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1) Many moons
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Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Language
English
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Though many try, only the court jester is able to fulfill Princess Lenore's wish for the moon.
2) Madeline
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Language
English
Description
Madeline, the smallest and naughtiest of Miss Clavel's 12 little charges, wakes up one night with an attack of appendicitis.
Author
Series
Red gloves volume 1
Language
English
Description
Bitter and grief-stricken after the loss of his wife and daughter, Earl Gibson has lost his faith in God and lives homeless on the street, until he encounters Gideon, a seven-year-old leukemia patient determined to reach out to him.
6) Powwow day
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Language
English
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Because she has been very ill and weak, River cannot join in the dancing at this year's tribal powwow, she can only watch from the sidelines as her sisters and cousins dance the celebration--but as the drum beats she finds the faith to believe that she will recover and dance again.
7) Heidi
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Language
English
Description
A Swiss orphan is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city.
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English
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"Tourists flock to the cabin of eleven-year-old Anna O'Donnell, who is said to be living without food, and a journalist is sent to cover the sensation. Lib Wright, a veteran of Florence Nightingale's Crimean campaign, is hired to keep watch over the girl. As Anna's life ebbs away, Lib finds herself responsible not just for the care of a child but for that child's very survival. Haunting and magnetic, The Wonder is a searing examination of doubt, faith,...
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English
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To bitter, miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, Christmas is just another day. But all that changes when the ghost of his long-dead business partner appears, warning Scrooge to change his ways before it's too late. Part of the Focus on the Family Great Stories collection, this edition features an in-depth introduction and discussion questions by Joe Wheeler to provide greater understanding for today's reader. "A Christmas Carol" captures the heart of the holidays...
Author
Series
Iris and Walter volume 5
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2003.
Language
English
Description
Iris is devastated when she has to miss being in her first school play because she is sick.
Author
Publisher
Harper Audio
Pub. Date
p2000.
Language
English
Description
Gabriel Noone forms a bond with a young, troubled listener to his late-night radio show. As Noone's friendship with the dying boy grows, he feels he can unlock his innermost feelings. But troubling questions arise, and he is forced to confront all his relationships - familial, romantic and erotic.
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Series
Publisher
Gibbs Smith
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A fashionable way to introduce a toddler to the world of classic literature. With clever, simple text paired with stylish design and illustrations by Sugar design studio's Alison Oliver. A must for every savvy parent's nursery library.
3 yrs+
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Language
English
Description
Nursery magic is very strange and wonderful, and only those playthings that are old and wise and experienced like the Skin Horse understand all about it. Like the Skin Horse, Margery Williams understood how toys--and people--become real through the wisdom and experience of love. This reissue of a favorite classic, with the original story and illustrations as they first appeared in 1922, will work its magic for all who read it.
Author
Publisher
Clarkson Potter
Pub. Date
c1976.
Language
English
Description
What would Christmas be without A Christmas Carol? Charles Dickenss famous ghost story is as much a part of the season as plum pudding and mistletoe, and Michael Patrick Hearn, the celebrated annotator of The Wizard of Oz and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, has prepared this sumptuous, thoroughly annotated edition, which has already become the definitive edition of our century. Initially published by Norton in 2004, this is the first edition...
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"On a cold winter's eve, deep in the woods, a mother shrew frets about her sick young son. His head is cold and his feet are hot, and there is only one thing that can cure him: wild honey from the moon. Mother Shrew does not stop to wonder how she will make such an impossible journey. Instead, she grabs her trusty red umbrella, gives her darling son a kiss, and sets out into the unknown. Along the way, Mother Shrew encounters one obstacle after another,...
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