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Have you ever enquired why the elephant has such an enormously elongated nose? Are you confused by a cat's contrary nature? Have you ruminated on the wrinkles of a rhinocerous? Or speculated on a leopard's spots? Rudyard Kipling wondered about all these things too, and in this marvelous collection of stories he imagines how the animals became "just so." Backstory: Find out why Just So Stories is one of Philip Pullman's favourite books and discover...
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Alice falls down a rabbit hole and discovers a world of nonsensical and amusing characters. She has a series of adventures as she daringly follows the White Rabbit. She meets the grinning Cheshire Cat and has tea with the Mad Hatter. She avoids losing her head and then plays croquet using a flamingo as a mallet. Finally, the ugly duchess, the quarrelsome queen and the hookah-smoking caterpillar all make Alice's day one she will never forget.
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Seven year old Sara Crewe learns of the tragic death of her father not long after she is left in the care of Miss Michin, headmistress of a boarding school. Now an orphan and stripped of her family fortune, Sara must survive the emotional trials of loss and the mental anguish of abuse at the hands of her new caretakers.
