Adèle Geras Books In Order

Fabulous Fantoras Books In Order

  1. Family Files (1988)
  2. The Family Photographs (1999)

Egerton Hall Books In Order

  1. The Tower Room (1990)
  2. Watching the Roses (1991)
  3. Pictures of the Night (1992)

Little Swan Books In Order

  1. Little Swan (1995)
  2. Louisa’s Secret (1997)
  3. Louisa in the Wings (1997)
  4. Louisa and Phoebe (1997)
  5. Louisa on Screen (2001)
  6. Good Luck, Louisa! (2002)

Cats of Cuckoo Square Books In Order

  1. Blossom’s Revenge (1997)
  2. Picasso Perkins (1997)
  3. Callie’s Kitten (1998)
  4. Geejay the Hero (1998)
  5. The Cats of Cuckoo Square (2001)

Redgate Academy of Performing Arts Books In Order

  1. Lights, Camera, Action! (2000)
  2. The Curtain Call (2001)
  3. Stagestruck (1999)

Magic of the Ballet Books In Order

  1. Giselle (2000)
  2. The Nutcracker (2000)
  3. Sleeping Beauty (2000)
  4. Swan Lake (2000)
  5. The Firebird (2001)
  6. Coppelia (2002)

Novels

  1. Tea at Mrs. Manderby’s (1976)
  2. Apricots at Midnight (1977)
  3. Beyond the Cross-stitch Mountains (1977)
  4. The Girls in the Velvet Frame (1978)
  5. The Painted Garden (1979)
  6. Other Echoes (1982)
  7. Voyage (1983)
  8. The Christmas Cat (1983)
  9. Little Elephant’s Moon (1986)
  10. Richie’s Rabbit (1986)
  11. Happy Endings (1986)
  12. Finding Annabel (1987)
  13. Fish Pie for Flamingoes (1987)
  14. Up on the Roof (1987)
  15. Pink Medicine (1988)
  16. The Coronation Picnic (1989)
  17. Bunk Bed Night (Clare and Tom Books) (1990)
  18. Nina’s Magic (1990)
  19. The Glittering River (1990)
  20. The Fabulous Fantora Photographs (1993)
  21. Toey (1994)
  22. Josephine and Pobble (1994)
  23. Mimi and Apricot Max (1994)
  24. Return of Archibald Gribbet (1994)
  25. Voices from the Dolls’ House (1994)
  26. Candle in the Dark (1995)
  27. Chalk and Cheese (1996)
  28. Cinderella (1996)
  29. From Lullaby to Lullaby (1997)
  30. Rabbit Pet Pal (1998)
  31. Gingerbread House (1998)
  32. Lolly (1998)
  33. The Six Swan Brothers (1998)
  34. Silent Snow, Secret Snow (1998)
  35. Troy (2000)
  36. The Wedding Present (2001)
  37. Sleep Tight, Ginger Kitten (2001)
  38. The Taste of Winter (2002)
  39. My Wishes for You (2002)
  40. Rebecca’s Passover (2003)
  41. Facing the Light (2003)
  42. Ballet Class (2003)
  43. Time for Ballet (2004)
  44. Hester’s Story (2005)
  45. Ithaka (2005)
  46. Made In Heaven (2006)
  47. A Hidden Life (2007)
  48. Cleopatra (2007)
  49. Dido (2009)
  50. Cover Your Eyes (2014)
  51. Love, or Nearest Offer (2016)

Omnibus

  1. Stories from Jerusalem (1999)
  2. Louisa the Ballerina (2005)
  3. Happy Ever After (2013)

Collections

  1. Apricots at Midnight: And Other Stories from a Patchwork Quilt (1982)
  2. The Green Behind the Glass (1982)
  3. Snapshots of Paradise (1984)
  4. Letters of Fire and Other Unsettling Stories (1984)
  5. My Grandmother’s Stories (1990)
  6. Golden Windows (1993)
  7. A Lane to the Land of the Dead (1994)
  8. Stories for Bedtime (1995)
  9. Beauty and the Beast and Other Stories (1996)
  10. Best of Friends (1997)
  11. The Orchard Book of Opera Stories (1997)
  12. The Random House Book of Opera Stories (1998)
  13. The Puffin Book of Five-minute Stories (1998)
  14. My First Ballet Stories (2004)
  15. Magic Beans (2011)
  16. War Girls (2014)
  17. The Great War (2015)
  18. A Wisp of Wisdom (2016)

