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Joan Aiken


   Joan Aiken
 
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Joan Aiken is the author of more than 35 distinguished children’s books, including the classic The Wolves of Willoughby Chase.

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Midwinter Nightingale Midwinter Nightingale
Written by Joan Aiken
eBook

Dido and Simon are in danger in this new addition to the Wolves Chronicles. Dido, back in England from America, is almost instantly kidnapped and taken to a derelict mansion surrounded by a deadly moat. The evil baron residing there, who is also a werewolf, wants desperately to know where King... Read More
 
Necklace of Raindrops Necklace of Raindrops
Written by Joan Aiken
Illustrated by Kevin Hawkes
eBook

Here are eight gloriously imaginative stories for eight satisfying sessions of bedtime reading. There’s a flying apple pie, a cat that’s bigger than an elephant, a house that lays an egg, storybook animals that leap out of their books at night, and a wealth of other wonderful characters and ideas, all... Read More
 
The Witch of Clatteringshaws The Witch of Clatteringshaws
Written by Joan Aiken
Trade Paperback

Dido Twite’s sharp wits are put to the test in this new adventure in the Wolves Chronicles. After King Richard dies, Dido’s good pal Simon is put on the English throne, but he hates being cooped up in drafty St. James Palace, and his crusty old advisors won’t let him have... Read More
 
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
Written by Joan Aiken
Trade Paperback

In this chilling beginning to The Wolves Chronicles, two little cousins are left in the care of an evil governess. They escape and travel 400 miles to London with their friend Simon and his geese.

Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. Read More
 

 



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