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2221) Charlotte's web
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Newbery Honor Book volume 1953
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Wilbur, the pig, is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas dinner until his spider friend, Charlotte, decides to help him.
2222) The chocolate touch
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Recounts the trials and tribulations of a greedy boy's predicament when everything he touches turns to chocolate.
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Curious George original adventures volume 3
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George the monkey goes riding on his new bicyle and runs into unexpected adventure.
2224) East of Eden
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Set in the rich farmland of California's Salinas Valley, this sprawling and often brutal novel follows the intertwined destinies of two families - the Trasks and the Hamiltons - whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel.
2225) Henry and Beezus
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Henry Huggins volume 2
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For the well-meaning Henry Huggins, nothing ever works out quite as planned including getting the bike of his dreams. Luckily his pal Beezus Quimby is there to help! Henry's attempts at raising money for his bike fund keep falling flat. Selling bubble gum on the playground gets him in trouble with his teacher, and then Ribsy's nose for mischief almost ruins Henry s paper route. Even pesky little Ramona Quimby manages to get in the way of Henry's chance...
2226) The old man and the sea
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The Old Man and the Sea is one of Hemingway's most enduring works. Told in language of great simplicity and power, it is the story of an old Cuban fisherman, down on his luck, and his supreme ordeal -- a relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream. Here Hemingway recasts, in strikingly contemporary style, the classic theme of courage in the face of defeat, of personal triumph won from loss. Written in 1952, this hugely...
2227) The Screwtape letters
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A "Positively Diabolical" Correspondence "My dear Wormwood,..." So begins this product of C.S. Lewis's wickedly funny imagination, a correspondence between two devils, Screwtape and his young nephew, Wormwood. As the senior fiend advises his young apprentice in leading humanity astray, Lewis delves into questions about good and evil, temptation, repentance, and grace, offering knowledge and guidance to all who are trying to live good Christian lives....
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Chronicles of Narnia volume 5
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Two English children, accompanied by their peevish cousin Eustace, sail to the magic land of Narnia, where Eustace is temporarily transformed into a green dragon because of his selfish behavior and skepticism.
A mass-market paperback of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, book five in the classic fantasy series, The Chronicles of Narnia, featuring cover art by Cliff Nielsen and black-and-white interior illustrations by the original illustrator, Pauline...
2229) Ellen Tebbits
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Third grader Ellen Tebbits becomes best friends with newcomer Austine Allen, who helps her weather the taunts of Otis Spofford and the trials of woolen underwear, but Ellen learns it is difficult to apologize even to a best friend after she says something that hurts Austine's feelings.
2230) Prince Caspian
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Chronicles of Narnia volume 4
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Four children help Prince Caspian and his army of Talking Beasts to free Narnia from evil.
2231) Amos fortune, Free Man
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Amos Fortune's life was a journey toward one destination--freedom! The journey begins is a slave trader's canoe on Africa's Gold Coast. At-Mun, a young king, is taken with his black tribesmen and thrus
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Four adventurous siblings-Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie-step through a wardrobe door and into the land of Narnia, a land frozen in eternal winter and enslaved by the power of the White Witch. But when almost all hope is lost, the return of the Great Lion, Aslan, signals a great change . . . and a great sacrifice.
2233) Pippi Longstocking
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Pippi moves into in a house at the edge of a Swedish village with a horse, a monkey, a suitcase full of gold, and no grown-ups to tell her what to do. She has upside-down braids and is wild and funny and her crazy ideas have a way of making anything exciting! Naturally, the children next door, Tommy and Annika are curious about their new neighbor. The three children have the most rollicking adventures on their own, with horses and monkeys, the circus,...
2234) The Silver Chair
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The story of Prince Rilian's escape from the Emerald Witch's underground kingdom.
A mass-market paperback edition of The Silver Chair, book six in the classic fantasy series, The Chronicles of Narnia, featuring cover art by Cliff Nielsen and black-and-white interior artwork by the original illustrator of the series, Pauline Baynes.Through dangers untold and caverns deep and dark, a noble band of friends is sent to rescue a prince held captive. But...
2235) 1984
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A dictatorship called Big Brother rules the people in a collectivist society where Winston Smith works in the Ministry of Truth. Winston joins the underground where he becomes involved in a forbidden love affair.
2236) The door in the wall
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The crippled son of a powerful nobleman in fourteenth-century England sets out to prove his courage and his right to be recognized by the King.
In England during the Middle Ages, a courageous young boy who suddenly loses the use of his legs is forced to learn how to deal with his new disability.
2237) Moby-Dick
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"Herman Melville's Moby-Dick is considered by many readers to be the Great American Novel. But most don't know that since its appearance in 1851, it has been revised in substantial ways that alter its original meaning. Melville's masterpiece is described as a "fluid text": it exists in multiple versions, each revealing shifting intentions. The new Longman Critical Edition offers unprecedented access to the revisions that Melville made, the further...
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Mary Poppins meets Nanny McPhee in Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Magic, a hilarious and charming picture book about a magical problem solver that has been delighting readers for generations.Parents love Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle because she can cure children of any bad habit. Children love her because shes tons of fun! When Mrs. Burbank is in despair because her children become Thought-You-Saiders, or Mrs. Rogers sanity and crockery are threatened as Sharon turns...
2239) Peter Pan
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Peter Pan, J.M. Barrie's tale of the boy who wouldn't grow up, remains one of the most beloved children's books ever written. For nearly a hundred years, kids across the world have drifted off to sleep dreaming about Tinker Bell and the Lost Boys, pixie dust and ticking clocks, crocodiles and Captain Hook. But in spite of the story's visual richness, it has never been illustrated photographically until now. In this lavishly produced edition of the...
2240) The big snow
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Despite their elaborate preparations for the winter, the animals and birds are delighted by a surprise banquet after a big snow.