The Plant Hunters: True Stories of Their Daring Adventures to the Far Corners of the Earth
By: Anita Silvey
3.87
Format: 237 pages,
Driven by an all-consuming passion, the plant hunters traveled around the world, facing challenges …
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1. George Washington's World: Life Story of George Washington, A wonderful Narratives Explored by the writer
By: Joanna Foster , Genevieve Foster
4.05
Format: 357 pages, Paperback
1942 Newbery Honor Title The period measured by the life of George Washington, 1732 to 1799, was… read more
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- history
- biography
- childrens
- historical
- nonfiction
2. A Midsummer Night’s Dream
By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine , Catherine Belsey
3.95
Format: 298 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Shakespeare's intertwined love polygons begin to get complicated from the start--Demetrius and Lysa… read more
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"My soul is in the sky."-William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
"Farewell, sweet playfellow."-William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
"Lord, what fools these mortals be!"-William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
"Methought I was enamour'd of an ass."-William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
3. The Plant Hunters: True Stories of Their Daring Adventures to the Far Corners of the Earth
By: Anita Silvey
3.87
Format: 237 pages,
Driven by an all-consuming passion, the plant hunters traveled around the world, facing challenges … read more
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- biography
- childrens
- historical
- nonfiction
- nature
- science
4. Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon
By: Steve Sheinkin
4.13
Format: 266 pages, Hardcover
In December of 1938, a chemist in a German laboratory made a shocking discovery: When placed next t… read more
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- childrens
- historical
- nonfiction
- science
"She was too well-trained to panic."-Steve Sheinkin, Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon
"When do I start?" is the most refreshing thing I've heard in this whole war."-Steve Sheinkin, Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon
"Here at great expense,' [Colonel Groves] moaned to Oppenheimer, 'the government has assembled the world's largest collection of crackpots."-Steve Sheinkin, Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon
"Everyone worked day and night, Monday through Saturday. Oppenheimer insisted people take Sundays off to rest and recharge. Scientists fished for trout in nearby streams, or climbed mountains and disc…"-Steve Sheinkin, Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon
5. Because of Winn-Dixie
By: Kate DiCamillo , Chris Sheban
3.00
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Kate DiCamillo's beloved, best-selling debut novel is now available in a paperback digest edition. … read more
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- childrens
6. The Monster in the Hollows (The Wingfeather Saga, #3)
By: Andrew Peterson , Justin Gerard
4.69
Format: 348 pages, Paperback
Book Three of The Wingfeather Saga Janner Wingfeather's father was the High King of Anniera. But h… read more
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"Sorry, lass. Ye have to seize the teachable moments, you know. Carry on."-Andrew Peterson, The Monster in the Hollows (The Wingfeather Saga, #3)
"Gnag bends things for breaking, and the Maker makes a flourish! Evil digs a pit, and the Maker makes a well! That is his way."-Andrew Peterson, The Monster in the Hollows (The Wingfeather Saga, #3)
"He means to make his subjects merciful and wise; sorrow and struggle bringeth both. We will, he tells me, grow by grieving, live by dying, love by losing. The heart itself is the field of battle and …"-Andrew Peterson, The Monster in the Hollows (The Wingfeather Saga, #3)
"I'll put her in charge of the puppies. I've twelve this week that need tending. How does that suit you?" Leeli's mouth hung open. She tried to say something but instead crumpled to the floor. She had…"-Andrew Peterson, The Monster in the Hollows (The Wingfeather Saga, #3)
7. A Child's Garden of Verses
By: Robert Louis Stevenson , Tasha Tudor
4.00
Format: 139 pages, Hardcover
All the joys and sorrows, fears and fantasies of an imaginative solitary child are brought together… read more
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- childrens
8. Beetle Busters
By: Loree Griffin Burns , Ellen Harasimowicz
1.00
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
The Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) has made news across the United States. These beetles came to Ame… read more
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- nonfiction
- nature
- science
9. Teaching from Rest: A Homeschooler's Guide to Unshakable Peace
By: Sarah Mackenzie
3.81
