Category: children

  • Pippi Longstocking

    By Astrid Lindgren; translated by Florence Lamborn; illustrated by Louis S. Glanzman Place: Publisher & Year: New York: The Viking Press, 1985, 1950 Genre: Humorous stories ISBN: 9780670557455 Intended audience: children – tween Number of pages: 160 Setting: The end of a tiny town (in Sweden) Time period: Not specified Plot summary: Pippilotta Delicatessa Windowshade…

  • The Graveyard Book

    By Neil Gaiman; illustrated by Dave McKean Place: Publisher & Year: New York: HarperCollins, 2008 Genre: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, occult fiction ISBN: 9780060530921 Intended audience: Children – tweens Number of pages: 312 Setting: A graveyard in England Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: When Nobody Owens was a toddler, his family was murdered one night by…