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The Little Bookroom: Eleanor Farjeon's Short Stories for Children Chosen by Herself
Little
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Eleanor Farjeon
Farjeon
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"Eleanor Farjeon is a master at presenting the world as romance. Yet there is bite in it. Her worlds of imagination are no simpering constructions, all syrup and sugar, with fairies uprooted from their antique and awesome lineage. They are shadowed with weeping now and then, but the strongest note is affirmation, an exuberance of joy." —The Horn Book
Contributors: Rumer Godden , Edward Ardizzone |
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The Lost Island
Lost Island
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Eilís Dillon
Dillon
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A gripping adventure story of two boys and a mysterious treasure. |
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The Magic Pudding
Magic Pudding
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Norman Lindsay
Lindsay
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Wild and woolly, funny and outrageously fun, The Magic Pudding stands somewhere between Alice in Wonderland and The Stinky Cheese Man as one of the craziest books ever written for young readers.
Contributors: Philip Pullman |
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The Midnight Folk
Midnight Folk
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John Masefield
Masefield
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The hero of The Box of Delights "must fight dark magic to uncover his family's treasure. It won't be easy, but luckily he has an owl, a fox, a cat and a box of toys to help him on his way."—The Guardian (London)
Contributors: Madeleine L'Engle , Rowland Hilder |
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Mistress Masham's Repose
Mistress Masham's Repose
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T.H. White
White
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"One of the finest, most magical and extraordinary children's books ever written." —Anne Fine, Children's Laureate of Britain
Contributors: Fritz Eichenberg |
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Pecos Bill: The Greatest Cowboy of All Time
Pecos Bill
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James Cloyd Bowman
Bowman
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Tall tales of the legendary cowboy Pecos Bill—raised by coyotes and able to tame even the wildest bronco—that bring out the fun and adventure of the original folk stories. Includes the original 1930s border-art-inspired color and black-and-white illustrations.
Contributors: Laura Bannon |
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The Peterkin Papers
Peterkin Papers
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Lucretia P. Hale
Hale
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Before Amelia Bedelia and the Stupids there were the Peterkins. |
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Uncle
Uncle
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J. P. Martin
Martin
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The madcap drawings of illustration-superstar Quentin Blake perfectly capture the silly and skewed world of Uncle, a fabulously rich elephant who oversees the denizens of his labyrinthine estate and fends off the attacks of his enemies, the hapless Badfort crowd. Read one of the bedtime-length stories in this book and join the cult of Uncle!
Contributors: Quentin Blake |
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Uncle Cleans Up
Uncle Cleans Up
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J. P. Martin
Martin
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Uncle and his friends defend the labyrinthine regions of castle Homeward from the Badfort baddies. "A classic of British nonsense.... And a most elegant nonsense it is, utterly silly and deeply sophisticated at the same time." —Newsday Contributors: Quentin Blake |
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The Wind on the Moon
Wind on the Moon
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Eric Linklater
Linklater
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A tale of hilarity and great adventure, The Wind on the Moon is also a work of high seriousness; after all, "life without freedom, " as the valiant puma makes clear, "is a poor, poor thing."
Contributors: Nicolas Bentley |
