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D'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths By Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire Preface by Michael Chabon The Caldecott medal-winning d'Aulaires once again captivate their young audience with this beautifully illustrated introduction to Norse legends. Price: $19.96 (20% off) |
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D'Aulaires' Book of Trolls By Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire D'Aulaires' Book of Trolls, the spectacularly illustrated and delightfully entertaining companion volume to the much-acclaimed D'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths. Price: $15.96 (20% off) |
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The Two Cars Written and illustrated by Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire On a moonlight night an old jalopy and a shiny new sports car race through the streets to find out who is the fastest and best. The d'Aulaires, whose books of Greek and Norse myths have enchanted older children for generations, present younger children with a modern take on the fable of the tortoise and the hare. Price: $11.96 (20% off) |
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The Terrible Troll-Bird Written and illustrated by Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire One summer's eve Ola, Lina, Sina, and Trina leave their village to gather firewood in the forest, when they're surprised by the hideous call of the terrible troll-bird, a giant rooster who pops up out of the treetops and swoops down to devour their beloved horse Blakken. Little does the terrible troll-bird know that he has finally met his match: his terrible days of terrorizing are over. Price: $12.76 (20% off) |
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D'Aulaires' Book of Animals Written and illustrated by Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire This remarkably beautiful volume unfolds into an 8-foot long two-sided panoramic work of art on which the animals of the world are rendered in vibrant color and the moonlit shades of night. Price: $13.56 (20% off) |
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Foxie Written and illustrated by Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire Based on the Chekhov short story "Kashtanka," this beautiful and touching picture book about a little singing dog is "one of the best of the excellent books by Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire." —The New York Times Holiday Sale: $11.21 (25% off) |
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Too Big Written and illustrated by Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire A silly story about a little tow-headed boy who's getting "TOO BIG" to do just about everything he's wants to do. Brightly colored and simply told, this picture book will appeal to preschoolers exploring the world around them. Price: $11.96 (20% off) |
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Jenny and the Cat Club Written and illustrated by Esther Averill In Greenwich Village an orphaned black cat lives happily with her master, a sea captain. Still, the gentle Jenny Linsky would like nothing more than to join the local Cat Club, whose members include Madame Butterfly, an elegant Persian, the high-stepping Macaroni, and stately, plump Mr. President. Price: $13.56 (20% off) |
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Jenny's Birthday Book By Esther Averill Today is the day, the day of days, the day of Jenny Linsky's birthday! Price: $12.76 (20% off) |
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Jenny Goes To Sea By Esther Averill In Jenny Goes to Sea, our heroine makes her passage on the good ship Sea Queen with her master, Captain Tinker, and her adopted brothers, tiger cat Edward, and black-and-white cat Checkers. Price: $14.36 (20% off) |
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Jenny's Moonlight Adventure By Esther Averill It's Halloween—a special night for black cats everywhere, especially Jenny . Holiday Sale: $9.71 (25% off) |
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Captains of the City Streets Written and illustrated by Esther Averill Ready for any challenge, Sinbad and the Duke, the Captains of the City Streets, charm the Cat Club's admirers with their free spirits and "nifty" street smarts, as they grow up and ultimately find friendship and a place where they belong. Price: $14.36 (20% off) |
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The Hotel Cat Written and illustrated by Esther Averill One wintry day a lonely stray cat wandered into the Royal Hotel. He chased mice so well that he was given the job of Hotel Cat. Price: $14.36 (20% off) |
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The School For Cats Written and illustrated by Esther Averill "Five to eight-year-olds who have their own problems of adjustment in school will rejoice in Jenny's moral triumph." —The New York Times Holiday Sale: $9.71 (25% off) |
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Pecos Bill By James Cloyd Bowman Illustrations by Laura Bannon 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. Price: $15.16 (20% off) |
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Bel Ria: Dog of War By Sheila Burnford From the author of the classic animal adventure novel,The Incredible Journey Price: $14.36 (20% off) |
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The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily Written and illustrated by Dino Buzzati Dino Buzzati's classic tale chronicles the terrible winter that sent the starving bears down into the valley in search of food, as well as their struggles with an army of wild boars, a wily professor who may or may not be a magician, snarling Marmoset the Cat, and, worse still, treachery within their own ranks. Price: $15.16 (20% off) |
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The Island of Horses By Eilís Dillon A loving, clear-eyed portrait of rural Irish life, The Island of Horses is fraught with suspense and peopled with unforgettable individuals. Price: $14.36 (20% off) |
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The Lost Island By Eilís Dillon A gripping adventure story of two boys and a mysterious treasure. Price: $14.36 (20% off) |
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The Little Bookroom By Eleanor Farjeon Illustrations by Edward Ardizzone Afterword by Rumer Godden "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 Price: $15.16 (20% off) |
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Charlotte Sometimes By Penelope Farmer As if starting a new boarding school isn't disorienting enough, Charlotte wakes up one morning to discover she's been transported back in time to 1918. An eerie and suspenseful story about figuring out who you really are. Holiday Sale: $13.46 (25% off) |
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An Episode Of Sparrows By Rumer Godden Neighborhood children—"the sparrows"—have been in search of "good, garden earth." The Garden Committee thinks they have taken it from the private garden in the public square. Have they? An investigation leads to, among other things, a hidden garden. Price: $15.16 (20% off) |
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The Mousewife By Rumer Godden Pictures by William Pène du Bois Rumer Godden's beautiful tale of a downtrodden mouse and her friendship with a caged dove is based on a story by Dorothy Wordsworth. William Pène du Bois's elegant pen-and-ink drawings complement this meditation on love and freedom. Price: $11.96 (20% off) |
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The Peterkin Papers By Lucretia P. Hale Before Amelia Bedelia and the Stupids there were the Peterkins. Price: $15.16 (20% off) |
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The Backward Day By Ruth Krauss Pictures by Marc Simont The author of The Carrot Seed and the illustrator of Nate the Great, who together produced the Caldecott Award-winning The Happy Day, reunite for this charming story of a little boy who decides to live the day in reverse, from putting his underclothes on over his coat and pants to greeting his family at the breakfast table with a "Good night!" Price: $11.96 (20% off) |
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Wee Gillis By Munro Leaf Illustrations by Robert Lawson By the author and illustrator of the bestselling children's book The Story of Ferdinand. Wee Gillis spends half the year with his father's rough and rawkus highland people and the other half with his mother's gentle sheephearding folk. But it's up to him to decide where he fits in. Holiday Sale: $11.96 (25% off) |
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The Magic Pudding Introduction by Philip Pullman Written and illustrated by Norman Lindsay 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. Price: $15.16 (20% off) |
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The Wind on the Moon By Eric Linklater Illustrations by Nicolas Bentley 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." Price: $15.16 (20% off) |
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Uncle By J. P. Martin Illustrations by Quentin Blake 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! Price: $13.56 (20% off) |
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Uncle Cleans Up By J. P. Martin Illustrations by Quentin Blake 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 |