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The Adventures of Peter Panby J. M. BarrieISBN 1595400362 (1-59540-036-2)
Softcover, 1st World Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Adventures of Peter Pan'Book summary:Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - All children, except one, grow up. They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this. One day when she was two years old she was playing in a garden, and she plucked another flower and ran with it to her mother. I suppose she must have looked rather delightful, for Mrs. Darling put her hand to her heart and cried, "Oh, why can't you remain like this for ever!" This was all that passed between them on the subject, but henceforth Wendy knew that she must grow up. You always know after you are two. Two is the beginning of the end. Of course they lived at 14 [their house number on their street], and until Wendy came her mother was the chief one. She was a lovely lady, with a romantic mind and such a sweet mocking mouth. Her romantic mind was like the tiny boxes, one within the other, that come from the puzzling East, however many you discover there is always one more; and her sweet mocking mouth had one kiss on it that Wendy could never get, though there is was, perfectly conspicuous in the right-hand corner. [via]
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Black Beautyby Anna SewellISBN 1414213220 (1-4142-1322-0)
Softcover, Indypublish.Com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Black Beauty'Book summary:Following Sterling's spectacularly successful launch of its children's classic novels (240,000 books in print to date),comes a dazzling new series: Classic Starts. The stories are abridged; the quality is complete. Classic Starts treats the world's beloved tales (and children) with the respect they deserve--all at an incomparable price.[via]
Black Beauty is the classic horse story, a beautiful and touching tale told by the title character himself. Set in Victorian London, it follows Beauty's life and changing fortunes as he moves from owner to owner. As the horse encounters new experiences and new friends who reveal their own histories, the story quietly paints a fascinating portrait of how animals were treated during that era.More editions of Black Beauty:
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Black Beautyby Dalmatian Press Staff, Anna SewellISBN 1577595440 (1-57759-544-0)
Hardcover, Dalmatian Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Black Beauty'Book summary:Black Beauty is a horse with a timeless story to tell. [via]
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Black Beautyby Scott McKowenISBN 1402714521 (1-4027-1452-1)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Black Beauty'Book summary:A horse is a horse of course unless of course the horse is Black Beauty. Animal-loving children have been devoted to Black Beauty throughout this century, and no doubt will continue through the next. Although Anna Sewell's classic paints a clear picture of turn-of-the-century London, its message is universal and timeless: animals will serve humans well if they are treated with consideration and kindness.
Black Beauty tells the story of the horse's own long and varied life, from a well-born colt in a pleasant meadow to an elegant carriage horse for a gentleman to a painfully overworked cab horse. Throughout, Sewell rails--in a gentle, 19th-century way--against animal maltreatment. Young readers will follow Black Beauty's fortunes, good and bad, with gentle masters as well as cruel. Children can easily make the leap from horse-human relationships to human-human relationships, and begin to understand how their own consideration of others may be a benefit to all. (Ages 9 to 12) [via]
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factoryby Roald DahlISBN 141770487X (1-4177-0487-X)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'Book summary:Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and its sequel, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, along with Roald Dahl's other tales for younger readers, make him a true star of children's literature. Dahl seems to know just how far to go with his oddball fantasies; in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, for example, nasty Violet Beauregarde blows up into a blueberry from sneaking forbidden chewing gum, and bratty Augustus Gloop is carried away on the river of chocolate he wouldn't resist. In fact, all manner of disasters can happen to the most obnoxiously deserving of children because Dahl portrays each incident with such resourcefulness and humor.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a singular delight, crammed with mad fantasy, childhood justice and revenge, and as much candy as you can eat. The book is also available in Spanish (Charlie y la Fabrica de Chocolate). (The suggested age range for this book is 9-12, but nobody this reviewer has met can resist it, including New York City bellhops, flight attendants, and grumpy teenagers.) [via]
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch And the Wardrobeby Harry Gregson-williamsISBN 1423409450 (1-4234-0945-0)
Softcover, Hal Leonard Corp
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch And the Wardrobe'Book summary:(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook). Eight piano/vocal/guitar selections from the Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media hit movie, with music composed by Harry Gregson-Williams. Includes: Can't Take It In * Evacuating London * Father Christmas * Lucy Meets Mr. Tumnus * A Narnia Lullaby * Where * Winter Light * Wunderkind. [via]
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The Dark Is Risingby Susan CooperISBN 1416905286 (1-4169-0528-6)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Dark Is Rising'Book summary:"When the Dark comes rising, six shall turn it back,
With these mysterious words, Will Stanton discovers on his 11th birthday that he is no mere boy. He is the Sign-Seeker, last of the immortal Old Ones, destined to battle the powers of evil that trouble the land. His task is monumental: he must find and guard the six great Signs of the Light, which, when joined, will create a force strong enough to match and perhaps overcome that of the Dark. Embarking on this endeavor is dangerous as well as deeply rewarding; Will must work within a continuum of time and space much broader than he ever imagined.
