Books with author Eleanor

Little did nine year-old Holly know that her Grandmother would tell a story that would sweep her back in time to a special Christmas during the Great Depression when her Grandmother, Eleanor Jo, was a little girl. Eleanor Jo was eagerly awaiting her favorite time of year...Christmas! She knew times were financially hard for her family, but she was looking forward to all the treats, singing, and yes, the presents! Join Eleanor Jo as she discovers the true meaning of Christmas and experiences a Christmas family miracle that will impact generations to come. Eleanor Jo: A Christmas to Remember is the first release in the 7 book series of "The Eleanor Series." These fiction books are based on the true-life family history of Eleanor Clark, the author. Written in the same vein as the vastly popular American Girl series books, these stories are historically accurate, span several generations, and highlight the nation's Christian heritage of faith. Twenty-first century readers are sure to relate to these amazing stories of young women from American history that have faced and overcome obstacles with the help of the Lord. Modern parents will be blessed as their children learn countless lessons from the pages of each book in the series.

Super-smart Julian Calendar thinks starting junior high at a new school will mean he can shed his nerdy image–but then he meets Ben and Greta, two secret scientists like himself! The three form a secret club, complete with a high-tech lair. There, they can work to their hearts content on projects like the Stink-O-Meter, the Kablovsky Copter, and the Nightsneak Goggles. All that tinkering comes in handy when the trio discovers an evil scientist's dastardly plan to rob a museum. Can three inventors, armed with their wacky creations, hope to defeat this criminal mastermind?

A masterpiece of frontier fiction; an autobiographical novel of growing up on a lonely prairie farm in 1880’s South Dakota. “California has a good claim upon Eleanor Gates, author of ‘The Biography of a Prairie Girl,” and should be proud to put forth its claim since the book is an altogether notable contribution to the literature of the west. ’The Biography of a Prairie Girl” is aptly named. It tells of the life of a girl born and bred on a Dakota farm, and it tells it in a simple, unadorned way that makes it interesting. It is a book without a plot, without even the always-expected love story. It is just a series of pictures, showing the development of a guileless life in a part of the world new to civilization, and yet it has a charm that is indescribable. One follows, with absorbing interest, the trivial incidents that fill the days of the little prairie girl. One feels a keen delight over her triumph at the Christmas entertainment, listens intently to the story of her pet cowbird, of her tame badger, of her first day at school, and stands, fear-filled, with the anxious mother and brothers when death hovers over the little girl’s cot. “The book is refreshingly free from the thread-bare tricks that so many authors rely upon for success. There is none of the strife to be original or smart and the temptation to be melodramatic has been resisted, although there are abundant opportunities for this in the prairie fire, the death in the blizzard, an Indian foray, a cattle stampede. The experiences are given in plain fashion and it is this simplicity and sincerity that gives the book its effectiveness. “To readers the world over the book must appeal, but it should have a particular interest to Californians for, as has been said, California has a claim upon the book, since California did much to make the writing of it possible.” Leavenworth Macnar, “Sunset,” “A Magazine of the Border,” Vol. X, No. 1, November, 1902. CONTENTS I The Coming of the Stork II A Frontier Christening III "Little Boy Blue" IV A Pariah of the Prairies V The Misfit Scholar VI The Story of a Planting VII Twice in Jeopardy VIII A Harvest Wedding IX The Price of Convalescence X "Badgy" XI A Trade and a Trick XII The Professor's "Find" XIII A Race and a Rescue XIV Hard Times XV The Fate of a Crowing Hen XVI The Reservation Trip XVII Another Mound on the Bluff XVIII The Little Teacher XIX Toward the Rising Sun

A contemporary setting Twelve-year-old Melanie Ann, the oldest of all the grandchildren, is excited but curious when she received a special invitation to visit her grandmother's house alone. When she arrives, Grand Doll talks to her about her family's "legacy." Melanie is told that, because she is the oldest, she will one day inherit the memory trunk that has been passed down through the generations. The many stories from the items inside will continue on but only if Melanie will accept the task of being a "legacy-leaver." Will she accept such an awesome responsibility?

Jimmy McGee is a tiny leprechaun-like man who thinks of himself as nothing more than a plumber, even if he does do his job very quickly thanks to a certain magic he possesses called zoomie-zoomies. But Jimmy's life of turning on water and fixing dripping faucets is disrupted when he rescues Amy's doll, Little Lydia, from a monstrous wave that sweeps her off the beach. Jimmy keeps Little Lydia safe under his stovepipe hat, right on top of his magic box, where he keeps bolts of thunder and lightning--which causes Little Lydia to become electrified, out-of-control, be-bop doll with the zoomie-zoomies. Can Jimmy find a way to restore Little Lydia to her original state as a "do-nothing doll" before he returns her to her rightful owner?