Arcadia Public Library

A blast of wind, a house-rattling bang, and Mary Poppins arrives at Number Seventeen Cherry Tree Lane. Quicker than she can close her umbrella, she takes charge of the Banks children--Jane, Michael, and the twins--and she changes their lives forever.

In hopes of a better life, a young orphan girl disguises herself as a boy and goes to work for the cruel Professor Malefetta and his flea circus.

In the backwoods of New England, a young girl cleverly fends off the threats of wild animals by trading her clothes for her safety.

A bedraggled orphaned kitten is nursed back to health on a Yorkshire farm and when he recovers turns out to have a very unusual idea of who his mother is.

The famous veterinarian tries to heal a stray dog and find him a home.

Describes the day-to-day life throughout the changing seasons of an early 19th-century New England family.

Although their homes are different, a grandmother in New England and her loving grandson in Africa share the same moon.

Nobody knows why a stray cat keeps sneaking away from his new home until he begins turning up at social events all over the village.

A collection of the author's stories for children, including "Moses the Kitten," "The Market Square Dog," and "Smudge, the Little Lost Lamb."