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- David and the Phoenix
Edward Ormondroydstandalone novel1957
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David and the Phoenix is a 1957 children's novel about a young boy's adventures with a phoenix. It was the first published book by American children's writer Edward Ormondroyd.
- The Halloween Tree
Ray Bradburystandalone novel1972
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Eight boys gather on Halloween night to trick-or-treat with their ninth friend, Pipkin, only Pipkin never shows, having vanished on some errand that may cost him his life. A strange, black-robed guide named Moundshroud appears to lead the boys after him, and the chase turns into a journey through the history of the holiday itself: ancient Egypt, druidic Britain, Rome, medieval Paris, and the Mexican Day of the Dead, each stop peeling back another layer of how humanity has faced death and the dark. Ray Bradbury's Halloween novel doubles as a compressed history of the holiday's origins.
- Tucker & Harry
series8 books1960
completed
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- Harriet's Hare
Dick King-Smithstandalone novel1997
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"The last thing eight-year-old Harriet Butler expects is to meet a space alien who is on vacation from another planet. But one morning, in her dad's wheat field..." - taken from book jacket.
- Rotten School
series16 books2005
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Rotten School is a children's book series by R. L. Stine concerning the adventures of children at a boarding school. Each book is written from the perspective of Bernie Bridges, a fourth-grader who lives in his dormitory at Rotten School with his pals Belzer, Feenman and Crench, Beast, Chipmunk, Nosebleed, Billy The Brain and others. Their rivals are Sherman Oaks, a rich spoiled brat, and his buddies Wes Updood and Joe Sweety, from the Nyce House dormitory. Bernie has a crush on a girl by the name of April–May June. Bernie tries to earn money by any means, by selling stuff, stealing from his friends and making bets. Rotten School, much like R. L. Stine's pre-Fear Street works, is a light-hearted comedy instead of horror.
- A Coyote's in the House
Elmore Leonardstandalone novel2004
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A Coyote's in the House is a 2004 novel written by Elmore Leonard. The book was Leonard's only novel for children.
- Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
Kate DiCamillostandalone novel2013
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Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures is a children's novel by American author Kate DiCamillo and illustrated by K.G. Campbell, published in 2013 by Candlewick Press. It tells the story of Flora Belle Buckman and a squirrel named Ulysses. The illustrations include full-page and small pencil drawings, together with comic-book panels describing the gang's adventures.
- Captain Underpants
series15 books1989
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Captain Underpants is an American illustrated children's novel series and multimedia franchise created by author and illustrator Dav Pilkey. The series revolves around two fourth graders, George Beard and Harold Hutchins, living in Piqua, Ohio, and Captain Underpants, an aptly named superhero from one of the boys' homemade comic books, who accidentally becomes real when George and Harold hypnotize their cruel, bossy, and ill-tempered principal, Mr. Krupp.
- Tales of Magic
series7 books1954
completed
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Tales of Magic collects Edward Eager's seven loosely connected children's novels about ordinary kids who stumble into magic in everyday American settings, starting with Half Magic, in which four siblings find a coin that grants exactly half of any wish. Each book follows a different, sometimes overlapping set of children and a different magical object or rule, from Knight's Castle to the deliberately ambiguous Magic or Not? and its sequel The Well-Wishers. Eager wrote them as a direct homage to E. Nesbit, sometimes having his own child characters read her books.
- The Princess Bride
William Goldmanstandalone novel1973
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The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure, The "Good Parts" Version is a 1973 fantasy romance novel by American writer William Goldman. The book combines elements of comedy, adventure, fantasy, drama, romance, and fairy tale. It is metafictionally presented as an abridgment of a longer work by the fictional S. Morgenstern, and Goldman's commentary asides are constant throughout. It was originally published in the United States by Harcourt Brace, then later by Random House, while in the United Kingdom it was later published by Bloomsbury.
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
series10 books1964
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Ian Fleming's Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang (1964) follows the Pott family and their magical car -- able to fly and turn into a hovercraft -- as it helps them foil criminals across the English Channel; Fleming, best known for James Bond, wrote it while recovering from a heart attack and drew on his own love of vintage racing cars. Decades later, Frank Cottrell-Boyce wrote three further Chitty novels (2011-2013) continuing the car's adventures with a new family.
- The Scarecrow and His Servant
Philip Pullmanstandalone novel2004
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The Scarecrow and his Servant is a 2004 children's novel by Philip Pullman. It tells the story of a scarecrow who comes alive after being struck by lightning and sets out on a quest with Jack, an orphan he hires as his servant. As he goes on his quest he tries to reach Spring Valley to claim it for his own. He has many troubles along the way such as a bird who ate his brain and being on a deserted island.
- The Candymakers
series2 books2010
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- Catwings
series7 books1988
completed
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Catwings is a series of four American children's picture books written by Ursula K. Le Guin, illustrated by S. D. Schindler, and originally published by Scholastic from 1988 to 1999. It follows the adventures of kittens who were born with wings. Catwings is also the title of the first book in the series. The series is in print from Scholastic as of August 2015.
- Little Wooden Horse
series3 books1938
completed
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Ursula Moray Williams's Little Wooden Horse books follow a toymaker's wooden horse who sets out to earn money for his aging, poverty-stricken maker, enduring a string of owners and hardships along the way. The character's world later crosses over with Williams's other well-known creation in The Further Adventures of Gobbolino and the Little Wooden Horse, pairing the horse with the witch's cat from her separate Gobbolino books. Both are mid-century British children's stories built around a stoic animal hero's misfortunes.
- The Fairy Rebel
Lynne Reid Banksstandalone novel1985
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A rebellious fairy named Tiki, already in trouble for breaking the rule against wearing jeans, risks the further wrath of the Fairy Queen by trying to fulfill a human's special request for help.
- The Mysterious Benedict Society milieu
series4 books2007
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The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict is Trenton Lee Stewart's prequel to his Mysterious Benedict Society books, tracing the childhood of Mr. Benedict, the eccentric mentor of the main series' four child protagonists, before he became the man who recruits them to stop his twin brother Ledroptha Curtain from conquering the world. It was published in 2012, several years after the original trilogy began and a year after a 2011 companion volume. It can be read independently of the main quartet, though it draws its stakes from what Benedict becomes in those books.
- Benny
series2 books1998
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Benny Shaw is the protagonist of two children's literature novels by Irish author Eoin Colfer. The first book in the series, Benny and Omar, sees Benny move from Ireland to Tunisia and befriend a local boy. The second book, Benny and Babe, deals with Benny's holiday in Ireland and a friendship with a local girl.
