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Written with wonderfully redemptive humor, Moby-Dick is the story of an eerily compelling madman pursuing an unholy war against a creature as vast and dangerous and unknowable as the sea itself. Introduction by Andrew Delbanco Explanatory Commentary by Tom Quirk

Annie and the Wild Animals

by Jan Brett

When Annie's cat disappears, she attempts friendship with a variety of unsuitable woodland animals. The borders of the pages foretell the emergence of spring and the birth of kittens.

Tuesday

by David Wiesner

The unpredictable events of a particular Tuesday unroll before the reader with the precision and clarity of a silent movie. A Caldecott Medal book.

Rumpelstiltskin

by Paul O. Zelinsky

The funny little man who spun straw into gold and helped the beautiful miller's daughter marry the king gives her three days to guess his name or he will take away her child. Reprint. Caldecott Honor Book. SLJ. AB. NYT. H.

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The Wind in the Willows

Illustrated with color maps of the land on the inside covers and black & white illustrations inside. Much of the success of his mingling of two worlds is due to Grahame's inspired choice of detail. With a sureness that never transgresses the actuality of either world, he instinctively selects the appropriate object with makes the animal human. When the Mole is being traced by the Rat , having foolishly gone... (more)

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Moby-Dick

by Herman Melville