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The Complete Anne of Green Gables Boxed Set (Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, Anne ... 182 reviews
L.M. Montgomery
Starfire, 1990
Pure delight!
+ AWESOME!
+ Childhood Favorite that Continues to Charm
+ still super after all these years
+ fall inlove once again
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The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus 20 reviews
Joel Chandler Harris
Houghton Mifflin, 2002
Just what I was looking for.
+ The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus
+ A Good Buy
+ !
+ wonderful classic
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The Annotated Alice: The Definitive Edition42 reviews
Lewis Carroll
W. W. Norton & Company, 1999
Alice In Wonderland - Special Book
+ a gift purchase
+ Genius takes on genius
+ Beneath the Rabbit Hole
+ Charles Lutwidge Dodgson... the master of sublime nonsense.
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Holiday Romance & Other Writings for Christmas (Dickens Collection)
Charles Dickens
Orion Publishing Group, Ltd., 1995
These authoritative texts are among the most vital editions of Dickens's works available. Each volume includes a chronology of Dickens's life and times, a suggested reading list, and a collation of the novel's critical reception.
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Rootabaga Stories11 reviews
Carl Sandburg
Odyssey Classics, 2003
The Best American Bedtime Stories!
+ Great stories for children
+ Soothing, not boring
+ For A Childhood of Broad Shoulders
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Anno's Aesop: A Book of Fables2 reviews
Mitsumasa Anno
Orchard Books (NY), 1989
Aesop and son
+ Ingenious parallel stories
Quick! Name the best-known Japanese picture book author/illustrator read in the United States today! Give up? Well due to the fact that you've decided to look up a review of a book by the ever-popular Mitsumasa Anno, you've probably guessed the answer with minimal difficulty. Yes, Anno is the ...
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The Little Witch. ( Ab 6 J.). 2 reviews
Otfried Preußler, Winnie Gebhardt-Gayler
Thienemann Verlag, 2001
Great for a relatively young audience
+ This was my favourite book when I was growing up
This children's book is the story of a "young" witch in Germany who is ostracised by her sisters for being a "bad" witch. She decides to become a good witch which she thinks means doing good deeds and using her spells and magic for good. And so begin her series of adventures, with each chapter ...
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Muffin the Mule
Adrienne Hasler
Jeremy Mills Publishing, 2005
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Peter Pan (100th Anniversary Edition)
J. M. Barrie
Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 2003
A fabulously redesigned edition of a Michael Hague backlist classic Peter Pan , the book based on J. M. Barrie's famous play, is filled with unforgettable characters: Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up; the fairy, Tinker Bell; the evil pirate, Captain Hook; and the three children-Wendy, John, and Michael-who fly off with Peter Pan to Neverland, where they meet Indians and pirates and a ...
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Winnie the Pooh 80th Anniversary Edition16 reviews
A.A. Milne
Dutton Juvenile, 2006
a JOY to hold as well as READ
+ Classic
+ The book that started it all
+ Lovely book
+ Fast delivery and the book is ad advertised.
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Goops and How to Be Them: A Manual of Manners for Polite Infants Inculcating Many Juvenile Virtues, etc.4 reviews
Gelett Burgess
Applewood Books, 2003
Are you Goop, or are you Not?... It is Terrible to Be them
+ Goops
+ I loved this book as a child
+ Wonderful and Fun
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Moomin: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip - Book One15 reviews
Tove Jansson
Drawn and Quarterly, 2006
It's too whimsical and funny to limit to younger audiences
+ Utterly Charming
+ Delightful
+ Beautifly published book
+ Tales of pleasantly foolish innocence
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: A Commemorative Pop-up122 reviews
L. Frank Baum
Little Simon, 2001
Charming
+ Captivating book
+ Wizard of Oz Popup Book
+ Wizard of Oz Pop-Up Book
+ AWESOME
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The Hobbit: 70th Anniversary Edition17 reviews
Houghton Mifflin, 2007
For Adults Too
+ Good for the Hobbit
+ life BEFORE harry potter
+ Essential part of trilogy - the basis for the plot - excellent
+ The Beginning of Fantasy Novels
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Mary Poppins: Three Enchanting Classics: Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins Comes Back, and Mary Poppins Opens the ...2 reviews
P. L. Travers
Odyssey Classics, 2006
Remember the days
+ Enjoyable
when you used to find a nice quiet spot, away from all disturbances
and jump headfirst into the adventures of the Banks children and Mary Poppins? I do. These stories are among the best children's literature ever written. They are right up there with the Chronicles of Narnia and Alice in ...
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Karlson on the Roof17 reviews
Astrid Lindgren
Mammoth, 1992
It is SO sad! I wish I were a publisher
+ A great series
+ One of the Best Children's Books Ever Written
+ Karlson on the Roof
+ Publishers, PLEASE make an English edition available!
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The Extraordinary Journeys: Around the World in Eighty Days (Oxford World's Classics)4 reviews
Jules Verne
Oxford University Press, USA, 1999
An excellent translation
+ Ce livre est parfait pour s'améliorer son français !
+ Gavin, thanks for telling people how it ends.
+ awesome book
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Cuore: The Heart Of A Boy (UNESCO Collection of Representative Works: European)10 reviews
Edmondo De Amicis
Peter Owen Publishers, 2005
Beautiful book
+ A MUST READ for the youg boys and girls of America!
+ A book fir all ages
+ One for all ages
+ a MUST READ for all our youth...and adults alike !
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7 Books in 1: The Railway Children, Five Children and It, The Phoenix and the Carpet, The Story of the ... 9 reviews
E Nesbit
Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax Ltd, 2004
Buy the hardback, makes a good gift
+ Don't listen to the nay-sayers
+ Good Christmas present
I saw that people on here were moaning about the paperback, so I looked at book books in 'search inside the book' and got the hardback. Glad I did as the recipient really enjoyed it!
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The Wonderful Adventures of Nils8 reviews
Selma Lagerlof
BiblioBazaar, 2007
A fairy tale and a description of Sweden in one
+ A Wonderful Journey
+ Exciting and good message
+ Amazing book
+ I read it as a kid, and want to share it with my own
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