Three from the circle, three from the track;
Wood, bronze, iron; water, fire, stone;
Five will return, and one go alone."Susan Cooper, in her five-title Dark Is Rising sequence, creates a world where the conflict between good and evil reaches epic proportions. She ranks with C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien in her ability to deliver a moral vision in the context of breathtaking adventure. No one can stop at just one of her thrilling fantasy novels. Among many other prestigious awards, The Dark Is Rising is a Newbery Honor Book and a Carnegie Medal Honor Book. (Ages 8 and older) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Ferdinand the BullISBN 1579820182 (1-57982-018-2)
Hardcover, Merrymakers Distribution
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Five Children and Itby Edith NesbitISBN 1592249388 (1-59224-938-8)
Softcover, Wildside Pr
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Great Expectationsby Charles Dickens, Graham Law, Adrian PinningtonISBN 1551111748 (1-55111-174-8)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Great Expectations'Book summary:An absorbing mystery as well as a morality tale, the story of Pip, a poor village lad, and his expectations of wealth is Dickens at his most deliciously readable. The cast of characters includes kindly Joe Gargery, the loyal convict Abel Magwitch and the haunting Miss Havisham. If you have heartstrings, count on them being tugged. [via]
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- Great Expectations: ISBN 1593080069 (1-59308-006-9)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc - Great Expectations: ISBN 1593081162 (1-59308-116-2)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc - Great Expectations: ISBN 158726398X (1-58726-398-X)
Hardcover, Ann Arbor Media Group - Great Expectations: ISBN 1592640109 (1-59264-010-9)
Hardcover, Toby Pr - Great Expectations: ISBN 1593081626 (1-59308-162-6)
Hardcover, Barnes & Noble - Great Expectations: ISBN 1575457040 (1-57545-704-0)
Softcover, Reagent Pr - Great Expectations: ISBN 1578400112 (1-57840-011-2)
Softcover, Acclaim Books - Great Expectations: ISBN 1588550257 (1-58855-025-7)
Softcover, Cyber Classics Inc - Great Expectations: ISBN 1561381705 (1-56138-170-5)
Hardcover, Courage Books - Great Expectations: ISBN 1577656873 (1-57765-687-3)
Hardcover, Spotlight - Great Expectations: ISBN 1582790361 (1-58279-036-1)
Hardcover, Trident Pr Intl - Great Expectations: ISBN 1582790485 (1-58279-048-5)
Hardcover, Trident Reference Pub - Great Expectations: ISBN 1551111748 (1-55111-174-8)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
- Great Expectations: ISBN 1593080069 (1-59308-006-9)
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Grimm's Fairy TalesISBN 1404305378 (1-4043-0537-8)
Softcover, Indypublish.Com
Find This BookBook summary:[via]Grimm's Fairy Tales, by Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:With the words Once upon a time, the Brothers Grimm transport readers to a timeless realm where witches, giants, princesses, kings, fairies, goblins, and wizards fall in love, try to get rich, quarrel with their neighbors, and have magical adventures of all kindsand in the process reveal essential truths about human nature.
When Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm set out to collect stories in the early 1800s, their goal was not to entertain children but to preserve Germanic folkloreand the hard life of European peasants was reflected in the tales they discovered. However, once the brothers saw how the stories entranced young readers, they began softening some of the harsher aspects to make them more suitable for children.
