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This volume of the Golden Age of Illustration Series contains Hans Christian Andersen's 'The Princess and the Pea', first published in May of 1835. This classic fairy tale has been continuously in print in different editions since its first publication, with many, many, different artists illustrating the story over the years. This edition features a beautiful collection of the best of that art, taken from the likes of Arthur Rackham, W. Heath Robinson,...
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Anansi books volume 2
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Anansi the Spider's plan to trick his friend Turtle into doing all the work while he teaches Anansi to catch fish somehow gets turned around. While Anansi doesn't learn his lesson, he does learn the invaluable skill of weaving.
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Scary stories to tell in the dark volume 1
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Stories of ghosts and witches, "jump" stories, scary songs, and modern-day scary stories.
13) Bamboo
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Simply Read Books
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill ; 24 x 29 cm.
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"Telling a tale of change and acceptance, the book begins in rural turn-of-the-century China when Bamboo, a young farmer, finds himself beset by poverty and decides to travel to the New World in order to find fortune. But while Bamboo is away, his sister-in-law makes mischief: she schemes to steal Bamboo's ancestral lands. The plan looks set to work until the magic bamboo that Bamboo's new wife, Ming, brings as a gift saves her husband's life"--www.amazon.com....
15) Henny Penny
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
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Henny Penny and her barnyard friends are on their way to tell the king that the sky is falling when they meet a hungry fox, but Henney Penny's quick thinking saves the day.
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Periplus
Pub. Date
2003
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32 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 21 x 23 cm.
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Featured as a "Top Pick" on TravelForKids.com, Gecko's Complaint tells the story of a Gecko who once lived on the island we now call Bali, in a jungle dense with flowers and vines. After hundreds of fireflies disturb Gecko's sleep, he complains to kindly Raden, the jungle's lion leader. In his efforts to get to the bottom of Gecko's troubles, Raden discovers all too much complaining and far too many irritable animals. Can Raden help the animals with...
19) Tell me a dragon
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Frances Lincoln Children's
Pub. Date
2009
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1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 31 cm.
Description
Kate Greenaway Medal nominee Jackie Morris presents in stunning pictures a range of dragons, describing many different varieties of the beast, and why their owners find them so entrancing.
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