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A Baby Sister for Frances by Russell Hoban
Category: Graphic Novels | Series: Frances
When a baby sister arrives, Frances the badger finds a charming way to prove her own importance.
A Bargain for Frances (I Can Read Level 2) by Russell Hoban
Category: unmapped | Series: Frances
In 1957, Harper published its first I Can Read title, Little Bear, written by Else Holmelund Minarik and illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Large type, simple vocabulary, chapter-like divisions, and decorative pictures made Little Bear perfect for emerging readers
A Birthday for Frances by Russell Hoban
Category: Children's | Series: Frances
Tomorrow is Gloria's birthday, and Frances is not happy about it. "That's how it is, " she says. "Your birthday is always the one that is not now." Frances does not want to be a part of any celebration that is not for her, let alone one for her little sister. But when Frances realizes that she is the on ...Show more
A Case of Doubtful Death: A Frances Doughty Mystery by Linda Stratmann
Category: Crime Fiction | Series: Frances Doughty #3
The year is 1880. In West London, a dedicated doctor has set up a waiting mortuary on the borders of Kensal Green Cemetery, where corpses are left to decompose before burial to reassure clients that no one can be buried alive. When he collapses and dies on the same night that one of his most reliable em ...Show more
A True and Faithful Brother - A Frances Doughty Mystery by Linda Stratmann
Category: Crime Fiction | Series: The\Frances Doughty Mysteries Ser.
London 1882: When a wealthy philanthropist disappears from a locked and guarded room, Frances Doughty is reluctantly drawn into a case that tears the veil of mystery from her own past. Can London's very own Lady Detective solve this sinister new case before a murderer catches up with her and she becomes ...Show more
An Appetite for Murder by Linda Stratmann
Category: Crime Fiction | Series: The\Frances Doughty Mysteries Ser.
The sudden death of overweight 49-year-old Thomas Whibley sparks off an acrimonious furore in Bayswater, and sparks fly between rival diet doctors, vegetarians and the extremist Pure Food Society. Young sleuth Frances Doughty is engaged to discover the author of anonymous libels, when a former colleague ...Show more
Bedtime for Frances by Russell Hoban
Category: Graphic Novels | Series: Frances
It may be bedtime for Frances, but that does not mean Frances is ready to go to bed - not by a long shot. First she must have a glass of milk and make certain Mother and Father have each kissed her good night (twice). Then she is ready to imagine there is a tiger in her room, and a giant, and...each tim ...Show more
Best Friends for Frances by Russell Hoban
Category: Children's | Series: Frances
Frances doesn't think her younger sister Gloria can be her best friend. Besides, Albert is Frances's best friend. But when Albert has a no-girls baseball game, Frances sets out to prove to Albert a thing or two about friendship - and what girls can do. Along the way, Frances discovers that sisters can i ...Show more
Bread and Jam for Frances by Russell Hoban
Category: Picture Books | Series: Frances
Frances, one of children's best-loved characters for over 30 years, now springs to life even more in Bread and Jam for Frances, beautifully reillustrated in sparkling full color by Lillian Hoban. In this memorable story, Frances decides that bread and jam are all she wants to eat, and her understanding ...Show more
Death in Bayswater (A Frances Doughty Mystery) by Linda Stratmann
Category: Crime Fiction | Series: Frances Doughty Mystery
'This book confirms Frances Doughty's reputation as one of the most likeable fictional detectives of the Victorian era.' - L.C. TYLER, author of the Elsie and Ethelred comic crime series and of the John Grey historical mysteries 'Death in Bayswater is another classic - deftly plotted with a rich cast of ...Show more
Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Category: Children's Classic Fiction | Series: The\Frances Hodgson Burnett Essential Collection
Common Sense is the timeless classic that inspired the Thirteen Colonies to fight for and declare their independence from Great Britain in the summer of 1776. Written by famed political theorist Thomas Paine, this pamphlet boldly challenged the authority
Murder at the Bayswater Bicycle Club by Linda Stratmann
Category: Crime Fiction | Series: The\Frances Doughty Mysteries Ser.
LONDON 1882: In this, her most demanding case, Frances Doughty goes undercover for Her Majesty's Government to investigate some disturbing information regarding the apparently innocuous Bayswater Bicycle Club. Before long, she is plunged into a murky world of deadly secrets, a suspicious disappearance a ...Show more