A cornerstone of Western culture since the early 1800s, Grimms Fairy Tales is now beloved the world over. This collection of more than 120 of the Grimms best tales includes such classics as Cinderella, Snow White, Hansel and Grethel, Rapunzel, Rumpelstiltskin, Little Red Riding Hood, and The Frog Prince, as well as others that are no less delightful.
Elizabeth Dalton is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Barnard College. She has published fiction and criticism in The New Yorker, Partisan Review, Commentary, and The New York Times Book Review. -
Grimms' Fairy Talesby Brothers GrimmISBN 1406821411 (1-4068-2141-1)
Softcover, Echo Library
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The Hound of the Baskervillesby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 142645547X (1-4264-5547-X)
Softcover, Bibliobazaar
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'Book summary:We owe 1902's The Hound of the Baskervilles to Arthur Conan Doyle's good friend Fletcher "Bobbles" Robinson, who took him to visit some scary English moors and prehistoric ruins, and told him marvelous local legends about escaped prisoners and a 17th-century aristocrat who fell afoul of the family dog. Doyle transmogrified the legend: generations ago, a hound of hell tore out the throat of devilish Hugo Baskerville on the moonlit moor. Poor, accursed Baskerville Hall now has another mysterious death: that of Sir Charles Baskerville. Could the culprit somehow be mixed up with secretive servant Barrymore, history-obsessed Dr. Frankland, butterfly-chasing Stapleton, or Selden, the Notting Hill murderer at large? Someone's been signaling with candles from the mansion's windows. Nor can supernatural forces be ruled out. Can Dr. Watson--left alone by Sherlock Holmes to sleuth in fear for much of the novel--save the next Baskerville, Sir Henry, from the hound's fangs?
Many Holmes fans prefer Doyle's complete short stories, but their clockwork logic doesn't match the author's boast about this novel: it's "a real Creeper!" What distinguishes this particular Hound is its fulfillment of Doyle's great debt to Edgar Allan Poe--it's full of ancient woe, low moans, a Grimpen Mire that sucks ponies to Dostoyevskian deaths, and locals digging up Neolithic skulls without next-of-kins' consent. "The longer one stays here the more does the spirit of the moor sink into one's soul," Watson realizes. "Rank reeds and lush, slimy water-plants sent an odour of decay ... while a false step plunged us more than once thigh-deep into the dark, quivering mire, which shook for yards in soft undulations around our feet ... it was as if some malignant hand was tugging us down into those obscene depths." Read on--but, reader, watch your step! --Tim Appelo [via]
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- The Hound of the Baskervilles: ISBN 1404309721 (1-4043-0972-1)
Hardcover, Indypublish.Com - Hound of the Baskervilles: ISBN 1417619627 (1-4176-1962-7)
Hardcover, Bt Bound - The Hound of the Baskervilles: ISBN 1555045154 (1-55504-515-4)
Softcover, J. Curley - The Hound of the Baskervilles: ISBN 0977769429 (0-9777694-2-9)
Softcover, Neptune Media Group - The Hound of the Baskervilles: ISBN 0964878836 (0-9648788-3-6)
Hardcover, Baker Street Irregulars in cooperation with the New York Public Libaray-Berg Collection - The Hound of the Baskervilles: ISBN 142645547X (1-4264-5547-X)
Softcover, Bibliobazaar
- The Hound of the Baskervilles: ISBN 1404309721 (1-4043-0972-1)
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Hound of the Baskervillesby Alexander DumasISBN 1562542893 (1-56254-289-3)
Softcover, Saddleback Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hound of the Baskervilles'Book summary:Written at a point of crisis in his life, A Tale of Two Cities is the embodiment of Dickens' own passions and fears: the revolution which engulfs the characters symbolizes his own psychological revolution, and the three main characters become projections of Dickens himself. [via]
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The Hound Of The Baskervillesby Arthur Doyle ConanISBN 0974607878 (0-9746078-7-8)
Softcover, Melville Pub House
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hound Of The Baskervilles'Book summary:We owe 1902's The Hound of the Baskervilles to Arthur Conan Doyle's good friend Fletcher "Bobbles" Robinson, who took him to visit some scary English moors and prehistoric ruins, and told him marvelous local legends about escaped prisoners and a 17th-century aristocrat who fell afoul of the family dog. Doyle transmogrified the legend: generations ago, a hound of hell tore out the throat of devilish Hugo Baskerville on the moonlit moor. Poor, accursed Baskerville Hall now has another mysterious death: that of Sir Charles Baskerville. Could the culprit somehow be mixed up with secretive servant Barrymore, history-obsessed Dr. Frankland, butterfly-chasing Stapleton, or Selden, the Notting Hill murderer at large? Someone's been signaling with candles from the mansion's windows. Nor can supernatural forces be ruled out. Can Dr. Watson--left alone by Sherlock Holmes to sleuth in fear for much of the novel--save the next Baskerville, Sir Henry, from the hound's fangs?
