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Monsoon

Through one young girl's observations of her hometown in northern India, the importance and excitement of the arrival of monsoon during the summer months is told as the people of her hometown welcome the rains.

By Jamel Akib (illustrator) and Uma Krishnaswami

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9780374350154 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, October 6, 2003, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: A child describes waiting for the monsoon rains to arrive and the worry that they will not come.

Gulliver's Travels

The voyages of an eighteenth-century Englishman carry him to such strange places as Lilliput, where people are six inches tall, and Brobdingnag, a land peopled by giants.

By Jamel Akib (illustrator) and Martin Woodside

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Hardcover:

9781402726620 | Sterling Pub Co Inc, January 1, 2006, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: An abridged version of the voyages of an eighteenth-century Englishman that carry him to such strange places as Lilliput, where people are six inches tall, and Brobdingnag, a land peopled by giants.

The Prince And the Pauper: Retold from the Mark Twain Original

When young Edward VI of England and a poor boy who resembles him exchange places, each learns something about the other's very different station in life.

By Jamel Akib (illustrator) and Kathleen Olmstead

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9781402736872 | Sterling Pub Co Inc, February 1, 2007, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: An abridged version of the Mark Twain classic in which young Edward VI of England and a poor boy who resembles him exchange places and each learns something about the other's very different station in life.

The Wind in the Willows

A magical story follows the adventures of four animal friends--Toad, Mole, Water Rat, and Badger--who live along a river in the English countryside.

By Jamel Akib (illustrator) and Martin Woodside

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9781402736964 | Sterling Pub Co Inc, February 1, 2007, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: An abridged version of Kenneth Grahame's classic tale of the escapades of four animal friends who live along a river in the English countryside--Toad, Mole, Rat, and Badger.

The Three Musketeers

In seventeenth-century France, young D'Artagnan befriends three musketeers, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, and joins them in trying to outwit the enemies of the king and queen.

By Jamel Akib (illustrator) and Oliver Ho (adapted by)

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9781402736957 | Sterling Pub Co Inc, February 1, 2007, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: An abridged version of an adventure in seventeenth-century France, when young d'Artagnan initially quarrels with, then befriends, three musketeers and joins them in trying to outwit the enemies of the king and queen.

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9781435208162 | Paw Prints, May 15, 2007, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: An abridged version of an adventure in seventeenth-century France, when young d'Artagnan initially quarrels with, then befriends, three musketeers and joins them in trying to outwit the enemies of the king and queen.

Heidi

A Swiss orphan girl named Heidi is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city.

By Jamel Akib (illustrator) and Lisa Church (adapted by)

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9781402736919 | Sterling Pub Co Inc, February 1, 2007, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: An abridged version of Johanna Spyri's classic story of a Swiss orphan who is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city.

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9781435203440 | Paw Prints, May 15, 2007, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: An abridged version of Johanna Spyri's classic story of a Swiss orphan who is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city.

The War of the Worlds

The innovative science-fiction story about the possibilities of intelligent life on distant planets follows an English astronomer, in company with an artilleryman, a country curate, and others, as they struggle to survive the invasion of Earth by Martians.

By Jamel Akib (illustrator) and Chris Sasaki

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9781402736889 | Sterling Pub Co Inc, February 1, 2007, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: An abridged version of H.

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9781435208247 | Paw Prints, May 15, 2007, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: An abridged version of H.

Pollyanna: Retold from the Eleanor H. Porter Original

In early twentieth-century Vermont, orphaned, eleven-year-old Pollyanna comes to live with her austere and wealthy Aunt Polly, and uses her philosophy of gladness to bring happiness to her aunt and other unhappy members of the community.

By Jamel Akib (illustrator) and Kathleen Olmstead

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9781402736926 | Sterling Pub Co Inc, February 1, 2007, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: An abridged version of the tale of orphaned, eleven-year-old Pollyanna, who comes to live with austere and wealthy Aunt Polly, bringing happiness to her aunt and other members of the community through her philosophy of gladness.

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9781435205604 | Paw Prints, June 28, 2007, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: An abridged version of the tale of orphaned, eleven-year-old Pollyanna, who comes to live with austere and wealthy Aunt Polly, bringing happiness to her aunt and other members of the community through her philosophy of gladness.

