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1061) I have an idea!
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The author meditates on the search for an idea, and the wonderful feeling when the right idea comes along, unleashing the creative process.
1062) Anna's heaven
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After the death of her mother, Anna and her father imagine that Heaven might be a place where one can help in God's garden, visit with old friends, and take off one's socks whenever one pleases.
1063) Peg Leg Peke
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When Peke, a pekingese puppy breaks his leg, he fantasizes that he is a pirate in search of buried treasure.
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A post-apocalyptic Little Red Riding Hood. Girls and boys turning the tables on creepy old cat-callers. Female pirates rescuing abused women. A futuristic cooking show. These are just a few of the stories told in Eat the Sky, Drink the Ocean, a feminist speculative fiction collection, born of a collaboration between Australian and Indian writers. Finding themselves inspired to action after crimes against women dominated national conversations, the...
1067) A royal party!
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"This magical adventure takes kids deep into a land of princesses, dragons, and other fantastical creatures to explore their imaginations and learn early education fundamentals. Explore colors ; Learn cause and effect ; Expand vocabulary ; Strengthen concentration skills"--Publisher description.
1068) I kill giants
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Barbara is an angry elementary-school girl who is known as a freak and claims to be a killer of giants. She faces bullies and storms with no fear, but cannot face what she hides from at home.
1069) What if ...?
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"What if Joe doesn't like the party he's going to? What if he doesn't like the food or the games or the people? As Joe and his mom walk down the darkening street, Joe's imagination starts to run wild. And as they search for the right place, he wonders 'what if...' at each house, peeking in to see some surprising sights. From the award-winning former British Children's Laureate Anthony Browne comes a picture book whose slyly bewitching setup unfolds...
1071) Le pire livre du monde
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"Elise Gravel souhaite écrire un livre totalement ennuyeux. Ses personnages, eux, veulent se déchaîner... Qui sera vainqueur?
Détrompez-vous, le titre n'est pas une métaphore: ceci est réellement le pire livre du monde. L'auteure-illustratrice Elise Gravel, récipiendaire du Prix littéraire du Gouverneur général, embarque les lecteurs pour un voyage inattendu à travers le livre le plus ridicule ayant jamais existé!
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1074) El trayecto =: The trek
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The city streets become a jungle, then a desert, as a child forges her way to school, observing and avoiding all the wild animals posing as trees, chimneys, fences, and even fruit.
1075) Noises at night
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A child imagines that the noises he hears at night, from a dripping faucet to the whistle of the wind, are really the sounds of adventures in which he plays a sea captain, a policeman, and various other characters.