Assorted Classic Children's Books


Item Number: 386

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Value: $68

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$68 value.


The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip by George Saunders, Lane Smith (Illustrator)


Three families live in the seaside village of Frip -- the Romos, the Ronsens, and a little girl named Capable and her widowed father. The townspeople of Frip make their living raising goats, but they must fight off a daily invasion of gappers, bright orange, many-eyed creatures that cover goats and stop them from giving milk. When the gappers target Capable's goats, the Romos and the Ronsens turn their backs on the gapper-ridden Capable. What will Capable do about her gapper plague? An imaginative tale by acclaimed author George Saunders accented with haunting illustrations by award-winning illustrator Lane Smith, The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip is an adult story for children, a children's story for adults, an oceanside fable for the landlocked, a fish story for loaves, and a fable about the true meaning of community.


 


I Broke My Trunk!


Gerald is careful. Piggie is not. Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can. Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to. Gerald and Piggie are best friends. Gerald tells Piggie the long, crazy story about breaking his trunk. Will Piggie end up with a long, crazy story of her own?


 


Ounce, Dice, Trice


What can words be, or rather, what can’t they be? Poet Alastair Reid introduces children and adults to the wondrous waywardness of words in Ounce Dice Trice, a delicious confection and a wildly unexpected exploration of sound and sense and nonsense that is like nothing else.


 


The Little Prince Coloring Book


This magical coloring book features original illustrations and memorable quotes from Antoine de Saint-Exupery's masterpiece, The Little Prince. The delicate and highly detailed line illustrations are waiting to be brought to life with your favorite colored pencils or fine markers.