The Olivers and a Tiger: The Story of the Family and Their Engines

John Goodall

Biographies & Memoirs

Barton Model Products

The imposing ruins of Whitby Abbey stand on a high headland projecting into the North Sea. A monastery was first established at Whitby in AD 657 by Oswy, King of Northumbria. It became one of the most important religious centres in the Anglo-Saxon world, under rule of St. Hild. In the ninth century the monastery was abandoned, possibly as the result of Viking raids. But after the Norman Conquest of 1066 a new community was established on the site by a Benedictine monk called Reinfrid. This foundation eventually grew into a great abbey - one of the richest monastic houses in Yorkshire. After the Dissolution in 1539, the site of the abbey was bought by Sir Richard Cholmley. His descendents developed the old abbot's lodging as a residence. Part of the building, now known as Cholmley House, has been restored and converted into a Visitor Centre. Drawing on the results of recent archaeological excavations, this guidebook includes a tour of the site and a fascinating history of the headland and its inhabitants. It provides an invaluable companion to your visit and an attractive souvenir to read and enjoy at home.

Whitby Abbey [sg 2002]

Arts & Photography

English Heritage

Warkworth Castle is one of the largest and most impressive castles in northern England, symbolising the power of the Percy family in the Middle Ages. This new guide, richly illustrated with photographs, drawing and historic images, includes a tour of the castle and late medieval hermitage nearby, and a history of the site from Anglo-Saxon times.

Warkworth Castle (English Heritage Red Guides)

Nancy was to be the flower girl in her sister's wedding -- a large church affair, with an elegant reception in the garden afterward. Nancy could hardly contain her excitement -- there were so many things with which to experiment. From riding up the aisle on her sister's long rain instead of holding it up to hiding in her sister's going-away trunk, she tried them all!  This tale of a funny, irrepressible, venturesome mouse who innocently causes one crisis after another -- by the artist who created Creepy Castle and Shrewbettinas Birthday -- will delight all beholders as it unfolds in lovely full color, without words and with half-pages that carry along a narrative full of delightful surprises.

Naughty Nancy

Teen & Young Adult

Ragged Bears Publishing Ltd

Full-color paintings depict the adventures of a cat and her kittens after their picnic basket mysteriously disappears while they explore a small island

Surprise Picnic, The

Children's Books

Literature & Fiction

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