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The adventures of an eleven-year-old boy in 13th century England as he searches for his father and his dog.
In thirteenth-century England an eleven-year-old boy roams the countryside as he searches for his father and his stolen dog
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Adele & Simon volume 1.
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4.5 stars
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When Adèle walks her little brother Simon home from school he loses one more thing at every stop: his drawing of a cat at the grocer's shop, his books at the park, his crayons at the art museum, and more.
When Adèle walks her little brother Simon home from school he loses one more thing at every stop: his drawing of a cat at the grocer's shop, his books at the park, his crayons at the art museum, and more. When Simon's older sister, Adèle,...
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A brief biography of the world's most famous playwright, William Shakespeare.
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Well-known works including fables, folklore, fiction, drama, and more, by such authors as Aesop, Dickens, Tolstoy, Shakespeare, and Baldwin, are presented to teach virtues, including compassion, courage, honesty, friendship, and faith.
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After a young Dutch girl writes to her new American friend in thanks for the care package sent after World War II, she begins to receive increasingly larger boxes.
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The Boy Knight: A Tale of the Crusades is the story of a young man in battle during the excitement of the Crusades. The hero of the story, Cuthbert, follows King Richard to the Holy Land. Cuthbert's presence of mind and common sense, his loyalty, honesty, valor, and quick wits are all characteristics that make us and his comrades in the book admire and respect him. And any lover of Robin Hood will certainly enjoy this tale.
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Humorous anecdotes from the author's childhood describe summer vacations in Norway and life in an English boarding school.
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4.4 stars
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The true story of a group of boy resistance fighters in Denmark after the Nazi invasion.
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A picture book biography of the English author who "didn't have much opportunity to go to school but [who] read everything she could, including all the books in her father's study. And before long, she began to write her own stories, filled with funny, clever, and inventive characters"--Amazon.com.
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In the Stalinist era of the Soviet Union, ten-year-old Sasha idolizes his father, a devoted Communist, but when police take his father away and leave Sasha homeless, he is forced to examine his own perceptions, values, and beliefs.
12. Building big
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Focusses on the connections between the planning and design problems and the solutions that are finally reached when building bridges, tunnels, skyscrapers, domes, and dams.
13. Built to last
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1 stars
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Reveals the how and why behind some of the most fascinating and enduring structures humankind has ever created.
14. The butterfly
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5 stars
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During the Nazi occupation of France, Monique's mother hides a Jewish family in her basement and tries to help them escape to freedom.
15. Castle
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4 stars
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Text and detailed drawings follow the planning and construction of a "typical" castle and adjoining town in thirteenth-century Wales.
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4.5 stars
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As a page in his uncle's castle in thirteenth-century England, eleven-year-old Tobias records in his journal his experiences learning how to hunt, play games of skill, and behave in noble society.
As a page in his uncle's castle in thirteenth-century England, eleven-year-old Tobias records in his journal his experiences learning how to hunt, play games of skill, and behave in noble society. Includes notes on noblemen, castles, and feudalism.
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Text and detailed drawings follow the planning and construction of a magnificent Gothic cathedral in the imaginary French town of Chutreaux during the thirteenth century.
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A sly fox tries to outwit a proud rooster through the use of flattery.
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Magic tree house. Merlin missions volume 1.
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4.8 stars
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On Christmas Eve, Jack and Annie's tree house transports them to King Arthur's castle at Camelot, where they undertake a quest to the castle of the Otherworld.
20. Claude Monet
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Traces the life of the Impressionist painter and analyzes some of his paintings.
Briefly recounts the French impressionist painter's life and work.