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Nonsense & Common Sense: A Children's Book of Victorian Verse by John Grossman
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poetry
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Miss Hunnicutt's Hat
Jeff Brumbeau - 2003
So when Miss Hunnicutt steps out in her new hat, the stuffy townsfolk are scandalized. The chicken has to go! But plucky Miss Hunnicut stands up for her right to wear what she likes. And when the Queen's arrival prompts a surprising turn of events, the townspeople learn to celebrate the silly eccentricities that make life interesting.
Daddy-Long-Legs / Dear Enemy
Jean Webster - 2004
Its sequel, Dear Enemy (1915), also told in letters, follows the progress of Judy's former orphanage now run by her friend Sallie McBride, who struggles to give her young charges hope and a new life. Full of irrepressible female characters that both recall Alcott's Jo March and anticipate the popular heroines of contemporary literature, Webster's novels are witty, heartfelt, and delightfully modern.
Back Home
Michelle Magorian - 1984
When she returns in 1945, she finds a country and a family she neither understands nor likes, and vice versa.
The Tales of Beedle the Bard
J.K. Rowling - 2008
K. Rowling, that will be treasured for years to come.