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Books with title Cuckoo Tree

  • Cuckoo!

    Fiona Roberton

    Paperback (Hodder Children's Books, Jan. 2, 2014)
    A gorgeous story about accepting differences from the creator of Wanted: The Perfect Pet and The Perfect Present. Cuckoo is a bit different from all the other chicks. They too-woo-weet but he cuckoos! So he goes in search of a new home - but the sheep, frogs and cows don't understand him either. Will he ever find someone who is just like him?Fiona Roberton's universally appealing style is reminiscent of Oliver Jeffers and bound to win her many young fans. Praise for The Perfect Pet: 'It is a hoot.' The Times
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  • The Cuckoo Tree

    Joan Aiken

    eBook (HMH Books for Young Readers, Sept. 25, 2000)
    When Dido Twite sets foot back on English soil, more mischief awaits. As her friend Captain Hughes recovers from a carriage accident, Dido stays at the Dogkennel Cottages and meets the odd inhabitants of Tegleaze Manor: strange old Lady Tegleaze, her nephew, Tobit, and his wizened, witchy nurse, Sannie. Soon suspicious things happen. A priceless miniature is stolen. Tobit is framed and then kidnapped. A twin sister is found. And when Dido catches a glimpse of her rascally father in Petworth, she is sure she’s in the midst of another Hanoverian plot. Can she get to London to warn the king and save St. Paul's Cathedral from sliding into the Thames?
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  • The Cuckoo Tree

    Joan Aiken

    Paperback (HMH Books for Young Readers, Sept. 25, 2000)
    When Dido Twite sets foot back on English soil, more mischief awaits. As her friend Captain Hughes recovers from a carriage accident, Dido stays at the Dogkennel Cottages and meets the odd inhabitants of Tegleaze Manor: strange old Lady Tegleaze, her nephew, Tobit, and his wizened, witchy nurse, Sannie. Soon suspicious things happen. A priceless miniature is stolen. Tobit is framed and then kidnapped. A twin sister is found. And when Dido catches a glimpse of her rascally father in Petworth, she is sure she’s in the midst of another Hanoverian plot. Can she get to London to warn the king and save St. Paul's Cathedral from sliding into the Thames?
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  • The Cuckoo Tree

    Joan Aiken

    eBook (RHCP Digital, Oct. 31, 2010)
    While her friend Capt Hughes recovers from a carriage accident, Dido is marooned with the odd inhabitants of the Tegleaze estate. Soon suspicious things happen; a priceless possession is stolen, a boy kidnapped, a twin sister found and when Dido catches a glimpse of her rascally father in Petworth, she is sure she is in the midst of another wicked Hanoverian plot. Can she combat mass hypnotism, smugglers, and a gang of murderers to prevent the plot to put St Paul`s Cathedral in the River Thames?
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  • The Cuckoo Tree.

    Joan Aiken

    Hardcover (Doubleday, Sept. 1, 1971)
    As the result of an accident a young girl is faced with the responsibility of foiling a Hanoverian plot to put St. Paul's Cathedral on rollers and roll it into the River Thames during the coronation of James IV.
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  • The Cuckoo Tree

    Joan Aiken

    Hardcover (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Sept. 25, 2000)
    When Dido Twite sets foot back on English soil, more mischief awaits. As her friend Captain Hughes recovers from a carriage accident, Dido stays at the Dogkennel Cottages and meets the odd inhabitants of Tegleaze Manor: strange old Lady Tegleaze, her nephew, Tobit, and his wizened, witchy nurse, Sannie. Soon suspicious things happen. A priceless miniature is stolen. Tobit is framed and then kidnapped. A twin sister is found. And when Dido catches a glimpse of her rascally father in Petworth, she is sure sheÂ’s in the midst of another Hanoverian plot. Can she get to London to warn the king and save St. Paul's Cathedral from sliding into the Thames?
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  • Cuckoo Tree

    Joan Aiken

    Paperback (RED FOX BOOKS (RAND), Jan. 1, 2004)
    Mystery, adventure, mischief
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  • Cuckoo!

    Fiona Roberton

    Hardcover (G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, Feb. 27, 2014)
    Hilarious and heartwarming read-aloud from IRA Children’s Book Award winner Cuckoo hatches. And all is well. But when his brothers and sisters sing out Too-too-weet! Too-too-weet! Cuckoo instead chirps Cuckoo! and no one can understand him.When he leaves his nest, Cuckoo still can’t find anyone who speaks his language. He tries to communicate with the other animals—coomooing and buckooing and cabooing along the way—but he doesn’t sound like anyone else out there! Just when he thinks all is lost, Cuckoo finds an unlikely friend who understands him perfectly.IRA Children’s Book Award winner Fiona Roberton has created an utterly charming read-aloud about a little bird that will win fans over with his hilarious attempts at communication and determination to go to any length to find a friend.
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  • Cuckoo Tree

    Joan Aiken

    School & Library Binding (San Val, Sept. 1, 2000)
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  • The Cuckoo Tree

    Joan Aiken

    Paperback (RED FOX BOOKS (RAND), Jan. 1, 2004)
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  • Cuckoo!

    Fiona Roberton

    language (G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, Feb. 27, 2014)
    Hilarious and heartwarming read-aloud from IRA Children’s Book Award winner Cuckoo hatches. And all is well. But when his brothers and sisters sing out Too-too-weet! Too-too-weet! Cuckoo instead chirps Cuckoo! and no one can understand him.When he leaves his nest, Cuckoo still can’t find anyone who speaks his language. He tries to communicate with the other animals—coomooing and buckooing and cabooing along the way—but he doesn’t sound like anyone else out there! Just when he thinks all is lost, Cuckoo finds an unlikely friend who understands him perfectly.IRA Children’s Book Award winner Fiona Roberton has created an utterly charming read-aloud about a little bird that will win fans over with his hilarious attempts at communication and determination to go to any length to find a friend.
  • The Cuckoo Tree

    Joan Aiken, Susan Obrant

    Paperback (Yearling, March 1, 1988)
    A band of murderers and a ruthless plot are just some of the hazards placed in the path of trusty Dido Twite. First published in 1981. Illustrated by Pat Marriott.
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