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Fred Rogers was an international celebrity, a pioneer in children's television, an advocate for families, and a multimedia artist and performer. He wrote the television scripts and music, performed puppetry, sang, hosted, and directed Mister Rogers' Neighborhood for more than thirty years. The Green Mister Rogers centers on the show's environmentalism. Ultimately, Rogers cultivates a practical wisdom that provides a way for children to confront the environmental crisis through action and hope and, in doing so, develop into adults with greater care for the environment.

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a captivating late 14th-century Middle English alliterative romance that follows the thrilling adventure of Sir Gawain, one of King Arthurs most noble knights. The tale begins when the enigmatic Green Knight, a figure draped entirely in green—from his skin to his flowing hair—issues a daring challenge strike him with an axe, and in return, the challenger must receive a blow in a year and a day. Gawain bravely accepts the challenge and beheads the Green Knight with a single blow, only to witness the impossible as the Knight stands up, retrieves his head, ...

On Prince Edward Island, aging siblings Mathew and Marilla Cuthbert decide to adopt a boy to help with chores around the farm. But when Mathew arrives at the train platform, the only living creature in sight, legs dangling from the piles of shingles where she sits, is a freckled, green-eyed, redheaded little girl. Mathew senses immediately that life at Green Gables is going to be very different. And how right he is.

At twenty-three, Michelle Ephraim was failing at everything. The only child of reclusive Holocaust-survivor parents who were dismayed by her literary studies, she found herself dumped by her boyfriend and bombing out of graduate school. Then, one night, she crashed a Shakespeare recitation party...

Green Tea is the story of the Reverend Jennings, who consumes copious amounts of green tea while pursuing his esoteric interests late at night. When something goes wrong, he approaches Doctor Hesselius, who sets out the narrative in the form of a series of letters to another physician. He discusses the symptoms of the clergyman’s mysterious affliction, which torments him and interferes with his services. The illness appears to be mental rather than physical.

Green ( An Abundance of Katherines) and Levithan ( Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, Executive Editorial Director at Scholastic) discuss their collaborative novel with teens ages 14 and up. In the book, they alternate chapters, each lending his own unique voice to two teens named Will Grayson, one of them gay and one of them straight. The event includes a discussion with the audience.

The Landscapes of Anne of Green Gables explores L. M. Montgomery's deep connection to the landscapes of Prince Edward Island that inspired her to write the beloved Anne of Green Gables series. From the Lake of Shining Waters and the Haunted Wood to Lover's Lane, you'll be immersed in the real places immortalized in the novels. Using Montgomery's journals, archives, and scrapbooks, Catherine Reid also explores the many similarities between Montgomery and her unforgettable heroine, Anne Shirley.

A rip-roaring, pulpy and quirky space odyssey for your listening pleasure. Follow earth man Allen Green as his space ship fails and leaves him on a barbaric planet filled with other human descendants who have reverted to pre-technology existence. Naturally he is made a slave and must connive, plan, love and fight his way across 10,000 miles of danger to freedom. Full of strange beings, this planet highlights the amazing imagination of Philip Jose Farmer and his ability to make it scary and fun at the same time. Oh, and he has a wife who is his match in everything and even better in some so ...

When a millionaire falls gravely ill, he discovers a shocking truth: his life is in danger. With his time running out, he turns to his attorney for one last favor—find his estranged niece, Oliva Cresswell, and keep her safe. As Oliva, a cashier in a bustling West End store, navigates her ordinary life, she has no idea she is the key to a fortune and the target of a sinister plot. Just as the pieces start to come together, tragedy strikes: the millionaire is brutally murdered in his sickbed. Now, Oliva must unravel the mystery of her uncle's death and uncover the hidden threats surrounding ...

