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Little women
by Louisa May Alcott
Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young ladies in nineteenth-century New England.
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The book of three
by Lloyd Alexander
Taran, Assistant Pig-Keeper to a famous oracular sow, sets out on a hazardous mission to save Prydain from the forces of evil.
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Mr. Popper's penguins
by Richard Atwater
The unexpected delivery of a large crate containing an Antarctic penguin changes the life and fortunes of Mr. Popper, a house painter obsessed by dreams of the Polar regions.
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Tuck everlasting
by Natalie Babbitt
A 40th anniversary edition of the beloved classic that tells the story of the Tuck family and their secret fountain of youth features an introduction from Wicked author Gregory Maguire and additional bonus materials.
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The incredible journey
by Sheila Every Burnford
A Siamese cat, an old bull terrier, and a young Labrador retriever travel together 250 miles through the Canadian wilderness to find their family.
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The enormous egg
by Oliver Butterworth
When twelve-year-old Nate Twitchell takes care of an gigantic egg laid by one of his hens, he is shocked to find that it hatches into a triceratops.
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The White Mountains
by John Christopher
A repackaging of a first entry in a classic alien trilogy finds young Will Parker anticipating his connection to the world-controlling Tripods only to become a rebel in search of the White Mountains, where people are said to live free from Tripod control.
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The mouse and the motorcycle
by Beverly Cleary
A reckless young mouse named Ralph makes friends with a boy in room 215 of the Mountain View Inn and discovers the joys of motorcycling.
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Over sea, under stone
by Susan Cooper
Three children on vacation in Cornwall find an ancient manuscript which sends them on a dangerous quest that entraps them in the eternal battle between the forces of the Light and the Dark.
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Charlie and the chocolate factory
by Roald Dahl
Each of five children lucky enough to discover an entry ticket into Mr. Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory takes advantage of the situation in his own way.
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Magic or not?by Edward EagerWhen the family moves to Connecticut, twins James and Laura make new friends and begin a series of unusual adventures after discovering an old well that seems to be magic in their backyard.
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The Moffats
by Eleanor Estes
Relates the adventures and misadventures of the four Moffat children living with their widowed mother in a yellow house on New Dollar Street in the small town of Cranbury, Connecticut.
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The Black Stallion
by Walter Farley
Pulled to a desert island by a wild black stallion he has freed during a shipwreck at sea, seventeen-year-old Alec Ramsay befriends the horse, trains him by night, and rides him to victory in a match race.
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My side of the mountain
by Jean Craighead George
Young Sam Gribley spends a winter alone in the Catskills by living off the land.
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King of the wind : the story of the Godolphin Arabian
by Marguerite Henry
Sham and the stable boy Agba travel from Morocco to France to England where, at last, Sham's majesty is recognized and he becomes the "Godolphin Arabian," ancestor of the most superior Thoroughbred horses.
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The phantom tollbooth
by Norton Juster
A special edition published to commemorate the influential novel's 50th anniversary introduces the Lands Beyond adventures of Milo and his companions to a new generation of readers and is complemented by an author preface and essays by such contributors as Maurice Sendak and Philip Pullman.
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A wrinkle in time
by Madeleine L'Engle
Meg Murry and her friends become involved with unearthly strangers and a search for Meg's father, who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government.
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The lion, the witch, and the wardrobe : Book 2
by C. S. Lewis
Four English schoolchildren find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist Aslan, the golden lion, to triumph over the White Witch, who has cursed the land with eternal winter.
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The voyages of Doctor Dolittle
by Hugh Lofting
When his colleague Long Arrow disappears, Dr. Dolittle sets off with his assistant, Tommy Stubbins, his dog, Jip, and Polynesia the parrot on an adventurous voyage over tropical seas to floating Spidermonkey Island.
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Pippi Longstocking
by Astrid Lindgren
Escapades of a lucky little girl who lives with a horse and a monkey--but without any parents--at the edge of a Swedish village.
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Homer Price
by Robert McCloskey
Six episodes in the life of Homer Price including one in which he and his pet skunk capture four bandits and another about a donut machine on the rampage.
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Anne of Green Gables
by L. M. Montgomery
The classic first book in the Anne of Green Gables series follows the mistaken adoption of a trouble-prone orphan who wins over her Avonlea neighbors, forges a bosom friendship and spurns the advances of a handsome boy who teases her about her flaming red hair.
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The borrowers
by Mary Norton
Miniature people who live in an old country house by borrowing things from the humans are forced to emigrate from their home under the clock.
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Black Beauty
by Anna Sewell
A horse in nineteenth-century England recounts his experience with both good and bad masters.
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The witch of Blackbird Pond
by Elizabeth George Speare
A young woman brought up in Barbados comes to live with her uncle in Connecticut, and finds their Puritan way of life difficult after her unconventional upbringing.
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All-of-a-kind family
by Sydney Taylor
Portrays the joys and troubles of five high-spirited Jewish sisters as they grow up in New York City.
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The cay
by Theodore Taylor
When the freighter on which they are traveling is torpedoed by a German submarine during World War II, a twelve-year-old white boy, blinded by a blow on the head, and an old black man are stranded on a small desert island in the Caribbean where the boy acquires a new kind of vision, courage, and love from his old companion
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Mary Poppins
by P. L. Travers
An extraordinary English nanny blows in on the East Wind with her parrot-headed umbrella and magic carpetbag and introduces her charges, Jane and Michael, to some delightful people and experiences.
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Stuart Little
by E. B. White
Follows the adventures of the debonair mouse Stuart Little as he sets out in the world to seek out his dearest friend, a little bird who stayed a few days in his family's garden.
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Farmer boy
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Nine-year-old Almanzo lives with his family on a big farm in New York State at the end of the nineteenth century. He raises his own two calves, helps cut ice and shear sheep, and longs for the day he can have his own colt.
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