Best Selling Books by Dorothy Butler

A autobiographical memoir of the childhood of the international award winning children''s book author, leading authority on children''s reading, and novelist. She was born in 1925 and brought up in a large working class family. Her focus was books and reading from an early age, and leading a full life in 1930s Auckland.

Rupert and his family see many exciting things on their outings but no matter where they go, the zoo, the farm, the school fair, his little sister Isabella always gets lost. Suggested level: preschool, junior.

Visitors keep arriving with presents but will someone give Biddy the gift she longs for?

A tale of the family cat, Ginger, and her prized possession.

Grade level: k, p, t.

The adventures of Martha the toy monkey who accompanies the young narrator everywhere. Suggested level: junior.

Family and official papers of the Ferrers family of Tamworth Castle dating from the fourteenth through the nineteenth century (mostly mid-sixteenth century to mid-seventeenth century) concerning the family''s political, legal, financial, personal, and manorial affairs mostly in Derbyshire, Essex, Leicestershire, Staffordshire, and Warwickshire.

The Brown family eagerly awaits the return of their eldest son John who is arriving on the steamship Wakatere with a special present-- a pet monkey. Suggested level: junior, primary.