Natalie Babbitt

• 1969
• / Fantasy
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Gaylen, the King’s messenger, a skinny boy of twelve, is off to poll the kingdom, traveling from town to farmstead to town on his horse, Marrow. At first it is merely a question of disagreement at the royal castle over which food should stand for D...

• 1970
• / Suspense
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Beware the Megrimum! From the moment Egan arrives in Instep, he senses the spell cast over the villagers by the Megrimum -- the mysterious thing that lurks on the misty peak of Kneeknock Rise. No one has ever seen the Megrimum, but everyone shudde...

• Jan-1975
• / Historical
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Is eternal life a blessing or a curse? That is what young Winnie Foster must decide when she discovers a spring on her family's property whose waters grant immortality. Members of the Tuck family, having drunk from the spring, tell Winnie of their ex...

• Nov-1977
• / General Fiction
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Experience love and loss in this enchanting sea mystery from Natalie Babbitt, The Eyes of the Amaryllis, the basis for the 1982 movie adaption of the same name.When the brig Amaryllis was swallowed in a hurricane, the captain and all the crew were s...

• Jan-1985
• / Fantasy
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Every now and then, the Devil likes to pop up into the world for an adventure. He's a trickster and a mischief-maker, and just as full of vanity and other human failings. But he's also a gifted storyteller. The Devil's antics are presented in these t...

• Sep-1986
• / Suspense
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An out-of-work actor, Hercules Feltwright, stumbles into a job tutoring Willet Goody, the only child of a widow living in a large, lonely house. Willet quickly involves his tutor in the search to discover the truth about his father. The mystery unfol...

• Jun-1996
• / General Fiction
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Wanting the very best thing for their prince son but not knowing what that thing is, a king and queen survey all of their royal subjects for suggestions, but the prince is the only one who knows the answer. Reprint....

• Oct-1998
• / General Fiction
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This tale from Grimm -- far less familiar than many of the others -- has been given a brisk retelling by Natalie Babbitt and witty, spectacular, sumptuous pictures by Fred Marcellino. The story tells all about young Marco, who leads a charmed life if...

• May-2007
• / General Fiction
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From the author of Tuck Everlasting, her first novel in twenty-five years!

Jack Plank has left his pirate shipmates and gone ashore. Each day he sets out from Mrs. DelFresno''s boarding house to look for a new job. Each evening he returns to regale...

• Apr-2010
• / General Fiction
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From the author of Tuck Everlasting comes a powerful, multi-layered story about a man who never felt complete, the family he is unable to fully love, and the fabulous amusement park that he created. Everyone in town knows Herbert Rowbarge as the w...

• Sep-2010
• / General Fiction
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A gifted artist and writer, Natalie Babbitt's novels are inspired by a brilliance and imagination that is completely original. She began her career in 1966 with the publication of a picture book, The Forty-Ninth Magician, a collaboration with her hus...

• Oct-2010
• / General Fiction
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The Devil is back, just as full of vanity and other human feelings as he was in Natalie Babbitt's first collection, The Devil's Storybook....

• Apr-2011
• / General Fiction
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Nellie, a cat marionette who loves to dance, finds adventure and freedom on a moonlit hilltop. ...

• Apr-2011
• / General Fiction
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Phoebe Euphemia Brandon Brown hated the bows, frills, ruffles, sashes, and curls that were the fashion in 1904...The story of Phoebe's one-woman revolution and its outcome is sure to strike a spark in other little girls with minds of their own....

• Apr-2011
• / General Fiction
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Mylo...is afraid of an indefinable Something coming in through his window at night. Given some modeling clay by his concerned mother, he finally succeeds in making a statue of the Something...The clever, ironic story interprets common childhood fears...

• Mar-2012
• / General Fiction
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Joe Casimir needed help with the choice he had to make. But how do you choose the person who will help you choose? Mr. Boulderwall, the millionaire, knew exactly what he wanted Joe to choose. And millionaires are experts at making choices. Well, aren...