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Nana visits her grandson, who sets out to share with her all the lovely things the country has to offer.

In this, the fifth of the Anne of Green Gables novels, Anne's true love, Gilbert Blythe, is finally a doctor. In the sunshine of the old orchard, among their dearest friends, they are about to speak their vows. Soon the happy couple will be bound for a new life together and their own dream house, on the misty purple shores of Four Winds Harbour.

A quiet rural community is dramatically changed when a meteor crashes down in the front yard of the Gaw family.

When a country doll is left outside for the winter, she must depend on her own resources to survive.

This book forms part of our 'Pook Press' imprint, celebrating the golden age of illustration in children's literature. 'The Wind in the Willows' is a true classic of Children's literature, penned by Kenneth Grahame and first published in 1908. Alternately slow moving and fast paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animal characters in a traditional bucolic version of the English Thames valley - a novel notable for its adventure, mysticism, morality...

Unable to sleep on the night of a full moon, a young boy follows the sound of music across the fields and finds an unusual barn dance in progress.

Clifford runs off during Emily Elizabeth's dad's party to see his own dad, who teaches him about dog things such as fetching and digging and gets some help from Clifford when he needs it.

A dog's attempts to cool off on a hot day get him into trouble with a series of people and finally lead him to interrupt a country wedding.

There is no night so dark, so black as night in the country. And while the people dream of daytime things, the nighttime world awakens. Owls swoop, a rabbit patters, and in the yard an apple falls -- pump! -- from the tree. Listen. Go to the window. Across the field a light glows. Who else is up so late? Who else watches and hears the sights and sounds of night in the country -- the many stirrings of silence, the many colors of the dark? Lyrical text...

A young boy describes the favorite places that he shares with his family on his grandparents' farm and in the nearby countryside.