Many Holmes fans prefer Doyle's complete short stories, but their clockwork logic doesn't match the author's boast about this novel: it's "a real Creeper!" What distinguishes this particular Hound is its fulfillment of Doyle's great debt to Edgar Allan Poe--it's full of ancient woe, low moans, a Grimpen Mire that sucks ponies to Dostoyevskian deaths, and locals digging up Neolithic skulls without next-of-kins' consent. "The longer one stays here the more does the spirit of the moor sink into one's soul," Watson realizes. "Rank reeds and lush, slimy water-plants sent an odour of decay ... while a false step plunged us more than once thigh-deep into the dark, quivering mire, which shook for yards in soft undulations around our feet ... it was as if some malignant hand was tugging us down into those obscene depths." Read on--but, reader, watch your step! --Tim Appelo [via]
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The Hound of the Baskervilles: Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes With, the Adventure of the Speckled Bandby Arthur Conan Doyle, Francis O'GormanISBN 1551117223 (1-55111-722-3)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hound of the Baskervilles: Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes With, the Adventure of the Speckled Band'Book summary:The Hound of the Baskervilles (1901-02) is Arthur Conan Doyle's most celebrated Sherlock Holmes adventure. At the end of the yew tree path of his ancestral home, Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead. Close by are the footprints of a gigantic hound. Called to investigate, Holmes seems to face a supernatural foe. In the tense narration of the detective's efforts to solve the crime, Conan Doyle meditates on late Victorian and early twentieth-century ideas of ancestry and atavism, the possible biological determination of criminals, the stability of the British landed classes, and the place of the supernatural. Historical documents included with this fully-annotated Broadview edition help contextualize the novel's debates and reveal its cultural and literary significance as a supreme instance of early detective fiction. Also included is the Conan Doyle short story The Adventure of the Speckled Band. [via]
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Jo's Boysby Louisa May AlcottISBN 1404310797 (1-4043-1079-7)
Softcover, Indypublish.Com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jo's Boys'Book summary:Large Format for easy reading. By the author of Little Women and Little Men. Takes us back to Plumfield school, where the boys have moved away and returned, and matured and grown, and draws the final curtain on the March Family Saga. [via]
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Just So Storiesby Rudyard KiplingISBN 1560005017 (1-56000-501-7)
Hardcover, Transaction Pub Large Print
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Just So Stories'Book summary:These wonderful and fanciful stories delight adult and child alike with their amusing and clever responses to such questions as how the leopard got his spots or why an elephant has a trunk. Kipling was born in India of English parents, and the impressions that exotic and fascinating country left on him in his early years would influence his writing in later years. Even in the deceptively simple Just So Stories, the reader recognizes Kipling's gifted ear for language and his vivid imagery.
