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Seeds of Hope
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Kristiana Gregory |
Susanna Fairchild and her family are on board a ship sailing from New York to the West, where they plan to start a new life in Oregon. But tragedy strikes when Susanna's mother is lost to the sea. He… |
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Cowboy José
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Susan Middleton Elya |
A poor cowboy enters a rodeo to win a date from a pretty señorita, but afterwards wonders if he should spend his winnings on the girl, who is only interested in the money, or on his trusty horse, wh… |
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The greedy sparrow
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Lucine Kasbarian |
A sparrow receives kindness from strangers and repays each act of kindness with a trick to get more, but at last, in a surprising twist, the sparrow is back with his original problem. |
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An object of beauty
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Steve Martin |
"Steve Martin's latest novel examines the glamour and the subterfuge of the fine art world in New York City"--Provided by publisher. |
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The boy with the sweet-treat touch
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Laura North |
"On Jack's birthday he makes a wish and gets a super power. Everything he touches turns into a delectable dessert. Jack thinks it will be the best birthday ever, until things start to get sticky"-- |
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Cats get famous
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Ron Barrett |
Disguised as a trash bag, greedy cat-hater Lekvar Smirk kidnaps a trio of singing cats, Hal, Dora, and Geneva, and takes them to try out for the television show, Animal Idol. |
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The King of Capri
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Jeanette Winterson,Jane Ray |
The greedy and self-centered king of Capri has a reversal of fortune when the wind blows all of his precious things into the backyard of a kind and generous Naples washerwoman, Mrs. Jewel. |
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The hungry black bag
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Ann Tompert |
Meeting several animals on their way to market, greedy Ole Goat takes their wares for his hungry black bag, but he suffers an unfortunate fate when he tries to take Bear's hat. |
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I want that nut!
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Madeline Valentine |
Meet Mouse and Chipmunk, two young rodents who want the same thing a big, beautiful nut! But who deserves it more? |
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Casey the greedy young cowboy
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Michael P. Waite |
A young boy, who wants his parents to buy him more cowboy equipment, learns a lesson about thankfulness when he meets a rodeo star who has no family. Includes a related Bible verse. |
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The potluck supper
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Barbara Davoll |
Christopher Churchmouse finds a huge round of cheese in the church kitchen and becomes consumed with greed and selfishness over it, despite Grandfather's warning. |
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The boy who spoke colors
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David Gifaldi |
When a greedy king kidnaps Felix, a boy who can only speak in colors, and tries to exploit that gift, the king encompasses his own doom. |
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Moon lake
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Ivan Gantshev |
A shepherd boy follows a lost sheep to the secret lake in which the moon bathes, but greedy townspeople soon learn that its banks are encrusted with silver, gold, and precious jewels. |
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When No One Was Looking
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Rosemary Wells |
A tragic chain of events threatens a 14-year-old girl's promising tennis career |
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Herbert & Harry
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Pamela Allen |
After claiming the treasure that he and his brother haul out of the ocean, Herbert spends the rest of his life fearfully guarding it from possible thieves. |
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Here begins the tale of the marvellous blue mouse
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Christopher Manson |
A trusted advisor to the Emperor Charlemagne uses a small mouse and some ingenuity to expose the misdeeds of a greedy Lord Mayor. |
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How much land does a man need?
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Lev Nikolaevič Tolstoy |
In the land of the Bashkirs, Pakhom is promised as much land as he can walk around in one day. |
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Sick Puppy
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Carl Hiaasen |
When Palmer Stoat notices the black pickup truck following him on the highway, he fears his precious Range Rover is about to be carjacked. But Twilly Spree, the man tailing Stoat, has vengeance, not … |
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Christmas every day
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William Dean Howells,Charles River Editors |
A father tells a tale of a little girl who begs the Christmas fairy to revoke her wish and restore Christmas to once a year after she discovers that Christmas every day is too much of a good thing. |
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The little cat and the greedy old woman
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Joan Rankin |
A little cat gets his revenge on a greedy old woman who will not share her special meal with him. |
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