Jane Horrocks
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
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Formats
Description
Christopher Robin had a friend named Edward Bear. One day Edward Bear said he would like an exciting name all to himself. Without stopping to think about it, Christopher Robin said that he was Winnie-the-Pooh. To follow are stories of wonderful times with characters who live in the same woods.
Pub. Date
[2002]
Description
Edina Monsoon and Patsy Stone are two immature, prosperous, but preposterous substance-abusing fashion and fad-obsessed Londoners who value fame and style over substance (unless they are controlled substances). Saffron, Edina's daughter, provides the persistently dour voice of Monsoon and Stone's super-egos.
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Description
Cleanin': With Saffy gone on holiday, Patsy and Eddy have the house to themselves. Book Clubbin': Eddy and Patsy's little book club meets to discuss their latest selection. Panickin': Eddy installs a panic room and gets locked inside it. Huntin', shootin', fishin': Eddy is doing some Royal PR so she and Pats decide to travel down to the country to see how the other half live. Birthin': Saffy has gone into labour, ruining Patsy's expensive outfit when...
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
An amusing portrait of a working-class family in a suburb just north of London, an irrepressible mum and dad and their night-and-day twins, a bookish good girl and a sneering lay about. A vivid, lived-in story of ordinary existence, in which even modest dreams (such as the father's desire to open a food truck) carry enormous weight. Perched on the line between humor and melancholy.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
Description
When Elsie, an orphan on the streets of Victorian London, hears about the mysterious ice monster-a woolly mammoth found at the North Pole-she's determined to discover more.... Luckily, a chance encounter brings Elsie face to face with the creature, sparking the adventure of a lifetime-from London to the heart of the Arctic.
10) Born romantic
Pub. Date
c2002, p2000
Description
Three men and three women fall in and out of love and back again. Eleanor, a sophisticated and slightly anal art restorer, is pitted against Frankie, a smartly dressed divorcee who still shares a flat with his bitter ex-wife, who meet one night at a salsa club. Another pairing sees Mo, a tough, love-'em-and-leave-'em kind, reunite with Eddie, a clumsy bloke who was in love with Mo years before and now dreams of winning her back. Meanwhile, Jocelyn,...
11) Born Romantic
Pub. Date
2002
Description
Three men and three women fall in and out of love and back again. Eleanor, a sophisticated and slightly anal art restorer, is pitted against Frankie, a smartly dressed divorcee who still shares a flat with his bitter ex-wife, who meet one night at a salsa club. Another pairing sees Mo, a tough, love-'em-and-leave-'em kind, reunite with Eddie, a clumsy bloke who was in love with Mo years before and now dreams of winning her back. Meanwhile, Jocelyn,...