14 must-read childrens books like Sheep Beauty: A Story in English and Chinese (Stories of the Chinese Zodiac) by Jian Li

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Sheep Beauty: A Story in English and Chinese (Stories of the Chinese Zodiac)

By: Jian Li

3.79

Format: 42 pages, Hardcover

The kindness and generosity of those born under the sign of the sheep in the Chinese zodiac is brou…

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1. The Other Way Round (Out of the Hitler Time, #2)

By: Judith Kerr

4.07

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

It is hard enough being a teenager in London during the Blitz, finding yourself in love and wonderi… read more

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  • childrens
"There was a crash, closer than the rest, which shook the building and as Anna felt the floor move a little beneath her the word “bombardment"

-Judith Kerr, The Other Way Round (Out of the Hitler Time, #2)

"They listened to them screaming down from the sky. One…two…three…four very close – five and six, thank goodness, receding. Then there was another plane and another – it can’t go on like this, thought…"

-Judith Kerr, The Other Way Round (Out of the Hitler Time, #2)

"It turned out that no one in the house had spent a night in London since the beginning of the air raids, and they asked her endless questions as though she were some strange creature from another wor…"

-Judith Kerr, The Other Way Round (Out of the Hitler Time, #2)

"But soon they began to arrive in large numbers both by day and by night. It was unnerving, as you went about your business, to listen to the sound of the engines which might cut out at any moment. Yo…"

-Judith Kerr, The Other Way Round (Out of the Hitler Time, #2)

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2. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)

By: C.S. Lewis , Pauline Baynes

4.09

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

NARNIA... the world of wicked dragons and magic spells, where the very best is brought out of even … read more

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"Courage, dear heart."

-C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)

"Adventures are never fun while you're having them."

-C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)

"Extraordinary things only happen to extraordinary people."

-C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)

"There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it."

-C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)

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3. China's Long March

By: Jean Fritz

4.32

Format: 632 pages, Hardcover

In 1986, Jean Fritz went to China and talked to survivors of the Long March. It is from their recol… read more

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  • china
  • childrens
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4. The High King (The Chronicles of Prydain #5)

By: Lloyd Alexander

4.25

Format: 351 pages, Paperback

When the sword of Dyrnwyn, the most powerful weapon inthe kingdom of Prydain, falls into the hands … read more

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  • childrens
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5. Taran Wanderer (The Chronicles of Prydain #4)

By: Lloyd Alexander

4.25

Format: 351 pages, Paperback

Taran is an Assistant Pig-Keeper no longer; he has become a hero. Now he dreams of winning the hand… read more

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  • childrens
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6. To Destroy You is No Loss: The Odyssey of a Cambodian Family

By: Joan D. Criddle

2.55

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

This amazing book was written by California author Joan Criddle, who has done a remarkable job in s… read more

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7. Don Quixote

By: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra , Roberto González Echevarría , John Rutherford

3.66

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Don Quixote has become so entranced by reading chivalric romances, that he determines to become a k… read more

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8. The Last Battle (Chronicles of Narnia, #7)

By: C.S. Lewis

4.01

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

For the first time, an edition of Lewis's classic fantasy fiction packaged specifically for adults.… read more

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  • childrens
"My sister Susan,"

-C.S. Lewis, The Last Battle (Chronicles of Narnia, #7)

"Do you think I care if Aslan dooms me to death?"

-C.S. Lewis, The Last Battle (Chronicles of Narnia, #7)

". . .[W]e have all been blind. We are only beginning to see. . . ."

-C.S. Lewis, The Last Battle (Chronicles of Narnia, #7)

"But courage, child: we are all between the paws of the true Aslan."

-C.S. Lewis, The Last Battle (Chronicles of Narnia, #7)

9. The Road from Home: A True Story of Courage, Survival, and Hope

By: David Kherdian

3.90

Format: 144 pages,

David Kherdian re-creates his mother's voice in telling the true story of a childhood interrupted b… read more

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  • childrens
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10. The Illyrian Adventure (Vesper Holly #1)

By: Lloyd Alexander

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

It's 1872, and adventurous Vesper Holly and her guardian set out for the tiny country of Illyria, o… read more

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  • childrens
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11. When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (Out of the Hitler Time, #1)

By: Judith Kerr

3.81

Format: 320 pages,

Anna is not sure who Hitler is, but she sees his face on posters all over Berlin. Then one morning,… read more

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  • childrens

12. Classic Poetry: An Illustrated Collection

By: Michael Rosen , Paul Howard

3.09

Format: None pages, Hardcover

An ideal gift book for children and adults, this beautiful keepsake volume is the essential collect… read more

