Joan Walker

"From the author of the internationally bestselling A Man Called Ove, a charming, warmhearted novel about a young girl whose grandmother dies and leaves behind a series of letters, sending her on a journey that brings to life the world of her grandmother's fairy tales."-- Provided by publisher. Elsa is seven years old; her grandmother is seventy-seven years old. She is Elsa's best, and only, friend. At night Elsa takes refuge in her grandmother's...

Victorian England is a country of sharp divides between rich and poor, but James Lionel Falconer is everything a self-made man should be: handsome, ambitious, charming, and brimming with self-confidence. Even as a boy working in his father's market stall in Camden, he was determined to become a merchant prince. Through hard work and a single-minded determination, James rises quickly through the ranks, with a loving wife, devoted children, and a lofty...

Britt-Marie can't stand mess. She eats dinner at precisely the right time and starts her day at six in the morning because only lunatics wake up later than that. And she is not passive-aggressive. Not in the least. It's just that sometimes people interpret her helpful suggestions as criticisms, which is certainly not her intention. But at sixty-three, Britt-Marie has had enough. She finally walks out on her loveless forty-year marriage and finds a...

The story of a little mouse's funny house, the visitors she has there, and how she finally rids herself of the untidy, messy ones.

Contains the text of the play, edited for young adult readers, with a running synopsis of the action, explanations of difficult words, and a wide range of classroom-tested activities.

Two little mice, Tom Thumb and Hunca Munca, get into some mischief in the dollhouse while the rightful occupants are out for a buggy ride.

For the first time ever, this thrilling literary detective story, doubling as a celebration of words, language, people and one of mankind's greatest achievements, unravels the mystery of the contributors from around the world who, for over seventy years, helped to codify the way we read, write and speak.

An illustrated edition of the classic tale, in which the Flopsy Bunnies decide to look through Mr. McGregor's garbage heap for their dinner, but nearly get caught when they fall asleep.

Tom Kitten hides from his mother and is caught by rats who want to make him into a kitten dumpling.

Pigling sets off from home and, among his adventures, helps Pig-wig escape from Mr. Piperson.