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List created by Mary T. (geniebuff) on Jul 30, 2016
List Votes: 1 Books: 20 Contributors: 1 Watchers: 1 List Type: Closed
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Junie B., First Grader: Dumb Bunny (Junie B. Jones, Bk 27) by Barbara Park & Deni...
It's an Easter Egg-stravaganza! Lucille is having an Easter Egg Hunt at her rich expensive mansion! And guess what? The winner gets a play date to swim in Lucille's heated indoor swimming pool! Only, here is the problem. How did Junie B. get stuck wearing a big dumb bunny suit? And...  more


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Junie B., First Grader: Turkeys We Have Loved and Eaten (and Other Thankful Stuff) (J...
Meet the World’s Funniest First Grader—Junie B. Jones! Room One is getting ready for their very own Thanksgiving feast! There’s even a contest to see which room can write the best thankful list. The winners will get a pumpkin pie! Only it turns out being thankful is harder than...  more


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Junie B. Jones And Her Big Fat Mouth by Barbara Park
Junie's having a rough week. First she got punishment for shooting off her mouth in kindergarten. And now she's in big trouble again! 'Cause Monday is Job Day, and Junie B. told her class that she's got the "bestest" job of all. Only, what the heck is it?


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Maxie, Rosie, and Earl -- Partners in Grime (Geek Chronicles, Bk 1) by Barbara Park
Here they come....Meet Maxie, Rosie and Earl -- three kids who unite as they await their doom at the principal's office. Shy Earl is there because he refused to read out loud in class. Nosy Rosie is in trouble because her teacher is sick of her tattling. And then there's Maxie, who...  more


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Psssst! It's Me... The Bogeyman by Barbara Park
It's the Bogeyman, and he's stew-spewin', gravel-chewin' mad. He's tired of all the nonsense people say about him. He doesn't say BOO -- that's a baby word. He doesn't want to get ya -- if he got ya, what would he do with ya? His job is to scare you, and he's very good at it -- unless you happen...  more


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Junie B. My Valentime by Barbara Park
My Valentime . . . and I MEAN it! Laugh yourself silly with the world's FUNNIEST Valentimes! Junie B. Jones and the Mushy Gushy Valentime has sold almost 2 million copies and now for the first time fans of the New York Times bestselling chapter book series can celebrate the popular classroom...  more


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The BFG by Roald Dahl & Quentin Blake (Illustrator)
Snatched from her orphanage by a BFG (Big Friendly Giant), who spends his life blowing happy dreams to children, Sophie concocts with him a plan to save the world from nine other man-gobbling cannybull giants.


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James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl & Lane Smith (Illustrator)
The story of a young boy's adventures as he travels across the Atlantic Ocean inside a giant peach in the company of giant insects.  


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Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Charlie Bucket, Bk 2) by Roald Dahl & Quent...
Now that he's won the chocolate factory, what's next for Charlie? Last seen flying through the sky in a giant elevator in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie Bucket's back for another adventure. When the giant elevator picks up speed, Charlie, Willy Wonka, and the gang...  more


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Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories by Roald Dahl (Editor)
Who better to investigate the literary spirit world than that supreme connoisseur of the unexpected, Roald Dahl? Of the many permutations of the macabre or bizarre, Dahl was always especially fascinated by the classic ghost story. As he realtes in the erudite introduction to this volume, he read...  more


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Matilda by Roald Dahl & Quentin Blake (Illustrator)
Matilda, a brilliant, sensitive little girl, uses her talents and ingenuity to seek revenge on her crooked father, lazy mother, and the terrifying Miss Trunchbull, her wicked headmistress, and save her beloved teacher, Miss Honey.


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The Twits by Roald Dahl & Quentin Blake (Illustrator)
How do you outwit a Twit? Mr. and Mrs. Twit are the smelliest, ugliest people in the world. They hate everything -- except playing mean jokes on each other, catching innocent birds to put in their Bird Pies, and making their caged monkeys, the Muggle-Wumps, stand on their heads all day. But the...  more


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Danny the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl & Quentin Blake (Illustrator)
Can Danny and his father outsmart the villainous Mr. Hazell? Danny has a life any boy would love -- his home is a gypsy caravan, he's the youngest master car mechanic around, and his best friend is his dad, who never runs out of wonderful stories to tell. But one night Danny discovers a...  more


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The BFG by Roald Dahl & Quentin Blake (Illustrator)
"Well, first of all, " said the BFG, "human beans is not really believing in giants, is they? Human beans is not thinking we exist." Sophie discovers that giants not only exist, but that there are a great many of them who like to guzzle and swallomp nice little chiddlers....  more


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It's Heaven To Be Seven by Roald Dahl & Beverly Cleary & James Howe & Pat...
One of five anthologies that include stories by such beloved authors as Beverly Cleary, Roald Dahl, Paula Danziger, Patricia MacLachlan, E.B. White, Judy Blume, A.A. Milne, Syd Hoff, and more. Each collection targets its very own special age group - will want to collect them all!


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The BFG by Roald Dahl & Quentin Blake (Illustrator)
Kidsnatched from her orphanage by a BFG (Big Friendly Giant), who spends his life blowing happy dreams to children, Sophie concocts with him a plan to save the world from nine other man-gobbling cannybull giants.


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More About Boy: Roald Dahl's Tales from Childhood by Roald Dahl & Quentin Blake (...
More About Boy is the story of Roald Dahl’s very own boyhood, as told in Boy, featuring never-before-seen material from behind the scenes, and some of the secrets he left out. Enjoy tales of sweet shops and chocolate, mean old ladies and a Great Mouse Plot—the inspiration for some of...  more


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Kiss Kiss--Switch Bitch--My Uncle Oswald by Roald Dahl
An exclusive 3 in 1 edition of Dahl's books, titled as in the title of this book. These stories are for adults rather than children, whom Dahl mostly wrote for.


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Skin and Other Stories (Puffin Teenage Books) by Roald Dahl
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Boy: Tales of Childhood by Roald Dahl
Where did Roald Dahl get all of his wonderful ideas for stories? From his own life, of course! As full of excitement and the unexpected as his world-famous, best-selling books, Roald Dahl's tales of his own childhood are completely fascinating and fiendishly funny. Did you know that Roald Dahl...  more


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