Picture Books

  1. A Thousand Yards of Sea (1979)
  2. Nursery School Rabbit (1987)
  3. The Strange Bird (1988)
  4. The Magic Camera (1990)
  5. A Magic Birthday (1993)
  6. Gilly the Kid (1994)
  7. The Magical Story House (1996)
  8. Sun Slices, Moon Slices (1999)
  9. Peas in a Pod (2000)
  10. Wishes for You (2002)
  11. Little Ballet Star (2007)
  12. My Ballet Dream (2011)
  13. It’s Time for Bed (2012)
  14. Stuck! (2013)

Anthologies edited

  1. A Treasury of Jewish Stories (1996)

Non fiction

  1. Yesterday (1992)

Fabulous Fantoras Book Covers

Egerton Hall Book Covers

Little Swan Book Covers

Cats of Cuckoo Square Book Covers

Redgate Academy of Performing Arts Book Covers

Magic of the Ballet Book Covers

Novels Book Covers

Omnibus Book Covers

Collections Book Covers

Picture Books Book Covers

Anthologies edited Book Covers

Non fiction Book Covers

Adèle Geras Books Overview

The Tower Room

In a scene that echoes ‘Rapunzel,’ Megan looks down from her tower room at a cloistered all girls boarding school in England and observes the arrival of the new laboratory assistant, Simon Findlay. As soon as their eyes meet, their love blossoms and Simon begins to scale the scaffolding into The Tower Room for clandestine trysts. But when Dorothy, the school’s science teacher and Megan’s guardian, discovers the young couple’s affair, Megan’s sheltered world is shattered forever.

Watching the Roses

In this retelling of ‘Sleeping Beauty,’ Alice seems destined to lead a princess’s life except for the frightening curse that dreaded Aunt Violette bestowed at her christening: She will die at the age of eighteen. Although she lives, something horrible happens on her eighteenth birthday. And as a result, Alice falls into a trancelike state and refuses to speak to anyone. Will she ever recover?

Pictures of the Night

In a tale that mirrors ‘Snow White,’ eighteen-year-old Bella is leading a carefree bohemian lifestyle the summer before college, living and singing with a band in London and Paris. But over the course of a few weeks, she finds herself in danger more than once–and she can’t help but suspect the two mysterious women who remind her of her jealous stepmother, Marjorie.

Good Luck, Louisa!

Louisa is horrified when she gets the news that Miss Matting’s Ballet school has to close down. The only other school in town is notoriously hard to get into, and very expensive! Phoebe, Tony and Louisa all audition and the others soon receive letters telling them their fate. But there is no letter for Louisa. Is this the end of her dancing career?

Blossom’s Revenge

Blossom, a plump and happy cat, is horrified when 6 year old Prissy comes to stay with her family. Prissy is the meanest girl Blossom’s ever met, and she s turning Blossom s life upside down. When Prissy pulls her tail, Blossom makes up her mind: Prissy must go! All she needs is a plan…
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Picasso Perkins

Perkins is a wise old tabby cat with a problem: His 8 year old owner insists on doing his picture for a Paint Your Pet competition. Perkins is very fond of Lexie, but really! All he wants in life is a little peace and quiet. Perkins doesn t expect to find a surprising talent of his own…
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Callie’s Kitten

When a new baby arrives in the Anderson household, Callie, the Andersons calico cat, does her best to make it welcome. But everything goes horribly wrong. Even seven year old David has no time for Callie and he’s always been her friend. When Callie is banished from David s warm and cozy bed to the kitchen, she has had enough. If the Andersons don t want her around anymore, Callie will just have to teach them a lesson…
From the Trade Paperback edition.

Geejay the Hero

Geejay is a brave and fearless cat a true adventurer. His favorite activities are creeping, crawling, prowling, and pouncing in the overgrown garden of the empty house next door. Then, to his horror, a new family moves in and they don t want cats around! But no one tells Geejay where he can or cannot go From the Trade Paperback edition.

Giselle

Poor Giselle! With her innocent and trusting nature, she could not imagine the village man she loves is really Count Albrecht in disguise and he is already promised to another. When the truth comes out, the stage is set for tragedy…
The epitome of romantic ballet, with its star crossed love, ethereal creatures from beyond the grave, and faith in the eternal power of forgiveness.

