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  2. The Wonderful Toymaker - Wikipedia

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    The tale of "The Wonderful Toymaker" begins with a spoiled princess named Petulant, an eight-year-old girl who cannot be pleased at any cost. Her father, the King, gathers his council together to help find a toy for the Princess that will surpass all others. The Prime Minister volunteers his son Martin to find the princess a special toy.

  3. List of fictional feral children - Wikipedia

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    In the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 1998 episode "Time's Orphan", an eight-year-old child of a couple in the crew of the ship falls through a time portal from which she emerges ten years older having experienced a decade in solitary existence. She was wild and uncontrollable, needing institutional care, so her parents returned her to the void she ...

  4. The Langs' Fairy Books - Wikipedia

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    The Langs' Fairy Books are a series of 25 collections of true and fictional stories for children published between 1889 and 1913 by Andrew Lang and his wife, Leonora Blanche Alleyne. The best known books of the series are the 12 collections of fairy tales also known as Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's Fairy Books of Many ...

  5. Talking animals in fiction - Wikipedia

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    Talking animals are a common element in mythology and folk tales, children's literature, and modern comic books and animated cartoons. Fictional talking animals often are anthropomorphic, possessing human-like qualities (such as bipedal walking, wearing clothes, and living in houses). Whether they are realistic animals or fantastical ones ...

  6. List of children's classic books - Wikipedia

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    Year published References The Swiss Family Robinson: Johann David Wyss: 1812-3 [1] Grimm's Fairy Tales: Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm: 1823 (English) [3] [20] A Visit From St. Nicholas: Clement Clarke Moore: 1823 [3] Tales of Peter Parley About America: Peter Parley (pseudonym) 1827 [3] The Three Musketeers: Alexandre Dumas, père: 1844: Fairy Tales ...

  7. Children's literature - Wikipedia

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    The competition is the only pan-African writing competition that recognizes promising African writers of children's literature. Every year, the competition invites entries of unpublished African-inspired stories written for an audience of 8- to 11-year-olds (Category A) or 12- to 15-year-olds (Category B).

  8. Hans My Hedgehog - Wikipedia

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    The tale was translated as Jack My Hedgehog by Andrew Lang and published in The Green Fairy Book. [1] It is of Aarne-Thompson type 441. [5] [6] The tale follows the events in the life of a diminutive half-hedgehog, half-human being named Hans, who eventually sheds his animal skin and turns wholly human after winning a princess.

  9. The Land of Stories - Wikipedia

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    The Land of Stories is a series of children's fiction, adventure, and fantasy books written by American author, actor, and singer Chris Colfer.The first book, The Wishing Spell, was released on July 17, 2012, with the sixth and final book published in July 2017.