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Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling Pub
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Description
An abridged version of the tale of ten-year-old Mary who, after the death of her parents, comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors where she discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden.
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
John Cromwell's 1936 film version of Little Lord Fauntleroy is the definitive rendering of Frances Hodgson Burnett's beloved novel, a heartwarming classic with delightful performances from Freddie Bartholomew and Mickey Rooney.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Mary Lennox is a loner living in Silicon Valley. With her parents always working, video game and tech become her main source of entertainment and "friends." When her parents pass away in a tragic accident, she moves to New York City to live with her uncle who she barely knows, and to her surprise, keeps a gadget free home. Looking for comfort in this strange, new reality, Mary discovers an abandoned rooftop garden and an even bigger secret...her...
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Orphan Mary Lennox arrives at Misselthwaite Manor, sour and miserable. With the help of a clever robin and her new friend Dickon, Mary discovers a neglected garden and a lonely boy named Colin. Together the children bring life to the garden and joy to one another.
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
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.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1995
Language
English
Description
After an exotic childhood spent in India, young Sara Crewe finds herself in New York, immured in Miss Minchin girls' school as her father sails off to World War I. When he is lost, a severe reversal of fortune ensues. Thanks to him, Sara knows that "All girls are princesses ... even if they wear rags or are not pretty or smart." Summoning all the qualities of a true princess, patrician and bereft Sara uses her creativity and sense of self-worth to...
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
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.
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
©2006
Language
English
Description
"Adaptation of a classic children's novel and stage play by Frances Hodgson Burnett, adorable Sara Crewe is treated like a little princess at her boarding school. But when reports of her father's death in the Boer War surface, she is forced into servitude towards other girls. The unflappable youngster steps up to the challenge of her new lot in life, and ultimately wins over the hearts of wealthy neighbors - and even Queen Victoria herself - as she...
Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling Pub
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
An abridged version of the tale of Sara Crewe, a pupil at Miss Minchin's London school, who is left in poverty when her father dies but is later rescued by a mysterious benefactor.
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Dimples (1936): A tiny performer encourages her pickpocket grandfather (Frank Morgan) to go legit. -- The Little Colonel (1935): A tiny Southerner inspires her mom and estranged grandfather to reconcile. -- The Littlest Rebel (1935): Amidst the sorrow of the Civil War, an irrepressible tot gains an audience with President Lincoln himself! -- The Blue Bird (1940): In a rare departure from her bubbly screen persona, Shirley plays a spoiled little girl...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Join award-winning author Mitali Perkins as she explores the promise of seven timeless children's novels for adults living in uncertain times. Through works by Louisa May Alcott, C. S. Lewis, L. M. Montgomery, Frances Hodgson Burnett, and other literary uncles and aunts, Perkins unpacks wisdom to help us thrive.
The stories we read as children shape us for the rest of our lives-- but it's never too late to discover that transformative spark of hope...
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