The Nutcracker

Pure Christmas sparkle and the ballet that almost always introduces children to the art. ‘Dreams are strange and wonderful things, and the dreams that are dreamed on Christmas Eve are the strangest and most wonderful of all.’ Join young Clara and her handsome Nutcracker Prince as they journey into the delightful Land of Sweets, where the candy dances and the Sugar Plum Fairy weaves her delicious spell.

Sleeping Beauty

A sumptuous retelling of the classic fairy tale Sleeping Beauty with gorgeous full color art that will bring this tale to life for a new generation of readers. The classic tale of Sleeping Beauty is retold by acclaimed author Adele Geras, and joined with detailed paintings that bring the story to life. When the king and queen throw a banquet in honor of the birth of their daughter, they invite all of the fairies, but one, Skura, who attends the feast, seeking revenge. She curses the baby, but her evil intentions are undone by the good fairy who instead promises years of sleep. The pages are trimmed with exquisite borders to give it a classic feel, and the lavish full color art is highlighted with black and white sketches.

Swan Lake

Deep, deep in the forest, live enchanted maidens, turned into swans by an evil sorcerer. Only if a man pledges his undying love to Odette, their queen and keeps his vow will the spell be broken. Now a young prince, captivated by the Swan Queen, intends to set them free. But, will the cruel magician find a way to defeat him? An unforgettable retelling of the most classical and beloved ballet.

Apricots at Midnight

A delightful tapestry of a magical, lost world society comes together in this poetic and humorous story for children. The amazing tales behind the squares of this wonderful and time worn quilt are unraveled: a red velvet patch recalls an exquisite dress ball and a magical midnight feast with a highwayman, while a square of green brocade carries memories of Captain Tramlemousse, a pirate. Children will immerse themselves in the beautiful language and fantastical characters of this beautifully written book.

Other Echoes

Eighteen year old Flora is recovering from nervous exhaustion in the sanatorium at her boarding school. She is supposed to rest. But the rest brings back her childhood memories of living in Borneo, where she encountered people and events shaped by the tragedies of the Second World War, when the island was occupied by Japanese soldiers and their concentration camps. Award winning author Ad le Geras weaves the captivating story of a young woman who, by coming to terms with her memories of the past, is able to move on to a new phase of her life. From the Hardcover edition.

Voyage

At the dawn of the twentieth century, Mina, Daniel, Yasha, and Rachel are just a few of the many people leaving their countries for America. They have great hopes for their new lives, but before they can achieve their dreams, they must survive the long and difficult Voyage across the sea.
As passengers in an overcrowded steerage compartment, they must endure hunger, thirst, and even brushes with death. And as they struggle to hold on to their hopes for a better future, they find that even under such harsh conditions, friendship and love can flourish. Includes a reader’s guide.

Happy Endings

When sixteen year old Mel lands a role in a summer production of Chekov’s Three Sisters, she is immediately caught up in the exciting world of the theater. Mel forms close bonds with the cast and crew, especially Clare, the costume and set designer. And for a while it seems that Mel is having the most blissful time of her life. But she soon learns that the drama is not entirely confined to the stage: Clare’s boyfriend, the director of the show, is romancing a conniving actress behind Clare’s back, and Mel has her own love life to figure out with Mike, a sweet. kind, and mysterious fellow actor. Despite setbacks in production and intrigue among the cast members, the show must go on. But after the final curtain call, will there be a happy ending?

Nina’s Magic

It’s Christmas Eve and Ben and Josie are allowed to go out carol singing. While they are out it begins to snow and suddenly the two children are lost. But out of the darkness a little girl appears who takes them to her own home where they enjoy a strangely old fashioned Christmas.

Return of Archibald Gribbet

General Editor: Sue Palmer Fiction Editor and Language Consultant: Wendy Body ‘The Longman Book Project’ for ages 4 11: Inspires children with an unparalleled variety of fiction by significant children’s authors and illustrators such as Anne Fine, Beverley Naidoo, Michael Rosen, Jacqueline Wilson and Geraldine McCaughrean. Offers at a glance NLS teaching support in a literacy grid at the back of every book highlighting text, sentence and word level work for easy access by teachers, teaching assistants and parents. Specific materials for progress monitoring and as*sessment for teachers and children in the Teacher’s Books including reading and writing as*sessment task copymasters, test passages and reading records. Provides gradual, age appropriate progression and supportive clusters of shared, guided and independent reading books based around common themes for Key Stage 1/P1 3. Presents a wide range of different titles to stimulate all readers at Key Stage 2/P4 7. Covers a huge range of NLS fiction genres including plays and poetry to promote speaking and listening. Promotes valuable awareness of community and citizenship through many titles based around issues of community, environment and health.

