Cranston Public Library

The time to plan for any crisis is before it happens--from shake-ups in the stock market to the next oil crisis to fires, floods, and earthquakes. Planning for the unthinkable and making smart money moves before and during difficult times requires an in-depth understanding of the many aspects of life in which problems can strike, and this resource will show you what it takes to make it should these situations arise. This guide discusses how you should...

Martine Bellen's "Tales Of Murasaki" uses the pillow book of Lady Murasaki as a starting point for a lyrical and narrative series of poems that explore language as they unearth the core of story.

In 1909, after spending several months back at the Lovell House Home for Orphaned and Abandoned Boys, eleven-year-old Gib returns to live on the Thornton ranch, where his natural way with horses helps to make him feel at home.

Fosse House, home of the reclusive Luisa Gilmore, harbours curious secrets -- secrets that stretch back almost a century, to the ill-fated Palestrina Choir in its remote Belgian convent. When Oxford don Michael Flint travels to the house to trace the origins of the long-dead Choir, he is at once aware of the house's eerie menace. Who is the shadowy young man who lurks in the grounds, and why does his exact likeness appear in a sketch from 1917? What...

"As they do every year, a small group of acquaintances pay a visit to the remote, castle-like Water Mill House, home to the reclusive Fujinuma Kiichi, son of a famous artist, who has lived his life behind a rubber mask ever since a disfiguring car accident. This year, however, the visit is disrupted by an impossible disappearance, the theft of a painting, and a series of baffling murders. The brilliant Kiyoshi Shimada arrives to investigate. But will...

(First story) Mr. Ratburn, Arthur's teacher moves in to their house when his roof collapses. Arthur fears Mr. Ratburn will be teaching and grading him every second of the day. (Second story) Arthur and his friends decide to invent their own holiday during January when the long winter has begun to bore them. (Third story) Neighbors come together when a big blizzard in Elwood City sends all the residents scambling for supplies and shelter.

Six classic Dr. Seuss stories.