characters in literature

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characters in literature

Itsy Bitsy, the smart spider

2004
The spider from the famous nursery rhyme gets a job in order to buy a cover that will keep her dry and prevent her being washed down the water spout again.

Little Bo Peep can't get to sleep

2005
An original nursery rhyme that relates how worried Little Bo Peep is about her lost sheep and whether she should tell her parents they are gone, as well as which familiar characters she went to for help.

The dictionary of characters in children's literature

2002
Identifies over 550 characters found in significant or famous works of children's literature.

Rub a dub dub

1999
This expanded version of the traditional rhyme shows what happens to the butcher, the baker, and the candlestick maker when they go fishing in their tub.

Mr. Wolf and the three bears

2002
When Goldilocks invites herself to Baby Bear's birthday party then behaves atrociously, spoiling all of Mr. Wolf's and Grandma's hard work, Grandma knows just what to do.

Into the labyrinth

a novel
2006
Princess Sylvie and the other characters in the book entitled "The Great Good Thing" confront the perils of being uploaded onto the World Wide Web, forcing them to act out their story both in print and in cyberspace.

Auntie Claus, home for the holidays

2009
When Sophie is cast as the Sugar Plum Fairy in her school's performance of the Nutcracker, her Auntie Claus forgoes her usual fall business trip and transforms New York City into the North Pole, with some unpleasant consequences.

Once upon a picnic

1996
While Mom and Dad do nothing but daydream at the picnic, the young boy keeps very active noticing all kinds of things going on around them.

The girl who hated books

1999
Although she lives in a house full of avid readers, Meena hates books--until she discovers the magic inside them.

Peter and the Secret of Rundoon #3 Peter and the Starcatchers Series

2007
Fearing that the sinister Lord Ombra was not destroyed, Peter and Molly travel to the land of Rundoon, which is ruled by the evil King Zarboff.

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