Candle in the Dark

A story set on the brink of the Second World War. Germany in 1938 is a dangerous place for Jews. Clara and her little brother, Maxi, are leaving behind everything they know and going to England to live with a family they have never met. Will Clara and Maxi adapt to life in an English village, and will they ever see their parents again?

Troy

The classic struggle between Greece and Troy brought to life by a panoramic chorus of voices both humble and high, human and divine. The siege of Troy has lasted almost ten years. Inside the walled city, food is becoming scarce and the death toll is rising. From the heights of Mount Olympus, the Gods keep watch. But Aphrodite, Goddess of Love, is bored with the endless, dreary war, and so she turns her attention to two sisters: Marpessa, who is gifted with God sight and serves as handmaiden to Helen, the most beautiful woman in the world; and Xanthe, who is kind and loving and tends the wounded soldiers in the Blood Room. When Eros fits an arrow to his silver lit bow and lets it fly, neither sister will escape its power. With vitality and grace, Ad le Geras breathes personality, heartbreak, and humor into this classic story. This is truly an inspired novel, told through the eyes of the women of Troy, in which the Gods move among mortals and an ancient city is brought to life. /Content /EditorialReview EditorialReview Source Amazon. com Review /Source Content Homer’s mighty epic poem, The Iliad, is the earliest written literature of Western civilization. Adele Geras, best known for her trilogy based on Sleeping Beauty, takes on the seemingly impertinent task of retelling the siege of Troy as a young adult novel, but manages to carry it off without trivializing the original. The great battles of the bronze clad warriors and the clashes between Achilles and Hector and Odysseus are seen at a distance from the walls of the city, where the Trojan townsfolk gather to sit each day and cheer the action like spectators at some archaic football game.

The passion of Helen and Paris, Hector’s farewell to his ill fated infant son, and other familiar domestic scenes are seen from a closer perspective, through the eyes of the four teenage protagonists. Marpessa is Helen’s young servant, and her sister Xanthe is nursemaid to Hector’s baby son, while Iason, who is secretly beloved by their friend Polyxena, tends the horses and yearns for Xanthe, who has a crush on Alastor, who has impregnated Marpessa. These complicated, interlocking infatuations and love affairs work themselves out against a background of siege and bloodshed watched over by the gods. Artemis, Mars, Poseidon, and Pallas Athene appear in visions to reveal their plans to the characters and to us, but their words blow away like mist as soon as they are gone. Meanwhile, the bawdy gossip of three old serving maids in the kitchen emulates a Greek chorus. The story winds to its inevitable destination with the emergence of the Greeks from the wooden horse and the bloody sack of the city a suitably violent end to an ancient and violent tale. Ages 12 and older Patty Campbell

Sleep Tight, Ginger Kitten

Follow the ginger kitten as he looks for somewhere comfortable to sleep. But the chair’s too hard, the box too small, and the wardrobe is full of shoes. Where can he go next? Will he ever find the perfect place?

My Wishes for You

I wish you…

arms outstretched
to catch you if you fall.

Parents everywhere want the same things for their children happiness, security, dreams, smiles, love. Poet Ad le Geras expresses these wishes through her lyrical text, and Cliff Wright’s delicate watercolor illustrations reinforce the timeless message of warmth and love. My Wishes for You is a book of comfort that parents and children will embrace.

Rebecca’s Passover

Rebecca’s family is getting ready to celebrate the Jewish festival of Passover, and she is helping Granny Sarah make the food needed for the special meal called the Seder. The family will sit down on the first and second evening of the celebration and eat matzah for eight days. As Rebecca and her brother work, Granny Sarah tells them the story of Passover: how God sent the ten plagues to the Egyptians and how Moses led the freed Israelite slaves through the Red Sea and across the desert. Sensitive text and vivid artwork show the vitality and timelessness of this story.

Facing the Light

Set in a splendid country house in England, this rich and absorbing novel begins as Leonora, daughter of a famous Edwardian painter, is about to throw herself a huge house party to celebrate her 75th birthday. Guests will include her two grown daughters and their spouses and lovers, a film crew making a movie about Leonora’s father, and numerous family legends. Even happy families have their secrets, and Leonora’s stunning revelations make for thrilling reading.