Format: 225 pages, ebook
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10. Secrets of a Charmed Life
By: Susan Meissner
4.27
Format: 67 pages, Paperback
She stood at a crossroads, half-aware that her choice would send her down a path from which there c… read more
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- historical
11. A Single Shard
By: Linda Sue Park
3.85
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Tree-ear, an orphan, lives under a bridge in Ch'ulp'o, a potters' village famed for delicate celado… read more
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12. Murder in an Irish Village (An Irish Village Mystery Book 1)
By: Carlene O'Connor
4.57
Format: 270 pages,
A little slice of Heaven on the Emerald Isle... In the small village of Kilbane, County Cork, Irela… read more
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13. Life on Surtsey: Iceland's Upstart Island
By: Loree Griffin Burns
3.48
Format: None pages, Hardcover
On November 14, 1963, a volcano fifteen miles off the shore of Iceland exploded under the sea, resu… read more
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14. The Code of the Woosters (Jeeves, #7)
By: P.G. Wodehouse
4.27
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Follow the adventures of Bertie Wooster and his gentleman's gentleman, Jeeves, in this stunning new… read more
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15. The Princess and the Goblin (Princess Irene and Curdie, #1)
By: George MacDonald , Arthur Hughes
4.02
Format: 241 pages, Paperback
A little princess is protected by her friend Curdie from the goblin miners who live beneath the cas… read more
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"That's all nonsense," said Curdie. "I don't know what you mean." "Then if you don't know what I mean, what right have you to call it nonsense?"-George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin (Princess Irene and Curdie, #1)
"But in the meantime, you must be content, I say, to be misunderstood for a while. We are all very anxious to be understood, and it is very hard not to be. But there is one thing much more necessary."…"-George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin (Princess Irene and Curdie, #1)
16. The King of the Golden River
By: John Ruskin , None
3.44
Format: 326 pages,
Little gem of Victorian literature, written in 1842 and published in 1851, tells a tale of the two … read more
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17. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (The Herdmans, #1)
By: Barbara Robinson
4.22
Format: 128 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Laughs abound in this bestselling Christmas classic by Barbara Robinson! The Best Christmas Pageant… read more
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"I've got the baby here," Imogene barked at the Wise Men. "Don touch him! I named him Jesus."-Barbara Robinson, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (The Herdmans, #1)
"When they got to the part about swaddling clothes and the manger, Imogene asked, “You mean they tied him up and put him in a feedbox? Where was the Child Welfare?"-Barbara Robinson, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (The Herdmans, #1)
18. The Journey That Saved Curious George: The True Wartime Escape of Margret and H.A. Rey
By: Louise Borden , Allan Drummond
3.82
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In 1940, Hans and Margret Rey fled their Paris home as the German army advanced. They began their h… read more
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19. Johnny Tremain
By: Lynd Ward , Esther Forbes
3.78
Format: None pages, Paperback
Johnny Tremain, a young apprentice silversmith, is caught up in the danger and excitement of 1775 B… read more
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20. Home Education (Original Homeschooling #1)
By: Charlotte M. Mason
4.53
Format: 389 pages, Paperback
Book by Mason, Charlotte M. read more
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- nonfiction
"Our only means of true intimacy with a child is the power of recovering our own childhood."-Charlotte M. Mason, Home Education (Original Homeschooling #1)
21. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1)
By: L. Frank Baum , W.W. Denslow
4.00
Format: 154 pages, Paperback
Come along, Toto, she said. We will go to the Emerald City and ask the Great Oz how to get back to … read more
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"True courage is in facing danger when you are afraid..."-L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1)
"If we walk far enough," says Dorothy, "we shall sometime come to someplace."-L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1)
"El verdadero valor reside en enfrentarse al peligro aun cuando uno está asustado."-L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1)
"She is protected by the Power of Good, and that is greater than the Power of Evil."-L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1)
