Anne of Green Gables, Children's Thirft Classics

Among the most popular and enduring children's books of the first half of the twentieth century, Anne of Green Gables tells the story of an endearingly talkative and precocious 11-year-old orphan who comes to live on the farm of an elderly brother and sister on Canada's Prince Edward Island. Red-haired and irrepressible, Anne causes a major disruption in the quiet lives of Matthew and Marilla C…

The Secret Garden, Children's Thrift Classics

In it, Mary Lennox, an overindulged child suddenly orphaned, is almost magically transformed into an agreeable child when she comes to live at Misselthwaite Manor, the gloomy Yorkshire estate owned by her reclusive uncle, Archibald Craven. With the help of Dickon, an unusual local youngster with the ability to charm nature, Mary not only manages to bring life and beauty to the secret garden - a…

The Ugly Duckling: Usborne First Reading - Level Four #2

Nobody wants me," said the Ugly Duckling. "I'm too ugly." So he leaves his home and goes out alone into the world. Will he ever find anyone to love him?"

The Runaway Pancake: Usborne First Reading - Level Four #3

When seven hungry children have pancakes for breakfast, one pancake refuses to be eaten, jumps out of the pan and rolls right away. Can the runaway pancake escape from the whole family, the dog, the rabbit, the duck, the cat, the goat, the fox and a cunning old pig?

The Railway Children: Usborne Young Reading - Series Two

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

9780746098745

Collation

64 hlm, 13,5 x 20 cm

Series Title

Usborne Young Reading

Call Number

FIC 823 Nes

Goldilocks and the Tree Bears: Usborne First Reading - Level Four

Goldilocks looks as good as gold. But Goldilocks isn't good. She's naughty! She likes to do something naughty EVERY day - until she goes a step too far...

Magic Tree House #1: Dinosaurs Before Dark

Where did the tree house come from?rnBefore Jack and Annie can find out, the mysterious tree house whisks them back to the prehistoric past. Now they have to figure out how to get home. Can they do it before dark... or will they become a dinosaur's dinner?

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After being tossed by a storm for days, a ship crashes on the reefs of a deserted island. In board is the Swiss family Robinson: a clever man, his practical wife, and their four sons. The Robinsons cheerfully make the best of their bad luck - mining the shipwreck for supplies, taming friendly animals, and learning to survive on the island. They even build a giant tree house to live in! Still th…

Stepping Stones - Classic #11: The Last of the Mohicans

A bloody war between Great Britain and France is being waged on the American frontier. Two sisters Cora and Alice Munro, must cross hostile territory to join their father at the fort where he is fighting. They have an Indian guide, a Huron, but he is a false ally. Their true friends turn out to be a renegade scout named Hawkeye and a brave pair of Indians - the last of the Mohicans!

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After he went to see a circus in his small town of Appleton, Wisconsin, Harry couldn't stop thinking of the daring feats he saw. He loved all the acts, but his favorites were the tightrope and the amazing trick where a man hung from a rope by his teeth!rnThe tricks didn't look that hard to Harry, so he figured he could do them himself. He convinced his brother to set up their very own circus in…