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A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter
25.00 AUD
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Dover Children's Evergreen Classics Ser.
A Girl of the Limberlostby Gene Stratton-PorterA Girl of the Limberlost is considered a classic of Indiana literature.The story takes place in Indiana, in and around the Limberlost Swamp - at that time, a site of heavy logging and natural oil extraction.This Bildungsroman is structured as girl-meets-boy ...Show more
Aesop's Fables by Aesop ; G. K. Chesterton (Introduction by);
32.99 AUD
Category: Folk and Fable | Series: Dover Children's Classics Ser.
Beware of wolves in sheep's clothing, and don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs These simple allegories -- abounding in paradoxes, ambiguities, and ironies -- embody great truths. Attributed to a legendary storyteller of ancient Greece, they speak to readers and listeners of all ages and cultur ...Show more
Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
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Category: No Category | Series: Dover Children's Evergreen Classics Ser.
Victorian gentleman Phileas Fogg wagers half his fortune on an unheard-of proposition: to circle the globe in a mere 80 days. Fogg and his devoted manservant Passepartout face a world of obstacles with unshakeable aplomb as they pass through the jungles of India, a Japanese circus, and a political rally ...Show more
Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling
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Category: Folk and Fable | Series: Dover Children's Evergreen Classics Ser.
This wonderful classic combines three unbeatable elements: a sea story, lively and dynamic characters, and a protagonist who undergoes a transformation. Harvey Cheyne is the pampered son of a multimillionaire who falls off an ocean liner and is rescued by a small fishing boat. After being punched in th ...Show more
DADDY LONG LEGS by JEAN WEBSTER
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Category: No Category | Series: Dover Children's Evergreen Classics Ser.
Daddy-Long-LegsJean WebsterFirst published in 1912, this young adult novel is comprised mostly of letters from orphan Jerusha "Judy" Abbott to her anonymous benefactor whom she names "Daddy Long Legs". The letters chronicle her departure from the orphanage through four years of college. Judy makes new f ...Show more
Rip Van Winkle and Other Stories by Washington Irving
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Category: Folk and Fable | Series: Dover Children's Evergreen Classics Ser.
Travel back in time to the days before the American Revolution, when Dutch settlers populated the little towns along the Hudson River and ghosts roamed the mountains and river valleys. In "Rip Van Winkle," a henpecked husband escapes his nagging wife by wandering the Catskills, where he encounters some ...Show more
Struwwelpeter in English Translation by HEINRICH HOFFMANN
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Category: No Category | Series: Dover Children's Classics Ser.
One of the most popular and influential children's book ever written, this time-honored tale - sure to produce lots of giggles - describes the gruesome consequences that befall children who torment animals, play with matches, suck their thumbs, refuse to eat, and fidget at meals. A collector's item, wri ...Show more
The Story of the Treasure Seekers by E. Nesbit
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Category: No Category | Series: Dover Children's Evergreen Classics Ser.
A legendary children's story of sibling adventure, by the enchanting author of The Railway Children and Five Children and It, which has delighted countless generations of children The Bastable children (Dora, Oswald, Dicky, Alice, Noel, and Horace Octavius--H.O.) live in London with their widowed father ...Show more
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