Dracula

An easy-to-read adaptation of the original Bram Stoker story recounts how Jonathan Harker, his wife, and their friends carried out the destruction of the diabolical Count.

By Jamel Akib (illustrator) and Tania Zamorsky

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9781402736902 | Sterling Pub Co Inc, February 1, 2007, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Having discovered the double identity of the wealthy Transylvanian nobleman, Count Dracula, a small group of people vow to rid the world of the evil vampire.

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9781435202276 | Paw Prints, June 28, 2007, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Having discovered the double identity of the wealthy Transylvanian nobleman, Count Dracula, a small group of people vow to rid the world of the evil vampire.

The Swiss Family Robinson

An easy-to-read edition of the classic 1812 tale of survival follows the adventures of a Swiss pastor, his wife, and their four sons who are shipwrecked on a tropical island.

By Jamel Akib (illustrator)

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9781402736940 | Sterling Pub Co Inc, February 1, 2007, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: An abridged version of the story that relates the fortunes of a shipwrecked family as they imaginatively adapt to life on an island with abundant animal and plant life.

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9781435208155 | Paw Prints, June 28, 2007, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: An abridged version of the story that relates the fortunes of a shipwrecked family as they imaginatively adapt to life on an island with abundant animal and plant life.

Around the World in 80 Days: Retold from the Jules Verne Original

Chronicles the adventures of Phineas Fogg and his manservant, Passepartout, on their record-breaking journey around the world in the late nineteenth century.

By Jamel Akib (illustrator) and Deanna Mcfadden

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9781402736896 | Sterling Pub Co Inc, February 1, 2007, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: In 1872, English gentleman Phileas Fogg has many adventures as he tries to win a bet that he can travel around the world in eighty days.

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9781435200630 | Paw Prints, June 28, 2007, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: In 1872, English gentleman Phileas Fogg has many adventures as he tries to win a bet that he can travel around the world in eighty days.

Animals Christopher Columbus Saw: An Adventure in the New World

Product Description: In this new series by award-winning author Sandra Markle, famous explorers take a back seat to the animals they encountered along the way. While nothing about Christopher Columbus' journey was expected, he couldn't have imagined feasting on roasted lizard! Through nimble writing and beautiful paintings, this series casts the past in a whole new light...read more

By Jamel Akib (illustrator) and Sandra Markle

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9780811849166 | Chronicle Books Llc, June 30, 2008, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: In this new series by award-winning author Sandra Markle, famous explorers take a back seat to the animals they encountered along the way.

Divali Rose

Product Description: The meaning of the Hindu "festival of lights" becomes clear to a young boy. Ricki is looking forward to Divali, the Hindu "festival of lights." He's also waiting for two special rosebuds to bloomâbuds on the bush his grandfather had planted in the front yard...read more

By Jamel Akib (illustrator)

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9781590785249 | Boyds Mills Pr, August 1, 2008, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: The meaning of the Hindu "festival of lights" becomes clear to a young boy.

Tan to Tamarind: Poems About the Color Brown

Product Description: In Tan to Tamarind, poet Malathi Michelle Iyengar asks young readers this question: When you look in the mirror, what do you see? Through her colorful poetry she travels the rich spectrum of shades within the color brown, from swirls of henna decorating ochre hands and feet at an Indian wedding to cinnamon lips smiling over a cup of cafÃ© con leche to leaves drifting like stars onto upturned russet faces in the fall...read more

By Jamel Akib (illustrator)

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9780892392278 | Childrens Book Pr, January 27, 2009, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: In Tan to Tamarind, poet Malathi Michelle Iyengar asks young readers this question: When you look in the mirror, what do you see?

Eight Great American Tales

By Jamel Akib (illustrator), Bill Bowler (adapted by) and O. Henry

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Paperback:

9780194248426, titled "Eight Great American Tales: Level 2 Pack" | Act pap/cd edition (Oxford Univ Pr, July 18, 2010), cover price $13.44

Annie Shapiro and the Clothing Workers' Strike

By Jamel Akib (illustrator)

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Miscellaneous:

9780761363439 | Millbrook Pr, August 1, 2010, cover price $20.95

Emanuel and the Hanukkah Rescue

Product Description: Angry that his father is afraid to kindle the Hanukkah lights, Emanuel stows away on a whaling ship. When a storm overtakes the boat, it is his fathers change of heart and the family menorah that light the way home.

