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Children & Young Adults
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Books in this online selection represent only a sliver of what we offer in the store. If you've got a particular book in mind and want to check on its availability, call us at 415-362-8193.
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Benjamin Bear in Fuzzy Thinking
Philippe Coudray
The silly logic of a very serious bear!
Benjamin Bear does everything in his own funny way, whether it's drying dishes on a rabbit's back or throwing a ball at a friend to make him play. In this series of gags starring a very loopy bear...
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The BFG
Roald Dahl
Luckily for Sophie, the BFG is nothing like his neighbors, whose favorite pastime is guzzling little...
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Fantastic Mr. Fox
Roald Dahl
Mr. Fox is surrounded, and he’s going to have to come up with a truly fantastic plan to dig himself out of trouble this...
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George's Marvelous Medicine
Roald Dahl
George’s grouchy grandma needs a taste of her own medicine, and George knows just the right ingredients to put into...
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Going Solo
Roald Dahl
Going Solo is the action-packed tale of Roald Dahl’s exploits as a World War II pilot. Learn all about his encounters with the enemy, his worldwide travels, the life-threatening injuries he sustained in a plane accident, and the rest of his sometimes...
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Matilda
Roald Dahl
For most kids, "The Trunchbull" is pure terror, but for Matilda, she's a sitting duck.
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Skin and Other Stories
Roald Dahl
Before he was a world-renowned children's book writer, Roald Dahl was a master of short stories for adults. The eleven tales collected here represent his finest work. By turns shocking, ironic, humorous, and touching, these stories are filled with...
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The Twits
Roald Dahl
Mr. and Mrs. Twit hate everything, including their trained monkeys, the Muggle-Wumps, who now want...
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The Witches
Roald Dahl
Meet a hero, a wise old grandmother, and the most gruesome, grotesque gang of witches...
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The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Roald Dahl
Seven tales of fantasy and fun "are told with the special wit, the unexpected twists that have made Roald Dahl's short stories and children's books so popular with readers of all ages."--Book-of-the-Month Club...
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School of Fear
Gitty Daneshvari
Madeleine, Theo, Lulu and Garrison—each frightfully afraid of something (ghosts, moths, etc.)—are sent to the even more frightening School of Fear, where they will have to learn to cope with their phobias... or else! (For ages 8-12) —Recommended by Jeff
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The Maze Runner
James Dashner
Thomas wakes up, with no memory, surrounded by other boys his age, in a place they call the Glade. All they know is that the stone door set in the insurmountable stone wall opens every morning and closes every evening. Outside lies a maze against which...
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Fly High, Fly Low
50th Anniversary Edition
Don Freeman
Sid the pigeon is very choosy about finding just the right home in the magnificent city of san Francisco. And find it he does, in the loop of a huge b in an electric sign high up on a skyscraper. sid's view of san Francisco is without equal. so sid...
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Little Red Riding Hood
Brothers Grimm
" . . . what big eyes you have!" Originating in seventeenth-century French folklore, the story of Little Red Riding Hood has long been one of the world's most memorable tales of childhood, with its haunting journey into the dark woods, tumultuous...
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