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Stone Fox

SarahKate's Notes:

This is one of the books I wish I'd read all the way through before I read it to the girls (then ages 4 and 7). It is a really amazing book, the girls begged to hear it and at the end we all almost cried! This is an excellent story for older kids.

cover of Stone Foxauthor: John Reynolds Gardiner
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asin: 0064401324
binding: Paperback
list price: $5.50 USD
amazon price: $5.50 USD


Little Willy's Grandfather is sick, and it's up to Willy to save their farm from tax collectors. Their only hope is the prize money from the National Dogsled Race. But a lot of other people want to win the race, too, including Stone Fox, who has never lost a race in his life.

Sir Dana: A Knight

no imageauthor: Dana Fradon
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asin: 0525444246
binding: Hardcover
list price: $13.95 USD
amazon price: $13.95


Marguerite Makes a Book

cover of Marguerite Makes a Bookauthor: Bruce Robertson
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asin: 089236372X
binding: Hardcover
list price: $19.95 USD
amazon price: $13.57 USD


Paris in the 1400s. A young girl named Marguerite delights in assisting her father, Jacques, in his craft: illuminating manuscripts for the nobility of France. His current commission is a splendid book of hours for his patron, Lady Isabelle, but will he be able to finish it in time for Lady Isabelle's name day?