Publication date: 1944
Review A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales for Girls and Boys / Dodd, Mead:
Creator: Jim Weiss
Publication date: 2006-01
List Price: $35.00
Price: $99.99
Review Just So Stories / Listening Library:
Publication date: 2004-01-26
List Price: $84.00
Price: $229.95
Review The World of Peter Rabbit, Tales 1-12 / Warne:A popular Potter favorite is available again in a handsome new package. The carrying case comes complete with a handle, and buckle closure, and has the smart new design celebrating 100 years of Peter Rabbit. Books inside include titles such as The Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Tale of Tom Kitten, and The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck. Now being re-issued because of high demand, this is a great way to start a Potter library.
Publication date: 2007-07-21
Price: $99.99
Review Harry Potter & Deathly Hallows Adult Audio (Harry Potter Adult Cover) / Bloomsbury Audio Harry Potter:
Publication date: 1998-05
Price: $11.80
Review Treasure Island (Wordsworth Classics) / Topeka Bindery:
Creator: Margaret Chamberlain
Edition: Lrg
Publication date: 1991-12
Price: $15.95
Review The Birthday Burglar & A Very Wicked Head Mistress (Lythway Large Print Children's Series) / Chivers North America:
Edition: Collectors
Publication date: 2002-02
Price: $15.60
Review Magician's Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia) / Demco Media:Polly's hand went out to touch one of the rings. Immediately, without a flash or a noise, she vanished. When horrible Uncle Andrew starts experimenting with magic, Digory and Polly find themselves in another world, and at the beginning of an incredible adventure, as the doorway to the magical land of Narnia opens This is the first adventure in the exciting Chronicles of Narnia. This large, deluxe hardcover edition of the first title in the classic Chronicles of Narnia series, The Magician's Nephew, is a gorgeous introduction to the magical land of Narnia. The many readers who discovered C. S. Lewis's Chronicles through The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe will be delighted to find that the next volume in the series is actually the first in the sequence-and a step back in time. In this unforgettable story, British schoolchildren Polly and Digory inadvertently tumble into the Wood Between the Worlds, where they meet the evil Queen Jadis and, ultimately, the great, mysterious King Aslan. We witness the birth of Narnia and discover the legendary source of all the adventures that are to follow in the seven books that comprise the series. Rich, heavy pages, a gold-embossed cover, and Pauline Baynes's original illustrations (hand-colored by the illustrator herself 40 years later) make this special edition of a classic a bona fide treasure. [+](Ages 9 and older) -Emilie Coulter.
Publication date: 2001-05
Dewey code: 790
Price: $16.95
Review Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse: Scrapbook / Galison Books:Lilly loves everything about school, especially her cool teacher, Mr. Slinger. But when Lilly brings her purple plastic purse and its treasures to school and can't wait until sharing time, Mr. Slinger confiscates her prized possessions. Lilly's fury leads to revenge and then to remorse and she sets out to make amends. Lilly, the star of Chester's Way and Julius, the Baby of the World, is back. And this time she has her name in the title - something she's wanted all along. If you thought Lilly was funny before, you are in for a treat. So hurry up and start reading. Lilly can't wait for you to find out more about her. [+]The irrepressible mouse heroine of Chester's Way and Julius, the Baby of the World returns for another true-to-life and very funny episode. Lilly loves everything about school, especially her teacher, Mr. Slinger-until he takes away her musical purse because she can't stop playing with it in class. Lilly decides to get revenge with a nasty drawing of "Big Fat Mean Mr. Stealing Teacher!" but when she finds the kind note he put in her purse, she's filled with remorse and has to find a way to make things right again. Children will sympathize with Lilly's impulsive mistake and laugh uproariously at the witty and expressive pictures of the very human mice. In a starred review, Publisher's Weekly called this book "sympathetic and wise. " (Ages 4 to 8).
Authors
- Coleman Jennings
- Gibson Fahnestock
- Richard B. Duane
- Edward Streeter
- George H. Day
- Kenneth C. Thomas
- Harold D. Harvey
- Lawrence I. Grinnell
- Howland S. Davis
- William B. Boulton
Publication date: 1970
Review The Pomfret Years: A Collection of Reminiscences in Commemoration of Pomfret School's 75th Anniversary / Pomfret School:
Creator: Lucy Cousins
Edition: 1st
Publication date: 2000-05-01
Price: $9.99
Review Maisy Drives the Bus (Maisy) / Candlewick:Maisy the mouse picks up an assortment of passengers as she drives her bus. "Brmm, Brmm!" What's Maisy up to today? This sweet mouse is driving a bus! Hop aboard for a ride to stops 1 through 5. Maisy picks up Cyril the squirrel, Little Black Cat, Tallulah the duck, and Eddie the elephant. "Hooray! There's room for everyone. " Maisy's countless fans have followed her through many other gentle adventures, including Maisy Goes Swimming and Happy Birthday Maisy. Lucy Cousins creates an endearing and easy-to-read tale of this charming mouse, with large print, bold colors, and thickly outlined pictures of Maisy and her friends. An unobtrusive introduction to numbers takes a back seat to a simple, humorous story. (Baby to preschool) -Emilie Coulter.
