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  2. The Twenty-One Balloons - Wikipedia

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    The Twenty-One Balloons is a novel by William Pène du Bois, published in 1947 by the Viking Press and awarded the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1948. The story is about a retired schoolteacher whose ill-fated balloon trip leads him to discover Krakatoa , an island full of great wealth and fantastic inventions.

  3. List of World Book Day books - Wikipedia

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    Supertato: Books Are Rubbish! written by Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet (Simon & Schuster) Amelia Fang and the Bookworm Gang written by Laura Ellen Anderson (Egmont) Dog Man written by Dav Pilkey ( Scholastic) Evie in the Jungle written by Matt Haig, illustrated by Emily Gravett (Canongate)

  4. William Pène du Bois - Wikipedia

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    William Sherman Pène du Bois [a] (May 9, 1916 – February 5, 1993) was an American writer and illustrator of books for young readers. He is best known for The Twenty-One Balloons, published in April 1947 by Viking Press, for which he won the 1948 Newbery Medal. He was twice a runner-up for the Caldecott Medal for illustrating books written by ...

  5. World Book Day - Wikipedia

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    In the United Kingdom and Ireland, World Book Day is a charity event in March, held annually on the first Thursday and coinciding with the release of special editions. The annual celebration on 23 April is World Book Night, an event organized by independent charity The Reading Agency.

  6. Danny, the Champion of the World - Wikipedia

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    0-14-032873-4. Danny, the Champion of the World is a 1975 children's novel by British author Roald Dahl. The plot centres on Danny, a young English boy, and his father, William. They live in a Gypsy caravan, fix cars for a living in their mechanic shop and partake in poaching pheasants. It was first published on February 14, 1975, in the United ...

  7. Around the World in Eighty Days - Wikipedia

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    In 1928, 15-year-old Danish Boy Scout Palle Huld travelled around the world by train and ship in the opposite direction to the one in the book. His trip was sponsored by a Danish newspaper and made on the occasion of the 100th birthday of Jules Verne. The trip was described in the book A Boy Scout Around the World. It took 44 days.

  8. Five Weeks in a Balloon - Wikipedia

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    Five Weeks in a Balloon, or, A Journey of Discovery by Three Englishmen in Africa (French: Cinq semaines en ballon) is an adventure novel by Jules Verne, published in 1863. It is the first novel in which he perfected the "ingredients" of his later work, skillfully mixing a story line full of adventure and plot twists that keep the reader's ...

  9. List of books written by Daisy Meadows - Wikipedia

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    The Complete Book of Fairies; My Big Book of Fairies; My A to Z of Fairies; My Basis of Fairies; Additionally, annuals were released yearly, but they were discontinued in 2016. Magic Animal Friends. Magic Animal Friends is another book series written under the Daisy Meadows pen name. Its first series was released on 3 July 2014 with four books ...

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