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Pather Panchali: Song of the Road by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsPather Panchali deals with the life of the Roy family, consisting of Harihar, Sarbajaya, Apu and Durga, both in their ancestral village Nishchindipur in rural Bengal and later when they move to Varanasi in search of a better life, as well as the anguish and loss they face during their travels...Categorized as:
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![They Burn Thistles by Yaşar Kemal]()
They Burn Thistles by Yaşar Kemal
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThis is the story of a bitter war between the poor Turkish peasants of the Taurus Mountains and the Aghas who covet their land. Ali Safa is determined to take possession of the village of Vayvay but its inhabitants will not sell. Then one villager weakens, prepared to part with his land in return for the Agha's best stallion...Categorized as:
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![Aripi de zăpadă by Constantin Chiriță]()
Aripi de zăpadă by Constantin Chiriță
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMunţii acoperiţi cu zăpadă le aduc Cireşarilor numeroase provocări. Lupii flămânzi, avalanşele şi prăpăstiile sunt ingrediente ale aventurii lor în confruntarea cu nişte bandiţi care caută o enigmatică şi nepreţuită cutie albastră, dispărută în urma unui hold-up tipic din Bucureştiul anului 1944...Categorized as:
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![Winter Holiday by Arthur Ransome]()
Winter Holiday by Arthur Ransome
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe fourth book in Arthur Ransome's classic series for children, Winter Holiday takes intrepid explorers John, Susan, Titty, and Roger Walker, and fearsome Amazon pirates Nancy and Peggy Blackett to the North Pole. Joined by budding novelist Dorethes Callum and her scientist brother Dick, the children plan an "Arctic" expedition...Categorized as:
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![The Four-Story Mistake by Elizabeth Enright, Pamela Dillman]()
The Four-Story Mistake by Elizabeth Enright, Pamela Dillman
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSYNOPSIS: Meet the Melendys! Mona, the eldest, is thirteen. She has decided to become an actress and can recite poetry at the drop of a hat. Rush is twelve and a bit mischievous. Miranda is ten and a half. She loves dancing and painting pictures. Oliver is the youngest. At six, he is a calm and thoughful person...Categorized as:
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![Kinderen van Moeder Aarde by Thea Beckman]()
Kinderen van Moeder Aarde by Thea Beckman
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsZes eeuwen na de Derde Wereldoorlog. De aarde is door een kernoorlog gekanteld en bijna verwoest. Het ijs op het vroegere Groenland, dat nu Thule heet, is gesmolten en het land heeft een heerlijk klimaat. De mensen leven in harmonie met de natuur. Het land wordt door vrouwen geregeerd, zonder leger, zonder wapens.Op een dag verschijnt er een onbekend schip in de fjord...Categorized as:
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![Then There Were Five by Elizabeth Enright]()
Then There Were Five by Elizabeth Enright
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsWith Father in Washington and Cuffy, their housekeeper, away visiting a sick cousin, almost anything might happen to the Melendy kids left behind at the Four-Story Mistake. In the Melendy family, adventures are inevitable: Mr...Categorized as:
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![Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton]()
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsA modern classic that no child should miss. Since it was first published in 1939, Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel has delighted generations of children. Mike and his trusty steam shovel, Mary Anne, dig deep canals for boats to travel through, cut mountain passes for trains, and hollow out cellars for city skyscrapers -- the very symbol of industrial America...Categorized as:
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![Sacajawea by Anna Lee Waldo]()
Sacajawea by Anna Lee Waldo
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsClad ln a doeskin, alone and unafraid, she stood straight and proud before the onrushlng Forces of America’s destiny: Sacajawea. child of a Shoshoni chief, lone woman on Lewis and Clark‘s historic trek-beautiful spear of a dying nation.She knew many men, walked many miles...Categorized as:
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![The Little Red Caboose by Marian Potter]()
The Little Red Caboose by Marian Potter
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAll aboard! This classic Little Golden Book, originally published in 1953, tells the tale of a charming red caboose who wants nothing more than to be as popular as the big steam engine at the front of the train. Boys and girls will love the inspiring tale and the colorful illustrations by Tibor Gergely...Categorized as:
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![We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea by Arthur Ransome]()
We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea by Arthur Ransome
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn this latest adventure (following Pigeon Post, winner of the Carnegie Medal), the Walker family has come to Harwich to wait for Commander Walker's return. As usual, the children can't stay away from boats, and this time they meet young Jim Brading, skipper of the well-found sloop Goblin...Categorized as:
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![The Enchanted Barn by Grace Livingston Hill]()
The Enchanted Barn by Grace Livingston Hill
