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A compilation of three tales which relate the fantastic adventures of Elmer Elevator and a baby flying dragon named Boris.

-- * Introduction by Lois Lowry.

-- -- The Golden Compass “The story gallops with ferocious momentum . . . Devilishly inventive.” — -- ** THE BOOK OF DUST **La Belle SauvageThe Secret Commonwealth

-- -- --   Time “Junie B. Jones is a feisty six-year-old with an endearing penchant for honesty.”

-- -- --   Time “Junie B. Jones is a feisty six-year-old with an endearing penchant for honesty.”

A single person—but with two personalities: one that’s noble and kind and another that’s pure, repulsive evil. Robert Louis Stevenson’s engrossing masterpiece about the dual nature of man—and a good doctor whose thirst for knowledge has tragic consequences—serves up all the suspense and satisfying chills one expects from the best horror and science fiction.

Brought to you by Penguin. Penguin presents The twenty-three tales in this set have never lost their popularity, and sell in their millions all over the world. Meet again the famous characters that children love and adore... PETER RABBIT, SQUIRREL NUTKIN, THE FLOPSY BUNNIES, MRS TIGGY-WINKLE, TOM KITTEN, JEREMY FISHER, JEMIMA PUDDLE-DUCK and many more.

With more than 7 million copies in print in various formats and languages, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? The narration, provided by Academy Award winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow, comes from a Grammy-nominated recording, which is sure to bring warmth and humor to children and parents alike. A special bonus Spanish-language track is included.

Read the book behind Lena Dunham’s acclaimed new movie! This historical fiction classic, told in the form of a diary, has drawn in generations of readers and is a Newbery Honor Book. Catherine, Called Birdy the second I opened it. More than any other heroine I'd read, this one sounded like me. For Catherine, and for me, there is no easy solution to the cages life makes for you. Sometimes the power is in deciding to be yourself in whatever cage you're...

Raised by a pack of wolves, the little boy known as Mowgli forms the human heart of an animal community in the Indian wilderness. These selections from The Jungle Book, The Second Jungle Book, and Many Inventions offer a chronological presentation of every episode from Rudyard Kipling's beloved tales of a feral child. This edition of the stories, all except one of which were originally published in magazines in 1893 and 1894, includes the charming...