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Rikki-tikki-tavi
Rudyard Kipling, Danuta Mayer
Hardcover (Candlewick, Oct. 6, 1997)A courageous mongoose thwarts the evil plans of Nag and Nagaina, two big black cobras who live in the garden
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Elsie Piddock Skips in Her Sleep
Eleanor Farjeon, Charlotte Voake
Hardcover (Candlewick, Oct. 6, 1997)Celebrated since childhood for how well she skips rope, 109-year-old Elsie Piddock once again skips, to save her English country town
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A White Heron
Sarah Orne Jewett, Wendy Anderson Halperin
Hardcover (Candlewick, Oct. 6, 1997)A nine-year-old New England girl has to decide whether or not she will help the ornithologist who is searching for the rare white heron.
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The Lord Fish
Walter De La Mare, Patrick Benson
Hardcover (Candlewick, Oct. 6, 1997)An idle but kind-hearted boy, John Cobbler undertakes a perilous quest to release a beautiful fish-girl from her cruel enchantment, in this magical, classic fairy tale.
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Little Long-nose
Wilhelm Hauff, Laura Stoddart
Hardcover (Candlewick, Oct. 6, 1997)After unwisely insulting a disagreeable old woman in the market, Jacob is persuaded to help carry her purchases home and unknowingly falls under a spell that lasts seven years and drastically changes his appearance.
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A Year and a Day
William Mayne, John Lawrence
Hardcover (Candlewick, Jan. 5, 2000)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.
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The Canterville Ghost
Oscar Wilde, Inga Moore
Hardcover (Candlewick, Oct. 6, 1997)A celebrated and feared English ghost is outraged when the new American owners of his haunting place refuse to take him seriously and actually fight back against him
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