Thornton: 700 books

Happy Jack Squirrel fills his days with fun and foolishness — even while jealously guarding his winter supply of hickory nuts from his mischief-making cousin, Chatterer the Red Squirrel, and playful Striped Chipmunk. But the bouncing, bushy-tailed creature's days of comfort and security are threatened...

Author and editor of numerous children's books, Thornton W. Burgess was also a noted conservationist. In writing for youngsters he combined a gift for storytelling with his love of the outdoors, creating an entertaining menagerie of animals whose adventures he skillfully recounted in a series of charming...

"Listen," whispered Jimmy Skunk to Peter Rabbit as the strange howling sound echoed through the Green Forest. But Peter was listening. He had never heard anything like it. The sound made cold chills run up and down his backbone. What could it be? Children will love finding out as Peter Rabbit,...

Where did the reindeer that draw Santa's sleigh come from? Journey to the far North with Tuktu and Aklak, a pair of young Eskimos, and enter Kringle Valley to meet magical caribou and Santa himself. Thornton W. Burgess, the creator of Peter Cottontail and other popular characters from children's literature,...

Cancer hits hard at any age, but it is especially challenging for teens who must battle their disease while negotiating the tricky terrain of adolescence. This book explores the range of challenges cancer places on both teens who have cancer and teens who have friends or family members with cancer....

It is difficult enough for teens growing up today to deal with the regular issues arising from family, school, and relationships, regardless of whether they have physical disabilities or not. Add to those problems the extra obstacles that visual, hearing, and physical impairments present some teens,...

Old Mother West Wind has a lot of friends in the Green Forest, among them Reddy Fox, Happy Jack Squirrel, old Mr. Toad, Billy Mink, Little Joe Otter, and Jerry Muskrat. And of course, she and the Merry Little Breezes (all members of her family) are always ready to help if trouble comes their way....

Welcome to the timeless world of the Green Forest, the laughing Brook, and the Smiling Pool. Here young readers will meet a menagerie of funny and fascinating animal friends — Peter Cottontail, Jimmy Skunk, Reddy Fox, Grandfather Frog and many more — and learn about their exciting adventures. In...

Be careful what you pray for because you just might get it. The college student in ENCORE had a noble, altruistic motive of desiring to join the military to help some people who were surrounded by their enemies. He made it into the army and the war, but it was not the army or war that he thought he was entering. The opposing forces were the same, however.

During Olympic years, most of us try to watch some of media spectacle and ignore the world chaos for a few days. GERIATRIC OLYMPICS gives you a glimpse of what kind of olympics could be coming your way soon. And it will not be an hour on the La Z Boy in front of the big HD with cold beers and snacks....

That charming psychic that you have been calling to help you with your love life and other big problems, which only you are interested in at all could be leading you down the strange road to Hell. And, in the end, the psychic will be there too. Maybe, you could get a discount then. NOSTRATHOMAS INC. is a story about an occult case like that. Be careful out there.

As in TAXI DRIVER, the victim in ICON saw crime and evil daily. He wanted to take a bite out of it. He tried one day when his anger overcame his caution. But he only got away with it because he had a lot of supernatural help from the other side. When it was over, he knew he should have died that day. Like many who narrowly escape violent death, it changed him spiritually.

From nationally bestselling author Elizabeth Thornton comes a sensuous new tale of true love and fiery romance—under the most intriguing of circumstances. Case Devere, the steely-eyed earl of Castleton, has agreed to help Special Branch track down a notorious killer—one who just happens...

The true daily journals of a political prisoner. A father responds to protect his children. His wife has intimate political "connections". The father goes to prison for 7 years. One lawyer has been disbarred. True Justice eventually triumphs! Five Things You Can Be Sure Of In Prison. Commissary...