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1) Fables
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Twenty original fables about an array of animal characters from crocodile to ostrich.
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Who better to wreak havoc with eight beloved fairytales than Gregory Maguire, the brilliantly funny author of the adult novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, as well as of the hilarious middle–grade series, The Hamlet Chronicles. Zany animals of all species run through these fractured tales with alarming speed and dexterity. Who would have thought that Sleeping Beauty, that most regal of all fairy– tales, could be twisted...
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Pleasant Co
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
215 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. map ; 16 cm.
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A collection of five short stories featuring nine-year-old Molly McIntire, growing up in Illinois in 1944 during World War II as she takes a much-needed trip to her grandparents' farm, collects money for the war effort, teams up with her friend Susan to write a report on George Washington, tries to care for her new puppy, and takes a nature hike ending in a surprise. Each story includes a non-fiction essay about the culture and customs of the time....
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Guys read volume 2
Publisher
Walden Pond Press
Pub. Date
c2011
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viii, 272 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
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A collection of humorous stories featuring a teenage terrorist, a mysterious wish-granting machine, and the world's worst private detective.
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Guys read volume 7
Publisher
Walden Pond Press
Pub. Date
[2016].
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288 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
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Featuring ten all-new, original stories that run the gamut from fantasy to comics to contemporary adventure to nonfiction, and featuring eleven of the most acclaimed, exciting writers for kids working today, this collection is the perfect book for you, whether you use your powers for good?or evil.
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Mister Shivers volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
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56 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm.
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A collection of five scary stories, first featuring Jason, sleeping over at his uncle Henry's house, who needs to take a long, dark walk to the bathroom only to find someone is waiting for him inside.
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Viking
Pub. Date
[2002]
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126, 1 unnumbered page : color illustrations ; 26 x 27 cm
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A collection of ten books by the Caldecott Award-winning author and illustrator, with a brief biography and short essays by colleagues--including Jerry Pinkney and Eric Carle--who have been influenced by his work.
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Guys read volume 3
Publisher
Walden Pond Press
Pub. Date
c2012
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245 p. ; 21 cm.
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A collection of sports stories featuring everything from fighting to friendship, set everywhere from the tennis court to the hockey rink.
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Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2014]
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32 pages : colored illustrations ; 29 cm
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A latest collection in the best-selling series provides illustrated, easy-to-read adaptations of popular folk tales that celebrate the adventures of such characters as Johnny Appleseed, Annie Oakley and Paul Bunyan.
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Pleasant Company Publications
Pub. Date
2006
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Josefina Montoya and her sisters love the comfortable traditions of life on her family's New Mexican rancho, but they are suspicious of the changes their Ti?a Dolores is bringing to the household because they fear they will lose their memories of their mother. Five short stories featuring Josefina are followed by brief accounts of what life was actually like in the southwest in the 1800s.
16) Edgar Allan Poe
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Five stories by the nineteenth-century American writer best known for his tales of horror.
Series
Explorer volume 1
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2012
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126 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 23 cm.
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An anthology of short graphic works on the theme of a mysterious box and the marvels, or mayhem, inside.
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