By Jamel Akib (illustrator)

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Paperback:

9780761366270 | Kar-Ben Pub, September 1, 2012, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Angry that his father is afraid to kindle the Hanukkah lights, Emanuel stows away on a whaling ship.

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9780761366256 | Kar-Ben Pub, September 1, 2012, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Angry that his father is afraid to kindle the Hanukkah lights, Emanuel stows away on a whaling ship.

Twenty-two Cents: Muhammad Yunus and the Village Bank

Product Description: Growing up in Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus witnessed extreme poverty all around and was determined to eradicate it. In 1976, as an Economics professor, Muhammad met a young craftswoman in the village of Jobra who needed to borrow five taka (twenty-two cents) to buy materials...read more

By Jamel Akib (illustrator)

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Paperback:

9780373092437, titled "Lovegames" | Harlequin Books, June 1, 1985, cover price $2.50 | also contains Lovegames

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9781600606588 | Lee & Low Books, September 1, 2014, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Growing up in Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus witnessed extreme poverty all around and was determined to eradicate it.

Bringing Asha Home

Eight-year-old Arun waits impatiently while international adoption paperwork is completed so that he can meet his new baby sister from India.

By Jamel Akib (illustrator) and Uma Krishnaswami

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Hardcover:

9780405060571, titled "The Beginnings of Telephony" | Ayer Co Pub, June 1, 1974, cover price $25.50 | also contains The Beginnings of Telephony

Paperback:

9781620142257 | Reprint edition (Lee & Low Books, April 1, 2015), cover price $9.95

School and Library:

9781584302599 | Lee & Low Books, September 30, 2006, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Eight-year-old Arun waits impatiently while international adoption paperwork is completed so that he can meet his new baby sister from India.

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Product Description: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm is a classic American 1903 children's novel by Kate Douglas Wiggin that tells the story of Rebecca Rowena Randall and her two stern aunts in the village of Riverboro, Maine. Rebecca's joy for life inspires her aunts, but she faces many trials in her young life, gaining wisdom and understanding...read more

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9781512281637 | Createspace Independent Pub, May 19, 2015, cover price $7.49 | also contains Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

9781502874047 | Createspace Independent Pub, April 20, 2015, cover price $13.99 | also contains Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

9781499158809 | Createspace Independent Pub, April 16, 2014, cover price $7.46 | also contains Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm | About this edition: The old stage coach was rumbling along the dusty road that runs from Maplewood to Riverboro.

9781596881488 | Large print edition (Large Print Book Co, November 15, 2011), cover price $21.95 | also contains Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm | About this edition: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm is a classic American children s novel that tells the story of Rebecca Rowena Randall growing up with her two aunts in the village of Riverboro, Maine, having been placed with them by her widowed mother.

9781448017263 | Reprint edition (Echo Library, August 1, 2011), cover price $9.99 | also contains Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm | About this edition: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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Miscellaneous:

9780062023421 | Harpercollins, October 12, 2010, cover price $12.99 | also contains Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Reinforced:

9780606186537 | Demco Media, April 1, 1999, cover price $11.20 | also contains Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm | About this edition: The tale of Rebecca's adventures after she leaves her home at Sunnybrook Farm to go live in town with her spinster aunts, one harsh and demanding, the other soft and sentimental

9780606124959 | Reissue edition (Demco Media, October 1, 1995), cover price $13.41 | also contains Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm | About this edition: An exuberant and sensitive young girl transforms the world of her two maiden aunts.

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9781439529058 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, August 11, 2008), cover price $13.99 | also contains Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

9781435205932 | Paw Prints, June 28, 2007, cover price $9.95 | also contains Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm | About this edition: An abridged version of Kate Douglas Wiggin's classic story of talkative, ten-year-old Rebecca's adventures after she leaves her home at Sunnybrook Farm to go live in town with her spinster aunts, one harsh and demanding, the other soft and sentimental.

9781417775743 | Reprint edition (Turtleback Books, June 1, 2005), cover price $23.35 | also contains Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

9780613833646 | Turtleback Books, April 1, 2003, cover price $113.15 | also contains Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

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