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Hollisters, a bright, spirited, wholesome family, are compelled to move into the country. After many efforts to secure a home, Shirley, eldest of the Hollisters, contrives a way out by renting a magnificent old stone barn at a ridiculously low price, transforming it into a house...Categorized as:
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![Wildcat Under Glass by Alki Zei]()
Wildcat Under Glass by Alki Zei
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratings1970 Mildred Batchelder Award (U.S.A.) / 2007 Premio Andersen - Il mondo dell'infanzia (ITALY)A children's novelWildcat under Glass, first published in 1963 and translated in about 35 languages, is internationally acclaimed as a classic work having been successfully and repeatedly published in many countries apart from Greece until today...Categorized as:
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![Orlovi rano lete by Branko Ćopić]()
Orlovi rano lete by Branko Ćopić
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsU ovom romanu se govori o grupi dječaka. Oni su učenici četvrtog razreda u Lipovu - jednom bosanskom selu. Na početku oni žive sretan i bezbrižni dječji život. Njihova učiteljica zove se Lana i oni je jako vole.Kada je učiteljica otišla u varoš, na njezinom mjesto dolazi učitelj kojeg su dječaci prozvali paprika. Učitelj je jako maltretirao i tukao djecu tako da su djeca počela bježati od škole...Categorized as:
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![Cavalerii florii de cireș by Constantin Chiriță]()
Cavalerii florii de cireș by Constantin Chiriță
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNiciun roman pentru copii și tineret nu se poate compara, la noi, ca audiență și ca forță de fascinație, cu Cireșarii. Cireșarii sunt personajebine alese și atent construite de către părintele lor. Se știe, de altfel, că Victor, Lucia și Tic au fost creați prin asemănare cu cei trei copii ai autorului...Categorized as:
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![The Chestry Oak by Kate Seredy]()
The Chestry Oak by Kate Seredy
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYoung Michael of Hungary carries an acorn all the way from his castle home in Chestry Valley to the warm soil of the Hudson Valley farm in the USA where he makes a new home after WWII...Categorized as:
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![The Paul Street Boys by Ferenc Molnár]()
The Paul Street Boys by Ferenc Molnár
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe war between two groups of Hungarian boys living in Budapest. One with Hungarian national colours (red, white, green) is defending the square from redshirts (from Garibaldi's redshirts), who want to occupy the square...Categorized as:
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![Just David by Eleanor H. Porter]()
Just David by Eleanor H. Porter
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEleanor Porter wrote this wonderful novel two years after the runaway success of her book Pollyanna. Though also a bestseller at the time, Just David has rarely been reprinted since its release in 1916. We felt a story this good shouldn’t be so hard to find, so we decided to put it back in print last year. Now it’s in a longer-lasting hardcover...Categorized as:
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![The Picts & the Martyrs: Or Not Welcome at All by Arthur Ransome]()
The Picts & the Martyrs: Or Not Welcome at All by Arthur Ransome
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJibbooms and bobstays! Those two Blackett sisters are back at it again, and Nancy is right there in the thick of it. Their mother (doubtless suffering from exhaustion) has gone off sailing in the North Sea with Captain Flint on a rest cure, but she has allowed her two daughters to stay a fortnight at Beckfoot on the lakeshore with their trusty cook...Categorized as:
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![The Winged Watchman by Hilda van Stockum]()
The Winged Watchman by Hilda van Stockum
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis acclaimed story of World War II is rich in suspense, characterization, plot and spiritual truth. Every element of occupied Holland is united in a story of courage and hope: a hidden Jewish child, an "underdiver," a downed RAF pilot, an imaginative, daring underground hero, and the small things of family life which surprisingly carry on in the midst of oppression...Categorized as:
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![The Velvet Room by Zilpha Keatley Snyder]()
The Velvet Room by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRobin was always wandering off (her mother's words) to get away from the confusion she felt inside her. It was not until Robin's father found a permanent job at the McCurdy ranch, after three years as a migrant worker, that Robin had a place to wander to... -
![The Third Wedding by Costas Taktsis, Κώστας Ταχτσής]()
The Third Wedding by Costas Taktsis, Κώστας Ταχτσής
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe German Occupation, the Civil War and life itself seen through the eyes of two Athenian women...Categorized as:
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![Smoke Bellew by Jack London]()
Smoke Bellew by Jack London
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsChristopher Bellew is a success in the eyes of the world, engaged with the San Francisco paper and penning stories daily... but for no pay. When Klondike fever strikes the region, he sees his chance to break from drudgery – starting him on a journey that takes him over mountain passes and down swirling rapids, removing him forever from the world he knew and the man he was...Categorized as:
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![White Stallion of Lipizza by Marguerite Henry]()
