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The Iliad
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Nick McCarty (Retold by), Victor G Ambrus (Illustrator)
Kingfisher Epics are action-packed retellings of classic tales and legends, with all the exhilaration and immediacy of their original versions. Magnificent black-and-white illustrations bring the heroic deeds depicted in these stories dramatically to life. These stories have enthralled readers for centuries, and Kingfisher Epics make them ...
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Drawing Animals
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Victor Ambrus
This oversized book is packed with the beautiful, loose and lively drawings Victor Ambrus is known for. From very quick sketches to more detailed, full-tonal studies, more than 350 drawings feature a variety of animals -- polar bears, elephants, chimpanzees, tigers, wolves, kangaroos, giraffes, zebras, macaws, owls, ostriches -- as well as cats, ...
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El Cid
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Geraldine McCaughrean, Victor G Ambrus (Illustrator)
This is the story of Don Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, chief marshal of the royal army, who was exiled from his native Castile by the weak King Alfonso in 1089. Banished from his two little daughters and his lovely wife, he rode out of Castile at midnight, between the teeth of a wild and snarling mountain range, and journeyed into the South, where ...
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Black Beauty: The Greatest Horse Story Ever Told
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Anna Sewell, Caryn Jenner (Adapted by), Victor G Ambrus (Illustrator)
A horse in nineteenth-century England recounts his experiences with both good and bad masters. Illustrated notes throughout the text explain the historical background of the story.
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A Christmas Fantasy
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Carolyn Haywood, Victor G. Ambrus (Illustrator), Glenys Ambrus (Illustrator)
Relates the boyhood of Santa Claus and how he got into the "present business."
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Grandma, Felix, and Mustapha Biscuit
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Victor Ambrus
Felix the cat greedily pursues the plumpest, tastiest-looking little thing he has ever seen from the moment Grandma brings a hamster into the house.
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The story of Britain
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R. J. Unstead, Victor G. Ambrus
Traces the history of England emphasizing the personality and character of rulers and other influential leaders.
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The Odyssey
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Geraldine McCaughrean, Victor G Ambrus (Illustrator)
Perhaps the most celebrated of all Western narratives, the Odyssey tells the story of Odysseus's roundabout voyage home to Ithaca where his beloved Penelope awaits. In stories along the way, he famously encounters Circe, the Sirens, the Cyclops, and many, many others. This translation renders the classic more economically than others.
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Black Beauty: Timeless Classic Stories for Today
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Anna Sewell, Victor G Ambrus (Illustrator)
A horse in nineteenth-century England recounts his experiences with both good and bad masters. Illustrated notes throughout the text explain the historical background of the story.
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Horse Stories
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Christine Pullein-Thompson (Compiled by), Victor G Ambrus (Illustrator), Charlotte Fyfe (Designer)
A thoroughbred collection with a diverse selection of 20 stories and extracts by such authors as Anna Sewell, Leo Tolstoy, C.S. Lewis, Helen Griffiths, Saki, Monica Dickens, Walter Farley, and Arthur Conan Doyle. Black-and-white illustrations.
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Stallion of the sands
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Helen Griffiths
Coveted for his beauty and pursued by many men, the albino stallion escapes to a coastal island where he is eventually claimed and won by a lonely boy.
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The Random House Book of Horse Stories
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Felicity Trotman (Editor), Robinson Publishing, Victor G Ambrus (Illustrator)
With over 25 stories by the world's best authors, including James Herriot, C.S. Lewis, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and James Riordan, this book is a must-have for horse lovers that will be treasured for years to come. Here's an enchanting collection of magical talking horses, mythical flying horses, and loyal farm horses that will have the equine set ...
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The Bushbabies
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William Stevenson, Victor G. Ambrus (Illustrator)
13-year-old Jackie and an elderly African travel into the hazardous African bush to return Jackie's pet tarsier (bushbaby) to the forest. A story of friendship between two people of different ages and races and a graphic picture of the African bush.
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Big Ben
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David Harry Walker, Victor G. Ambrus
As a result of an automobile accident, two children acquire a St. Bernard pup that seems to create increasing trouble in direct proportion to his rapidly increasing size.
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Well-Loved Tales from Shakespeare
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Bernard Miles, Victor G. Ambrus (Illustrator)
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Haki the Shetland Pony
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Kathleen Fidler
When his beloved Shetland pony is bought by a circus owner, a young boy decides not to relinquish the animal unless he can go as trainer.
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A Valentine Fantasy
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Carolyn Haywood, Victor G Ambrus (Illustrator)
A tale of how Valentine's Day came into existence and of how the heart became its symbol.
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Under the Double Eagle: Three Centuries of History in Austria and Hungary
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Victor G Ambrus, Donald Lindsay (Editor)
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The Iliad
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Strachan Ian, Homer, Victor G. Ambrus
This sure-to-be classic edition of Homer's dramatic tale of Paris's doomed love for Helen and the ensuing years of siege that roiled the city of Troy is retold by the award-winning author of "The Flawed Glass". Full color.
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Ways of Drawing Hands: A Guide to Expanding Your Visual Awareness
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Victor G. Ambrus
The ways in which people see and interpret images are crucial in the drawing process, and the perspectives offered in these books will help extend the artist's visual awareness, transforming each daunting prospect into an exciting new challenge.
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Prisoners in the snow
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Arthur Catherall
Two Austrian children, their lame grandfather, and a sick pilot are trapped inside their house when a plane crash causes a great avalanche to come down on their farm.
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Three Poor Tailors
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Victor G Ambrus
A Hungarian folktale in which three tailors take a trip to town on a nannygoat.
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Santa Claus Forever!
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Carolyn Haywood, Victor G Ambrus (Illustrator)
After a particularly difficult Christmas Eve, Santa decides to retire, but when he sees his replacement, he changes his mind.
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Young Mark : the story of a venture
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E. M. Almedingen
Chronicles the adventurous journey of a fourteen-year-old lad who leaves his eighteenth-century manor home in the Ukraine to make his way to St. Petersburg where he seeks a career as a singer.
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Mystery of Stonehenge
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Franklyn Mansfield Branley, Victor G Ambrus (Illustrator)
Combines the efforts of several modern scientists to explain the ancient mystery of Stonehenge; who built it and why? How was it built and when?
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