Publication date: 1988
Review Witch week / Knopf:There are good witches and bad witches, but the law says that all witches must be burned at the stake. So when an anonymous note warns, "Someone in this class is a witch," the students in 6B are nervous - especially the boy who's just discovered that he can cast spells and the girl who was named after the most famous witch of all. Witch Week features the debonair enchanter Chrestomanci, who also appears in Charmed Life, The Magicians of Caprona, and The Lives of Christopber Chant. Someone in the class is a witch. At least so the anonymous note says. Everyone is only too eager to prove it is someone else - because in this society, witches are burned at the stake. Someone in 6B is a witch. And, in the alternate reality described in Diana Wynne Jones's Witch Week, that's not at all a good thing to be. Jones plunks her readers directly into the life of Larwood House, a school in a present-day England that's a lot like the world we know, except for one major difference: witches are everywhere, and they are ruthlessly hunted by inquisitors. With witty, erudite writing, Jones tells of the adventures of the class of 6B as they set about to discover who among them is a witch. [+]Clearly it's not the popular Simon or the perfect Theresa. Could it be fat Nan or sluggish Charles? Mysterious Nirupam or shifty-eyed Brian? By the climax of the book (which, by the way, involves saving the world), being a witch has become a badge of honor rather than a mark of shame. Jones skillfully and seamlessly switches from one point of view to another, creating a comic companion piece to Lord of the Flies as she shows with perfect understanding the way children torment each other-and save each other. She neatly interweaves the dramatic plot with knowing descriptions of school life, as when lumpen Nan warily observes the popular girls: "At lessons, she discovered that Theresa and her friends had started a new craze. That was a bad sign. They were always more than usually pleased with themselves at the start of a craze. The craze was white knitting, white and clean and fluffy, which you kept wrapped in a towel so that it would stay clean. The classroom filled with mutters of, 'Two purl, one plain, twist two. '" Witch Week is a hugely entertaining book that doesn't condescendingly beat children over the head with its humane message of acceptance. -Claire Dederer.
Publication date: 1988-04
List Price: $3.95
Price: $99.99
Review Yellow and Pink / Farrar Straus & Giroux (J):As a yellow and a pink puppet bask in the sun, allowing their paint to dry, they try to determine where they came from. But as soon as they've settled on a solution, a strange man unsettles their theory. Three-color illustrations.
Creator: Marc Simont
Price: $4.50
Review Nate the Great Goes Undercover / Listening Library:Nate the Great takes on his first night case and tries to solve the mystery of the garbage snatcher.
Edition: 1st Minstrel Book
Publication date: 1989
Review Danger on the Air (The Hardy Boys #95) / Minstrel Books:
Edition: Lrg
Publication date: 1987-12
Price: $12.95
Review Saddlebottom (Lythway Large Print Children's Series) / MacMillan Publishing Company:
Edition: Largeprint
Publication date: 1989-01
Price: $13.95
Review On My Honor (G.K. Hall Large Print for Young Readers) / G K Hall & Co:When his best friend drowns while they are both swimming in a treacherous river that they had promised never to go near, Joel is devastated and terrified at having to tell both sets of parents the terrible consequences of their disobedience.
Edition: Largeprint
Publication date: 1991-12
Price: $14.95
Review Paddington Helps Out (Lythway Large Print Children's Series) / Chivers North America:A well-meaning Paddington creates havoc in the kitchen and the launderette when he tries to help out. "Paddington comes out trumphant. " - New York Times Book Review.
Edition: Abridged
Publication date: 1999-10
List Price: $14.95
Price: $99.99
Review Just So Stories / Gentle Wind:
Authors
- Aesop
- Wilhelm Grimm
- Jacob Grimm
- Hans Christian Andersen
Publication date: 2001-03
Dewey code: 398.21
Price: $19.05
Review Eric Carle's Treasury of Classic Stories for Children / Rebound by Sagebrush:An illustrated retelling of twenty-two folktales, fairy tales, and fables.
Edition: Lrg
Publication date: 1990-12
Price: $15.95
Review The TV Kid (Lythway Large Print Children's Series) / MacMillan Publishing Company:A moving, unusual, and amusing tale of a young TV addict who encounters a frightening adventure in an old summer house. From Newbery Medalist Betsy Byars. Black-and-white illustrations.
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A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales for Girls and Boys, Just So Stories, The World of Peter Rabbit, Tales 1-12, Harry Potter & Deathly Hallows Adult Audio (Harry Potter Adult Cover), Treasure Island (Wordsworth Classics), The Birthday Burglar & A Very Wicked Head Mistress (Lythway Large Print Children's Series), Magician's Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia), Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse: Scrapbook, The Pomfret Years: A Collection of Reminiscences in Commemoration of Pomfret School's 75th Anniversary, Maisy Drives the Bus (Maisy), Witch week, Yellow and Pink, Nate the Great Goes Undercover, Danger on the Air (The Hardy Boys #95), Saddlebottom (Lythway Large Print Children's Series), On My Honor (G.K. 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