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When a crippled boy is chosen king of the midsummer celebration, his friends help him follow a dream to find his queen.

Hardcover:

9780688801311 | William Morrow & Co, April 1, 1978, cover price $11.75 | About this edition: When a crippled boy is chosen king of the midsummer celebration, his friends help him follow a dream to find his queen.

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Alice encounters something on the hill that haunts her for many months and is difficult to explain and very frightening

Hardcover:

9780688801731 | Greenwillow, August 1, 1978, cover price $9.75 | About this edition: A young English girl encounters a disturbing restless spirit which she doesn't understand but knows she can put to rest.

Twenty-one interlocking stories about the lives of the people in a small community along Australia's Salt River.

Hardcover:

9780688803117 | William Morrow & Co, February 1, 1981, cover price $11.75 | About this edition: The stories of Joe and Mal, Gwenda and Kev, Elissa and Morgan, the Chinese gardeners, and the citizens of Iramoo are all entwined with the Salt River that runs through their town

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Product Description: The old man's speckled hen dutifully provides him and his bored wife with a fresh egg each day, until the man decides he's bored with this. The hen does her best to provide him with something different, but what use is a golden egg when you're hungry?

Hardcover:

9780688803018 | William Morrow & Co, February 1, 1981, cover price $12.25 | About this edition: A collaborative effort that draws upon the folk traditions of England and Poland yields a distinctive tale imbued with universal truth and beauty

Paperback:

9780745933368 | Lion Pub, July 1, 1995, cover price $7.99 | About this edition: The old man's speckled hen dutifully provides him and his bored wife with a fresh egg each day, until the man decides he's bored with this.

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Tabby's family throws her favorite patchwork quilt into the garbage can, Tabby finds it and goes to sleep, ends up in the garbage dump, and must make her way--with the quilt--back home

Hardcover:

9780394850214 | Random House Childrens Books, September 1, 1981, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Tabby sets out to retrieve her beloved patchwork quilt.

Paperback:

9780394849904 | Random House Childrens Books, January 1, 1990, cover price $3.95 | About this edition: Tabby sets out to retrieve her beloved patchwork quilt.

Library:

9780394950211 | Random House Childrens Books, May 1, 1982, cover price $9.99 | About this edition: Tabby sets out to retrieve her beloved patchwork quilt.

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In five episodes, Hob, the friendly household spirit, continues to make life better for his human family.
By Patrick Benson (illustrator) and William Mayne

Hardcover:

9780399210372 | Putnam Pub Group, October 1, 1984, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Hob, an independent and kindly household spirit, visible only to children, protects his household against Clockstop, Wump, Hotfoot, Dusty and Hickup

An independent and kindly household spirit named Job, visible only to children, protects his household against the Strange Baby, Mump, the Temper, the Cough, and the Storm

Paperback:

9788437230214 | Altea S A Ediciones, September 1, 1986, cover price $4.75 | About this edition: An independent and kindly household spirit named Job, visible only to children, protects his household against the Strange Baby, Mump, the Temper, the Cough, and the Storm

Job, a kindly but independent household spirit seen only by children, protects the family against Bogart, Nobody, the Black Hole, and the Sad and Black Dog.

Paperback:

9788437230221 | Altea S A Ediciones, September 1, 1986, cover price $4.75 | About this edition: Job is a kindly but independent household spirit, seen only by children, who protects the family against Bogart, Nobody, the Black Hole, and the Sad and Black Dog

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Shunned by the other crows for his white feathers, Corbie dreams of a better life and is generous to all

Hardcover:

9788475255057 | Lectorum Pubns, January 1, 1990, cover price $9.50

School and Library:

9780131726024 | Prentice Hall, December 1, 1986, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Shunned by the other crows for his white feathers, Corbie dreams of a better life and is generous to all

Tension mounts as a hare crossing a field is chased by foxes which are chased by hounds which are beset by an annoyed farmer

School and Library:

9780131524972 | Prentice Hall, December 1, 1986, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Tension mounts as a hare crossing a field is chased by foxes which are chased by hounds which are beset by an annoyed farmer

More adventures of Hob the goblin who lives under the stairs, visible only to children, and whose job is to chase away trouble and keep the house in order.
By Patrick Benson (illustrator) and William Mayne

Hardcover:

9780399210396 | Revised edition (Philomel Books, June 1, 1987), cover price $7.95 | About this edition: An independent and kindly household spirit named Hob, visible only to children, protects his household against the Strange Baby, Mump, the Temper, the Cough, and the Storm

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Hob is a kindly but independent household spirit, seen only by children, who protects the family against Bogart, Nobody, the Black Hole, and the Sad and Black Dog
By Patrick Benson (illustrator) and William Mayne

Hardcover:

9780399210471 | Revised edition (Philomel Books, June 1, 1987), cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Five episodes featuring Hob, a goblin, and the family he lives with and protects, though only the children can see him.