White Stallion of Lipizza by Marguerite Henry
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHere is the story of young Hans Haupt and his rigorous apprenticeship and training at Vienna's Spanish Court Riding School, home of the famous Lipizzan stallions. Ms. Henry has artfully woven authentic details within this warm and sensitive tale. 104 illustrations...Categorized as:
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![Pigeon Post by Arthur Ransome]()
Pigeon Post by Arthur Ransome
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Swallows, Amazons, and friends search for gold in the Lake District Hills—camping out, evading dangers, and staying in touch via homing pigeon.Nancy and Peggy Blackett receive a letter from their Uncle Jim who's on his way home after failing to find treasure in South America...Categorized as:
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![Black Gold by Marguerite Henry]()
Black Gold by Marguerite Henry
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNo one thinks much of Black Gold because he is so small. But Jaydee sees something special in his eyes. He knows Black Gold would be great if he was his rider! Finally, Jaydee gets his wish. And Black Gold grows strong and fast under his careful hands. Soon it would be time for the most important race in America...Categorized as:
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![A Fly Went By by Mike McClintock]()
A Fly Went By by Mike McClintock
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIllustrated in color. A fly went by, followed by a frog, who's chased by a cat, who's chased by a dog and a host of other frantic characters, in a humorous cumulative tale... -
![Emil's Pranks by Astrid Lindgren]()
Emil's Pranks by Astrid Lindgren
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMischievous Emil tests out a pair of stilts, rides a horse, and goes on a sleigh ride, all with predictably disastrous results...Categorized as:
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Secret Water by Arthur Ransome
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJohn, Susan, Titty and Roger, the crew of the Swallow, take on the job of mapping the mass of small islands round Pin Mill while living on the biggest one. But who are the mysterious savages who lurk in the islands - and is the tribal totem they find in their campsite a threat of attack...Categorized as:
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![The Fire Engine Book by Tibor Gergely]()
The Fire Engine Book by Tibor Gergely
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsChildren will feel as though they are riding the big red fire engines and hearing the "clang, clang" of the bell! Large-scale, active pictures will transport young readers to the scene where they'll see brave firemen connect hoses and save the day...Categorized as:
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![The Milly-Molly-Mandy Storybook by Joyce Lankester Brisley]()
The Milly-Molly-Mandy Storybook by Joyce Lankester Brisley
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe stories of Milly-Molly-Mandy and her family and friends have charmed generations of children since they first appeared in 1925. This collection of twenty-one classic tales about this resourceful and thoughtful little girl reflect with accuracy the dilemmas and challenges of a child's world... -
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Linnea in Monet's Garden by Christina Björk, Lena Anderson
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsLinnea has visited Claude Monet's garden! In Paris, she got to see many of his actual paintings. Now she understands what it means for a painter to be called an Impressionist. This innovative art book for children contains full-color photos of many of Monet's famous paintings... -
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Geef me de ruimte! by Thea Beckman
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMarije is vijftien, als ze Brugge ontvlucht om aan een huwelijk met haar verachte verloofde te ontkomen. Op haar gevaarlijke tocht naar het Zuiden ontmoet ze de jongen van haar leven, een zanger, met wie ze door het rumoerige Frankrijk trekt.Al jaren woedt daar de Honderdjarige Oorlog met Engeland...Categorized as:
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![The Black Stallion and Satan by Walter Farley]()
The Black Stallion and Satan by Walter Farley
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSatan has won the Triple Crown, yet Alec still misses the Black, who’s living in Arabia with Sheikh Abu Ishak. Unexpectedly, Alec receives word that the sheikh has died and has left the Black to Alec. A race between the Black and Satan is inevitable, but unexpected events put the horses in the path of a raging forest fire. Suddenly, they are racing for their lives...Categorized as:
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![The White Ship by Chingiz Aitmatov]()
The White Ship by Chingiz Aitmatov
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsDeserted by his parents, a young boy finds himself alone in the often grotesque world or relatives who do not want to raise him. As daily events become more and more intolerable, the boy clings to the legends and religious traditions of the area for relief...Categorized as:
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![The Black Stallion's Filly by Walter Farley]()
The Black Stallion's Filly by Walter Farley
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsBlack Minx has the strength and stamina to win the most famous horse race in the world, but she doesn’t seem to like racing. So strongly does she resist training that Alec Ramsay and Henry Dailey have to trick her into running! But Black Minx has a few tricks of her own …In 1952, Walter Farley crated Black Minx, the first daughter of the famous Black Stallion...Categorized as:
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The Island Stallion by Walter Farley
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsFlame was a dream horse! Steve Duncan had a haunting vision of finding a magnificent red stallion... and finally discovered him in a hidden island paradise. But the giant horse was wild and unapproachable. Then Steve saved Flame from a horrible death, and a miraculous friendship began - changing both their lives forever. . .Categorized as:
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![An Episode of Sparrows by Rumer Godden]()
An Episode of Sparrows by Rumer Godden
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA much-loved English novel reminiscent of The Secret GardenSomeone has dug up the private garden in the square and taken buckets of dirt, and Miss Angela Chesney of the Garden Committee is sure that a gang of boys from run-down Catford Street must be to blame. But Angela's sister Olivia isn't so sure...Categorized as:
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![The Two Collars by Jeri Massi]()
The Two Collars by Jeri Massi
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKrea is seven years old and a slave. With a ragged troupe of tumblers and jugglers, she travels from town to town in Folger, now a part of the kingdom of Bracken. Every day of the year she is walking or working, and she is always lonely. Then, as winter takes hold of Folger, the troupe realizes that an old woman is haunting their footsteps, and that she has her eye on Krea...Categorized as:
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Winter Cottage by Carol Ryrie Brink
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA family that is down on its luck during the Depression appropriates a summer cottage in the Wisconsin woods, where they spend the winter and welcome all visitors, including a runaway youth and two strangers. How Pops and his two daughters cope with their misfortunes without losing heart is a very entertaining story... -
![Time at the Top by Edward Ormondroyd]()
Time at the Top by Edward Ormondroyd
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt's strange enough when Susan Shaw disappears without a trace on a wintry March afternoon. It's stranger still when her uninformative note is found in the hallway of her apartment building, along with a black cat that no one has seen before...Categorized as:
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The Seventh Princess by Nick Sullivan
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJennifer falls asleep on her bus ride to school and ends up in a beautiful but strange land. There people start bowing to her, calling her Princess Miranda, and catering to her every whim. It seem like a dream come true ... until she discovers that the evil Duke Rinaldo has hatched a devilish plot to make her his next victim... -
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The King of the Copper Mountains by Paul Biegel
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn order to keep the old king's heart beating until the doctor returns with a special potion, various animals take turns in telling stories that are so interesting that the king longs to hear more... -
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The Big Six by Arthur Ransome
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThere's a crime wave on the lake! All evidence points to three boatbuilders' sons. They claim to be innocent but, as accusations mount, their families' livelihood is threatened. It's up to the three boys, and three other members of the Coot Club Bird Protection Society, to solve the mystery and clear their name...Categorized as:
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Jock of the bushveld by J. Percy FitzPatrick
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJock of the Bushveld, published in 1907, has been read and enjoyed by millions of children and is now a classic among animal stories. It remains as fresh and exciting as it was when it was first written and is dedicated by Fitzpatrick to '..Categorized as:
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The Origin by Irving Stone
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"The Origin" fills an important gap in literature on Charles Darwin. In 1832 at age 22, Charles Darwin was invited to sail with H.M.S. Beagle as a naturalist. The surveying voyage would encircle the globe...Categorized as:
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Coot Club by Arthur Ransome
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSomeone is wrecking wild birds' nesting places on the lake and selling eggs to out-of-town collectors. It's the Coot Club Bird Protection Society to the rescue!Dick and Dorothea Callum came to the Norfolk Broads during the Easter holidays, eager to learn to sail. There, they run into the Coot Club--children who protect the local birds from thoughtless tourists...Categorized as:
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The Mountain of Adventure by Enid Blyton
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA peaceful vacation in the Welsh mountains seems sure to keep the children out of trouble, but the mystery of a rumbling mountain soon has them thirsty for more adventure...Categorized as:
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The Sea-Hawk by Rafael Sabatini
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOliver Tressilian, a Cornish gentleman who helped the English defeat the Spanish Armada, is betrayed by his ruthless half-brother and seeks refuge in the Middle East, where he takes on a new role as a Barbary pirate...Categorized as:
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