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The Lion & the Mouse (2009)

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The mightiest need not disdain the aid of the least.

Author(s): Aesop
Illustrator(s): Jerry Pinkney

2010

The Annotated Wind in the Willows (2009)

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Copious notes and illustrations combine to give a new look to an old favorite. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

One Shoe Blues (2009)

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More songs and pictures by Sandra Boynton -- this time with movies too.

Author(s): Sandra Boynton
Illustrator(s): Sandra Boynton

Night-Night, Little Pookie (2009)

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It’s time for bed but Little Pookie has too many other things he has to do first.

Author(s): Sandra Boynton
Illustrator(s): Sandra Boynton

Pharaoh’s Boat (2009)

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Shows how the Egyptians built a boat to take Pharaoh Cheops to the underworld.

Author(s): David Weitzman
Illustrator(s): David Weitzman

The Pied Piper’s Magic (2009)

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An elf gets a magic set of pipes that transform things. Rats and an evil Grand Duke enter into the story. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s): Steven Kellogg

Asterix and Obelix’s Birthday: The Golden Book (2009)

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Here are twelve new stories and surprises to celebrate a half century of Asterix and Obelix. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): René Goscinny, Albert Uderzo
Illustrator(s): Albert Uderzo

Nonsense Botany and Nonsense Alphabets (2009)

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Selections from Lear, mainly nonsense alphabets and botany.

Author(s): Edward Lear
Illustrator(s): Edward Lear

My Chincoteague Pony (2008)

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Julie saves all year to bid on one of the famous Chincoteague Island ponies at the annual roundup.

Author(s): Susan Jeffers
Illustrator(s): Susan Jeffers

Barnyard Bath! (2008)

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This is a waterproof version of Barnyard Dance—the famous board book bestseller. And what could make tub time more fun than a book? Especially one that floats.... View More

Author(s): Sandra Boynton
Illustrator(s): Sandra Boynton

Fifteen Animals! (2008)

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A counting book -- and a downloadable song!

Author(s): Sandra Boynton
Illustrator(s): Sandra Boynton

Let’s Dance, Little Pookie (2008)

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Little Pookie learns the Pookie shimmy.

Author(s): Sandra Boynton
Illustrator(s): Sandra Boynton

E. C. Segar’s Popeye Volume 3 (2008)

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This volume reprints the Thimble Theater dailies and color Sunday strips from 1932 to 1934. Popeye the Sailor appeared for the first time in the daily strip on January 17, 1929.

Author(s): E. C. Segar
Illustrator(s): E. C. Segar

Gingerbread Friends (2008)

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The Gingerbread Baby wants some friends to play with him when Mattie is busy. What better place to look for friends than a bakery? Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Jan Brett
Illustrator(s): Jan Brett

The Complete Little Orphan Annie Volume One Daily Comics 1924-1927 (2008)

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This is the first volume in the reprinting of the complete Little Orphan Annie comic strip and includes the daily strips from 1924-1927 as well as a few atypical Sunday strips that advance the plot.

Author(s): Harold Gray
Illustrator(s): Harold Gray

Tales from the Perilous Realm (2008)

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An anthology containing Roverandom, Farmer Giles of Ham, The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, Smith of Wooton Major, Leaf by Niggle, and the essay ‘On Fairy-Stories’.

Author(s): J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s): Alan Lee

The Midnight Folk (2007)

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Kay Harker must battle his wicked governess and her coven to find the long lost treasure of Santa Barbara Cathedral, but has the aid of the Midnight Folk. The plates in this edition are in black and white, not color. The text has been corrected from ... View More

Author(s): John Masefield
Illustrator(s): Rowland Hilder

The Three Snow Bears (2007)

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In this variation on a familiar tale, the little girl’s name is Aloo-ki and the three bears live in an igloo north of the Arctic Circle. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Jan Brett
Illustrator(s): Jan Brett

What’s Wrong, Little Pookie? (2007)

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When Little Pookie is unhappy his mother comforts him.

Author(s): Sandra Boynton
Illustrator(s): Sandra Boynton

Bath Time! (2007)

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Spattered with colors from a long day at the easel, the pig takes to the tub, determined to get clean. And it floats!

Author(s): Sandra Boynton
Illustrator(s): Sandra Boynton

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