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    By Morris Gleitzman, Morris Gleitzman
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    Just Crazy!
    Just Crazy!
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    Just Tricking!
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    Charlie and the Christmas Factory
    Charlie and the Christmas Factory
    By Roald Dahl
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    TIME MACHINE & OTHER STORIES
    TIME MACHINE & OTHER STORIES
    By Melinda Szymanik
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    Treehouse Tales
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    Stories for 8 Year Olds
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    365 Bedtime Stories
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    Five-Minute Stories
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    The Puffin Book of Stories for Eight-year-olds
    The Puffin Book of Stories for Eight-year-olds
    By Wendy Cooling
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