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When Jimmy's mother won't let him have any moon pies for a snack, he takes a trip to the moon to get some.

A young boy manages to get his busy father's attention with the help of a special imaginary friend.
 
Book-loving Kenny the rabbit has few friends in his farming community, so when one, bookstore owner George, is sent to kill another, gentle dragon Grahame, Kenny must find a way to prevent their battle while satisfying the dragon-crazed townspeople.
 
An illustrated version of the well-known poem about a wily spider who preys on the vanity and innocence of a little fly.
 
Living in isolation with a robot on what appears to be an alien world populated with bizarre life forms, a twelve-year-old human girl called Eva Nine sets out on a journey to find others like her. 
 
 Raised underground by a robot, twelve-year-old Eva Nine finally finds all she ever wanted in the human colony of New Attica, but something very bad is going on there and unless Eva and her friends stop it, it could mean the end of life on Orbona.
 
Spiderwick Chronicles
When the Grace children go to stay at their Great Aunt Lucinda's worn Victorian house, they discover a field guide to fairies and other creatures and begin to have some unusual experiences.
 
When Mallory and Jared attempt to rescue Simon from goblins, they use a magical stone which enables them to see things that are normally invisible.
 
With goblins, trolls, and the house boggart all trying to get them, the Grace children turn to Great Aunt Lucinda for help.
 
After Mallory is kidnapped at her fencing meet, Jared and Simon search for her near an old quarry and find themselves amidst dwarves and goblins.
 
The last and final book in the Spiderwick chronicles series witnesses the Grace children attempting to rescue their mother from the evil ogre, Mulgarath, while fending off goblins and receiving a little help from a griffin and Arthur Spiderwick himself.

Introduces the world of sprites and fairies through a review of their characteristics, mannerisms, lifestyle, habits, different names, and unique appearances.
 
  Meet the boggarts, changelings, pixies, goblins and other creatures of Arthur Spiderwick's magical, fantastical world.

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