DEAVER, JEFFREY

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PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster 2010

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JOSEPH, M. K.

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PUBLISHER: William Collins 1977

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DE FOMBELLE, TIMOTHEE & ARDIZZONE, SARAH (Trans)

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KITTREDGE, CAITLIN

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PUBLISHER: Subterranean Press 2011

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FRAME, JANET

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PUBLISHER: W. H. Allen 1973

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THWAITE, ANN & ROWE, GAVIN (Illus)

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PUBLISHER: Methuen Children's Books/Pied Piper 1978

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BARRETT Jr., NEAL

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PUBLISHER: Subterranean Press 2012

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WILLIAMS, WALTER JON

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PUBLISHER: Subterranean Press 2012

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SOLA, IRENE & LETHEM, MARA FAYE (Trans)

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PUBLISHER: Granta c.2022

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DRUETT, JOAN

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PUBLISHER: St Martin's Minotaur 2005

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STEPHENSON, NEAL & GALLAND, NICOLE

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Dr SEUSS

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PUBLISHER: Collins Clear-Type Press 1967

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LEE, JOHN A.

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PUBLISHER: T. Werner Laurie Ltd 1937

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SCHLINK, BERNHARD & JANEWAY, CAROL BROWN (Trans)

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PUBLISHER: Pheonix House 1997

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NESS, PATRICK

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PUBLISHER: Walker Books 2017

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CRUMP, BARRY & HART, ROGER (Illus)

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PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1965

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CRUMP, BARRY & TURNER, DENNIS (Illus)

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PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1962

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HERGE

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PUBLISHER: Methuen Children's Books 1978

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MARTIN, J. P. & BLAKE, QUENTIN (Illus)

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PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1973

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SANKAR & SINHA, ARUNAVA (Trans)

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PUBLISHER: Atlantic Books 2007

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