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Every time he went out for his daily walk, Derry had to pass the corner where old Jim sat on his orange box. And every time he lingered there in the hope of a story. For Jim was a sailor who had grown too old for the sea, but who was never tired of his adventures on the...
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Rhcp Digital
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2013-09-30
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On the night that Piggot’s Comet will appear over Brighton, the town plan to honour it with music and dancing. Harris, however, has other ideas. Being scientifically minded, he thinks only of observing the comet in detail. He persuades his good friend Bostock to part...
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Rhcp Digital
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2013-08-31
ePub
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This is the story of the twenty-six children of Zeal Monachorum who did not know their ABC, until one day Perkin the Pedlar came by. He told them a story and a verse for each letter of the alphabet, starting with Appledore and ending with their own Zeal Monarchorum....
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Rhcp Digital
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2013-08-31
ePub
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Chatty, idealistic Pollyanna can always find something to be glad about. Even when the newly orphaned girl has to live with her cold, unloving Aunt Polly, she remains full of hope and joy. But then a horrible accident leaves her crippled—and it may finally be too...
Editeur :
Union Square Kids
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2013-08-06
Collection :
Union Square Kids Unabridged Classics
ePub
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Washington Irvings haunting, macabre stories will give wide-eyed young readers delightful chills. This spooky anthology of timeless tales includes “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” the eerie “Rip Van Winkle,” the funny “The Specter...
Editeur :
Union Square Kids
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2013-08-06
Collection :
Union Square Kids Unabridged Classics
ePub
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Wandering minstrel, Martin Pippin, encounters a lovelorn ploughman who begs him to release his beloved by entertaining the six young women sworn to guard her. This Martin Pippin does - telling beautiful tales of heartbreak, betrayal and everlasting love. But will the...
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Rhcp Digital
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2013-07-31
ePub
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Being in love with Patrick Pennington isn't easy. With his all-consuming passion for music, and his desperate need for freedom, Ruth isn't sure there's room for her in his life. Will he ever love and need her in return?
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Rhcp Digital
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2013-06-30
ePub
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Tom Tiddler is going on a journey across London, with only a wise old owl and a really selfish and greedy goat for company. He is collecting and returning people's property so that they will, in turn, help him to rescue all the little girls in England from the gruesome...
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Rhcp Digital
Parution :
2013-06-30
ePub
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'Hear and attend and listen; for this befell and behappened and became and was'Have you ever enquired why the elephant has such an enormously elongated nose? Are you confused by a cat's contrary nature? Have you ruminated on the wrinkles of a rhinocerous? Or speculated...
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Vintage Digital
Parution :
2013-06-30
ePub
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You might think I'd have grown out of getting myself into scrapes now that I'm half past sixteen. But between being vexed by my freckles, taunted by a brazen Jersey cow and kept on my toes by the new twins, Dora and Davy, life at Green Gables is just as eventful as...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2013-06-06
ePub
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‘Traitor! Now is your death-time upon you!’You may think you know all about King Arthur, the young boy who plucked the sword from the stone. You’ve probably heard stories about Merlin's magic powers and the Knights of the round table…these are the stories we learn at...
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Vintage Digital
Parution :
2013-06-06
ePub
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‘Mush on!’ Buck does not read the newspapers. If he had, he’d have known that for good strong dogs like himself trouble is brewing. Man has found gold and because of that Buck is kidnapped and dragged away from his sunny home to become a sledge dog in the harsh and...
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Vintage Digital
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2013-06-06
ePub
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‘Look here! Here’s a jolly life! What’s the odds where it comes from?’Meet the Artful Dodger, as roistering and swaggering a young gentleman as ever stood four foot six. With him, you’ll run down the dirty backstreets of London to be entertained by the Respectable Old...
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Vintage Digital
Parution :
2013-06-06
ePub
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‘It’s a million times nicer to be Anne of Green Gables than Anne of nowhere in particular, isn’t it?’My dislikes: Being an orphan, having red hair, being called ‘carrots’ by Gilbert Blythe.My likes: Living at the Green Gables with Marilla and Matthew, my bosom-friend...
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Vintage Digital
Parution :
2013-06-06
ePub
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‘Once upon a time…’Once upon a time there was a book, and inside the book were princes who had been turned into frogs or ferocious beasts, princesses so beautiful they astonished the sun, faithful sweethearts and evil stepmothers, giants taller than mountains and a boy...
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Vintage Digital
Parution :
2013-06-06
ePub
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How would you feel if you woke up and found another head growing out of your neck? A living, breathing, TALKING head, with a rude, sharp tongue and an evil sense of humour. It knows all your darkest thoughts and it’s not afraid to say what it thinks . . . to ANYBODY....
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Rhcp Digital
Parution :
2013-06-06
ePub
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More than anything, Ella wants to go to the ball at the Royal Palace.But Ella is the slave of the household, waiting on every wish and whim of her horrible stepsisters. They call her Cinderella for the ashes that cling to her face, hands and hair. How can Ella go to the...
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Rhcp Digital
Parution :
2013-05-31
ePub
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'Her prose is pure, delicate, and gently witty' NEW YORK TIMES'[Many] relish the delicacy of her writing for children' IRISH TIMES 'A sensitive exploration of a boy's triumph over the objections of his parents to his becoming a ballet dancer' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Doone...
Editeur :
Virago
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2013-04-04
Collection :
Virago Modern Classics
ePub
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By the bestselling author of Black Narcissus and The Battle of the Villa Fiorita'This is an absolutely heart-warming read, which will make you laugh, cry and love it' GUARDIAN 'Her craftsmanship is always sure' NEW YORK TIMES'Godden's expert narration, her beguiling...
Editeur :
Virago
Parution :
2013-04-04
Collection :
Virago Modern Classics
ePub
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This beautiful Ladybird Classic ebook edition of The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett is a perfect first illustrated introduction to the classic story for younger readers.It has been sensitively abridged and retold to make it suitable for sharing with young...
Editeur :
Ladybird
Parution :
2013-04-04
ePub
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