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That fool of a fairy Lucinda did not intend to lay a curse on me. She meant to bestow a gift. When I cried inconsolably through my first hour of life, my tears were her inspiration. Shaking her head sympathetically at Mother, the fairy touched my nose. 'My gift is obedience. Ella will always be obedient. Now stop crying, child.' I stopped. So begins this richly entertaining story of Ella of Frell, who wants nothing more than to be free of Lucinda's...
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Peter disobeys his mother, and almost gets caught in Mr McGregor's garden. Beatrix Potter's classic tale of mischievous little Peter Rabbit is produced in a lovely new board book format. The text and illustrations of the classic Tale of Peter Rabbit, loved by children around the world for generations, appear in full.
3) Library lion
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A lion starts visiting the local library but runs into trouble as he tries to both obey the rules and help his librarian friend.
5) On my honor
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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.
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"Classic stories from Robert Munsch in an early reader format kids will love! Text has been adapted from the originals so beginner readers can proudly say "I read this myself!" Colorful and fun, Robert Munsch's zany stories and Michael Martchenko's illustrations will grab kids' attention and keep them interested as they practice their reading skills. Munsch Early Readers are packed with extras, including phonics introduction and activity, getting...
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Norvelt novel volume 1
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In the historic town of Norvelt, Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Jack Gantos spends the summer of 1962 grounded for various offenses until he is assigned to help an elderly neighbor with a most unusual chore involving the newly dead, molten wax, twisted promises, Girl Scout cookies, underage driving, lessons from history, typewriting, and countless bloody noses.
9) Return to me
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Restoration chronicles volume 1
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After years of watching his children and grandchildren wander from their faith, Iddo's prayers are answered: King Cyrus is allowing God's chosen people to return to Jerusalem. Jubilant, he prepares for their departure only to learn that his family, grown comfortable in the pagan culture of Babylon, wants to remain. Zechariah, Iddo's oldest grandson, feels torn between his grandfather's beliefs and his father's life in Babylon. But he soon begins to...
14) Tool of war
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Little, Brown and Company
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In a future beset with rising seas, corporate government, and constant civil war, a bioengineered half-man/half-beast super-soldier who calls himself Tool breaks his conditioning to overcome his genetically enhanced sense of loyalty to the corporation that created him and seeks revenge against his old masters.
15) The Minpins
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Little Billy enters the Forest of Sin and meets the Minpins, matchstick-sized people who live in tree cities besieged by the Smoke-Belching Gruncher whom Billy vows to destroy.
16) Strega Nona
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Tomie de Paola's first story featuring his beloved Strega Nona character, who began life in the 1970s as a doodle, and was the perfect creation for his Italianized retelling of Der süße Brei, Grimm's Fairy Tales, number 103. Der süße Brei, or The sweet porridge, is better known in English as The magic porridge pot.
When Strega Nona leaves him alone with her magic pasta pot, Big Anthony is determined to show the townspeople how it works.
17) Bloom
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HarperCollins Children's Books
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2021.
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Sorrel Fallowfield, a model student, finds a packet of seeds under a diseased tree and unexpectedly feels compelled to plant them in unexpected places, but when the plantings result in changes in the mindset of her friends and their parents, Sorrel trieseverything she can to undo the damage.
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