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1) Beyond the pawpaw trees: the story of Anna Lavinia

Author

Earliest Publication Date

2011

Summary

Wondrous things happen when Anna Lavinia, a young girl who lives in a distant house behind a grove of pawpaw trees, sets off to travel to her aunt's house.

2) D'Aulaire's book of animals

Author

D'Aulaire, Ingri, 1904-1980

Earliest Publication Date

2007

3) D'Aulaires' Book of Norse myths

Author

D'Aulaire, Ingri, 1904-1980

Earliest Publication Date

2005

4) D'Aulaires' book of trolls

Author

D'Aulaire, Ingri, 1904-1980

Earliest Publication Date

2006

5) Jenny and the Cat Club: a collection of favorite stories about Jenny Linsky

Author

Averill, Esther Holden, 1902-1992

Earliest Publication Date

2003

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Jenny Linsky, a black cat who lives with Captain Tinker in New York City, has adventures with the neighborhood cats who belong to the Cat Club.

6) Our fort

Author

Dorléans, Marie

Earliest Publication Date

2022

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Three friends set out to visit their secret fort at the edge of the woods, but as they are enjoying the freedom and nature all around them a big storm rolls in.

7) Pinocchio

Author

Collodi, Carlo, 1826-1890

Earliest Publication Date

1968

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The adventures of the puppet boy created by an old Italian woodcarver from a piece of wood that talked. Includes vocabulary notes in the margin, a brief biography of the author, and instructions for making a hand puppet.

8) The 13 clocks

Author

Thurber, James, 1894-1961

Earliest Publication Date

1950

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With the help of his magical protector, Golux, Prince Zorna performs impossible tasks to win the hand of Princess Saralina.

9) The backward day

Author

Krauss, Ruth

Earliest Publication Date

2007

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Having decided that it is backward day, a boy dresses himself first in his coat, last in his socks, and continues in that way with the cooperation of his family.

10) The house of four seasons

Author

Duvoisin, Roger, 1900-1980

Earliest Publication Date

2017

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When a family buys a new house, each member has a different idea of what color to paint it.

11) The Provensen book of fairy tales

Author

Provensen, Alice

Earliest Publication Date

2021

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A collection of twelve well-known fairy tales, retellings, and newly-imagined tales, collected and illustrated by the award-winning husband-and-wife author-illustrator team, Alice and Martin Provensen.

12) The rescuers

Author

Sharp, Margery, 1905-1991

Earliest Publication Date

1959

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Miss Bianca, a white mouse of great beauty and self-confidence, travels with the ambassador's son to Norway on behalf of the Prisoner's Aid Society in a perilous mission to rescue a poet imprisoned in the dreadful Black Castle.

13) The school for cats

Author

Averill, Esther Holden, 1902-1992

Earliest Publication Date

2005

Summary

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Captain Tinker sends Jenny Linsky off to boarding school for the summer, but when another student frightens her, she tries to run away.

14) The tiger prince

Author

Chen, Jiang Hong, 1963-

Earliest Publication Date

2018

Summary

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"When a tigress whose cubs were killed by hunters ravages villages, the king gathers his army but Lao Lao, a seer, advises him to send his son, Wen, to the tiger, instead." -- (Source of summary not specified)

15) The two cars

Author

D'Aulaire, Ingri, 1904-1980

Earliest Publication Date

2007

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On a magic moonlit night, the sleek, shiny automatic new car and the beat-up old car with many miles on its speedometer go for a drive to see which car is the best.

16) Wee Gillis

Author

Leaf, Munro, 1905-1976

Earliest Publication Date

1938

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Wee Gillis couldn't decide whether he wanted to be a Highlander and stalk stags, like his father, or a Lowlander like his mother, and raise long-haired cows.