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Shipwrecked passengers on a deserted island: how will they survive? After their ship founders at sea, the Robinsons—father, mother, and four sons—find themselves stranded in an uninhabited, idyllic land. Young readers will enjoy watching them handle every...
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Union Square & Co.
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2009-10-29
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Union Square Kids Unabridged Classics
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Based on the brothers’ first volume of folk tales, Children’s and Household Tales, this collection features many of the Grimms’ most popular retellings, as well as some lesser-known ones. The tales include “The Frog Prince,”...
Editeur :
Union Square & Co.
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2009-10-29
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Union Square Kids Unabridged Classics
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Since 1903, the escapades of Mole, his friend Water Rat, shy Badger, and Toad of Toad Hall have delighted children, and adults, too. Follow the winning foursome through the seasons as they sail the river, get lost in the Wild Wood, take off on a merry adventure in...
Editeur :
Union Square Kids
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2009-10-23
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Classic Starts®
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What happens when a little orphan girl is forced to live with her cold and frightening grandfather? The heartwarming answer has engaged children for more than a century, both on the page and on the screen. Johanna Spyri’s beloved story offers youngsters an...
Editeur :
Union Square & Co.
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2009-10-23
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Union Square Kids Unabridged Classics
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Mark Twain’s brilliant 19th-century novel has long been recognized as one of the finest examples of American literature. It brings back the irrepressible and free-spirited Huck, first introduced in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and puts him center stage. Rich in...
Editeur :
Union Square & Co.
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2009-10-23
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Union Square Kids Unabridged Classics
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One boy, penniless and in rags, forced to beg in the street. The other, a king’s son, coddled and given all he could want. What happens when the two boys change clothes and places, and each one learns how the other half lives? Mark Twain’s satirical and...
Editeur :
Union Square Kids
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2009-10-06
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Classic Starts®
ePub
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Beloved in Christmases past, and sure to remain a favorite into Christmases of the future, Dickens’ popular holiday tale is the perfect Christmas present. The uplifting tale follows the mysterious and magical events that transform the miserly, miserable Ebenezer...
Editeur :
Union Square & Co.
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2009-10-06
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Union Square Kids Unabridged Classics
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Who could forget the pranks, the adventures, the sheer fun of Tom Sawyer? It’s something every child should experience and every child will love. From Tom’s sly trickery with the whitewashed fence—when he cleverly manipulates everyone so they happily...
Editeur :
Union Square & Co.
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2009-09-21
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Union Square Kids Unabridged Classics
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All children except one grow up. In 1904, Peter Pan first flew across a London stage and into the bedroom of Wendy, John, and Michael Darling. Ever since, this perpetual youth has continued to delight children of all ages. Young readers will happily soar with him and...
Editeur :
Union Square & Co.
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2009-09-21
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Union Square Kids Unabridged Classics
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What a stunning discovery: an old, coded note that actually contains directions for reaching the Earth’s very core! And once he finds it, renowned geologist Professor Liedenbrock can’t resist setting out with his 16-year-old nephew to go where only one man...
Editeur :
Union Square & Co.
Parution :
2009-09-18
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Union Square Kids Unabridged Classics
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Thanks to its colorful cast of characters and gritty portrayal of street life in Victorian London, Dickens’ Oliver Twist has captured readers’ hearts for more than 150 years. Today’s children will love it too. Oliver, a poor orphan, escapes the...
Editeur :
Union Square & Co.
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2009-09-18
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Union Square Kids Unabridged Classics
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This sparkling sequel to the beloved Little Women follows the grown-up and married Jo, mistress of Plumfield, a school for boys (and a few girls, too). The fun begins with a new arrival, Nat Blake; it is through his eyes that we first meet Plumfield’s lively residents...
Editeur :
Union Square Kids
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2009-09-18
Collection :
Classic Starts®
ePub
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Doctor Dolittle is a very special vet—because he knows how to talk to the animals! So when he hears that there’s a terrible sickness hurting all the monkeys in Africa, the good doctor knows he must go and help them. Soon he’s off on an exciting...
Editeur :
Union Square Kids
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2009-09-18
Collection :
Classic Starts®
ePub
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Jules Verne—and his one-of-a-kind hero, Phileas Fogg—take children on an action-packed, whirlwind race around the world. For as long as anyone can remember, Fogg’s daily ritual has never varied by even a minute. Then, on a whim and a bet, he sets out...
Editeur :
Union Square & Co.
Parution :
2009-09-18
Collection :
Union Square Kids Unabridged Classics
ePub
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A fascinating adventure story, grounded in American history. As the French and Indian war rages, the two daughters of a British officer prepare to return home. But when, Cora, Alice, and the soldiers who guard them are betrayed by their Native American scout, their...
Editeur :
Union Square Kids
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2009-09-18
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Classic Starts®
ePub
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One of the most magical concoctions in childrens literature, Lewis Carrolls tale follows Alice into the upside-down, inside-out world of Wonderland where she attends the tea party of the Mad Hatter and plays croquet in the court of the Queen of Hearts
Editeur :
Union Square & Co.
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2009-09-18
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Union Square Kids Unabridged Classics
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Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Aladdin, Sinbad the Sailor: these are just some of the strange and amazing stories that clever Scheherazade tells to captivate her husband, King Shahryar…and to save her own life. Each one is more fantastic than the last, filled...
Editeur :
Union Square Kids
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2009-09-18
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Classic Starts®
ePub
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“To help mother”: that was the goal of each and every one of the five Pepper children. Yet even as “Mamsie” struggles hard to feed and educate her brood, she still manages to fill the house with joy. The adventures of this poor but loving family—Ben, Polly, Joel, Davie,...
Editeur :
Union Square Kids
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2009-09-18
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Classic Starts®
ePub
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At once satiric and magical, rich in philosophy and astonishing adventure, Gulliver’s Travels transports children into worlds unknown. The entire voyage is seen through the eyes of Lemuel Gulliver, a ship’s surgeon whose amazing account begins with a shipwreck on the...
Editeur :
Union Square & Co.
Parution :
2009-09-18
Collection :
Union Square Kids Unabridged Classics
ePub
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The long-ago mysteries of the great opera house in Paris have never been explained. Why did so many terrible tragedies happen there? Why did everyone flee from it in fear? This gripping story about the “opera ghost” and the beautiful singer he loves launched...
Editeur :
Union Square Kids
Parution :
2009-09-18
Collection :
Classic Starts®
ePub
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