Obermeyer Preschool Girls Fancy Pants

Set in the Welsh Marches and France in the year 1200, this is the continuing story of Arthur de Caldicot, squire to Lord Stephen de Holt, as they prepare to go on crusade. Its 101 short chapters are a glorious panorama of medieval life, packed with incident and color, with romance, brave deeds, passion, deception and even murder. As Arthur begins the search for his true mother, and faces up to meeting his father, the ferocious Sir William, the exciting events in his own life are reflected in his...

One of today's most imaginative and lyrical writers, Lisa St. Aubin de Teran weaves together passion, idealism, and adventures in this mesmerizing fable set against the ornate backdrop of nineteenth-century Italy. The palace is the vision of Gabriele del Campo, a young, idealistic stonemason's apprentice imprisoned for supporting Garibaldi's revolutionary unification of Italy. A poor peasant, he has fallen in love at first sight with the rich and beautiful noblewoman Donna Donatella. He yearns to...

It is 1918 and Spanish Flu is epidemic in Suva, the capital of Fiji. Twelve year old Olive is sent with her brothers and grandmother to Taveuni to stay with her childless aunt and uncle on their sugar plantation to escape the disease as her mother lies dying of the flu in their family home. The months that follow hold magic and sorrow for Olive, as she uncovers well-kept family secrets and grieves for her dying mother.