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Illustrated Treasury of Modern Literature for Children (1985)

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Other authors: Joy Adamson (Contributor), Joan Aiken (Contributor), Nina Bawden (Contributor), BB (Contributor), Betsy Byars (Contributor) — 21 more, John Christopher (Contributor), Jim Corbett (Contributor), Roald Dahl (Contributor), Leon Garfield (Contributor), Alan Garner (Contributor), Cynthia Harnett (Contributor), Thor Heyerdahl (Contributor), Gene Kemp (Contributor), CS Lewis (Contributor), Margaret Mahy (Contributor), Robert C. O'Brien (Contributor), Mary O'Hara (Contributor), Ruth Park (Contributor), Katherine Paterson (Contributor), KM Peyton (Contributor), Ian Serraillier (Contributor), Noel Streatfeild (Contributor), John Rowe Townsend (Contributor), Henry Treece (Contributor), Ronald Welch (Contributor), Laura Ingalls Wilder (Contributor)

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Illustrated Treasury of Modern Literature for Children
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1985
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Today, there is such a bewildering choice of books to read that many children (and parents) find it hard to know where to begin.
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The Illustrated Treasury of Modern Literature for Children contains extracts from 26 books. It does not contain complete books.
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Contains extracts from:
  • Smith / Leon Garfield
  • The Kon-Tiki experience / Thor Heyerdahl
  • The haunting / Margaret Mahy
  • Carrie's war / Nina Bawden
  • The wool-pack / Cynthia Harnett
  • The white mountains / John Christopher
  • The eighteenth emergency / Betsy Byars
  • Charlie and the chocolate factory / Roald Dahl
  • Born free / Joy Adamson
  • The owl services / Alan Garner
  • Mrs Frisby and the rats of NIMH / Robert C. O'Brien
  • Horned Helmet / Henry Treece
  • Little house on the prairie / Laura Ingalls Wilder
  • Flambards / K.M. Peyton
  • The great Gilly Hopkins / Katherine Paterson
  • Midnight is a place / Joan Aiken
  • Gumble's yard / John Rowe Townsend
  • My friend Flicka / Mary O'Hara
  • Playing Beatie Bow / Ruth Park
  • Ballet shoes / Noel Streatfeild
  • Wild lone / 'BB'
  • Knight crusader / Ronald Welch
  • The magician's nephew / C.S. Lewis
  • The turbulent term of tyke Tiler / Gene Kemp
  • Man eaters of Kumaon / Jim Corbett
  • The silver sword / Ian Serraillier
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808.899282Literature › By Topic › Rhetoric and anthologies › Anthologies & Collections › Literature written for particular social groups › Literature written for particular social groups › Children's literature anthologies

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LT1000.A1Education › Textbooks › Textbooks

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