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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Paddington at the Tower	R. W. Alley,Michael Bond	When Paddington Bear visits the Tower of London, his suitcase full of marmalade sandwiches causes unexpected trouble.	OL10490630W
Charlie's Raven	Jean Craighead George	When Charlie's friend Singing Bird, a Teton Sioux, tells him that ravens have curing powers, Charlie steals a baby bird from its nest hoping it will cure his grandfather, and Granddad, a retired natu…	OL111874W
Mortimer says nothing	Joan Aiken,Quentin Blake	Four adventures of Arabel and her pet raven Mortimer: "Mortimer Says Nothing," "Arabel's Birthday," "Mr. Jone's Rest Cure," and "A Call at the Joneses'."	OL14851409W
Mortimer's Cross	Joan Aiken,Quentin Blake	Three further adventures of Arabel and her pet raven, Mortimer, include "The Mystery of Mr. Jones's Disappearing Taxi," "Mortimer's cross," and "Mortimer's Portrait on Glass."	OL14851410W
Arabel's raven	Joan Aiken	The injured raven Arabel's father brings home can say only "Kaark" and "Nevermore" but he still manages to make great changes in the family's life.	OL14851450W
The Raven and Other Favorite Poems [41 poems]	Edgar Allan Poe	One of the most famous poems in the English language, "The Raven" first appeared in the January 29, 1845, edition of the New York Evening Mirror. It brought Edgar Allan Poe, then in his mid-30s and a…	OL14938077W
The Vile Village	Brett Helquist,Lemony Snicket,Michael Kupperman	You have undoubtedly picked up this book by mistake, so please put it down. Nobody in their right mind would read this particular book about the lives of Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire on purpos…	OL15104130W
The Spiral Stair	Joan Aiken	Giraffe thieves are about! Arabel and her raven have to act fast!	OL15713178W
Treasure in the graveyard	Roberto Pavanello	Echo the bat and his new human friends, the Bat Pack, set out to discover why a mysterious hooded figure and his companion raven are digging up graves and looking for treasure in the cemetery.	OL16299260W
The shaking bag	Gwendolyn Battle-Lavert	An old African-American woman willingly shares all she has and is repaid with a bag that provides for all her needs.	OL19241164W
How raven got his crooked nose	Barbara J. Atwater	How Raven Got His Crooked Nose is a modern retelling of a traditional Native American fable. Part picture book and part graphic novel, this beautifully illustrated story teaches an important lesson t…	OL19739421W
The raven and the loon	Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley	A retelling of the traditional pan-Arctic story revealing how the Raven and the Loon came to have their now-familiar coats after an exciting sewing game in Loon's iglu.	OL19983481W
The little moon raven	Marcus Pfister	Little Raven was last to hatch in the nest and the last to learn to fly, but he was the first to be teased and ridiculed. His only wish was to fly and play with the others, so one day he took a dare …	OL19991895W
Rosie the raven	Helga Bansch	There s something very different going on in the raven s nest. When the eggs hatch, a pink girl emerges from one of the shells, along with her black raven siblings. Loving raven parents take their li…	OL20033023W
Eeny, Meeny, Miney, Moe	Avril Johannes	Based on a true story about the adventures of raising four orphaned Alaskan ravens.	OL24429483W
A man called Raven	Richard Van Camp	A mysterious man tells two Indian brothers why they must not hurt the ravens that pester them.	OL2721030W
Snow ravens	Bruno Hächler	A raven who enjoys watching children play in the snow attracts their amazed attention after he tries to make a snow angel himself.	OL5731854W
Raven, the trickster	Robinson, Gail.	Nine northwest Indian tales of Raven, the clever trickster who loves to get the better of others but is always willing to help those in danger or distress.	OL5898250W
A present for Charles Dickens	Seon Manley	Arriving mysteriously on the Dickens doorstep in a large wicker hamper, the mischievous raven Grip soon establishes himself as close companion to the animal-loving author and tyrant to the rest of th…	OL5913447W
Haunted castle on Hallows Eve	Mary Pope Osborne,Sal Murdocca,Philippe Masson	In their magic treehouse, Jack and Annie are again transported to King Arthur's realm, where invisible beings, giant ravens, and mistaken magic spells have a duke's castle in an uproar on Halloween n…	OL81783W