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In order to keep the old king's heart beating until the doctor returns with a special potion, various animals take turns in telling stories that are so interesting that the king longs to hear more.

While exploring a church that is being razed in a Manchester slum, four English children are drawn into another world where they are compelled to combat the evil power which grips most of the land.

The man who knew how / Dorothy L. Sayers -- [The most dangerous game]( / Richard Connell -- The treasure hunt / Edgar Wallace -- [Man from the South]( / Ronald Dahl -- Puzzle for Poppy / Patrick Quentin -- Treasure trove / F. Tennyson Jesse -- Your truly, Jack the Ripper / Robert Bloch -- The dilemma of Grampa Dubois / Clayre and Michel Lipman -- The birds / Daphne du Maurier.

The adventures of Monkey from his departure from the jungle to his arrival in England where he makes many friends.

Plays featuring the Peruvian bear and his antics in England with the Brown family. Includes hints for props, sets, and costumes.

Two children vacationing on a Greek isle in the Ionian sea devise a plan where by stolen donkeys save the land of a friend from having the mortgage foreclosed.

After capturing a hawk in order to join a secret club, Jim rejects club membership and arranges a new life for the hawk.

A girl possessed by a strange force which is energized by starlight must be stopped from her destructive acts.

Two bank robbers find that a group of second graders visiting a farm are more than they bargained for.

Joseph knows that he has to be different from his grandfather, a stone mason whose work is in evidence throughout the village, and the day comes when he must announce his decision.

Brilliant. Not at all clear that it's a children's book. An extraordinary re-creation of a myth in a way that explains how myths are created, and why they aren't just myths. During a summer vacation in a secluded Welsh valley, three young people find themselves driven by the spirits of three mythical lovers to reenact an ancient tragedy.

Through a series of family disagreements over her seven-year-old brother's efforts to become a dancer and her own determination to be a lawyer, eleven-year-old Emma realizes that it is up to children to take the initiative since parents rarely change.

Harriet the Spy is a children's novel written and illustrated by Louise Fitzhugh that was published in 1964. It has been called "a milestone in children's literature" and a "classic". In the U.S. it ranked number 12 in The 50 Best Books for Kids and number 17 in The Top 100 Children's Novels on two lists generated in 2012.

Hamilton’s classic coming-of-age tale: The National Book Award– and Newbery Award–winning novel about a young man who must choose between supporting his tight-knit family and pursuing his own dreams Mayo Cornelius Higgins perches on top of a homemade forty-foot tower, considering two destinies. Behind him is his family’s beloved house at the foot of a mountain that strip mining has reduced to loose rubble. In front of him, the beautiful Ohio River Valley and the great world beyond. As M.C. weighs whether to stay with the family and home he loves or set off into the world on his own, there appear on the horizon two strangers who will make his decision all the more difficult.

Presents further misadventures in England of the bear from Darkest Peru in which he takes a driving test, visits a Stately Home, gets a rise, and takes part in a magic act.

Beautifuly written fairytale story by famous English author, zoologist and traveler, where three cousins: Symon, Peter and Penelope having wonderful adventures in the fantasy land of Mythologia inhabited by many magical creatatures and save it from cockatrices with the help of talking parrot.

Dominic the dog finds many exciting adventures and great danger fighting the Doomsday Gang after he decides to see the world.

A little boy sets out to find the thief of his grandmother's strawberry tarts and meets a number of unusual characters on his search.

A month of crazy and often upsetting events, including a hapless fashion show, causes an eleven-year-old to question her own outlook and role as a girl.

In a heavy rain Morgan's house floats from London to the South Pacific where he and his family confront cannibals and pirates.

His daughter's request for a book prompts a stonemason to reveal the secret of the stone to her.

A superbly told historical novel for young people set against the real-life background of Christchurch and rural Hampshire at the time of the Civil War. The bloody conflict is at its height when Nicholas Lambert's father is shot as a traitor to the King's cause. Young Nicholas flees his home in order to join the Royalist Army, leaving his little sister Katharine behind. Six years later, when the Royalists are finally defeated at Worcester, Nicholas is a fugitive and his life is in danger. Together with two friends he seeks shelter in his old home; it is much changed and so, he thinks, is Katharine. After the house is searched by Cromwellian soldiers hunting for the young king Charles II, the three fugitives, disguised as servants, make for the Hampshire coast.