The timeless story of the young orphan girl sent by accident to a brother and sister who had wanted a boy, Anne, with her vivid imagination and sensitive spirit, has enchanted readers for generations. (Summary by Karen Savage) Other books in this series by this reader: Anne of Avonlea Anne of the Island Anne's House of Dreams Rainbow Valley Rilla of Ingleside

When scientist Dr. Elara Finch stumbles upon an extraordinary discovery, a series of bizarre, luminescent green splotches in the Amazon rainforest, her life takes an unexpected turn. These strange formations, pulsating with an unexplainable energy, hold secrets that could redefine humanity’s understanding of biology and the natural world. But as Elara delves deeper, she uncovers a dangerous conflict brewing between powerful corporations eager to exploit the findings and environmental activists determined to protect the rainforest's fragile ecosystem. In "Green Splotches," T. S. Stribling ...

Professor Augustus P. Wimple's obsession with a long-lost green mummy takes a deadly turn when his archaeological pursuits unearth more than just ancient artifacts. As he digs through layers of history, he stumbles upon a chilling murder that intertwines his fate with those of his curious acquaintances. What begins as a quest for knowledge spirals into a twisted mystery, forcing Wimple to confront not only the secrets of the past but also the darkness lurking in the present. Join Wimple and his motley crew, including the sharp-witted journalist Clara Tate and the skeptical detective Samuel ...

Alan Green is a space traveler stranded on a barbaric planet who has been taken slave and made a consort to an insipid and smelly queen. His slave-wife, though beautiful and smart, nags him constantly. He’s given up hope of ever returning to Earth when he hears of two astronauts who have been captured in a kingdom on the other side of the planet, and sets out on an action-packed journey on a ship sailing across vast grasslands on rolling pin-like wheels in a desperate scheme to save them and return home. Due to the non-renewal of its copyright, this book is in the public domain.(Summary by ...

"Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest" is a narration of his life story by Abel, a Venezuelan, to a comrade. Once a wealthy young man, he meddled in politics to the extent of provoking a revolution... which failed.Escaping into the tropical forests of Guyana Abel takes up gold hunting, then journal-writing, and fails at both. Now with no aim for his life, he drifts until he takes up residence with a remote Indian tribe. Soon he learns of a wood the Indians avoid, as it is inhabited by a dangerous Daughter of the Didi, who, they say, slew one of them with magic. The fellow was in ...

British Major Crespin, his wife Lucilla and their pilot, Dr. Traherne, survive a forced landing of their aircraft in the remote Himalayan kingdom of Rukh. Crespin blames Traherne for alienation of his wife's affection, a charge which Lucilla vehemently denies, though she does have feelings for Traherne as does he for her. But now another man enters the picture, for the Raja of Rukh intends to make Lucilla his own. The play opened in December, 1920 and was so successful that it was adapted (1922) as a novel of the same name by Louise Jordan Miln who credited the playwright, William Archer, as ...

An eccentric Professor's quest for a green mummy leads him and his acquaintances to a murder and a bizarre adventure - Summary by Yoganandh T

Penny Parker, a determined teenage sleuth, dives headfirst into a world of mysteries that often defy explanation. Living in Riverview with her father, Anthony Parker, the publisher of the local newspaper, Penny sharpens her investigative skills as she juggles life as an amateur reporter. Her cheerful disposition and knack for observation often lead her to uncover the unexpected. In 'Behind the Green Door,' Penny faces her most challenging case yet, unraveling secrets that lie behind a mysterious door that has captivated the town's imagination. As she navigates through quirky clues and ...

A teenage mystery book While holidaying on Lake Huron Florence and a gypsy dancer friend meet up with a lady detective searching for a lost ruby and meet up (and survive) many dangers.

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Dive into the enchanting world of Andrew Langs Coloured Fairy Books, a captivating twelve-volume series that showcases an array of fairy tales. While Lang himself didnt gather these stories from the oral tradition, his ability to tap into a wide range of sources—often translating tales from foreign languages—has made this collection profoundly influential. Many of these enchanting stories received their first English renditions thanks to Lang and his team, including his wife and various talented translators. Interestingly, Lang, who was a prolific writer in literary criticism, fiction, and...