Mr. Gum lives in a great old disaster of a house in the village of Lamonic Bibber. A nasty, lazy old man with filthy habits, he hates housework, animals (other than insects) and most of the village people, except Billy William the Third, a butcher whose shop is as smelly and unpleasant as Mr. Gum’s [...]
After her father’s death in a mining accident, Maggie Sullivan, her sister, Elly, and their mother must leave their cosy home and go to live with Aunt Hortense, because houses in the small mining town perched up in the mountains of British Columbia are reserved for miners and their families. For a young girl [...]
In their house at the end of the road down in Hog’s Hollow, that year of 1965, the River family dreams. While Flo writes her epic of life in pre-Civil War America, she dreams of fame and fortune and of moving her family to a mansion in the South. Twelve year-old Beau builds [...]
It’s snowing and Christmas is just around the corner, but eleven year-old Min Randall is not looking forward to the celebration. She hates Christmas because it only serves to remind her that she doesn’t have a family of her own. When her foster mother abruptly packs up her things and delivers her back [...]
Imagine waking up one day to find you have become a hound. This is exactly what happens to Barry one Monday morning. Oh, he looks pretty much the same as usual on the outside, but he’s definitely more canine than human on the inside. Barry suddenly finds smells exciting - the grosser, [...]
