The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in Renaissance England: From 1485-1649
Book ListsQueen Elizabeth I and Her WorldKeywordsEnglandElizabeth IRenaissance16th century15th centuryHistorical Fiction -- authorship
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Book ListsQueen Elizabeth I and Her WorldKeywordsEnglandRenaissance16th centuryWomen's history
View ArticleWho Murdered Chaucer: A Medieval Mystery
Book ListsMysteries from HistoryKeywordsEnglandMiddle Ages14th centuryTrue Crimeliterary figuresGeoffrey ChaucerPoets
View ArticleShe-wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth
Book ListsWomen of CourageA Short History of EnglandKeywordsEnglandKings and rulersWomen's historyqueensTudor familyPlantagenet family
View ArticleRuby Red
Book ListsTeens ListsKeywordsEnglandLoveTime TravelFantasyLondonMysteriessecret societies -- fiction
View ArticleThe London Monster: A Sanguinary Tale
Book ListsStranger Than FictionKeywordsEngland1790sLondonTrue Crime
View ArticleCrowfield Curse
Book ListsTeens ListsKeywordsEnglandFantasyFairiesCafe Bookmedieval times -- fiction
View ArticleLondon Walks -- London Stories
Book ListsA Short History of EnglandKeywordsEnglandParanormalLondonGhost storiesTrue CrimeEngland -- travelliterary biographyEngland -- historywalking tours
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Friday Book Flick: Brianne Reviews Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier
Local Teen Picks: Cafe BookMagical MayhemEnglandTime TravelLondonChancellor Middle SchoolunRequired Reading BlogTeen BlogDuring Chancellor Middle School Cafe Book Get Together Day at Salem Church...
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Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? By Jeanette Winterson
Courtney McAllisterBiographies & MemoirsEnglandMental illnessAdoptionwomen writersMemoirdysfunctional familiesLibraryPoint BlogShelf Life BlogReading Room Blog“Most kids grow up leaving something...
View ArticleThe Name of the Star
Book Lists2013 Top Teen Pick PossibilitiesKeywordsEnglandGhostsBoarding SchoolsJack the Ripper
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Down on the Farm with Babe and Dick King-Smith
Virginia JohnsonAutobiography and BiographyFantasyHumorAuthor ProfilesAnimalsEnglandFarm LifeMarch kidsNonconformistsKindness"I want to be a sheep-pig," he said."Ha ha!" bleated a big lamb standing...
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Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague by Geraldine Brooks
Adriana PuckettHistorical FictionEngland17th century -- fictionBubonic Plague -- fictionLibraryPoint BlogShelf Life BlogIt is fascinating to trace the domino effect caused by something so seemingly...
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Welcome to Sherwood!
Virginia JohnsonFolktalesHistoryLiterary/ClassicsFYI ArticlesAll FunEnglandOutlawsFolkloreKings and rulersKids BlogIn fall, the woods are filled with trees and squirrels and birds and perhaps outlaws...
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The Real Twelve Days of Christmas: Celebrating in the Old-fashioned Way
Virginia JohnsonFolktalesReligion/SpiritualityAll FunChristmasEnglandColonial VirginiaHolidaysIt ain't over 'til it's over! Every year kids and adults build up a head of steam for the Christmas...
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C.S. Lewis and the Land of Narnia
Virginia JohnsonAutobiography and BiographyFantasyLiterary/ClassicsReligion/SpiritualityAuthor ProfilesEnglandWorld War IIRecipesNovember kidsChristianityOxfordTolkienC. S. Lewis spent his first years...
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Beatrix Potter, Peter Rabbit, and Other Friends
Virginia JohnsonPicture BookAuthor ProfilesAnimalsEnglandFarm Life19th centuryBalletToysJuly kidsOver 100 years ago, Helen Beatrix Potter was born in London. Her family had plenty of money, but they...
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Sorting Out J.K. Rowling
Virginia JohnsonAutobiography and BiographyDramaFantasyAuthor ProfilesEnglandWizardsFilmJuly kidsHarry PotterDid you know?She's known as Jo to her friends. No one's called her Joanne since she was a...
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Mutant Mythmakers and a Princess Bride
Virginia JohnsonHistorical FictionRomanceScience FictionReading MattersAfricaEnglandThistle's RealmMutantsMedievalSaxonsPrincessesThe Ear, the Eye and the Arm by Nancy FarmerIn the year 2194, there are...
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Of LEPrecons and Daemons
Virginia JohnsonFantasyHumorSuspense and ThrillerReading MattersEnglandThistle's RealmFaeriesConspiraciesArtemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer"Irish businessman will pay large amount of U.S. dollars to meet a...
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