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Books in Mary Engelbreit's Classic Library series

  • Mary Engelbreit's Classic Library: Alice in Wonderland

    Lewis Carroll, Mary Engelbreit

    Hardcover (HarperFestival, May 27, 2008)
    When a young girl follows a White Rabbit into a hole under the hedge, she finds herself in a magical world where the most curious people live! The Mad Hatter butters his watch, the Queen of Hearts plays croquet with a flamingo, and the Cheshire Cat disappears, leaving nothing but a grin. It’s an extraordinary adventure for Alice, the outspoken heroine of Lewis Carroll’s classic novel.
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  • Mary Engelbreit's Classic Library: Anne of Green Gables

    L. M. Montgomery, Mary Engelbreit

    Paperback (Festival, Jan. 22, 2008)
    Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert had planned to adopt a boy to help out around Green Gables farm. But waiting for them at the train station is freckle-faced, red-headed Anne Shirley—a talkative eleven-year-old orphan with a heart full of dreams and a desperate longing for a home. From the minute Anne sets foot in Matthew's buggy, Green Gables will never be the same! Discover one of the most delightful, irrepressible young heroines of all time in L. M. Montgomery's classic novel.
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  • Mary Engelbreit's Classic Library: A Little Princess

    Frances Hodgson Burnett

    Hardcover (HarperFestival, Oct. 1, 2007)
    Sara Crewe lives happily at Miss Minchin's boarding school, where her beautiful clothes and gracious manners make her seem just like a real princess—until the day she loses everything. Now she must wear rags, sleep in the attic, and work hard for her living. Sara is poor and alone, but she keeps telling herself that she can still be a little princess inside, if only she tries hard enough.
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  • Peter Pan

    J. M Barrie, Mary Engelbreit

    Paperback (HarperFestival, Jan. 27, 2009)
    Clair-de-Lune lives with her grandmother in the tippy-top of a peculiar old building. Every day she practices ballet, just like her mother before her€”the famous ballerina who died when Clair-de-Lune was just a baby. Since that day, Clair-de-Lune hasn€™t uttered a word.Then one day the girl who cannot speak meets a remarkable mouse who can. Bonaventure dreams of founding a dancing school just for mice€”but he dreams of helping his new friend, too. Soon the brave little mouse introduces Clair-de-Lune to a hidden world inside, and yet somehow beyond, her building€”a world that slowly begins to open her heart. Maybe one day her dreams will come true, too.
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