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Kate Douglas Wiggin was an important reformer of children's education at the turn of the century. During a period when children's use in society was often little more than for cheap labor, Kate Douglas Wiggin was dedicated to the betterment of youth. She was the first person to found a free kindergarten school in San Francisco in 1878. Her passion for children's rights carried over to her successful career as an author of children's books. In her...
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When spoiled rich girl, Mary Lennox, is orphaned, she is shipped from India to live in her uncle's enormous manor in faraway England. The lonely girl is forbidden to play in most of the imposing house ? struggling to adjust to her new surroundings, she goes out into the grounds every day. Before long, Mary finds a key to a secret garden that has been left untouched for ten years, and a whole new world of enchantment opens up to her. For the first...
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There is a lot going on in his life that thirteen-year-old Tony Miglione does not really understand--like why his parents suddenly have money enough to buy a house on Long Island, why his mother has changed, why his rich friend Joel shoplifts, why he is obsessed with Joel's sixteen-year-old sister, and why he is having terrible stomach pains.
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Eight stories based on traditional Jewish themes from Eastern Europe include: Shrewd Todie & Lyzer the miser; Tsirtsur & Peziza; Rabbi Leib & the witch Cunegunde; The Elders of Chelm & Genendel's key; Shlemiel, the businessman; Utzel & his daughter Poverty; Menaseh's dream; When Shlemiel went to Warsaw.
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Kids of the Polk Street School volume 9
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With the help of the meanest substitute teacher in the whole school, Richard "Beast" Best learns a lesson about fear.
12) All about Stacy
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New kids at the Polk Street School volume 3
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Stacy wants to make a special "About-Me" box for her new class project, but she can't think of a thing to put in it.
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Pee Wee Scouts volume 04
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The Pee Wee Scouts practice hard for their upcoming football game against Troop 15 from Oakdale.
14) Camp Ghost-Away
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Pee Wee Scouts volume 02
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Molly Duff has been looking forward to spending a weekend at camp with the Pee Wee Scouts, but when they are all in their tents for the night, she hears a ghostly voice -- is it a tiger, or maybe a ghost?
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New kids at the Polk Street School volume 1
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After a disastrous first day of school, Stacy comes up with a plan win a best friend.
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Roses are red, violets are blue, and so is Henry Potter. Valentine's Day is his birthday, but not one of his Creepy Creature Club friends seems to care. They're all busy making up poems. Henry is too, but his aren't working. Roses are red, but Rosa's redder, she's so mad at Henry. What's wrong with his Valentines? Why can't the class bigmouth say six little words to the girl he likes?