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Books in Yearling Classics series

  • The Dancing Bear

    Peter Dickinson

    Paperback (Yearling, Jan. 1, 1988)
    Following a raid by the Huns, the slave Silvester, his dancing bear, Bubba, and Holy John attempt to find Lady Ariadne
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  • LASSIE COME HOME

    Eric Knight

    Paperback (Yearling, Dec. 1, 1988)
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  • MAMA, I LOVE YOU

    William Saroyan

    Paperback (Yearling, Feb. 1, 1988)
    While her mother struggles for a big break on Broadway, nine-year-old Frog wishes they were back in California and dreams of playing baseball, until the surprising news comes that a producer wants Frog for his new play
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  • CHARLOTTE SOMETIMES

    Penelope Farmer

    Paperback (Yearling, Feb. 1, 1992)
    When she awakens on her second day at boarding school, a young girl finds she has gone back in time to 1918
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  • FRIEND MONKEY

    P.L. Travers

    Paperback (Yearling, Feb. 1, 1987)
    Relates the adventures of Monkey, a trusting jungle creature who has been transplanted to London society
  • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass

    Lewis Carroll

    Paperback (Yearling, Oct. 1, 1992)
    "Curiouser and curiouser!" cried Alice  (she was so much surprised, that for the moment  she quite forgot how to speak good English.)  "Now I'm opening out like the largest telescope that  ever was! Good-bye,  feet!"Alice and all her many friends will never be  forgotten so long as books for children are published.  The fascinating adventures of this timeless little  girl as she plunges down the rabbit-hole, shrinks  and grows, meets the pack of cards and the chess  pieces -- should be read regularly by all ages for  their totally original fantasy, their humor, and  their charm.
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  • Mark of the Horse Lord

    Rosemary Sutcliff

    Paperback (Yearling, March 1, 1989)
    Victory in the arena wins freedom for Phaedrus, a gladiator who renounced his Roman background to live with the British tribes
  • THE PRINCESS AND CURDIE

    George MacDonald

    Paperback (Yearling, Dec. 1, 1986)
    Curdie, the miner's son, meets Princess Irene's magical great-great-grandmother, who tells him that Irene and her father face grave danger in Gwyntystorm
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  • TOM'S MIDNIGHT GARDEN

    A. Philippa Pearce

    Paperback (Yearling, Dec. 1, 1990)
    Tom finds himself in the midst of a strange adventure involving a garden that appears only at night and a girl from another time
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  • Little Lord Fauntleroy

    Frances Hodgson Burnett

    Paperback (Yearling, July 1, 1990)
    CHILDREN
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  • The Elephant War

    Gillian Avery

    Paperback (Yearling, Feb. 1, 1988)
    Harriet leads a group of young people in their attempt to keep P.T. Barnum from taking an elephant from the London Zoo
  • WHAT KATY DID AT SCHOOL

    Susan Coolidge

    Paperback (Yearling, Oct. 1, 1989)
    Katy and her sister Clover dread being sent away to boarding school, but discover that being away from home isn't so bad after all.