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"The Little Prince" is French aviator Antonine de Saint-Exupery's most famous novella. The story, first published in 1943, is about a pilot who must make an emergency landing in the desert becaouse of engine problems. This is ironic, since the author himself took off in a plane over the Mediterranean just a year later and was never seen or heard from again. This timeless story has been adapted to various media over the decades, including stage, screen...
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Follows Peekay, a white British boy in South Africa during World War II, between the ages of five and eleven, as he survives an abusive boarding school and goes on to succeed in life and the boxing ring, with help from a chicken, a boxer, a pianist, black African prisoners, and many others.
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After James Henry Trotter's parents are tragically eaten by a rhinoceros, he goes to live with his two horrible aunts. Life there is no fun, until James receives some magical, tiny green things and accidentally drops them by the old peach tree and strange things start to happen. The peach at the top of the tree begins to grow, and before long it's as big as a house. Inside, James meets a bunch of oversized friends-- Grasshopper, Centipede, Ladybug,...
10) Millions of cats
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Coward-McCann, Inc
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1928, 2006.
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English
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How can an old man and his wife select one cat from a choice of millions and trillions?
11) The islander
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Living with his grandfather on an island off British Columbia, orphaned ten-year-old Daniel feels deep loneliness until the night he meets a mermaid whose identity he tries to learn.
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G.P. Putnam's Sons
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[2008]
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English
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Lonely Gingerbread Baby, having set out to find a friend, enters a bakery where he tries to talk to different cookies and other figures, but winds up leading a crowd back to his house on a chase similar to the one in the familiar tale.
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Dragon is lonely so he goes looking for a friend and when an apple falls on his head he is convinced that he has found one; but at home Apple is quiet and unresponsive, and when a visit to the doctor only makes things worse, Dragon mourns the loss of his friend--until an apple tree grows where Apple is buried.
14) Cloud boy
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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2006.
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English
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A lonely little cloud boy uses his imagination to overcome his loneliness.
18) Sylvia and Bird
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Good Books
Pub. Date
[2009]
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English
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Sylvia, a dragon, overcomes her loneliness and finds a true friend in Bird.
19) The pencil
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Candlewick Press
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2008.
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English
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A lonely pencil timidly draws a boy, a dog, and other items but soon faces a problem as his creations begin demanding changes, and when he draws an eraser to make them happy, the real trouble begins.
20) Yo! Yes?
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Orchard Books
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[1993]
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English
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Two lonely characters, one black and one white, meet on the street and become friends.