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Stories relate how courageous children rescue a lonely little girl from an enchanted island, make a dazzling discovery in a snowstorm, and witness the king's wedding

Hardcover:

9780385296267 | Delacorte Pr, March 1, 1988, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Stories relate how courageous children rescue a lonely little girl from an enchanted island, make a dazzling discovery in a snowstorm, and witness the king's wedding

Hardcover:

9780517664421 | Reissue edition (Outlet, April 1, 1988), cover price $1.99

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Product Description: When Lucy and her class spend a holiday in Scotland a local girl warns them of the loch's monster, Kelpie. Lucy becomes convinced that Kelpie wants her help, so she is not surprised when she hears it calling her over an English lake the following summer.
By William Mayne and Siobhan Redmond (contributor)

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780745185422 | Unabridged edition (Chivers Audio Books, May 1, 1988), cover price $17.95 | About this edition: When Lucy and her class spend a holiday in Scotland a local girl warns them of the loch's monster, Kelpie.

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A mouse with a longing to fly, on seeing two young brothers in danger from an owl, 'flies' down from a roof to save them.

School and Library:

9780136042402 | Prentice Hall, June 1, 1988, cover price $9.95 | also contains Geotechnical Engineering for Disaster Mitigation and Rehabilitation: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference GEDMAR08, Nanjing, China, 30 May-2 June, 2008 | About this edition: A mouse with a longing to fly, on seeing two young brothers in danger from an owl, 'flies' down from a roof to save them.

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Product Description: Twelve-year-old Eva's chaotic but cheerful family life in a small English town changes when Gideon, her brain-damaged deaf older brother, gets a job opening bridges and locks for the local canalboat.

Hardcover:

9781850899679, titled "Gideon Ahoy" | Large print edition (Abc-Clio Inc, March 1, 1989), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Twelve-year-old Eva's chaotic but cheerful family life in a small English town changes when Gideon, her brain-damaged deaf older brother, gets a job opening bridges and locks for the local canalboat.
9780385296922 | Delacorte Pr, February 1, 1989, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Eva's family is brought closer together when misfortune befalls her handicapped brother Gideon while working at his first job on a canal barge

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Originally published in 1976, this classic tale captures the joys and struggles of a fairy child who, after being abandoned in the human world, is adopted by a human family for one year and a day.

Hardcover:

9780763608507, titled "Year and a Day" | Candlewick Pr, February 1, 2000, cover price $11.99 | About this edition: Two young sisters living in the Cornish countryside find a strange boy in the woods who doesn't seem to speak, eat, or sleep.
9780844664316 | Peter Smith Pub Inc, June 1, 1989, cover price $19.25 | About this edition: First published in 1976 by Hamish Hamilton, this is the beguiling tale of Adam, a strange child found by sisters Sara and Becca one midsummer.

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Abducted and raised by eagles, a young boy is sent on a mission to rescue a lost egg and, in the process, save the race of eagles

Hardcover:

9780385299770 | Delacorte Pr, February 1, 1990, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Abducted and raised by eagles, a young boy is sent on a mission to rescue a lost egg and, in the process, save the race of eagles

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A guinea pig has a thoroughly adventurous time when he gets loose in the schoolroom, tries to learn to read, is chased by a cat and is rescued by a dog.
By Barbara Firth (illustrator) and William Mayne

Hardcover:

9780130570017 | Prentice Hall, March 1, 1990, cover price $3.98 | About this edition: A guinea pig has a thoroughly adventurous time when he gets loose in the schoolroom, tries to learn to read, is chased by a cat and is rescued by a dog.

After several adventures and mishaps around the barnyard, Tibber the kitten decides to leave further exploring for another day
By Jonathan Heale (illustrator) and William Mayne

Hardcover:

9780139212147 | Prentice Hall, March 1, 1990, cover price $2.98 | About this edition: After several adventures and mishaps around the barnyard, Tibber the kitten decides to leave further exploring for another day

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Hardcover:

9788420738345 | Grupo Anaya Comercial, July 1, 1990, cover price $9.95

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When Owen Tudor learns that the city intends to turn the valley into a lake, he is determined to save his farm and builds an ark

Hardcover:

9780224027571 | Jonathan Cape, January 1, 1991, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: When Owen Tudor learns that the city intends to turn the valley into a lake, he is determined to save his farm and builds an ark

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