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Author

Kjelgaard, Jim, 1910-1959

Earliest Publication Date

1976

Description

Danny and his Irish setter roam the Wintapi Wilderness and eventually track down a great outlaw bear. From the moment Danny sees the beautiful Irish setter, he knows Red is the dog for him. Fast and smart, strong and noble, Red is the only dog Danny wants by his side. Soon, neither boy nor dog can stand to be apart. Together Danny and Red face many dangers in the harsh Wintapi wilderness that they call home. But the greatest test of their courage...

2) Blizzard at Black Swann Inn

Author

Saunders, Susan

Earliest Publication Date

1986

3) Charlie and the great glass elevator: the further adventures of Charlie Bucket and Willy Wonka, chocolate-maker extraordinary

Author

Dahl, Roald

Earliest Publication Date

1972

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Taking up where Charlie and the Chocolate Factory leaves off, Charlie, his family, and Mr. Wonka find themselves launched into space in the great glass elevator.

4) Danny, the champion of the world

Author

Dahl, Roald

Earliest Publication Date

1975

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A young English boy describes his relationship with his father and the special adventure they share together.

5) Fantastic Mr. Fox

Author

Dahl, Roald

Earliest Publication Date

1970

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Every time Mr Fox steals a chicken from the farm, Farmers Boggis, Bunce and Bean grow wild with rage! They're the nastiest crooks in the valley, and they've concocted a cunning plan to dig him out of his hole once and for all. But it never occurs to them that Mr Fox has a fantastic plan of his own.

6) Horse power

Author

Bryant, Bonnie

Earliest Publication Date

1989

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A girls are staging a gymkhana at the stables, and learn that Carole's new friend is a championship rider who no longer seems to be interested in horses.

7) Snow dog

Author

Kjelgaard, Jim, 1910-1959

Earliest Publication Date

1980

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The adventure of a dog born in the wilderness, left to fend for himself when a black wolf kills his mother and brothers, and finally won over by the trapper his mother had deserted.

8) The enormous crocodile

Author

Dahl, Roald

Earliest Publication Date

1978

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The enormous crocodile devises secret plans and a few clever tricks to secure his lunch only to have them foiled by his neighbors. The other jungle animals thwart the ferocious crocodile's plans to eat some "nice juicy children" for lunch. The Enormous Crocodile decides that he wants a nice juicy child for lunch, horrifying the other animals in the jungle--his friend, the Notsobig One; Humpy-Rumpy, the hippopotamus; Trunky, the elephant; Muggle-Wump,...

9) The Sherluck Bones mystery-detective book 6

Author

Razzi, Jim

Earliest Publication Date

1983

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Six puzzling cases for the reader and Sherluck to solve.

10) The sisters impossible

Author

Landis, James David

Earliest Publication Date

1981

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Lily's beginning ballet classes draw her unexpectedly closer to her seemingly haughty older sister, already an advanced dancer.

11) The wonderful story of Henry Sugar, and six more

Author

Dahl, Roald

Earliest Publication Date

1977

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An account of how the author came to be a writer and selections from his writer's notebook augment stories juxtaposing fantasy and truth, and peopled with outrageous and courageous characters.