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Just So Stories Set: For Little Childrenby Rudyard KiplingISBN 1404311653 (1-4043-1165-3)
Softcover, IndyPublish.com
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King Soloman's Minesby H. Rider HaggardISBN 1576468208 (1-57646-820-8)
Softcover, Quiet Vision Pub
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King Solomon's Minesby Henry Rider Haggard, Gerald MonsmanISBN 1551114399 (1-55111-439-9)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'King Solomon's Mines'Book summary:[via]King Solomon's Mines, by H. Rider Haggard, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:One of the best-selling novels of the nineteenth century, King Solomons Mines has inspired dozens of adventure stories, including Edgar Rice Burroughss Tarzan books and the Indiana Jones movies. Vivid and enormously action-packed, H. Rider Haggards tale of danger and discovery continues to shock and thrill, as it has since it was first presented to the public and heralded as the most amazing book ever written.
The story begins when renowned safari hunter Allan Quartermain agrees to help Sir Henry Curtis and Captain John Good search for King Solomons legendary cache of diamonds. Eager to find out what is true, what is myth, and what is really buried in the darkness of the mines, the tireless adventurers delve into the Saharas treacherous Veil of Sand, where they stumble upon a mysterious lost tribe of African warriors. Finding themselves in deadly peril from that countrys cruel king and the evil sorceress who conspires behind his throne, the explorers escape, but what they seek could be the most savage trap of allthe forbidden, impenetrable, and spectacular King Solomons Mines.Benjamin Ivry is the author of biographies of Arthur Rimbaud, Francis Poulenc, and Maurice Ravel. His poetry collection Paradise for the Portuguese Queen appeared in 1998.
Lion, Witch, & Wardrobeby C. S. LewisISBN 156137704X (1-56137-704-X)
Softcover, Novel Units
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The Little Bookroom: Eleanor Farjeon's Short Stories for Children Chosen by Herselfby Eleanor Farjeon, Edward ArdizzoneISBN 1590170482 (1-59017-048-2)
Hardcover, Random House Distribution childrens
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Little House in the Big Woodsby Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garth WilliamsISBN 1581180780 (1-58118-078-0)
Hardcover, Library Reproduction Services
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The Little House on the Prairieby Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garth WilliamsISBN 1557361495 (1-55736-149-5)
Hardcover, Cornerstone Books
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Little Lord Fauntleroyby Frances H. BurnettISBN 1406505609 (1-4065-0560-9)
Softcover, Dodo Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Little Lord Fauntleroy'Book summary:A classic children's story by the English playwright and author best known for her children's stories, especially The Secret Garden. The story concerns an American boy who at an early age finds that he is the sole heir to a British earldom and leaves New York to take up residence in his ancestral castle, where, after some initial resistance, he is joined by his middle-class mother, "Dearest", the widow of the late heir. His grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, intends to teach the boy to become an aristocrat, but the boy inadvertently teaches his grandfather compassion and social justice and the artless simplicity and motherly love of Dearest warms his heart. [via]
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Little Lord Fauntleroyby Frances Hodgson BurnettISBN 1404313419 (1-4043-1341-9)
Softcover, IndyPublish.com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Little Lord Fauntleroy'Book summary:The charming story of a 7-year-old turn-of-the-century American boy who lived on the edge of poverty in New York City and who suddenly inherits an English castle. 4 cassettes. [via]
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The Lost Princeby Frances Hodgson BurnettISBN 1404314032 (1-4043-1403-2)
Softcover, Indypublish.Com
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Old Peter's Russian Talesby Arthur RansomeISBN 155742456X (1-55742-456-X)
Softcover, Wildside Pr
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Peter Panby J. M. Barrie, Amy BilloneISBN 1593082134 (1-59308-213-4)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Peter Pan'Book summary:Recounts the adventures of Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up. [via]
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- Peter Pan: ISBN 1561563056 (1-56156-305-6)
Hardcover, Kidsbooks - Peter Pan: ISBN 1577595483 (1-57759-548-3)
Hardcover, Dalmatian Press - Peter Pan: ISBN 1577658205 (1-57765-820-5)
Hardcover, Spotlight - Peter Pan: ISBN 0907785697 (0-907785-69-7)
Hardcover, Sai Publications - Peter Pan: ISBN 1593082134 (1-59308-213-4)
