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Sacha, a young girl from the Russian aristocracy, dreams of the Great North and anguishes over the fate of her grandfather, Oloukine, a renowned scientist and Arctic explorer who has yet to return from his latest expedition to conquer the North Pole. Sacha has always been fascinated by the adventurous life of her grandfather and has the same calling to be an explorer. Sacha flees her home and launches an adventure-filled quest toward the Great North...
3) Oddball
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The heart-warming true story about an eccentric chicken farmer who, with the help of his granddaughter, trains his mischievous dog to protect a wild penguin sanctuary from fox attacks and in the process tries to reunite his family and save their seaside town.
5) Heidi
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Shirley Temple volume 1
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Story of a girl sent to live with her hermit grandfather in the Alps, where her influence reconciles her grandfather to the town. Then her aunt takes her away from the grandfather she has come to love, to live in Frankfurt as the companion of a crippled girl whom Heidi encourages to try walking again.
6) Heidi
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Orphan Girl Heidi spends the happiest days of her childhood together with her eccentric grandfather, cut off from the outside world in a simple cabin in the Swiss mountains. But these carefree times come to an abrupt end when Heidi is taken to Frankfurt by her Aunt Dete to stay with the family of the wealthy Mr. Sesemann and be a playmate for his wheelchair-bound daughter Klara.
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Grandma, Moon Man, and a Moustache Monster want him to have a bad mornin. It's a full-time job being everyone's magical Uncle and Grandpa. Even Uncle G needs a vacation once in a while, but with his friends Belly Bag, Pizza Steve, Mister Gus, and Giant Realistic Flying Tiger along for the ride in twelve magical adventures, every morning is bound to be a good mornin.
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Cloudy with a chance of meatballs: Life is delicious in the town of Chewandswallow where it rains soup and juice, snows mashed potatoes, and blows storms of hamburgers--until the weather takes a turn for the worse.
Pickles to Pittsburgh: Dozing off while contemplating Grandpa's unusual vacation, Kate dreams about Chewandswallow, where it snows popcorn and rains sandwiches and the fate of falling food intrigues her. This is the sequel to Cloudy with...
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Follow the adventures of Babar's eight-year-old grandson Badou, as he along with his friends and family solve numerous mysteries and puzzles in Celesteville. Badou is a 'one-elephant stampede, ' bursting with a sense of adventure. He laughs often and has inherited his grandfather's daring spirit, often plunging into a situation (or a hidden passageway or unexplored temple) fully confident that he can handle whatever he finds.
11) All around us
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A man and his granddaughter create family traditions in this stunning video adaptation of the Pura Belpr ̌Award-winning exploration of the cycles of life and nature.
12) Heidi
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The version that is considered the definitive version. It stars Jason Robards and Jane Seymour. When Heidi, an orphan, is sent to live with her grandfather in the Alps, she ends up charming the embittered old man. She is sadly sent to Frankfurt where she befriends Klara, a young girl in a wheelchair. It is a triumph of love, friendship, and forgiveness that will capture hearts.
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