Time for Ballet

Tilly loves her ballet class. What could be more fun? She gets to wear special clothes, try out fancy new positions, and do her best cat impression. But, when it’s time for the big recital, Tilly learns another aspect of ballet: the preperformance jitters!

Perfect for the beginning ballerina, this gentle text combined with exuberant and warm illustrations captures the joy and excitement brought on by everything from wearing your first tutu to practicing your first pli .

Hester’s Story

Considered the leading ballerina of her day, Hester Fielding’s life is the stuff of drama: a bleak childhood transformed by the discovery of her amazing gifts as a dancer, a dangerous love affair that can only lead to heartbreak, and a secret that would topple her from her pinnacle of fame if it ever came out. Now Hester has returned home, where each Christmas season sees a ballet performed in the little theater on Twelfth Night. Just before the company arrives this year, however, Hester receives a phone call that brings back haunting memories. As the dancers prepare for the opening night of Sarabande, loyalties shift, tempers flare, and the past comes crashing into the present in ways that Hester could never have imagined.

Ithaka

Many years have passed since the end of the Trojan War, and Penelope is still waiting for her husband, Odysseus, to return home. The city of Ithaka is overrun with uncouth suitors from the surrounding islands who are vying to win Penelope’s hand in marriage, thereby gaining control of the land. When a naked, half drowned man washes up on the beach, everything changes…
. Told through the eyes of Klymene, a young girl who is like a daughter to Penelope and who longs for more than friendship from the young prince Telemachus Ithaka captures the quiet strength and patience of a woman’s enduring love for her husband and the ensuing chaos that threatens all as Penelope is pressured to remarry.

Made In Heaven

Zannah and Adrian are planning to marry in May, the loveliest time of year. Zannah has always wanted a beautiful, traditional wedding and feels she missed out the first time around when she married Cal, father of her daughter Isis. Now two families are to meet for the first time. Will the slightly bohemian Gratrixes from Cheshire and the wealthy Ashtons from the Home Counties like each other? The meeting will take place on neutral territory, at a lunch party in the home of Zannah’s Great Aunt Charlotte in London but no one anticipates the reaction when Zannah’s mother and Adrian’s stepfather first meet and the series of events that is set in motion. Full of revelations, reconciliations, and romance, this charming novel shows that not all marriages are Made In Heaven.

Cleopatra

This innovative, fully illustrated, and factually accurate novel tells the story of the legendary Egyptian queen. At ten years old, a young girl named Nefret becomes a handmaid to Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt. It is through her eyes, as a servant in Cleopatra‘s court, that the history of this powerful ruler unfolds. In Nefret’s diary, readers will observe Cleopatra‘s struggle to become a pharaoh and her relentless determination to rule Egypt well. A reference chapter provides accurate historical and cultural context.

My Grandmother’s Stories

As a young girl spends time at her grandmother’s apartment, she is treated to traditional Jewish tales, including ‘Bavsi’s Feast,’ ‘The Golden Shoes,’ ‘The Garden of Talking Flowers,’ and ‘A Phantom at the Wedding.’

The Random House Book of Opera Stories

This spellbinding collection of eight well known stories was created anddesigned especially for children. Acclaimed author Ad le Geras hasdramatically retold familiar operas such as The Magic Flute andAida, giving us timeless tales filled with magic, love, war, friendship,and a host of larger than life characters. Eight popular illustrators havebrought these splendid stories to life in a colorful array of styles. Additionally, each opera is accompanied by spectacular costume sketches and abrief biography of the composer. The end result is a truly beautiful, fresh,entertaining, and child friendly collection for the whole family.

The Puffin Book of Five-minute Stories

A collection of 19 five minute stories. This anthology contains a mixture of old and new, including Perrault’s ‘Little Red Riding Hood’, Mahy’s ‘Horrendous Hullabaloo’ and King Smith’s ‘Blessu’.

Little Ballet Star

Readers are invited to join Tilly for her special birthday treat as she discovers the bustle and excitement behind the scenes at a real ballet performance. From backstage warm ups, to a trip to the dressing room, to an unexpected wardrobe change Tilly is just like a real ballerina. The only thing that could make her day even more thrilling? The chance to shine on stage! This charming story captures the delight and anticipation of attending an actual ballet, and makes a perfect gift for every aspiring ballerina.

A Treasury of Jewish Stories

Ranging from folktales to contemporary stories, this anthology celebrates therichness of Jewish tradition. The stellar list of contributors includes IsaacBashevis Singer, Lynne Reid Banks, and Michael Rosen. Illustrated.

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