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- Peter Pan: ISBN 1561563056 (1-56156-305-6)
The Phoenix and the Carpetby Edith NesbitISBN 1406835048 (1-4068-3504-8)
Softcover, Echo Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Phoenix and the Carpet'Book summary:The four children acquired the magic carpet when they found a special fire egg -- it hatched in their nursery fireplace. The phoenix came from the egg, and when he saw their mother's new Persian carpet, he turned it into a magical thing -- a flying carpet that would take them any time and place they could write onto a slip of paper. Witty, genuine, full of timeless sympathy and childish sensibility. _The Phoenix and the Carpet offers a special ride through wonders for children of all ages. [via]
Princess and Curdieby George MacDonaldISBN 1576466345 (1-57646-634-5)
Softcover, Quiet Vision Pub
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The Railway Childrenby E. Nesbit, C. E. BrockISBN 1587172801 (1-58717-280-1)
Softcover, Chronicle Books Llc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Railway Children'Book summary:Nearly a hundred years after its original publication, The Railway Children is still one of E. Nesbit's most beloved and delightful stories. Roberta, Peter, and Phyllis were very happy living in a comfortable house surrounded by a cook and servants and two loving parents, until one evening when there was a knock at the door and their father was mysteriously taken away by two men. Suddenly alone, their mother moves the family to a small cottage in the countryside. There, the children begin a series of exciting adventures, from saving a train filled with passengers from a landslide, to rescuing a baby from a fire, to aiding a penniless Russian exile, to eventually unraveling the mystery of their father's disappearance. Featuring a new jacket illustration by Caldecott medalist Paul O. Zelinsky, as well as all nineteen of the original black-and-white line drawings by C. E. Brock, this classic story is perfect for home and classroom libraries. [via]
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The Railway Childrenby Peter Glassman, Edith NesbitISBN 1587172798 (1-58717-279-8)
Hardcover, Chronicle Books LLC
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Railway Children'Book summary:Nearly a hundred years after its original publication, The Railway Children is still one of E. Nesbit's most beloved and delightful stories. Roberta, Peter, and Phyllis were very happy living in a comfortable house surrounded by a cook and servants and two loving parents, until one evening when there was a knock at the door and their father was mysteriously taken away by two men. Suddenly alone, their mother moves the family to a small cottage in the countryside. There, the children begin a series of exciting adventures, from saving a train filled with passengers from a landslide, to rescuing a baby from a fire, to aiding a penniless Russian exile, to eventually unraveling the mystery of their father's disappearance. Featuring a new jacket illustration by Caldecott medalist Paul O. Zelinsky, as well as all nineteen of the original black-and-white line drawings by C. E. Brock, this classic story is perfect for home and classroom libraries. [via]
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Readers Digest Best Loved Books for Young Readersby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 0945260237 (0-945260-23-7)
Hardcover, Choice Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Readers Digest Best Loved Books for Young Readers'Book summary:reader's digest for young readers treasure island [via]
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cryby Mildred D. TaylorISBN 1557361401 (1-55736-140-1)
Hardcover, Cornerstone Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry'Book summary:In all Mildred D. Taylor's unforgettable novels she recounts "not only the joy of growing up in a large and supportive family, but my own feelings of being faced with segregation and bigotry." Her Newbery Medal-winning Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry tells the story of one African American family, fighting to stay together and strong in the face of brutal racist attacks, illness, poverty, and betrayal in the Deep South of the 1930s. Nine-year-old Cassie Logan, growing up protected by her loving family, has never had reason to suspect that any white person could consider her inferior or wish her harm. But during the course of one devastating year when her community begins to be ripped apart by angry night riders threatening African Americans, she and her three brothers come to understand why the land they own means so much to their Papa. "Look out there, Cassie girl. All that belongs to you. You ain't never had to live on nobody's place but your own and long as I live and the family survives, you'll never have to. That's important. You may not understand that now but one day you will. Then you'll see."
