Thompson, Caroline

Black Beauty( visu )
4 editions published between 1994 and 2000 in English and held by 1,746 libraries worldwide
Faithfully based on Anne Sewell's classic novel, this beloved horse story is told by its hero, the gallant Beauty, whose joyous and heartbreaking life takes him from idyllic days on a country squire's estate to London's hard, cobblestoned streets, through decades of owners both kindly and harsh.

Edward Scissorhands( visu )
33 editions published between 1990 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 1,715 libraries worldwide
Once upon a time in a castle high on a hill lived an inventor whose greatest creation was named Edward. Although Edward had an irresistible charm, he wasn't quite perfect. The inventor's sudden death left him unfinished, with sharp shears of metal for hands. Edward lived alone in the darkness until one day a kind Avon Lady took him home to live with her family. And so began Edward's fantastic adventures in a pastel paradise known as Suburbia.

Tim Burton's The nightmare before Christmas( visu )
16 editions published between 1993 and 2008 in English and held by 1,623 libraries worldwide
Jack Skellington is the King of Halloween. He becomes bored with the same routine every year. He decides to take a walk in the woods. There, he discovered a door leading to Christmastown and decides to spread Christmas joy to the world. When he is back in Halloweentown he shows his friends what Christmas is like, and he suggests doing Christmas this year instead. But things do not go as planned when Oogie Boogie, an evil gambling boogey man, plots to play a game with Santa Claus' life and creates a nightmare for all the good little boys and girls everywhere. Although Sally attempts to stop him, Jack embarks into the sky on a coffin-like sled pulled by skeletal reindeer.

Tim Burton's Corpse Bride( visu )
1 edition published in 2006 in English and held by 1,152 libraries worldwide
Victor has messed up his vows during a wedding rehearsal, and is traveling through the woods, reciting his vows. He stops to rest in the woods, and while practicing. He finally gets them right and ceremoniously puts the wedding ring on a finger-shaped stick in the ground and says his wedding vows. The stick turns out to be a rotted finger belonging to a murdered girl who has returned as a zombie and insists that she is now Victor's lawfully wedded wife.

The secret garden( visu )
1 edition published in 1997 in English and held by 958 libraries worldwide
After the sudden death of her parents in India, Mary Lennox is sent 'home' to England, and the Yorkshire estate of a distant relative. Sad and lonely, her only interest lies in a secret garden, abandoned after a tragic accident. With the help of local the country boy Dickon and Colin, her guardian's invalid son, Mary's spirit is reawakened as they bring the garden back to life.

Homeward bound the incredible journey( visu )
7 editions published between 1993 and 2008 in English and Spanish and held by 690 libraries worldwide
A fun-loving bulldog, a wise old golden retriever, and a hilarious Siamese cat travel through the rugged Sierras in a search of their missing human family.

Buddy( visu )
16 editions published between 1996 and 2005 in 4 languages and held by 660 libraries worldwide
Gertrude Lintz, a New York socialite who believes that animals should not be caged, raises a gorilla named Buddy and reluctantly realizes that he is not suited for city life.

The Addams family( visu )
5 editions published between 1991 and 2010 in English and held by 630 libraries worldwide
When long-lost Uncle Fester reappears after twenty-five years in the Bermuda Triangle, the other members of the off-beat Addams clan plan a great celebration, only to begin to suspect that he may not be who he claims to be.

The secret garden( visu )
17 editions published between 1993 and 2009 in 5 languages and held by 596 libraries worldwide
A young orphan named Mary is sent to live at the dark and foreboding English estate of her widowed uncle. She discovers a secret garden which was abandoned after a tragic accident. With the help of her crippled cousin Colin, and Dickon the country boy, her spirit is gradually reawakened as they bring the garden back to life.

Snow White the fairest of them all( visu )
3 editions published between 2002 and 2004 in English and held by 459 libraries worldwide
Live action retelling of the classic fairy tale about the princess, Snow White, who must run away into the forest to escape being killed by her wicked stepmother. Introduces the story of Snow White's birth and why her father remarries after his wife's death.