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Par W. Somerset Maugham. 1972
Twenty-year-old WWI aviator Larry Darrell leaves Chicago and heads to Paris seeking truth and meaning. In Larry's prolonged absence, his…
fiancée, Isabel, marries wealthy broker Gray Maturin. Ruined by the depression years later, Isabel and her family relocate to Paris, where she and Larry reassess life and love. 1943Par Rudyard Kipling, Jerry Pinkney. 1995
Eight stories about the adventures of Mowgli, a boy reared by a pack of wolves in a jungle in India.…
Presented in Kipling's preferred arrangement. Includes a ninth non-Mowgli tale "Rikki-tikki-tavi," about a valiant mongoose. For grades 4-7 and older readers. 1894Par Robert McCloskey. 1941
Five helpful Boston policemen stop busy city traffic so that Mrs. Mallard can move her family of eight ducklings from…
their island in the Charles River to their new home in the Public Garden. For grades K-3. Caldecott Medal 1942Par Oscar Wilde. 2004
A selection of work by Irish playwright and poet Oscar Wilde (1854-1900). Includes the plays Salomé, Lady Windermere's Fan, A…
Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband, and The Importance of Being Earnest. Brief literary criticism from various sources and introduction by professor Sylvan Barnet. 2004Par Elizabeth Marie Pope, Richard J. Cuffari. 1992
In 1558 young Kate Sutton is exiled to a remote castle called Perilous Gard, where she becomes captive of an…
ancient fairy folk--the last practitioners of druidic magic. Kate struggles to prevent them from sacrificing Christopher Heron and to effect her own escape. For grades 5-8. Newbery Honor Book. 1974Two classic works by English Puritan John Bunyan (1628-1688). In the allegorical tale Pilgrim's Progress, the protagonist, burdened by sin,…
leaves the City of Destruction to find Zion, the city of God. His journey embodies Christian teachings. In Grace Abounding, Bunyan recounts his conversion and spiritual growth. 2004Par Enid Bagnold. 1953
Classic story of a girl and her horse. Fourteen-year-old Velvet Brown is determined to turn the unruly piebald horse she…
won in a raffle into a champion. But it will take more than just hard work and dedication to win the Grand National steeplechase. For grades 6-9. 1935Par Leo Tolstoy, David McDuff. 1985
Four short stories by the nineteenth-century Russian author. In the title piece, a husband confesses to being so consumed by…
sexual jealousy that he feels compelled to murder his wife. The public outcry against the story published in 1890 caused Tolstoy to write the postface included here. 1985Par Richard Llewellyn. 1997
Before leaving his childhood home, Huw Morgan reminisces about his youth in South Wales. He remembers when the coal mines…
still flourished and family members and friends fought, loved, laughed, and cried as they struggled to survive labor troubles and hard times in the valley. National Book Award. 1939Par A. A. Milne. 1994
The adventures of Christopher Robin, a boy, and his favorite companions--Winnie-the-Pooh, a bear; Eeyore, an old grey donkey; and Rabbit,…
Piglet, Kanga, and Baby Roo. Contains the unabridged texts of Winnie-the-Pooh, first published in 1926, and The House at Pooh Corner, from 1928. For grades K-3 and older readersPar Mark Twain. 2002
Fictional biography of French heroine Saint Joan of Arc (1412-1431) told from the viewpoint of her page, secretary, and lifelong…
friend, Sieur Louis de Conte. Describes her early childhood, the "voices" that prompted her to aid the dauphin, the fight for Orleans, and her eventual capture, trial, and martyrdom. 1895Par Ken Kesey. 1988
Oregon timber country. A bitter labor strike against old Henry Stamper's lumber empire intensifies his two sons' rivalry. Hank, rough-hewn…
like his father, is eventually provoked to fight his sensitive half-brother Lee, who has returned home intent on revenge. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 1963Par Toni Morrison. 2004
Son, a black fugitive, invades the West Indian home of a retired millionaire, upsetting the racially diverse household. He captivates…
pampered Jadine, a black fashion model. Their ideologically complicated love affair plays out from the Caribbean to Manhattan. 2004 foreword by the author. Strong language. 1981Par Carlo Collodi, Nancy L. Canepa, Carmelo Lettere. 2002
Geppetto carves a wooden puppet and names him Pinocchio. The rascally marionette walks and talks like a real boy, but…
his nose grows longer each time he lies. Classic Italian children's tale originally published in 1883. For grades 4-7 and older readers. 2002Par Ralph Ellison. 2002
Classic novel of a young black man's search for identity. Follows the unnamed protagonist from his youth in a Southern…
town through the depression years in Harlem, where he examines and rejects the values thrust on him by both whites and blacks. Some strong language. National Book Award 1953. 1947Par Kate Douglas Wiggin, Barbara Mcclintock. 2003
High-spirited Rebecca leaves her widowed mother and six siblings at Sunnybrook Farm to live with her two spinster aunts in…
Riverboro. She brings zest and grace into their gloomy home and dull lives. For grades 3-6. 1903Par J. M. Barrie, Michael Hague. 2003
Par J. R. R. Tolkien. 1980
Par Shel Silverstein. 1996
A collection of brief and humorous poems featuring silly situations and a gallery of zany characters. You will see the…
world from "a different angle" as you meet the Terrible Toy-Eating Tookle, attend the "Rotten Convention," and visit Hungry Kid Island. For grades 2-4 and older readers. BestsellerPar Beverly Cleary, Jacqueline Rogers. 1981
As Ramona enters third grade, her father returns to college to become an art teacher. Having a working mother and…
a student father is tough on the family, but the Quimbys stick together through good times and bad. For grades 3-6 and older Cleary fans