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Author
Series
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
1985, c1982
Language
English
Description
As a child Great-aunt Alice Rumphius resolved that when she grew up she would go to faraway places, live by the sea in her old age, and do something to make the world more beautiful--and she does all those things, the last being the most difficult of all.
Author
Language
English
Description
"A woman returns to her small Maine hometown, uncovering family secrets that take her on a journey of self-discovery and new love, in this warm and charming novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Evvie Drake Starts Over. Smarting from her recently cancelled wedding and about to turn forty, Laurie Sassalyn returns to her Maine hometown of Calcasset to handle the estate of her great-aunt Dot, a spirited adventurer who lived to be ninety....
Author
Series
Sophie books (Dick King-Smith) volume 6
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Author
Series
Cobble Street cousins volume 2
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
Rosie, Lily, and Tess, three cousins who are living together with their aunt, decide to make a miniature flower shop just like Aunt Lucy's real shop, and give it to her as a gift.
Author
Series
Judy Moody volume 10
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
Judy's big plans for the summer seem ruined when two of her best friends go away, and then her parents leave her and Stink with Aunt Opal, but a new "thrill-a-delic" plan has her racing toward fun.
13) Pig Pig returns
Author
Series
Pig Pig books volume 6
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Pig Pig is concerned about travelling across the country with his aunt and uncle, but is even more worried when he returns.
Author
Series
League of beastly dreadfuls volume 1
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Anastasia, nearly eleven, is snatched from her elementary school and sent to live at a former insane asylum with two great aunts she had never met after being told that her parents died in a tragic vacuum cleaner accident.
16) Housekeeping
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
1980
Language
English
Description
Winner of the Pen/Hemingway Award A modern classic, "Housekeeping" is the story of Ruth and her younger sister, Lucille, who grow up haphazardly, first under the care of their competent grandmother, then of two comically bumbling great-aunts, and finally of Sylvie, the eccentric and remote sister of their dead mother. The family house is in the small town of Fingerbone on a glacial lake in the Far West, the same lake where their grandfather died in...
18) The cliff house
Author
Series
Publisher
HQN
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"After the death of their mother, sisters Daisy and Beatriz Davenport found a home with their aunt Stella in the beautiful and welcoming town of Cape Sanctuary. They never knew all the dreams that Stella sacrificed to ensure they had everything they'd ever need. Now, with Daisy and Bea grown, it's time for Stella to reveal the secret she's been keeping from them--a secret that will change their family forever. Bea thought she'd sown all her wild oats...
19) Miss Rumphius
Author
Publisher
Weston Woods
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
The true story of Miss Rumphius, who made the world a more beautiful place with a handful of seeds.
20) Jazz for lunch!
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
After lunch at a very crowded jazz cafe, a boy and his Auntie Nina are inspired to create a feast of their own with such treats as Thelonious Monk Fish and Nat King Cole Slaw.
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