Monsieur Cadichon: Memoirs of a Donkey
Title | Monsieur Cadichon: Memoirs of a Donkey PDF eBook |
Author | Stephanie Smee |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | 245 |
Release | 2013-07-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0731815769 |
Cadichon is a lively and intelligent donkey who wants his readers to know that although he was naughty in his youth and was punished severely, he is now reformed. His main aim is to refute the stereotypical image of donkeys as ignorant and stubborn and reveal, through his stories, the true, gentle and wise nature of donkeys. Cadichon's antics are guaranteed to make you laugh! Cadichon can also be vengeful when overworked and underfed. His retaliations and plans for revenge will have readers shaking their heads in disapproval but ultimately, as Cadichon encounters love and acceptance through his adventures, we come to admire his bravery and loyalty.
Memoirs of a Donkey
Title | Memoirs of a Donkey PDF eBook |
Author | Sophie comtesse de Ségur |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 264 |
Release | 1924 |
Genre | Donkeys |
ISBN |
General Dourakine
Title | General Dourakine PDF eBook |
Author | Stephanie Smee |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | 224 |
Release | 2013-09-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1922052035 |
In this rollicking tale, the cantankerous but lovable General Dourakine brings his new-found French friends, Jacques and Paul, back to his grand estate in snowy Russia. Life becomes complicated when the General’s niece, the grasping Madame Papofsky, and her eight unruly children descend on the house. Madame Papofsky is desperate to get her hands on her uncle’s enormous fortune. Find out if the General – with some help from his friends – can extract himself from her greedy clutches in this sequel to A Room at Guardian Angel Inn.
Room at the Guardian Angel Inn
Title | Room at the Guardian Angel Inn PDF eBook |
Author | Stephanie Smee |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | 290 |
Release | 2012-12-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1922052019 |
A Room at Guardian Angel Inn opens with two young, lost boys sleeping under a tree next to the side of the road deep in the French countryside. A soldier returning from the Crimean War finds them and brings them to the inn of the title which is run by two generous sisters, one of whom has a bit of cheek in her. Happy to have found a home with a loving family, the boys begin a series of adventures, spurred on by the irascible General Dourakine. A Russian aristocrat and sometime prisoner of war, his stay at the Inn causes mayhem that will delight readers of all ages.
The Story of a Donkey(Illustrated)
Title | The Story of a Donkey(Illustrated) PDF eBook |
Author | Comtesse Sophie de Segur |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 72 |
Release | 2020-05-13 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
'The Story of a Donkey' is a cute and fanciful story, featuring an obstinate but lovable donkey named Neddy. Told from his perspective, he recounts how the different people he lived with - from the old woman who used to make him take huge loads to the market, to the group of children who used to race him and the other donkeys. The book has a great many illustrations, the originals drawn by E. H Saunders, and additional images added in 2020.
The Fleurville Trilogy
Title | The Fleurville Trilogy PDF eBook |
Author | Sophie comtesse de Ségur |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 543 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Families |
ISBN | 9780731815227 |
All three parts of the delightful Fleurville Trilogy in one book. In Sophie's Misfortunes, Sophie is a naughty little girl who delights in disobeying her mother and engaging in mischievous pranks. Why can't she be as well behaved as her cousin Paul and her two sensible friends, Camille and Madeleine? In Camille and Madeleine, Camille and Madeleine are perfect little girls, beautifully behaved and wise beyond their years living with their mother at Chateau Fleurville. Another little girl, Margeurite, and her widowed mother come to stay and Sophie, now orphaned, is 'adopted' into the family. Soon all four girls become firm friends. Through their adventures all four learn steadfast loyalty and how to take responsibility for their actions. In The Holidays, Camille, Madeleine, Marguerite and Sophie are waiting excitedly for their cousins to arrive for the summer holidays. The children fill their days building cabins, having picnics and playing games. Sophie is involved in another misadventure when she hides in a hollowed out tree trunk and cannot climb out! The highlight of the holidays is the unexpected return of Sophie's mother and cousin Paul. They had escaped the shipwreck in which they were thought to have drowned and had made their way to a foreign land. The children are enthralled by the Crusoe-like tales of survival and adventure.
Fleurville Trilogy: Sophie's Misfortunes
Title | Fleurville Trilogy: Sophie's Misfortunes PDF eBook |
Author | Stephanie Smee |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | 186 |
Release | 2011-12-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0731815777 |
The first book in the delightful Fleurville Trilogy. Sophie is a naughty little girl, she delights in disobeying her mother and engaging in mischievous pranks. Why can't she be well behaved like her cousin Paul and her two delightfully sensible friends Camille and Madeleine?