The Pickwick Papers - Charles Dickens

Christmas at Dingley Dell - Charles Dickens

(where Mr Pickwick spent the holiday)

DIng Dong Bell - Helen Reilly

Silver Bells -- Luanne Rice

Sleigh Bells for Windy Foot - Frances Frost

The Bobbsey Twins at Windmill Cottage - Laura Lee Hope

The Mill on the Floss - George Eliot

The Mill River Recluse -- Darcie Chan

The Brown Recluse Spider - Richard Vetter

Dark And Dangerous Things - Kelly Martin

Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe

A Simple Guide to Home Repairs - Herbert Baum

The Book of Old Houses..............Sarah Graves

Oh No ! Where Did All The Money Go ? - K. Stoughton

The $64 Tomato - William Alexander

History of Nintendo 64, Brian C. Byrne

How To Build Treehouses, Huts And Forts - David Stiles

Castle Builders - Malcolm Hislop

The Women of the Castle.................Jessica Shattuck

What Floats In A Moat ? - Lynne Berry

Monster in the Moat - Robb Louis

The Monster's Daughter, Michelle Pretorius

The Ogre Downstairs - Diana Wynn-Jones

The Nightmare in My Closet - Mercer Mayer

Change Your Clothes, Change Your Life -- George Brescia

Mennonite in a Little Black Dress ---- Rhoda Janzen

Orange Is the New Black, Piper Kerman

Bad Girls of Fashion: Style Rebels from Cleopatra to Lady Gaga -- Jennifer Croll

Got Style............Helen Hardt

The Queen the Dresser and the Wardrobe - Angela Kelly

(I realise HM Q has never gone in for high fashion . . . but she has style)

Into The Closets - Gry Finsnes

(Vee, yes she has a pleasant, predictably tasteful style. )

Then You Hide -- Roxanne St. Claire

Sardines - Tom McGrath

(do you know this kid's party game? Everyone squashes into as many hiding places, closets, cupboards etc. as possible hoping not to be 'found')

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen - Paul Torday

Tales Of Swordfish And Tuna - Zane Grey

( Vee, never heard of that game so I did a quick search.....and here's what I found. Seems the fewer players the better. Imagine 10-20 people in a closet )

This game is "Hide and Seek" backward. Only one player hides while all the other players go hunting individually. Then, when a hunter finds the hiding player, instead of announcing it, that player gets into the hiding place with them. Though it can be played with 3-5 people, it's best played with groups of 10-20. This way, as the players settle into the original hiding place, they become packed, just like sardines.

Tales of the South Pacific, James Michener

A Pattern of Islands - Arthur Grimble

( AG was a v young colonial officer in the Gilbert & Ellice Islands W Pacific . . . a wonderful read)

Island of the Blue Dolphins -- Scott O'Dell

Escape From The Ordinary - Julie Bradley

Weird U.S.: Your Travel Guide to America's Local Legends and Best-Kept Secrets - Mark Sceurman & Mark Moran

Mrs. Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs

How to Live with Adult Children Who Return Home...Jean Davies Okimoto

The Children Return, Martin Walker

Ammie, Come Home - Barbara Michaels

Skibby, I loved Ammie!

Lassie Come Home - Eric Knight

They Almost Always Come Home -- Cynthia Ruchti

Maybe - Kobe Yamaka

Perhaps - Patricia Carroll-Smith

Anything is Possible.....Elizabeth Strout