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Warrior scarlet
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Rosemary Sutcliff |
In Bronze Age Britain, Drem must overcome the disability of a crippled arm in order to pass his tribe's test of manhood and become a warrior. |
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Animal stories
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Dick King-Smith |
A collection of stories starring barnyard animals, including such characters as Babe the pig, Lawrence the cat, and Ernest the cow-dog. |
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The story of Chicken Licken
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Jan Ormerod |
"Chicken Licken" is retold with illustrations of school children performing the story as a play on stage. |
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The very worst monster
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Pat Hutchins |
Hazel sets out to prove that she, not her baby brother, is the worst monster anywhere. Since the Baby Monster arrived, no one notices big sister Hazel's talents. When Billy wins the Worst Monster Bab… |
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Grace
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Jill Paton Walsh |
After helping her father rescue the survivors of a shipwreck on the coast of England in 1838, Grace Darling finds her quiet life crumbling around her as she is unwillingly fashioned into a national h… |
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Tales of the early world
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ALLEN Hughes,Ted Hughes |
Ten creation stories feature birds, lizards and mammals. |
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The story of a castle
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John S. Goodall |
Traces the life of an English castle from the 1170's, when the Normans built it, to the 1970's, when the owners open it to the public. Features half pages that reveal hidden portions of the illustrat… |
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Ajeemah and his son
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Berry, James |
A father and his eighteen-year-old son are each affected differently by their experiences as slaves in Jamaica in the early nineteenth century. |
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Somebody's awake
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Rogers, Paul |
First up in the morning, a little boy gets his own breakfast and brings his parents a cup of tea. |
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The Miracle Child
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Elizabeth Laird |
Retells the life of a thirteenth-century Ethiopian who performed many miracles for his people, such as feeding the hungry during a famine and raising the dead to life. Illustrated with paintings from… |
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The bear dance
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Chris Riddell |
When Jack Frost brings gray winter to a forest where it has always been summer, a young girl brings sunlight back by engaging Mr. Frost in a vigorous Bear Dance. |
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My wicked stepmother
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Norman Leach |
When his father remarries, seven-year-old Tom has trouble accepting his new stepmother. |
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Beware of the aunts!
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Thomson, Pat |
A little monster girl lists the foibles of her nine eccentric aunts, from the constantly kissing Aunt Anne to Aunt Jane and her amazing monster hats. |
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Parchment House
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Cara Lockhart Smith |
In a desolate orphanage in futuristic Britain, orphan Johnnie Rattle pits his wits against those of the orphanage director, the cruel Reverend Slipper. |
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Robin and his merry men
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Ian Serraillier |
Retells in verse the legend of Robin Hood originally rendered in a medieval ballad. |
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Handles
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Jan Mark |
Erica, a lover of motorcycles, finds her country holiday dreary until she runs into a cat with false teeth, new friends with interesting names, and a lot of motorcycles. |
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Discrimination
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Angela Phillips |
Examines the history of discrimination and prejudice from its first recorded appearance in 380 A.D. to present crises between different races, religions, and class systems. |
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Venture for a crown
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Constance Heaven |
A 14-year-old boy in Cromwell's England endangers himself and his family when he and his young royalist friends become involved in a plot to help the king escape from prison. |
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Lollopy
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Joyce Dunbar |
When a stuffed rabbit is left in the woods overnight, he becomes the unwilling participant in the games of some real rabbits. |
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An Edward Lear alphabet
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Edward Lear |
Pictures and nonsense verses introduce the letters of the alphabet. |
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