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1) Pinocchio
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Language
English
Description
Though one of the best-known books in the world, Pinocchioat the same time remains unknown—linked in many minds to the Walt Disney movie that bears little relation to Carlo Collodi’s splendid original. That story is of course about a puppet who, after many trials, succeeds in becoming a “real boy.” Yet it is hardly a sentimental or morally improving tale. To the contrary, Pinocchio is one of the great subversives...
2) The Iliad
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Language
English
Description
"The culmination of a decade of intense engagement with antiquity's most surpassingly beautiful and emotionally complex poetry, Wilson's Iliad now gives us a complete Homer for our generation"--
3) Greek myths
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Retells fifteen ancient Greek myths, featuring the stories of Heracles' mighty tasks, Pandora's box, King Midas's golden touch, and more.
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English
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Description
From his run-ins with the sheriff to the gathering of his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest, the tales of Robin Hood are filled with plenty of adventure and fun! A collection of the infamous outlaw's most famous adventures makes for an exciting addition to the 10 Minute Classics series.
This adapted and condensed fully illustrated version of the tale by Howard Pyle will introduce young readers to the beloved characters from the original and give...
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Series
Language
English
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Description
The Arabian Nights is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
• New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars
• Biographies of the authors
• Chronologies of contemporary historical,...
6) White Fang
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Series
Publisher
Sterling Pub
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
vi, 151 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
An abridged version of the adventures in the northern wilderness of a dog who is part wolf and how he comes to make his peace with man.
Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
151 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
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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Series
Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
150 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
An abridged version of the stories that tell of Alice, who falls down a rabbit hole and steps through a mirror, thereby experiencing unusual adventures with a variety of nonsensical characters.
10) The time machine
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Series
Publisher
Sterling Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
149 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
An abridged version of the science fiction novel about the scientist who invents a time machine and uses it to travel to the year 802,701 A.D., where he discovers the childlike Eloi and the hideous underground Morlocks.
12) Robinson Crusoe
Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling Pub
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
vi, 151 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
An abridged version of the tale of Englishman Robinson Crusoe, who, after becoming the sole survivor of a 1659 shipwreck, lives on a deserted island for more than twenty-eight years.
Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
151 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of an inn and her son find a treasure map that leads to a pirate fortune as well as great danger.
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Series
Publisher
Sterling Pub
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
151 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
An abridged version of the tale of the four Musketeers' final adventure during which they plot to replace King Louis XIV of France with the mysterious, masked prisoner in the Bastille believed to be Louis' falsely imprisoned twin brother and the true king.
Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
150 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
An abridged retelling of the story in which Dr. Dolittle sets off with his assistant, Tommy Stubbins, his dog, Jip, and Polynesia the parrot on an adventurous voyage over tropical seas to floating Spidermonkey Island.
Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling Pub
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
154 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
An abridged version of the tale of Sara Crewe, a pupil at Miss Minchin's London school, who is left in poverty when her father dies but is later rescued by a mysterious benefactor.
Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling Pub
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
151 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Amateur detective Sherlock Holmes, the master of deductive reasoning, solves several mysteries with the aid of his friend, Dr. John Watson.
18) Roman myths
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English
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An abridged collection of some of the best-loved Roman myths includes the stories Romulus and Remus, Cupid and Psyche, and Oedipus and the Sphinx and is complemented by a reference list and family tree of primary gods and goddesses.
19) Animal Stories
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English
Description
Here come the animals! From Rudyard Kipling's most popular Just-So Stories to Jack London's "Brown Wolf," this collection features some of the best-loved animal tales of all time. They include Kipling's "How the Elephant Got His Trunk"; Hans Christian Andersen's "The Wild Swans"; Mark Twain's "A Dog's Tale"; Harriet Beecher Stowe's "The Squirrels That Live in a House," and more. Here come the animals! From Rudyard Kipling's most popular Just-So Stories...
20) The Odyssey
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Series
Language
English
Description
Homer's epic tale of the warrior Odysseus's decades-long struggle to return home after the Trojan War is simply and beautifully retold, with all the drama intact. Young readers will thrill at Odysseus's adventures with the man-eating Cyclops; the enchantress Circe, who turns his crew into pigs; and the angry sea god Poseidon. Homer's epic tale of the warrior Odysseus's decades-long struggle to return home after the Trojan War is simply and beautifully...
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