Books with title The Tree Suitcase

The Suitcase is a true story of a small girls visits with her grandmother. Grandma Ellie tells her beloved granddaughter, Emma, about how she packed the little suitcase with her teddy bear, doll and story books and walked around the block to her grandparents house for her adventures. From climbing the apple tree to having tea parties under the weeping willow, she always had a good time there. She liked to stay overnight, and her grandpa also helped to spoil her by making sure they all had their favorite bed-time snack, ice cream! Find out what else the suitcase carried!

A SAD AND LONELY BOY'S LIFE IS ABOUT TO CHANGE.Tommy Treetops would love to be an ordinary little boy with an ordinary sort of life. Unfortunately, his is a sad and lonely existence, especially at school where the children who do speak to him tell him that he is a funny kid - but not in a good way. He can only hope that one day things will improve but then his dad loses his job and the family struggle to cope.Just when things look bleak, Tommy has a strange encounter at the local tip. At first, it seems that the elderly gentleman he meets that day is trying to trick him. Very soon, however, things change and Tommy is about to embark on a wonderful adventure. "She knew, too, that whatever he'd done was their fault. Somehow their problems had become his and this was too big a burden for a nine-year-old to carry. Even worse, he was now dragging behind him an old suitcase!"

An adaptation for the stage of Jacqueline Wilson's popular novel.Ten-year-old Andy used to live happily at Mulberry Cottage with her family: Mum, Dad, and Radish the rabbit, who lives in Andy's pocket and shares all her secrets. But then it all went wrong: Mum went to live with Bill, and Dad went off with Carrie. And Andy is expected to shuttle between the two - living out of a suitcase - and come to terms with her strange new families.Seen all over the country, this resourceful dramatisation is suitable for young actors as well as young audiences. The adapter, Vicky Ireland, has provided production notes to indicate how the play can be staged even with minimal resources - plus a lot of ingenuity!'A real theatrical treat... the audience of school parties fell quiet as mice and raptly attentive the second the lights went down' - Scarborough Evening News

A Word Award winner.It’s 1939, and Canada is on the cusp of entering World War II. Seventeen-year-old farm girl Cornelia has been heartbroken since the day her mother died five years ago. As a new tragedy provides Cornelia still more reason to reject her parent’s faith, a mysterious visitor appears in her hour of desperation. Alone and carrying a heavy secret, she makes a desperate choice that will haunt her for years to come. Never telling a soul, Cornelia pours out the painful events of the war in her diary.Many decades later, Cornelia’s granddaughter, Benita, is in the midst of her own crisis, experiencing several losses in the same week, including the grandmother she adored. The resulting emotional and financial stress takes its toll on her and her husband, Ken, who is unemployed. On the brink of divorce, she discovers Cornelia’s diary. Now the secrets of her grandmother’s past will lead Benita on an unexpected journey of healing, reunion, and faith.

What was his grandmother thinking when she bought Benjamin such a strange present: an empty pink suitcase! To his mother’s horror, Benjamin is not only drawn to the suitcase—he absolutely loves it. What’s more, as he grows older he shows no signs of wanting to give it up. Spanning the generations, The Pink Suitcase is a warm-hearted and amusing tale about being different and celebrating the individual.

A beautiful and touching journey of one little dragon fleeing a home that has become dangerous and finding refuge in a new place and with new friends.The Red Suitcase is a simple and allegorical story with evocative illustrations and minimal text depicting the plight of refugees. From the unrest they leave behind, the treacherous journey they undertake, the fear they are met with, and finally the acceptance and helping hand that is, and should always, be offered to them. The Red Suitcase tells this story in its simplest form in a way that young children can understand and enjoy as one of friendship and acceptance.