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Hungry Hyena

2004
Presents a short fable for early readers about how the hyena came to slink about on the African plain.

A dangerous fortune

1994
Set in Victorian England, the story portrays a family splintered by lust yet bound inexorably by a shared legacy; and brings us men and women swept toward a perilous climax where greed, fed by the shocking truth of a boy's death, must be stopped--or not just one man's dreams, but those of a nation, will die.

King Lear

1994
Presents the text of Shakespeare's drama in which King Lear foolishly disinherits his favorite daughter when she speaks out against him and splits his kingdom between his other two daughters who are secretly plotting against him. Includes explanatory footnotes.

Little Miss Greedy

2010
After eating a very large breakfast, Little Miss Greedy goes to her cousin's to celebrate his birthday and brings him a nice surprise.

William Shakespeare's King Lear

a graphic novel
2007
A graphic novel adaptation of William Shakespeare's play "King Lear", in which a king tries to divide his kingdom among his three daughters.

The meteor hunt =

La chasse au m?t?ore : the first English translation of Verne's original manuscript
2006
An English translation of Jules Verne's satirical and visionary novel in which a meteor of pure gold careens toward the earth, generating competitive greed among astronomers and chaos among nations obsessed with its trajectory.

The happy troll

2005
Gus, a troll who loves to sing, makes everyone happy with his songs until his desire for gold becomes so strong that he no longer has time to use his beautiful voice.

The great white man-eating shark

a cautionary tale
1989
Greedy to have the cove where he swims all to himself, Norvin, who looks a bit like a shark, pretends to be one, scaring off the other swimmers and leaving him in happy aquatic solitude--until he is discovered by an amorous female shark.

Playhouse

2002
Rene asks her father and mother to build her a playhouse, a play barn, a play cow, and more, until finally her parents decide that they'd like to have a play Rene.

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