the merry-go-round goes round and round, the animals all go up and down, the children ride, some two by two--everyone enjoys the animal zoo.

The runaway flying horse

1976
Bored with his life on the merry-go-round, a little wooden horse decides to run away.

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