Twenty-five years after it was first published, this special anniversary edition of the classic strikes as deep and powerful a note as ever. Taylor's vivid portrayal of ugly racism and the poignancy of Cassie's bewilderment and gradual toughening against social injustice and the men and women who perpetuate it, will remain with readers forever. Two award-winning sequels, Let the Circle Be Unbroken and The Road to Memphis, and a long-awaited prequel, The Land, continue the profoundly moving tale of the Logan family. (Ages 9 and older) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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The Rose And The Ringby William Makepeace ThackerayISBN 1421933128 (1-4219-3312-8)
Softcover, Indypublish.Com
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Sherlock Holmes: A Baker Street Dozenby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 1555045383 (1-55504-538-3)
Hardcover, Chivers North Amer
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sherlock Holmes: A Baker Street Dozen'Book summary:We owe 1902's The Hound of the Baskervilles to Arthur Conan Doyle's good friend Fletcher "Bobbles" Robinson, who took him to visit some scary English moors and prehistoric ruins, and told him marvelous local legends about escaped prisoners and a 17th-century aristocrat who fell afoul of the family dog. Doyle transmogrified the legend: generations ago, a hound of hell tore out the throat of devilish Hugo Baskerville on the moonlit moor. Poor, accursed Baskerville Hall now has another mysterious death: that of Sir Charles Baskerville. Could the culprit somehow be mixed up with secretive servant Barrymore, history-obsessed Dr. Frankland, butterfly-chasing Stapleton, or Selden, the Notting Hill murderer at large? Someone's been signaling with candles from the mansion's windows. Nor can supernatural forces be ruled out. Can Dr. Watson--left alone by Sherlock Holmes to sleuth in fear for much of the novel--save the next Baskerville, Sir Henry, from the hound's fangs?
Many Holmes fans prefer Doyle's complete short stories, but their clockwork logic doesn't match the author's boast about this novel: it's "a real Creeper!" What distinguishes this particular Hound is its fulfillment of Doyle's great debt to Edgar Allan Poe--it's full of ancient woe, low moans, a Grimpen Mire that sucks ponies to Dostoyevskian deaths, and locals digging up Neolithic skulls without next-of-kins' consent. "The longer one stays here the more does the spirit of the moor sink into one's soul," Watson realizes. "Rank reeds and lush, slimy water-plants sent an odour of decay ... while a false step plunged us more than once thigh-deep into the dark, quivering mire, which shook for yards in soft undulations around our feet ... it was as if some malignant hand was tugging us down into those obscene depths." Read on--but, reader, watch your step! --Tim Appelo [via]
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Sherlock Holmes and the case of the hound Of the Baskervillesby Arthur Conan Doyle, Malvina G. Vogel, Pablo MarcosISBN 1596792507 (1-59679-250-7)
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The Story Of The Treasure Seekersby Edith NesbitISBN 1419184172 (1-4191-8417-2)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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Tehanuby Ursula K. Le GuinISBN 1416509623 (1-4165-0962-3)
Softcover, Pocket Star
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tehanu'Book summary:Often compared to Tolkien's Middle-earth or Lewis's Narnia, Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea is a stunning fantasy world that grabs quickly at our hearts, pulling us deeply into its imaginary realms. Four books (A Wizard of Earthsea, The Tombs of Atuan, The Farthest Shore, and Tehanu) tell the whole Earthsea cycle--a tale about a reckless, awkward boy named Sparrowhawk who becomes a wizard's apprentice after the wizard reveals Sparrowhawk's true name. The boy comes to realize that his fate may be far more important than he ever dreamed possible. Le Guin challenges her readers to think about the power of language, how in the act of naming the world around us we actually create that world. Teens, especially, will be inspired by the way Le Guin allows her characters to evolve and grow into their own powers.
