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segwyne writes "More book ideas are at
Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:52:20 PDT
More book ideas are at http://www.amazon.com/Waldorf-Friendly-Childrens-Books/lm/20FP3OWF0QNNA . Most of the ones in this list are from a list I found for 5-8 year olds and 9-12 year olds. The link in this comment should help with books for under 5. One can never have enough Jan Brett.

segwyne writes "Since I am planning on building a quality library to last for generations, I am..."

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:48:00 PDT

Since I am planning on building a quality library to last for generations, I am trying to find either boxed sets or hardcover books, and I really want them to be unabridged version.

The Book of Three (The Chronicles of Prydain)

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:46:44 PDT

The tale of Taran, assistant pig keeper, has been entertaining young readers for generations. Set in the mythical land of Prydain (which bears a more than passing...

The Dark Is Rising (Boxed Set): The Dark Is Rising, Greenwitch, Over Sea, Under...

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:46:44 PDT

Susan Cooper's brilliant Dark is Rising sequence has enthralled readers since the first book, Over Sea, Under Stone, was published more than forty years ago. The second...

Island of the Blue Dolphins (Illustrated)

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:46:44 PDT

Scott O'Dell won the Newbery Medal for Island of the Blue Dolphins in 1961, and in 1976 the Children's Literature Association named this riveting story one of the 10...

William Shakespeare: The Complete Works, Deluxe Edition

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:46:44 PDT

This complete and unabridged edition contains every word that Shakespeare wrote — all 37 tragedies, comedies, and histories, plus the sonnets. You’ll find such classics...

Lewis Carroll: The Complete, Fully Illustrated Works, Deluxe Edition (Literary...

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:46:44 PDT

This beautiful, 868-page leather-bound volume contains a delightful collection of stories from one of history's most beloved children's authors. Lewis Carroll's...

Robert Louis Stevenson Seven Novels Complete and Unabridged (Robert Louis...

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:46:44 PDT

Robert Louis Stevenson: Seven Novels is a part of Barnes & Noble's Library of Essential Writers. Each title in the series presents the finest works- complete and...

A Child's Garden of Verses

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:46:44 PDT

Here is a delightful look at childhood, written by master poet and storyteller Robert Louis Stevenson. In this collection of sixty-six poems, Stevenson recalls the joys...

The Complete Adventures of Curious George

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:46:44 PDT

Sixty years have passed since a curious little chimp in Africa met the man with the big yellow hat and got into the first of many scrapes. Decades later, George is as...

Stone Soup

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:46:44 PDT

Three soldiers came marching down the road towards a French village. The peasants seeing them coming, suddenly became very busy, for soldiers are often hungry. So all the...

Paddington Treasury (Paddington Bear)

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:46:44 PDT

This treasury marks Paddington's 40th year in America, with a comprehensive collection of Sir Michael Bond's beloved stories. Peggy Fortnum's line drawings have been...

The Story of the Wind Children

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:46:44 PDT

George is playing with his boats, but there is no wind to make them sail. Then, one of the wind children comes and blows just for him, and together they embark on a great...

The Story of the Snow Children

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The Story of the Root-Children

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Mother Earth and Her Children: A Quilted Fairy Tale

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:46:44 PDT

The incredibly intricate and vivid illustrations in this book are details of a modern quilt inspired by Sibylle von Olfers' classic storybook Mother Earth and Her...

Old Peter's Russian Tales

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:46:44 PDT

Arthur Mitchell Ransome was a British author and journalist, the son of a Professor of History at Leeds College. He was best known for writing the Swallows and Amazons...

The Borrowers Boxed Set (The Borrowers, The Borrowers Afield, The Borrowers...

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:46:44 PDT

Contains The Borrowers, The Borrowers Aloft, The Borrowers Afield, The Borrowers Avenged and The Borrowers Afloat, in a slipcase.

Bed-Knob and Broomstick

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:46:44 PDT

The Magic Bed-Knob and Bonfires and Broomsticks in one volume. These are the exploits of the three Wilson children; Miss Price, the apprentice witch; and the flying bed....

Treasure Island

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:46:44 PDT

When an old sea captain arrives at the Admiral Benbow inn, with a mysterious sea chest and fearful talk of a man with one leg, the scene is set for one of the most...

The Wind in the Willows

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:46:44 PDT

Mole, Water Rat, Badger, and the mischievous Toad live a quiet life on banks of the River Thames with the rest of their animal friends. But Toad tends to get into...

Just So Stories

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:46:44 PDT

Kipling's own drawings, with their long, funny captions, illustrate his hilarious explanations of How the Camel Got His Hump, How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin, How the...

The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:46:44 PDT

Lilly Owens, ed. Illustrated edition of 159 cherished tales that have enchanted readers for generations. Includes The Ugly Duckling, The Emperor's New Clothes, Snow...

The Jungle Book

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:46:44 PDT

The story of Mowgli, the Man-Cub raised by wolves in the jungles of India, is one of the greatest literary works of all time. This magnificent edition of Kipling's...

Little House on the Prairie Boxed Set ((9 Books) Little House On the Prairie;...

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:46:44 PDT

The Complete Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:46:43 PDT

A facsimile edition of the original 24 Sherlock Holmes stories from London's The Strand Magazine, written between 1891 and 1893, with black and white illustrations by...

Rip Van Winkle and the Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:46:43 PDT

The Wrinkle in Time Quintet Boxed Set (A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, A...

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:46:43 PDT

The Time Quintet consists of A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters, and An Acceptable Time. The digest box set features the art of...

Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall)

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:46:43 PDT

MacLachlan, author of Unclaimed Treasures, has written an affecting tale for children. In the late 19th century a widowed midwestern farmer with two children--Anna and...

The Prince and the Pauper-Classics Series (An Airmont Classic, CL32)

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:46:43 PDT

On an autumn day, in the second quarter of the sixteenth century, two boys were born in England, one to a poor family by the name of Canty who lived in Offal Court, not...

The Count of Monte Cristo (Modern Library)

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:46:43 PDT

Set against the tumultuous years of the post-Napoleonic era, The Count of Monet Cristo recounts the swashbuckling adventures of Edmond Dantes, a dashing young sailor...

The Three Musketeers

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:46:43 PDT

El Cid

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:46:43 PDT

This is the first version of El Cid for children, retold in a vivid and poetic style by the award-winning author, Geraldine McCaughrean. Don Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar--El...

The Iron Ring

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:46:43 PDT

When Tamar, the young king of Sundari, loses a dice game, he loses everything--his kingdom, its riches, and even the right to call his life his own. His bondage is...

The Mabino (Oxford World's Classics)

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:46:43 PDT

Celtic mythology, Arthurian romance, and an intriguing interpretation of British history--these are just some of the themes embraced by the anonymous authors of the...

One Thousand and One Arabian Nights (Oxford Illustrated Classics)

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:46:43 PDT

King Shahryar kills a new wife every night, because he is afraid she will stop loving him. But his new bride Shahrazad has a clever plan to save herself. Her nightly...

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Unabridged Classics)

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:46:43 PDT

Who could forget the pranks, the adventures, the sheer fun of Tom Sawyer? It’s something every child should experience and every child will love. From Tom’s sly trickery...

Heidi (Unabridged Classics)

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:46:43 PDT

What happens when a little orphan girl is forced to live with her cold and frightening grandfather? The heartwarming answer has engaged children for more than a century,...

Watership Down (Scribner Classics)

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:46:43 PDT

Watership Down has been a staple of high-school English classes for years. Despite the fact that it's often a hard sell at first (what teenager wouldn't cringe at the...

The Adventures of Pippi Longstocking

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:46:43 PDT

Pippi is an irrepressible, irreverent, and irrefutably delightful nine-year-old girl who lives alone (with a monkey) in her wacky house, Villa Villekulla. When she's...

The Hobbit: 70th Anniversary Edition

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:46:43 PDT

A new edition of The Hobbit with a short introduction by Christopher Tolkien, a reset text incorporating the most up-to-date corrections, and all of Tolkien's own...

Louisa May Alcott: Little Women, Little Men, Jo's Boys: Little Women, Little...

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:46:43 PDT

The High King (The Chronicles of Prydain)

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:46:43 PDT

Since The Book of Three was first published in 1964, young readers have been enthralled by the adventures of Taran the Assistant Pig-keeper and his quest to become a...

Taran Wanderer (The Chronicles of Prydain)

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:46:43 PDT

Since The Book of Three was first published in 1964, young readers have been enthralled by the adventures of Taran the Assistant Pig-keeper and his quest to become a...

The Castle of Llyr (The Chronicles of Prydain)

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:46:43 PDT

Since The Book of Three was first published in 1964, young readers have been enthralled by the adventures of Taran the Assistant Pig-keeper and his quest to become a...

The B Cauldron (The Chronicles of Prydain #2)

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:46:43 PDT

Since The Book of Three was first published in 1964, young readers have been enthralled by the adventures of Taran the Assistant Pig-keeper and his quest to become a...

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Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:08:04 PDT

by C. S. Lewis (Author) "This is the story of an adventure that happened in Narnia and Calormen and the lands between, in the Golden Age when Peter was High..." (more)...

The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:04:11 PDT

by Joel Chandler Harris (Author), Richard Chase (Compiler) "ONE EVENING recently, the lady whom Uncle Remus calls "Miss Sally" missed her little seven-year-old boy..."...

Annie and the Wild Animals

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:02:24 PDT

Amazon.com: Annie and the Wild Animals: Jan Brett: Books

Jan Brett's Christmas Treasury (Hardcover)

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:00:41 PDT

by Jan Brett (Illustrator) "Once there was a boy named Nicki who wanted his new mittens made from wool as white as snow..." (more) Key Phrases: Mount Baldy, Christmas Eve...

Jan Brett's Little Library

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:59:08 PDT

Amazon.com: Jan Brett's Little Library: Jan Brett: Books

Pooh Library original 4-volume set (Pooh Original Edition)

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:55:58 PDT

Amazon.com: Pooh Library original 4-volume set (Pooh Original Edition): A. A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard: Books

Little Women (Unabridged Classics)

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:54:02 PDT

Amazon.com: Little Women (Unabridged Classics): Louisa May Alcott, Scott McKowen: Books

The Spiritual Tasks of the Homemaker

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:05:43 PDT

* Paperback: 48 pages * Publisher: Temple Lodge Publishing (November 1998) * Language: English * ISBN-10: 0904693848 * ISBN-13: 978-0904693843 * Product Dimensions: 8.2 x...

Homemaking As a Social Art: Creating a Home for Body, Soul & Spirit

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:04:47 PDT

* Paperback: 224 pages * Publisher: Rudolf Steiner Press (April 1, 2001) * Language: English * ISBN-10: 1855840685 * ISBN-13: 978-1855840683 * Product Dimensions: 8.3 x...