Christian Birmingham
3) Black Beauty
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"Born in a sunlit meadow in and English village, Black Beauty is a carefree colt enjoying a wonderful home, with a kind and caring master. Then the beautiful young horse is sold and separated from his friends. So begins an extraordinary journey through life for Black Beauty that brings pain, suffering, loneliness, and hardship. Will Black Beauty ever find the true happiness of his upbringing? Told as an autobiography, Black Beauty is an ultimately...
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After the Snow Queen abducts her friend Kai, Gerda sets out on a perilous and magical journey to find him. Gerda faces many perils as she tries to save her friend, Kay, imprisoned in the Snow Queen's ice palace. In this Andersen tale, Gerda saves Kay after he is captured by the Snow Queen.
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"Spread the Christmas cheer with this whimsical retelling of Clement C. Moore's cherished poem, "A Visit from St. Nicholas." This new edition of the classic features the text of Moore's original poem, illustrated with beautifully detailed LEGO brick scenes and characters. See the colorful stockings hung by the chimney in the fanciful brick house, and look on at the visions of dancing brick sugarplums. Turn the pages to reveal Saint Nicholas with his...
10) The windhover
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1997.
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English
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A baby falcon is stolen from its nest in the schoolyard wall by a lonely boy, who returns it when it will not eat and watches it take its first flight.
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1996.
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This is the story of Marie Curie whose extraordinary persistence and determination proved the existence of radium and opened the gateway to the nuclear age in which we live. Marie Curie's scientific research and discovery of radium in 1902, helped open the door to our modern nuclear age.
14) Oliver Twist
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[1996]
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First edition.
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English
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An adaption of Dicken's story of the orphan forced to practice thievery and live a life of crime in nineteenth-century London.
16) The Thief Lord
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The enchanting international bestseller with bonus back matter and a beautiful new cover!Two orphaned brothers, Prosper and Bo, have run away to Venice, where crumbling canals and misty alleyways shelter a secret community of street urchins. Leader of this motley crew of lost children is a clever, charming boy with a dark history of his own: He calls himself the Thief Lord.Propser and Bo relish their new "family" and life of petty crime. But their...
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A magical celebration of the 50th anniversary of the moon landing from the bestselling author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. Years ago there was a little boy who dreamed of rocketing to the moon, of landing on the crumbly rock and walking across the Sea of Tranquility. He borrowed library books and read how astronauts had orbited the earth and walked in space. And every night he hoped that they would find a way to land on the...
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