In this second book of Le Guin's Earthsea series, readers will meet Tenar, a priestess to the "Nameless Ones" who guard the catacombs of the Tombs of Atuan. Only Tenar knows the passageways of this dark labyrinth, and only she can lead the young wizard Sparrowhawk, who stumbles into its maze, to the greatest treasure of all. Will she? [via]
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Through the Looking Glassby Lewis CarrollISBN 1406724874 (1-4067-2487-4)
Softcover, Hesperides Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Through the Looking Glass'Book summary:`I should see the garden far better,' said Alice to herself, `if I could get to the top of that hill: and here's a path that leads straight to it--at least, no, it doesn't do that--' (after going a few yards along the path, and turning several sharp corners), `but I suppose it will at last. But how curiously it twists! It's more like a corkscrew than a path! Well, THIS turn goes to the hill, I suppose--no, it doesn't! [via]
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Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found Thereby Lewis Carroll, Mervyn PeakeISBN 1582341753 (1-58234-175-3)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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Treasure Islandby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 1416500294 (1-4165-0029-4)
Softcover, Pocket Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Treasure Island'Book summary:Climb aboard for the swashbuckling adventure of a lifetime. Treasure Islandhas enthralled (and caused slight seasickness) for decades. The names Long John Silver and Jim Hawkins are destined to remain pieces of folklore for as long as children want to read Robert Louis Stevenson's most famous book. With it's dastardly plot and motley crew of rogues and villains, it seems unlikely that children will ever say no to this timeless classic. --Naomi Gesinger [via]
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Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc - Treasure Island: ISBN 142180865X (1-4218-0865-X)
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Hardcover, Barnes & Noble - Treasure Island: ISBN 1561382647 (1-56138-264-7)
Hardcover, Running Pr Book Pub - Treasure Island: ISBN 1561385107 (1-56138-510-7)
Hardcover, Courage Books - Treasure Island: ISBN 1577595572 (1-57759-557-2)
Hardcover, Dalmatian Press - Treasure Island: ISBN 1577658051 (1-57765-805-1)
Hardcover, Spotlight - Treasure Island: ISBN 0907785735 (0-907785-73-5)
Hardcover, Sai Publications - Treasure Island: ISBN 0913870781 (0-913870-78-1)
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Treasure Islandby Lucy Corvino, Chris TaitISBN 1402713185 (1-4027-1318-5)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Treasure Island'Book summary:Following Sterling's spectacularly successful launch of its children's classic novels (240,000 books in print to date),comes a dazzling new series: Classic Starts. The stories are abridged; the quality is complete. Classic Starts treats the world's beloved tales (and children) with the respect they deserve--all at an incomparable price.[via]
Pirates, buried treasure, and action aplenty--that's what's served up in this fine story, mates, and kids will eat it up. After Jim Hawkins finds the map to a mysterious treasure, he sets sail in search of the fortune. Little does he realize he's boarded a pirate ship, and that surprises and danger await him...including a meeting with the inforgettable Long John Silver.More editions of Treasure Island:
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Treasure Islandby Scott McKowenISBN 1402714572 (1-4027-1457-2)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Treasure Island'Book summary:Climb aboard for the swashbuckling adventure of a lifetime. Treasure Islandhas enthralled (and caused slight seasickness) for decades. The names Long John Silver and Jim Hawkins are destined to remain pieces of folklore for as long as children want to read Robert Louis Stevenson's most famous book. With it's dastardly plot and motley crew of rogues and villains, it seems unlikely that children will ever say no to this timeless classic. --Naomi Gesinger [via]
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The Wouldbegoodsby E. NesbitISBN 1406835080 (1-4068-3508-0)
Softcover, Echo Library
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Ferdinandus Taurusby Munro Leaf, Robert Lawson, Elizabetha HadasISBN 1567921272 (1-56792-127-2)
Softcover, David R Godine Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ferdinandus Taurus'Book summary:Once upon a time, there lived in Spain a bull named Ferdinand. While his brothers liked to charge around the field, butt their heads together and to generally act ferocious, Ferdinand liked nothing better than to sit under the cork tree and smell the flowers. He was, you see, a placid and a gentle bull whose only desire in life was to be let alone. And his life would have proceeded very nicely had he not one day placed his considerable rump on a bumblebee on the very same day that five men arrived from Madrid searching for a new star for the corrida.
This classic tale by Munro Leaf, which has enchanted children for over fifty years, is here translated for the first (and certainly the last) time into (mirabile dictu) Latin. It comes with a complete glossary of words, and, of course, with the wonderful, appropriate, and droll drawings from the pen of the inimitable Robert Lawson (for whom the book was originally written). [via]More editions of Ferdinandus Taurus:
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