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  • childrens
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13. The House of the Seven Gables

By: Nathaniel Hawthorne , Robert S. Levine

4.33

Format: 277 pages, Paperback

In a sleepy little New England village stands a dark, weather-beaten, many-gabled house. This brood… read more

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14. Gladys Aylward: The Adventure of a Lifetime (Christian Heroes: Then & Now)

By: Janet Benge , Geoff Benge

4.48

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Without formal education or a missionary organization to back her, a housemaid from England dared t… read more

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  • childrens

15. The Castle of Llyr (The Chronicles of Prydain #3)

By: Lloyd Alexander

4.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

Princess Eilonwy hates to leave her friend Taran, Assistant Pig-Keeper, and her beloved home, Caer … read more

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  • childrens

16. You Want Women to Vote, Lizzie Stanton?

By: Jean Fritz , DyAnne DiSalvo-Ryan

3.91

Format: 241 pages, Turtleback

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17. Red Scarf Girl

By: Ji-li Jiang

3.85

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

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18. After the War

By: Carol Matas

4.75

Format: 2112 pages, Mass Market Paperback

"Didn't the gas ovens finish you all off?" is the response that meets Ruth Mendenberg when she retu… read more

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19. Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind (Shabanu, #1)

By: Suzanne Fisher Staples

4.73

Format: None pages, Paperback

Life is both sweet and cruel to strong-willed young Shabanu, whose home is the windswept Cholistan … read more

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20. Albert Einstein and the Theory of Relativity

By: None , Robert Cwiklik

4.57

Format: 102 pages, Paperback

Einstein's astonishing theory of relativity transformed every aspect of physics-from the study of a… read more

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21. Exploring the History of Medicine: From the Ancient Physicians of Pharaoh to Genetic Engineering

By: John Hudson Tiner

3.25

Format: None pages, Paperback

From surgery to vaccines, man has made great strides in the field of medicine. Quality of life has … read more

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22. A Traitor Among Us

By: Elizabeth Van Steenwyk

3.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

Thirteen-year-old Pieter Van Dirk is part of the Resistance movement in World War II Holland. As he… read more

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23. Bargain Bride

By: Evelyn Sibley Lampman

3.59

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Because married settlers could claim twice the land of a bachelor, orphaned Ginny was married when … read more

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24. The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia, #4)

By: C.S. Lewis , Pauline Baynes

3.96

Format: 243 pages, Paperback

Jill and Eustace must rescue the Prince from the evil Witch. NARNIA...where owls are wise, where… read more

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  • childrens
"Life isn't all fricasseed frogs and eel pie."

-C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia, #4)

"It's expression was solemn, its complexion muddy."

-C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia, #4)

"You would not have called to me unless I had been calling to you," said the Lion."

-C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia, #4)

"Though under earth, and throneless now I be Yet while I lived all earth was under me."

-C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia, #4)

25. God spoke Tibetan; the epic story of the men who gave the Bible to Tibet, the forbidden land

By: Allan Maberly

3.62

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

This is the true story of the men who gave the Bible to the people of remote, forbidden Tibet in th… read more

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26. The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom

By: John Sherrill , Elizabeth Sherrill , Corrie ten Boom

3.81

Format: None pages,

At one time Corrie ten Boom would have laughed at the idea that there would ever be a story to tell… read more

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27. The Black Cauldron (The Chronicles of Prydain #2)

By: Lloyd Alexander

3.92

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

Taran, the Assistant Pig-Keeper, and his friends are led into a mortal struggle with Arawn and his … read more

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28. The Book of Three (The Chronicles of Prydain, #1)

By: Lloyd Alexander

3.92

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

Taran wanted to be a hero, and looking after a pig wasn't exactly heroic, even though Hen Wen was a… read more

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29. EXPLORING AMERICA PART 1 Columbus through Reconstruction

By: Ray Notgrass

4.25

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

Exploring America Part 1 Designed for the first semester of Exploring America, this volume has seve… read more

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30. American Voices Original Documents, Speeches, Poems, and Stories from American History

By: Ray Notgrass

3.40

Format: 420 pages, Hardcover

AMERICAN VOICES Original Documents, Speeches, Poems, and Stories from American History read more

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31. Sheep Beauty: A Story in English and Chinese (Stories of the Chinese Zodiac)

By: Jian Li

3.79

Format: 42 pages, Hardcover

The kindness and generosity of those born under the sign of the sheep in the Chinese zodiac is brou… read more

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3.18

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3.75

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