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1) The robe of skulls: the first tale from the five kingdoms

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French, Vivian

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The sorceress Lady Lamorna has her heart set on a very expensive new robe, and she will stop at nothing--including kidnapping and black magic--to get the money to pay for it.

2) The Heart of Glass: The Third Tale from the Five Kingdoms

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French, Vivian

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The madcap, macabre, and maddeningly funny Tales from the Five Kingdoms continue – with an oddly heart-warming adventure.

It's a fine day for dwarf watching! At least that's what Gracie Gillypott and Prince Marcus innocently think as they set out, unaware that Princess Marigold has honed her sights on Marcus and plans to follow him to the ends of the earth — fan, frilly petticoats, and all. As for the dwarves, it's

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3) Yucky worms

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French, Vivian

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While helping Grandma in the garden, a child learns about the important role of the earthworm in helping plants grow.

4) Down in the jungle

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French, Vivian

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Mrs. Monkey tells her son about the adventures of different animals in the jungle

5) The robe of skulls

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French, Vivian

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The sorceress Lady Lamorna has her heart set on a very expensive new robe, and she will stop at nothing--including kidnapping and black magic--to get the money to pay for it.

6) The bag of bones

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"... the beady-eyed, green-tongued witch Truda Hangnail spreads evil along her path to succeed Queen Bluebell, enlisting the kingdom's rats and shrinking the good witches of Wadingburn to pave her way to the throne. Luckily, a sweet-natured orphan named Loobly is witness to Truda's evil spells and sets off to fetch help."--Jacket flap.

7) The heart of glass

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French, Vivian

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Gracie Gillypott and Prince Marcus embark on a dwarf-watching outing, not knowing that the dwarves are working frantically making crowns for a royal wedding and that they have enlisted some unreliable trolls to help them, thus putting the humans' expedition in peril.

8) Tiger and the new baby

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French, Vivian

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Tiger doesn't like his new baby sister and cannot understand why everyone is making such a fuss over her.

9) I love you, Grandpa

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French, Vivian

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When Grandpa comes to stay for the weekend, the children tire him out with all their activities.

10) Polly's pink pajamas

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French, Vivian

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Polly loves her pink pajamas so much that she wears them day and night, but when Fred invites her to a party, she visits all of her friends to borrow the special clothes she thinks she will need.

11) The flight of dragons: the fourth tale from the five kingdoms

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French, Vivian

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On Gracie Gillypot's birthday, greedy, chocolate-hungry twins awaken the banished Old Malignant One, and unless Gracie can find a powerful, long-forgotten dragon's egg, the Five Kingdoms may succumb to evil magic and Total Oblivion.

12) T. Rex

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French, Vivian

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Book, CD

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Presents facts about the life of the Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur within the framework of a visit to a museum by a boy and his grandfather.

13) From here to there: a first book of maps

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French, Vivian

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"One day, Anna's friend Zane sends her an invitation to come over to play, and inside the envelope is a map. But why is Zane's house in the middle and Anna's on the edge? Anna decides to make her own map, and before long, Dad and even Whiskers the cat are in on the fun. From routes to scale, symbols, and points of view, join Anna and her dad as they explore the wonderful world of maps!"--

14) Growing Frogs

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French, Vivian

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Book, Local Library Checkout Only

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A mother and child watch as tadpoles develop and grow into frogs.

15) Tiger and the temper tantrum

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French, Vivian

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Tiger says "No!" to everything his mother wants him to do, but then finds out that having a temper tantrum will not get him what he wants.

16) Henny Penny

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French, Vivian

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Henny Penny and her friends are on their way to tell the king that the sky is falling when they meet a hungry fox.

17) The music of zombies: the fifth tale from the Five Kingdoms

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French, Vivian

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When planning for Cockenzie Rood Day, Prince Albion gets kidnapped because a zombie wants to play his fiddle in the talent contest. Trueheart, a prince and Gubble the troll must stop the zombie before real damage is done to the Five Kingdoms.

18) Hello, horse

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French, Vivian

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Story about a child's first introduction to horses and horseback riding. Facts and tips included on some pages. "I have a friend named Catherine, and she has a horse named Shannon. Shannon is very BIG but she's beautiful, with a coat like soft velvet - and I think she might just become my friend too!"--