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The Complete Calvin and Hobbes

Bill Watterson · 1,456 pages

This is a three volume slipcased book collection of the Calvin and Hobbes comic strips that where published from 1985-1995, it covers all the strips published and also reproduces many of the covers of earlier books in full page color illustrations. There are three daily black and white strips per page, and one color Sunday comic on a single page. Besides the comic strips there is also other full p

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Eloise

Kay Thompson, Hilary Knight · 65 pages

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Dream Country

Neil Gaiman · 160 pages

Presents four Sandman stories, including "A Midsummer Night's Dream," in which Shakespeare's company, at the instigation of the Lord of Dreams, gives an open-air performance of the play to an audience of fairies.

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The New Small Person

Lauren Child

Elmore Green likes being an only child, so when his parents bring a new small person, his baby brother, into the house he is not pleased and does his best to keep the new small person out of his life.

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The Little Prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Katherine Woods · 87 pages

A pilot forced to land in the Sahara meets a little prince. The wise and enchanting stories the prince tells of his own planet with its three volcanoes and a haughty flower are unforgettable. A strange and wonderful parable for all ages, with superb illustrations by the author.

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The Little Prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupery · 32 pages

This philosophical children's book deserves its status as a classic. It has been translated into over 250 languages and is enjoyed by children around the world.

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The Mysteries of Harris Burdick

Chris Van Allsburg · 31 pages

Presents a series of loosely related drawings each accompanied by a title and a caption which the reader may use to make up his or her own story.

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The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories

Tim Burton · 128 pages

A bizarre menagerie of characters--including Oyster Boy, Brie Boy, Match Girl, and Stick Boy--search for love and understanding in a world that does not comprehend oddities.

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The Little Endless Storybook

Jill Thompson · 56 pages

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Lost & Found

Shaun Tan

Three stories explore how we lose and find what matters most to us, as a girl finds a bright spot in a dark world, a boy leads a strange, lost being home, and a group of peaceful creatures loses its home to cruel invaders.

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The Complete Fairy Tales

Hans Christian Andersen · 286 pages

Sixteen tales including "Little Claus and Big Claus," "Father's Always Right," and "The Goblin and the Grocer."

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Odd Duck

Cecil Castellucci

"Theodora is a perfectly normal duck. She may swim with a teacup balanced on her head and stay north when the rest of the ducks fly south for the winter, but there's nothing so odd about that. Chad, on the other hand, is one strange bird. Theodora quite likes him, but she can't overlook his odd habits. It's a good thing Chad has a normal friend like Theodora to set a good example for him. But who

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Return

Aaron Becker · 40 pages

The lonely protagonist returns to her fantastical world for friendship and adventure, where only the most powerful motivations persuade her to return home.

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The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip

George Saunders · 90 pages

Gappers will get your goat. Literally. If You don't brush them off and return them to the ocean, whence they arrive every day, these bright orange, many eyead creatutes will cover your goats, and the goats will stop giving milk. In a village called Frip, goat's milk was the entire economy. Three families lived there — the Romos, the Ronsens, and a little girl named Capable and her widowed fathe

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Oz: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Eric Shanower, L. Frank Baum · 216 pages

After being transported by a cyclone to the land of Oz, Dorothy and her dog are befriended by a scarecrow, a tin man, and a cowardly lion who accompany her to the Emerald City to look for a wizard who can help Dorothy return home to Kansas.

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Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

Ransom Riggs · 392 pages

A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of peculiar photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, and unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he

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Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back

Shel Silverstein · 112 pages

After leaving the jungle for the circus and a life of fame and wealth, a lion who taught himself to be the best shot in the world discovers he's not really a lion anymore, and not really a man, either.

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The Adventures of Captain Underpants

Dav Pilkey · 128 pages

When George and Harold hypnotize their principal into thinking that he is the superhero Captain Underpants, he leads them to the lair of the nefarious Dr. Diaper, where they must defeat his evil robot henchmen.

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I Am Pusheen the Cat

Claire Belton · 192 pages

Things you should know about Pusheen. Birthday: February 18 Sex: Female Where she lives: In the house, on the couch, underfoot Her favorite pastime: Blogging, sleeping Her best feature: Her toe beans Her favorite food: All of them Learn what makes her purr and find out why hundreds of thousands of people have fallen in love with this chubby, tubby kitty. --Cover

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Olivia

Ian Falconer · 40 pages

Whether at home getting ready for the day, enjoying the beach, or at bedtime, Olivia is a feisty pig who has too much energy for her own good.

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The Princess in Black and the Hungry Bunny Horde

Shannon Hale, Dean Hale · 90 pages

Princess Magnolia and her unicorn, Frimplepants, are on their way to have brunch with Princess Sneezewort, an occasion Frimplepants enjoys more than anything in the world. But just when he can smell the freshly baked bread and the heaping platters of sugar-dusted doughnuts, Princess Magnolia’s glitter-stone ring rings. The monster alarm! After a quick change in the secret cave, Princess Magnolia a

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Raven Girl

Audrey Niffenegger · 71 pages

Once there was a Postman who fell in love with a Raven. So begins the tale of a postman who encounters a fledgling raven while on the edge of his route and decides to bring her home. The unlikely couple falls in love and conceives a child, an extraordinary raven girl trapped in a human body. The raven girl feels imprisoned by her arms and legs and covets wings and the ability to fly. Betwixt and b

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Cinderella

Charles Perrault · 32 pages

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