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Classic fiction. On the grounds of Misselthwaite, her Uncle Archibald's estate near the Yorkshire moors, nine-year-old Mary Lennox finds a walled-in garden that has been locked securely for years. With the help of Dickon Sowerby, a young local boy who can charm animals, Mary cultivates the garden, an experiences that both improves her health and raises her spirits. Ultimately, the secret garden proves beneficial not only to to Mary, but to her sickly...
22) Black Beauty
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English
Description
A horse in nineteenth-century England recounts his experiences with both good and bad masters. Illustrated notes throughout the text explain the historical background of the story.
26) The BFG
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English
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Kidsnatched from her orphanage by a BFG (Big Friendly Giant), who spends his life blowing happy dreams to children, Sophie concocts with him a plan to save the world from nine other man-gobbling cannybull giants.
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English
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From the Publisher: Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert need someone to help work their farm near the little village of Avonlea. So they decide to "take in" an orphan from a distant city. They ask for a strong, quiet, levelheaded boy. But instead, they are sent Anne Shirley-a strong-willed, talkative, redheaded girl with a quick temper, a wild imagination, and a mind of her own. How will living in this quiet little village change Anne? And how will Anne...
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Everyman's library ; 87
Language
English
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A collection of tales told by Scheherazade to amuse the cruel sultan and stop him from executing her as he had his other daily wives.
30) Fairy tales
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Description
A collection of fairy tales from Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm.
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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2012
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English
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First published in 1885, Stevenson's verses so truly reflect the feelings of young children—about being small, the bliss of going up in a swing so high, discovering one's shadow, happiness and sorrow and dreaming—that they have never ceased to be an essential part of a child's library. Robinson's beautiful pictures originally appeared in 1896 in the first illustrated edition.
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