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1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up

Author : Julia Eccleshare

Publisher :

Page : 960 pages

File Size : 46,44 MB

Release : 2009

Category : Best books

ISBN : 9781844036714

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1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up is the perfect introduction to the very best books of childhood: those books that have a special place in the heart of every reader. It introduces a wonderfully rich world of literature to parents and their children, offering both new titles and much-loved classics that many generations have read and enjoyed. From wordless picture books and books introducing the first words and sounds of the alphabet through to hard-hitting and edgy teenage fiction, the titles featured in this book reflect the wealth of reading opportunities for children.Browsing the titles in 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up will take you on a journey of discovery into fantasy, adventure, history, contermporary life, and much more. These books will enable you to travel to some of the most famous imaginary worlds such as Narnia, Middle Earth, and Hogwart's School. And the route taken may be pretty strange, too. You may fall down a rabbit hole, as Alice does on her way to Wonderland, or go through the back of a wardrobe to reach the snowy wastes of Narnia.





The Proud Tower

Author : Barbara W. Tuchman

Publisher : Random House

Page : 642 pages

File Size : 14,65 MB

Release : 2011-08-31

Category : History

ISBN : 0307798119

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The classic account of the lead-up to World War I, told with “a rare combination of impeccable scholarship and literary polish” (The New York Times)—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Guns of August During the fateful quarter century leading up to World War I, the climax of a century of rapid, unprecedented change, a privileged few enjoyed Olympian luxury as the underclass was “heaving in its pain, its power, and its hate.” In The Proud Tower, Barbara W. Tuchman brings the era to vivid life: the decline of the Edwardian aristocracy; the Anarchists of Europe and America; Germany and its self-depicted hero, Richard Strauss; Diaghilev’s Russian ballet and Stravinsky’s music; the Dreyfus Affair; the Peace Conferences in The Hague; and the enthusiasm and tragedy of Socialism, epitomized by the assassination of Jean Jaurès on the night the Great War began and an epoch came to a close. The Proud Tower, The Guns of August, and The Zimmermann Telegram comprise Barbara W. Tuchman’s classic histories of the First World War era.



The Twenty-two Letters

Author : Clive King

Publisher : Puffin

Page : 253 pages

File Size : 13,91 MB

Release : 1966

Category : Alphabet

ISBN : 9780140302509

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A game, invented by a young son of the family, plays an important part in this story of adventure set in the ancient Mediterranean world.



Key to the Treasure : [apsakymai]

Author : Peggy Parish

Publisher : Yearling Books

Page : 162 pages

File Size : 45,62 MB

Release : 1980

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0440444381

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Liza, Bill, and Jed Roberts unravel a series of coded clues that solve a family mystery while spending the summer on their grandparents' farm. Reissue.



Good-Bye Tonsils!

Author : Juliana Lee Hatkoff

Publisher : Turtleback Books

Page : 32 pages

File Size : 46,22 MB

Release : 2004-06

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 9781417630271

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A young girl describes what happens when she goes to the hospital to have her tonsils removed.



Over Sea, Under Stone

Author : Susan Cooper

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 304 pages

File Size : 44,73 MB

Release : 2012-03-06

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 144245895X

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Three siblings embark on an epic quest for a mythic grail in this first installment of Susan Cooper’s epic and award-winning The Dark Is Rising Sequence, now with a brand-new look! All through time, the two great forces of Light and Dark have battled for control of the world. Now, after centuries of balance, the Dark is summoning its terrifying forces to rise once more…and three children find themselves caught in the conflict. The Drew siblings—Simon, Jane, and Barney—are on a family holiday in Cornwall when they discover an ancient map in the attic of the house they are sharing with their Great Uncle Merry. They know immediately that the map is special but have no way of knowing how much. For the map leads to a grail: a vital weapon for the Light’s fight against evil. In taking on the quest to find the grail, the Drews will have to race against the sinister human beings who serve the dreadful power of the dark—an adventure that puts their own lives in grave peril.



Children of the Night

Author : John Blackburn

Publisher :

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 41,62 MB

Release : 2014-05

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9781941147108

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Mysterious tragedies have haunted the small English village of Dunstonholme for centuries. Is an ancient evil preparing to emerge once more?



Uncle Shelby'S Abz Book

Author : Shel Silverstein

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 84 pages

File Size : 22,54 MB

Release : 1985-09-09

Category : Humor

ISBN : 067121148X

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An adult version of the alphabet!



Up a Road Slowly

Author : Irene Hunt

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 129 pages

File Size : 49,71 MB

Release : 2005-01-04

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN : 1101143940

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The beloved author of Across Five Aprils and No Promises in the Wind presents one of her most cherished novels, the Newbery Award-winning story of a young girl’s coming of age… Julie would remember her happy days at Aunt Cordelia’s forever. Running through the spacious rooms, singing on rainy nights in front of the fireplace. There were the rides in the woods on Peter the Great, and the races with Danny Trevort. There were the precious moments alone in her room at night, gazing at the sea of stars. But there were sad times too—the painful jealousy Julie felt after her sister married, the tragic death of a schoolmate and the bitter disappointment of her first love. Julie was having a hard time believing life was fair. But Julie would have to be fair to herself before she could even think about new beginnings... “Hunt demonstrates that she is a writer of the first rank...Those who follow Julie's growth—from a tantrum-throwing seven-year-old to a gracious young woman of seventeen—will find this book has added a new dimension to their lives.”—The New York Times Book Review