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  • Penguin's Big Adventure

    Salina Yoon

    Hardcover (Bloomsbury USA Childrens, Sept. 1, 2015)
    Geisel Honor-winning author/illustrator Salina Yoon's beloved character Penguin journeys to the North Pole in Penguin's Big Adventure--a charming picture book about trying new things!Penguin embarks on his next journey--becoming the first penguin to explore the North Pole! Along the way, he says hello to all of his old friends. But when he finally reaches his destination, he realizes he's all alone in a strange, foreign place . . . How will Penguin overcome his fears of the unknown and enjoy this new adventure?Countless readers have already come to love the adorable Penguin, and Salina Yoon continues this series with a timeless story of firsts and friendship.A Winter 2015-2016 Kids' Indie Next Pick (Be a Friend)
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  • Penguin's Christmas Wish

    Salina Yoon

    Hardcover (Bloomsbury USA Childrens, Sept. 6, 2016)
    Geisel Honor-winning author/illustrator Salina Yoon's beloved character Penguin celebrates the season in Penguin's Christmas Wish--a charming picture book that's perfect for the holidays.Penguin can't wait to celebrate Christmas with his family and friends. But when things don't go exactly as planned, Penguin learns to find holiday magic in the most unexpected places.Countless readers have already come to love the adorable Penguin, and Salina Yoon continues this series with a timeless story of holiday magic and the importance of family and friends.Don't miss these other books from Salina Yoon!The Penguin seriesPenguin and PineconePenguin on VacationPenguin in LovePenguin and PumpkinPenguin's Big AdventurePenguin's Christmas WishThe Bear seriesFoundStormy NightBear's Big DayThe Duck, Duck, Porcupine seriesDuck, Duck, PorcupineMy Kite is Stuck! And Other StoriesThat's My Book! And Other StoriesBe a Friend
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  • A confederacy of dunces

    John Kennedy TOOLE

    Paperback (Penguin, Jan. 1, 1981)
    A popular Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy follows the adventures of New Orlean's lower denizens of the French Quarter.
  • Never-ending Story

    Michael Ende, R. Manheim

    Paperback (Penguin Books Ltd, Oct. 25, 1984)
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  • The Child in Time

    Ian McEwan

    Paperback (Penguin Books, Sept. 6, 1988)
    Stephen Lewis, a successful writer of children's books, is confronted with the unthinkable: his only child, three-year-old Kate, is snatched from him in a supermarket. In one horrifying moment that replays itself over the years that follow, Stephen realizes his daughter is gone.With extraordinary tenderness and insight, Booker Prize–winning author Ian McEwan takes us into the dark territory of a marriage devastated by the loss of a child. Kate's absence sets Stephen and his wife, Julie, on diverging paths as they each struggle with a grief that only seems to intensify with the passage of time. Eloquent and passionate, the novel concludes in a triumphant scene of love and hope that gives full rein to the author's remarkable gifts. The winner of the Whitbread Prize, The Child in Time is an astonishing novel by one of the finest writers of his generation.
  • Momo

    Michael Ende

    Paperback (Penguin UK, Feb. 5, 1985)
    At the edge of the city, in the ruins of an old amphitheatre, there lives a little homelss girl called Momo. Momo has a special talent which she uses to help all her friends who come to visit her. Then one day the sinister men in grey arrive and silently take over the city. Only Momo has the power to resist them, and with the help of Professor Hora and his strange tortoise, Cassiopeia, she travels beyond the boundaries of time to uncover their dark secrets.
  • The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

    CARSON MCCULLERS

    Paperback (Bantam, March 15, 1981)
    None
  • Titus Groan

    Mervyn Peake

    Paperback (Penguin, March 15, 1981)
    None
  • Under the Banyan Tree and Other Stories

    R. K. Narayan

    Paperback (Penguin Books, May 5, 1987)
    A collection of stories about characters from every walk of Indian life - merchants, beggars, herdsmen, rogues - all of whose lives are microcosms of the human experience.
  • Voss

    Patrick White

    Paperback (Penguin Books, April 29, 1982)
    Classic Fiction
  • The Village By the Sea

    Anita Desai

    Paperback (King Penguin, Aug. 16, 1985)
    "A brilliant, resonant story of change in older India" and winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Award.
  • Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea

    Mishima Yukio

    Paperback (Penguin, Jan. 1, 1982)
    From the acclaimed author of Spring Snow, this novel tells of a band of savage 13-year-old boys who reject the adult world as illusory, hypocritical and sentimental, and train themselves in a brutal callousness they call objectivity