Louis Darling
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A story of a mischievous, impudent boy who is a classroom comedian, a show-off and a pest, but still very lovable. Young readers will understand Otis and will be delighted when he is given his comeuppance by the gentle, timid, feminine Ellen Tebbets, heroine of a previous book.
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"Henry Huggins feels like nothing very exciting ever happens on Klickitat Street...until one day when a friendly dog sits down and looks pleadingly at Henry's ice cream cone. From that moment on, Henry and his new dog, Ribsy, are inseparable--and together, they cause more excitement than Klickitat Street can handle!"--Page 4 of cover.
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Henry Huggins volume 3
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English
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Henry Huggins makes a deal with his father--if Henry can keep his dog Ribsy out of trouble for a month, he can go fishing with his father. Ribsy does his best to make Henry lose the deal.
6) Ribsy
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Overview: Newbery Medal-winning author Beverly Cleary gives Henry's dog, Ribsy, the center stage in this dog's-eye view of the adventure of a lifetime. Good ol' Ribsy's ever-curious mind has always gotten him into scrapes, but this time he may have gone too far. After a comical turn of events, Ribsy finds himself in the wrong station wagon with the wrong children. Ribsy will do anything to find Henry, but there's plenty of excitement to be had along...
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Henry Huggins volume 1
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When Henry adopts Ribsy, a dog of no particular breed, humorous adventures follow.
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Ramona Quimby volume 2
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Español
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Ramona meets a lot of interesting people in kindergarten class, including Davy whom she keeps trying to kiss and Susan whose springy curls seem to ask to be pulled.
10) The enormous egg
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One morning Nate looked in the henhouse and saw the biggest egg he'd ever seen. Six weeks later, no one--not the townspeople, the scientific world, the senators from Washington-- was prepared for what hatched. Oliver Butterworth's funny story of a Triceratops in the twentieth century.
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Roderick L. Haig-Brown writes of fishing not just as a sport, but also as an art. He knows moving water and the life within it-its subtlest mysteries and perpetual delights. He is a man who knows fish lore as few people ever will, and the legends and history of a great sport.
Month by month, he takes you from river to river, down at last to the saltwater and the sea: in January, searching for the steelhead in the dark, cold water; in May, fishing...
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El ratón Ralph está harto de que siempre le digan lo que tiene que hacer. Por eso, decide escaparse a un campamento de verano lleno de niños donde, cree, vivirá magníficas aventuras y idisfrutará de sándwiches de mantequilla y mermelada! Pero su escapada no resultará tan divertida como esperaba y finalmente Ralph se dará cuenta de cuánto añora su hogar.
Ralph runs away looking for freedom but winds up a prisoner at a summer camp.
13) Mountains
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English
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This introduction to mountains discusses their formation, climate, use to man, and other related topics.
15) Ramona la peste
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Ramona meets lots of interesting people in kindergarten class, like Davy whom she keeps trying to kiss and Susan whose springy curls seem to ask to be pulled.
L'espiègle, la turbulente Ramona dévorée de curiosité fait enfin son entrée à l'école maternelle. Elle est alors confrontée à des camarades avec lesquels elle doit apprendre à vivre et à partager. Ce portrait vivant, bien campé, fait ressortir toute la spontanéité et les préoccupations...