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The Little Red Henby J.P. Miller
Random House Children's Books 2010; US$ 3.99Beloved illustrator J. P. Miller’s graphic, colorful farm animals seem to jump right off the page—but they aren’t jumping to help the Little Red Hen plant her wheat! Young children will learn a valuable lesson about teamwork from this funny, favorite folktale. From the Hardcover edition. more...
Fairy Tales Every Child Should Knowby Various
Old LandMark Publishing 2005; US$ 4.00A collection of children's stories from some of the Masters: THE MAGIC MIRROR,HANSEL AND GRETHEL,LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD,THE THREE BEARS,TOM THUMB,BLUE BEARD,CINDERELLA, and PUSS IN BOOTS. more...
The Complete Wizard of Oz Collectionby MobileReference
MobileReference.com 2008; US$ 3.99This is an electronic edition of the complete collection complemented by author biography. This collectiontable of contents linked to every book and chapter. ******************. The Oz books form a book series that begins with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and that relates the "history" of the Land of Oz. Oz was originally created by author L. Frank Baum, who went on to write fourteen Oz books. Although most of the Oz books are strictly adventures, Baum?as well as many later Oz authors?styled themselves as "Royal Historians" of Oz to emphasize that Oz is a genuine place. Later authors wrote 26 other "official" books after Baum''s death. Many other authors have put their own twists on Oz, notably Gregory Maguire''s... more...
Grimm's Fairy Talesby Brothers Grimm
Digireads.com 2004; US$ 3.99The classic collection of fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm. more...
The Big Over Easyby Jasper Fforde
Penguin Group Inc. 2006; US$ 12.99Jasper Fforde does it again with a dazzling new series starring Inspector Jack Spratt, head of the Nursery Crime Division Jasper Fforde?s bestselling Thursday Next series has delighted readers of every genre with its literary derring-do and brilliant flights of fancy. In The Big Over Easy , Fforde takes a break from classic literature and tumbles into the seedy underbelly of nursery crime. Meet Inspector Jack Spratt, family man and head of the Nursery Crime Division. He?s investigating the murder of ovoid D-class nursery celebrity Humpty Dumpty, found shattered to death beneath a wall in a shabby area of town. Yes, the big egg is down, and all those brittle pieces sitting in the morgue point to foul play. BACKCOVER: ?A wonderfully readable... more...
Climbing the Stairsby Padma Venkatraman
Penguin Group Inc. 2010; US$ 8.99Fifteen-year-old Vidya dreams of going to collegeù an unusual aspiration for a girl living in Britishoccupied India during World War II. Then tragedy strikes, and Vidya and her brother are forced to move into a traditional household with their extended family, where women are meant to be married, not educated. Breaking the rules, Vidya finds refuge in her grandfatherÆs library. But then her brother does something unthinkable, and VidyaÆs life becomes a whirlwind of political and personal complications. The question is, will she be strong enough to survive? more...
Aesop's Fablesby Aesop
The Floating Press 1884; US$ 3.99Aesop was an Ancient Greek story-teller and slave, famed and cherished for his short fables that often involve personified animals. In the renowned collection of works that is Aesop's Fables , he weaves moral education and entertainment together into tales that have been enjoyed by many, many generations. A lot of the stories in Aesop's Fables, such as The Fox and the Grapes (giving us the term "sour grapes"), The Tortoise and the Hare ... more...
The Arabian Nightsby Richard Burton; A.S. Byatt
Random House Publishing Group 2009; US$ 12.99Full of mischief, valor, ribaldry, and romance, The Arabian Nights has enthralled readers for centuries. These are the tales that saved the life of Shahrazad, whose husband, the king, executed each of his wives after a single night of marriage. Beginning an enchanting story each evening, Shahrazad always withheld the ending: A thousand and one nights later, her life was spared forever. This volume reproduces the 1932 Modern Library edition, for which Bennett A. Cerf chose the most famous and representative stories from Sir Richard F. Burton's multivolume translation, and includes Burton's extensive and acclaimed explanatory notes. These tales, including Alaeddin; or, the Wonderful Lamp, Sinbad the Seaman and Sinbad the Landsman, and Ali... more...
Odd and the Frost Giantsby Neil Gaiman; Brett Helquist
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 9.99In this inventive, short, yet perfectly formed novel inspired by traditional Norse mythology, Neil Gaiman takes readers on a wild and magical trip to the land of giants and gods and back. In a village in ancient Norway lives a boy named Odd, and he's had some very bad luck: His father perished in a Viking expedition; a tree fell on and shattered his leg; the endless freezing winter is making villagers dangerously grumpy. Out in the forest Odd encounters a bear, a fox, and an eaglethree creatures with a strange story to tell. Now Odd is forced on a stranger journey than he had imagineda journey to save Asgard, city of the gods, from the Frost Giants who have invaded it. It's going to take a very special... more...
The Poisons of Caux: The Tasters Guild (Book II)by Jennifer Taylor; Susannah Appelbaum
Random House Children''s Books 2010; US$ 7.99The Poisons of Caux, Book II A macabre and funny fantasy trilogy After the perilous adventure of The Hollow Bettle (Book I), the dark reign of the Nightshades is over at last, and a new day has arrived in Caux, a land long ruled by poison and deceit. The ancient Prophecy-the coming of a Noble Child to cure the one, true King-has finally begun. But fear still grips the people of Caux, for they live in the shadow of the powerful, poisonous Tasters' Guild. Sequestered high within its corrupt walls sits Vidal Verjouce, the Guild's diabolical Director, his dark magic more potent than ever. Eleven-year-old Ivy, famed healer and Noble Child, and her friend and taster Rowan must venture inside the Guild itself if they are to find the door to their... more...