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The twenty-one balloons
The twenty-one balloons

by William Pène Du Bois, John McDonough

THE WESTERN AMERICAN EXPLORERS' CLUB, in the city of San Francisco.

1947 39 ed.
Blue Willow
Blue Willow

by Doris Gates

JANEY LARKIN PAUSED ON THE TOP STEP OF THE SHACK AND looked down at her shadow.

1940 20 ed.
The Summer of the Swans
The Summer of the Swans

by Betsy Cromer Byars

Sara Godfrey was lying on the bed tying a kerchief on the dog, Boysie.

1970 44 ed.
The Darwin Awards
The Darwin Awards

by Wendy Northcutt

Most of us know instinctively that the phrase "trust me, light this fuse" is a recipe for disaster.

2000 11 ed.
Superfudge
Superfudge

by Judy Blume

Life was going along okay when my mother and father dropped the news.

1972 69 ed.
The Blue Sword
The Blue Sword

by Robin McKinley

SHE SCOWLED AT HER GLASS of orange juice.

1982 32 ed.
Tom's Midnight Garden
Tom's Midnight Garden

by Philippa Pearce

IF, standing alone on the back doorstep, Tom allowed himself to weep tears, they were tears of anger.

1958 56 ed.
The Westing Game
The Westing Game

by Ellen Raskin

The sun sets in the west (just about everyone knows that), but Sunset Towers faced east.

1978 16 ed.
Frog and Toad Are Friends
Frog and Toad Are Friends

by Arnold Lobel

Frog ran up the path to Toad's house.

1920 73 ed.
Dune
Dune

by Frank Herbert

A Beginning is the time for taking the most delicate care that the balances are correct.

1965 155 ed.
Pirates!
Pirates!

by Celia Rees

I was of a roving frame of mind, even as a child, and for years my fancy had been to set sail on one of my father's ship...

2003 1 ed.
Abel's Island
Abel's Island

by William Steig

Early in August 1907, the first year of their marriage, Abel and Amanda went to picnic in the woods some distance from t...

1976 49 ed.
The Railway Children
The Railway Children

by Edith Nesbit

The beginning of things - They were not railway children at the beginning...

1900 985 ed.
Homesick, my own story
Homesick, my own story

by Jean Fritz

IN MY FATHER'S STUDY THERE WAS A LARGE globe with all the countries of the world running around it.

1982 22 ed.
Candyfreak
Candyfreak

by Steve Almond, Steve Almond

The answer is that we don't choose our freaks, they choose us.

2004 9 ed.
The Night Before Christmas
The Night Before Christmas

by Clement Clarke Moore

T WAS the night before Christmas, when all through the house

1857 389 ed.
Speaker for the Dead
Speaker for the Dead

by Orson Scott Card

Since we are not yet fully comfortable with the idea that people from the next village are as human as ourselves, it is ...

1986 39 ed.
Rats
Rats

by Robert Sullivan

WHEN I WROTE the following account of my experiences with rats, I lived in an apartment building on a block filled with ...

2004 4 ed.
26 Fairmount Avenue
26 Fairmount Avenue

by Tomie dePaola

For my wonderful, wacky family and relatives, especially Flossie; friends and old neighbors in Meriden, Connecticut; and...

1999 14 ed.