Robert Louis Stevenson
1) My shadow
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"Inside, outside, climbing up the stairs, or jumping into bed, your shadow may be following you! Complete with a cast of the whole family, a cat, a dog, and a teddy, this story is for everyone. Little ones who are just discovering their shadows for the first time will find inspiration between these pages, while older, more experienced kids are sure to learn new ways to play with their shadows"--
2) The moon
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 x 25 cm
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English
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Pictures of a father and child out in the moonlight illustrate Stevenson's poem from A child's garden of verses.
3) Block City
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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English
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A child creates a world of his own which has mountains and sea, a city and ships, all from toy blocks.
4) Frankenstein
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The story of Dr. Frankenstein and the obsessive experiment that leads to the creation of a monstrous and deadly creature.
5) Jaclyn Hyde
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"Jaclyn Hyde is almost perfect. Whether she's baking cookies for her classmates, building a replica Mt. Vesuvius for the science fair, or practicing her lines for Fog Island: The Musical, she almost never makes mistakes. But when she discovers the last batch of perfection potion in an abandoned laboratory, Jaclyn decides that being almost perfect isn't perfect enough anymore. But instead she finds out that trying to be perfectly perfect isn't all...
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1 audio disc (approximately 60 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A storyteller recording designed to encourage children to read original classical literature either on their own or with the help of the more experienced readers in their lives. In this story: while going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads them to a pirate's fortune.
8) Kidnapped
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48 pages : chiefly color illustrations, color map ; 27 cm.
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English
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A graphic novel adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic story about David Balfour, a sixteen-year-old orphan who is kidnapped by his greedy, villainous uncle, but later escapes and becomes involved in the struggle of the Scottish Highlanders against English rule.
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1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Jim is a young man who grew up reading tales of pirates and adventures on the high seas, and longs for similar excitement in his own life. One day a dying man hands him a map and gives him a warning. Upon careful examination, Jim realizes the map charts the course to Treasure Planet, a distant world where hundreds of space pirates have stashed their loot. Jim is certain this is the adventure he's been dreaming of and sets out to find the fabled Treasure...