Cranston Public Library

After James Henry Trotter's parents are tragically eaten by a rhinoceros, he goes to live with his two horrible aunts. Life there is no fun, until James receives some magical, tiny green things and accidentally drops them by the old peach tree and strange things start to happen. The peach at the top of the tree begins to grow, and before long it's as big as a house. Inside, James meets a bunch of oversized friends-- Grasshopper, Centipede, Ladybug,...

The novelist records the anguish and triumps of a young painter as he emerges into the great world of art and rejects all else.

"Explores an adolescent's response to his mother's love affair with a handsome visitor to Yokohama." --

Traction Man, the action figure, and his sidekick, Scrubbing Brush, share dangerous adventures at the beach.

"The accounts of the trips Albert Camus made to North America (March to May 1946) and South America (June to August 1949) constitute a real travel book; therefore it seemed more logical to publish them in a separate volume. (editor's note from the French edition)" cited following title page.

This book, which brought Mr. Meredith the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, is a rigorous accounting of a life's work.The poet develops and extends his running argument about the question of despair. This collection counters a sense of a large cultural disaster with a firm commitment to spiritual health. William Meredith's work suggests that we can recognize the hardest truths about ourselves and still live in the world.

To win first prize in the Junior Cakewalk, Mirandy tries to capture the wind for her partner.

"Joey Robinson is a thirty-five-year-old advertising consultant working in the urban jungle of Manhattan. One day, Joey decides to return to the farm where he grew up, and where his mother still lives. Accompanied by his newly acquired second wife and an eleven-year-old stepson, he begins to reassess and evaluate the course his life has taken. For three days, a quartet of voices explores the country air, relates stories, makes confessions, seeks solace,...