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Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Mary Lennox is a prickly and unloved ten-year-old girl, born in India to wealthy British parents. When they suddenly die, she is sent back to England to live with her uncle. There, she begins to uncover many family secrets, particularly after meeting her sickly cousin Colin, who has been shut away in a wing of the house. Together, these two damaged, slightly misfit children heal each other through their discovery of a wondrous secret garden.
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Fire up young readers' imagination and creativity with this classic story featuring added STEAM activities. Frances Hodgson Burnett's enchanting tale is retold with vivid and engaging new illustrations - and at the end of every chapter, there are exciting new science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics activities, themed around the events in the book. The activities range from simple puzzles to fun, dynamic experiments, so there's something...
Pub. Date
[1975]
Language
English
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This series dramatizes Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic children’s novel about an orphaned girl sent to live in her uncle's lonely house on the Yorkshire moors. In Episode Seven, Colin uses the power of magic and positive thinking to improve his strength, while pretending to still be an invalid. Archibald Craven dreams of his wife in the garden and Mrs. Sowerby sends him a letter requesting his return home. He arrives to find Colin, Mary, and Dickon...
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Follows Dr. Stephanie Dalley as she hunts for the gardens using ancient texts and spy satellite images to uncover evidence to support her theory that the gardens were built 100 years before commonly believed. Her search takes her to one of the most dangerous places on earth in a modern-day adventure story searching to find a site thousands of years old.
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Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
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Children's Books- Disabilities and Neurodiversity
Historical Fiction- MID/ JF
If You Like Anne of Green Gables, Read These!
Historical Fiction- MID/ JF
If You Like Anne of Green Gables, Read These!
Description
A ten-year-old orphan comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors where she discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden.
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
A young orphan named Mary is sent to live at the dark and foreboding English estate of her widowed uncle. She discovers a secret garden which was abandoned after a tragic accident. With the help of her crippled cousin Colin, and Dickon the country boy, her spirit is gradually reawakened as they bring the garden back to life.
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Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
In 55 BC Julius Caesar marched through Europe, crushing the rebellious tribes in the North. In mid-summer he arrived at the mighty Rhine. He was determined to get his legions across to teach the tribes on the other side a lesson, but considered it beneath the dignity of the Roman army to cross the river by boat. Consequently, he ordered his men to build a wooden bridge over a river which was at least 400 meters wide, up to 8 meters deep and flowing...
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Beijing's Forbidden City is known throughout the world as an icon of Chinese history, evolving over the centuries as a symbol of the glory and grandeur of its ruling elite. Yet in one corner stands a more intimate group of buildings and gardens-one that has lain unused and virtually untouched for more than two hundred years. This film takes us on a fascinating journey into a world where only the most perfect and beautiful work could be offered to...
Pub. Date
[2012], c1986
Language
English
Description
Ireland keeps its secrets to itself. At the extreme western limit of Europe, in County Kerry, at a latitude that is barely south of Moscow's, fabulous gardens were created during the late 19th century. As veritable open-air botanical museums, these gardens cradle living collections of what in the plant world counts as most mysterious and rare. Here, the treasures of these tranquil gardens are revealed, displaying a Noah's Ark of spectacular vegetation....
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Best friends Mary Lennox, Sara Crewe, and Cedric Erroll flee their repressive boarding school, intending to start over in the theaters of Paris, but they instead find themselves at Cedric's estate in Yorkshire, where a hidden garden helps them realize their destiny.
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Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Tell[s] the inspiring life and history of George Washington Carver, from a baby born into slavery to celebrated botanist, scientist, and inventor. His passion and determination are the seeds to this lasting story about triumph over hardship--a tale that begins in a secret garden"--
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Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Reading with your kids has a profound impact on their development, and now it's easier than ever! In The Secret Garden in 20 Minutes a Day, the unabridged text of the beloved story of the garden, the key, and the robin is broken down into easy, twenty-minute chunks-perfect for daily read-alouds. Thoughtful questions after each passage boost comprehension and facilitate meaningful discussion, while definitions in the margins make it easy for parents...
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Katherine, a girl who appears to have everything, has trouble making friends. While in England visiting her sickly cousin, Margaret, at Misselthwaite Manor, she finds an old diary that brings unexpected adventure and reveals a secret garden. Together with a boy named Timothy, Katherine and Margaret explore the mysteries of the secret garden and discover the true meaning of friendship.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
The Summer Palace, located approximately six miles from Beijing, covers over 700 acres. Within this vast area, a wide variety of palaces, gardens, pagodas, temples and other remarkable buildings can be found, representing a miniature model of the Middle Empire, a genuine living museum of Chinese art. But it is also the archetype of the philosophy and practice of Chinese land art, which played a key role in the development of this culture throughout...
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