Books with author Jane Gardner

Canada geese look like dinosaurs when they walk and dragons when they fly. Children will know what it's like to leave the ground and follow the ancient flight paths with Benony, his sisters, family and friends on their yearly migration. There are many adventures and challenges along the way."Benony and His Family of Canada Geese" has fifteen short chapters, middle school level. It is educational as well as entertaining, and is illustrated with beautiful pictures by wildlife photographers.

“A quirky coming-of-age story . . . Female adolescence as imagined by one of the 20th century’s best—and most peculiar—writers” (Kirkus Reviews). Originally published in 1977, Jane Gardams Bilgewater is an affectionate and complex rendering-in-miniature of the discomforts of growing up and first love seen through the eyes of inimitable Marigold Green, an awkward, eccentric, highly intelligent girl. The Evening Standard described Bilgewater as “one of the funniest, most entertaining, most unusual stories about young love.” Motherless and sixteen, Marigold is the headmaster’s daughter at a private backwater all-boys school. To make matters worse, Marigold pines for head boy Jack Rose, reckons with the beautiful and domineering Grace, and yanks herself headlong out of her interior world and into the seething cauldron of adolescence. With everything happening all at once, Marigold faces the greatest of teenage crucibles. A smart and painterly romp in the rich tradition of The Hollow Land and A Long Way from Verona, Gardam’s elegant, evocative prose, possessed of sharp irony and easy surrealism makes Bilgewater a book for readers of all ages. “This is no ordinary bildungsroman.” —New Pages “A striking story.” —Times Literary Supplement

Canada geese look like dinosaurs when they walk and dragons when they fly. Children will know what it's like to leave the ground and follow the ancient flight paths with Benony, his sisters, family and friends on their yearly migration. There are many adventures and challenges along the way. "Benony and His Family of Canada Geese" has fifteen short chapters, middle school level. It is educational as well as entertaining, and is illustrated with beautiful pictures by wildlife photographers.

The barren, beautiful Cumbrian fells provide the bewitching setting for the adventures of Bell and Harry, two children who find enchanting wonder at every turn, as they explore THE HOLLOW LAND. Everyday challenges give a daring edge to this rural work and play. There are ancient mysteries to explore and uncover, like the case of the Egg Witch, and everyone is curious about the Household Name, a wildly famous Londoner moving in to the jewel of the territory, Light Trees Farm. With painterly ease, Jane Gardam’s stories fly with a marvelous spirit that will delight readers of all ages!