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1) Farmer boy: Little house series

Author

Wilder, Laura Ingalls

Series

Little house (Laura Ingalls Wilder) volume 3
Little house on the prairie

Formats

Book, CD

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"Growing up on his family's farm in New York, Almanzo Wilder wishes for just one thing -- his very own horse. But Father doesn't yet trust him with such a big responsibility. Almanzo needs to prove himself -- but how?"--P. [4] of cover.

2) El coleccionista de palabras

Author

Reynolds, Peter H

Pub. Date

2019.

Description

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Jerome enjoys collecting and using words that he hears, reads, or sees, and then decides to share his collection with others.

3) Oliver Twist

Author

Dickens, Charles

Formats

Book, CD

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Oliver Twist is a classic tale of a boy of unknown parentage born in a workhouse and brought up under the cruel conditions to which pauper children were exposed in the Victorian England. With this novel, Dickens did not merely write a topical satire on the workhouse system and the role of the 1834 New Poor Law in fostering criminality. He created a moral fable about the survival of good, a romance, and a gripping story in which he exploited suspense...

4) When calls the heart: 6-movie collection: Year 5

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Follows the continuing story of teacher Elizabeth Thatcher, widow Abigail Stanton, Constable Jack Thornton and the other residents of the 19th century Canadian coal mining company town of Coal Valley.

5) La coleccionista de palabras

Author

Wimmer, Sonja

Pub. Date

[2011]

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Luna collects words and shares them all over the world.

6) Black Beauty

Author

Sewell, Anna

Series

Mackin classics
Puffin classics
Aladdin classics
Collector's editions
More Series...

Formats

Book, CD, eBook, Graphic Novel, Large Print, Playaway

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"Black Beauty is a perennial children's favourite, one which has never been out of print since its publication in 1877. It is a moralistic tale of the life of the horse related in the form of an autobiography, describing the world through the eyes of the creature. In taking this anthropomorphic approach, the author Anna Sewell broke new literary ground and her effective storytelling ability makes it very easy for the reader to accept the premise that...

7) Gandhi

Pub. Date

[2007]

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A look at the life of Indian statesman and nationalist Mahatma Gandhi, focusing especially on his theory of non-violent resistance.

8) The Simpsons: The complete fourth season

Pub. Date

2004

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The entire fourth season of the animated television show, The Simpsons.

9) Leonora in the morning light: a novel

Author

Carter, Michaela

Pub. Date

2021.

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1940. A train carrying exiled German prisoners from a labor camp arrives in southern France. Within moments, word spreads that Nazi capture is imminent, and the men flee for the woods, desperate to disappear across the Spanish border. One stays behind, determined to ride the train until he reaches home, to find a woman he refers to simply as "her." 1937. Leonora Carrington is a twenty-year-old British socialite and painter dreaming of independence...

10) Rescatando palabras: Jose Alberto Gutierrez y la biblioteca que creo

Author

Kunkel, Angela Burke

Pub. Date

[2020]

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Un espl©♭ndido e inspirador ©Łlbum ilustrado acerca de la vida de Jos©♭ Alberto Guti©♭rrez, un recolector de basura de Bogot©Ł, Colombia, que cre©đ una biblioteca a partir de un libro que rescat©đ de la basura mientras realizaba su ruta. En la ciudad de Bogot©Ł, en el barrio La Nueva Gloria, viven dos Jos©♭s. Uno es un ni©ło que sue©ła con los s©Łbados, d©Ưa en que ©♭l y otros ni©łos del barrio visitan el Para©Ưso,...