Children's Books
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TALES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
A lavishly illustrated collection of best-loved tales and adventures. Retold and illustrated by the inimitable Val Biro. Sindbad the Sailor, The Enchanted Horse, Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp ,The Adventures of Caliph Haroun Alraschid, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, The Pot of Gold.
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GRIMM’S FAIRY TALES
A lavish volume of classic tales from the master German storytellers. Retold and illustrated by Val Biro. Stories include Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Hansel and Gretel, The Golden Goose and many more. Perfect for storytime and a fabulous gift to treasure forever.
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THE CALL OF THE WILD
The Call of the Wild is a short adventure novel by Jack London published in 1903 and set in Yukon, Canada during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The central character of the novel is a dog named Buck. The story opens at a ranch in Santa Clara Valley, California, when Buck is stolen from his home and sold into service as a sled dog in Alaska. He becomes progressively feral in the harsh environment, where he is forced to fight to survive and dominate other dogs. By the end, he sheds the veneer of civilization, and relies on primordial instinct and learned experience to emerge as a leader in the wild.
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THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES
Val Biro strips the legend of its moral power by tacking on a happy ending. In ”East of the Sun and West of the Moon” (Four Winds), Mercer Mayer has simply jacked up the title of the famous Scandinavian folk tale and shoved a new story underneath it.
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LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD
Little Red Riding Hood is on her way to visit Grandma, who is ill in bed. She is carrying a letter in her basket, but when she stops in the forest to pick some flowers, the letter falls out. A wicked wolf sees it and snatches it up. ‘Ah-ha-ha!’ he cackles when he reads the address.
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ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER
Tom Sawyer is a boy of about 12 years of age, who resides in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, Missouri, in about the year 1845. Tom Sawyer’s best friends include Joe Harper and Huckleberry Finn. In The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Tom’s infatuation with classmate Becky Thatcher is apparent as he tries to intrigue her with his strength, boldness, and handsome looks. He first sees her after he confessed his feelings for Amy Lawrence, one of his classmates. He lives with his half-brother Sid, his cousin Mary, and his stern Aunt Polly. There is no mention of Tom’s father. Tom has another aunt, Sally Phelps, who lives very much farther down the Mississippi.
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THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ
The story chronicles the adventures of a young farm girl named Dorothy in the magical Land of Oz, after she and her pet dog Toto are swept away from their Kansas home by a cyclone.
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HEIDI BY JOHANNA SPYRI
Heidi is a work of children’s fiction published in 1881 by Swiss author Johanna Spyri, originally published in two parts as Heidi: her years of wandering and learning and Heidi : How she used what she learned. It is a novel about the events in the life of a young girl in her grandfather’s care in the Swiss Alps. It was written as a book “for children and those who love children
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WHAT KATY DID
It follows the adventures of a twelve-year-old American girl, Katy Carr, and her family who live in the fictional lakeside Ohio town of Burnet in the 1860s. Katy is a tall untidy tomboy, forever getting into scrapes but wishing to be beautiful and beloved. When a terrible accident makes her an invalid, her illness and four-year recovery gradually teach her to be as good and kind as she has always wanted.
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PHANTOM HORSE ISLAND MYSTERY
Running wild in the Virginia Mountains, Phantom the palomino horse is tamed by Jean and Angus and brought to England. Christine Pullein-Thompson s much-loved series features their exciting adventures.
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PHANTOM HORSE IN DANGER
I imagined Phantom twisting, kicking, rearing, ropes round his quarters, a blindfold over his eyes. The thought sent tears running down my cheeks like rain. When their horses are in mortal danger, Jean and Angus hatch a desperate plan to save them
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PHANTOM HORSE COMES HOME
Phantom, the palamino, runs wild in the Virginia mountains of America. Jean and her brother, Angus, tame him and bring him to England. A new series featuring their exciting and mysterious adventures at home and abroad.
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PHANTOM HORSE DISAPPEARS
Running wild in the Virginia Mountains, Phantom the palomino horse is tamed by Jean and Angus and brought to England. Christine Pullein-Thompson s much-loved series features their exciting adventures.
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SECRET OF WEEPING WOOD
Something’s going on in Weeping Wood. There’s an awful sound coming from deep in the woods, like ghostly babies crying. It is time for The Outfit to investigate. But they had better watch out, because they are not the only people interested in Weeping Wood.
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PERIL IN THE MIST
illo, Titch, Shaz, Mickey and Raider the dog are the five members of The Outfit a gang of quick-witted, brave children who find themselves in plenty of adventures and solve many mysteries in this gripping series.
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KIDNAP AT DENTON FARM
When Farmer Denton has a winf turbine built on hos farm, little does he know what trouble it will bring. After one of The Outfit goes missing, they must solve the mystery of the malicious caller – and fast – if they ever want to see their friend again.
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WE DIDN’T MEAN TO, HONEST
Froglet Pond is under attack, and The Outfit are furious. It’s not just them that will suffer if the pond’s filled in – what about all the wildlife that lives there? It’s up to The Outfit to stop the plans and save the pond
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GHOST OF GIVENHAM KEEP
Steel gates and barbed wire have been put up around the old mansion in Weeping Wood. Someone has something to hide and The Outfit intend to find out what. But their innocent investigation soon takes a sinister turn.
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STRANGE TALE OF RAGGED BILL
A little girl’s disappeared from right outside the school. Everyone’s blaming Ragger Bill, the ragged man who lives in the school boiler room. But The Outfit are sure Ragger Bill’s innocent and if the only way to prove it is to find the missing girl, then that’s what they’ll have to do.
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