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Learning About Birds with Thornton Burgess Set

shipping — Tue, 24 May 2022 03:44:24 +0000

Spark a lifelong appreciation for nature and good books through two Thornton Burgess classics—The Burgess Bird Book for Children and Blacky the Crow—and this companion guide that gives you a leisurely reading schedule, nature study ideas, cross references, and more!

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Nursery Tales Told to Children

AWiebe — Mon, 25 Apr 2022 19:21:36 +0000

Amy Steedman was a British author of books for children at the beginning of the twentieth century. This work includes classics such as The Three Bears and Sleeping Beauty.

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A Child’s Garden of Verses

AWiebe — Mon, 25 Apr 2022 18:47:00 +0000

Originally published in 1885, "A Childs Garden of Verses" has served as a wonderful introduction to poetry for each new generation. Illustrated by Fujikawa in 1957, it was her very first book--and she evokes a simpler, more innocent time that should profoundly appeal to todays audiences. Full color.

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My First Bible in Pictures

AWiebe — Mon, 25 Apr 2022 18:38:30 +0000

This bestselling family classic brings Bible stories to children in a way they can understand--with simple words and compelling pictures.

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Just So Stories

AWiebe — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 17:32:28 +0000

How did the whale get his throat? Why was the lazy camel lumbered with a hump? And how did the elephant's insatiable curiosity earn him a trunk?Kipling first invented these delightful, warm and humorous stories about the beginning of the world and the first animals in it for his own daughter, Josephine, who tragically died [...]

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Childhood’s Favorites and Fairy Stories (Illustrated Edition)

AWiebe — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 17:14:03 +0000

A comprehensive collection of tales and fairy stories edited by the American essayist, editor, critic, and lecturer. American culture is indebted to him for helping to spread, by his lectures as well as his writings, a love of good reading in the United States.

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More English Fairy Tales

AWiebe — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 16:58:10 +0000

Work from the literary and Jewish historian and notable folklorist who created several noteworthy collections of fairy tales.

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A Kiss for Little Bear

AWiebe — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 20:17:47 +0000

Little Bear is so pleased with the picture he has drawn that he asks Hen to take it to his grandmother. Grandmother is so happy with it that she sends him back a thank-you kiss. How the kiss is passed from Grandmother, to Hen, to Cat, to Little Skunk, to a pretty girl skunk, and [...]

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Father Bear Comes Home

AWiebe — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 20:10:36 +0000

Welcome home, Father Bear! Little Bear’s father is finally coming home from a long fishing trip. Little Bear is very excited to see him—even if he doesn’t bring the toy Little Bear has been hoping for!

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Bedtime for Frances

AWiebe — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 19:58:27 +0000

It may be bedtime for Frances, but before Frances can sleep, she needs a glass of milk, a kiss from Father, one from Mother, her teddy bear, her doll, another kiss from Father, and another one from Mother. And then there are tigers and giants and ominous cracks in the ceiling to keep her up. [...]

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Best Friends for Frances

AWiebe — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 19:48:10 +0000

Frances doesn't think her little sister can be her friend, but when Frances finds herself left out because of a "no-girls" rule, she decides to show those boys what girls can do. In the process, she discovers that sisters can indeed be friends.

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The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan

AWiebe — Thu, 14 Apr 2022 15:39:30 +0000

To celebrate Peter's birthday, Frederick Warne is publishing new editions of all 23 of Potter's original tales, which take the very first printings of Potter's works as their guide. The aim of these editions is to be as close as possible to Beatrix Potter's intentions while benefiting from modern printing and design techniques.

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