Stories, books, magazines, and poems that are primarily written for children

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Capriton tablets.

Smiling black and white youths holding up different childrens' books; a two-sided advertisement for the Macmillan Boleswa AIDS Awareness Programme in KwaZulu-Natal Schools supported by Mazda. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996 (?).

Smiling black and white youths holding up different childrens' books; a two-sided advertisement for the Macmillan Boleswa AIDS Awareness Programme. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996 (?).

Missionary doctors in children's literature : Africa, India and China c.1880 to c.1950 / Nadja van Ginneken.

If all the world were ... / Joseph Coelho ; illustrated by Allison Colpoys.

Encyclopedia for youth; or, an abridgment of all the sciences, for the use of schools of both sexes / Translated from the French, arranged, and compiled by John Joseph Stockdale.

Ollie the octopus and the memory treasures : a story to help kids after loss or bereavement / Dr. Karen Treisman ; illustrated by Sarah Peacock.

Up and down Mum / Summer Maçon.

My friend Daniel doesn't talk / Sharon Longo ; illustrated by Jane Bottomley.

Incredible you / by Hilary Louvar ; illustrated by L.E. Knapp ; art production by Geoff Louvar ; project coordination by Geoff Louvar.

It's a no-money day / Kate Milner.

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Up and down Mum / Summer Maçon.

My friend Daniel doesn't talk / Sharon Longo ; illustrated by Jane Bottomley.

Incredible you / by Hilary Louvar ; illustrated by L.E. Knapp ; art production by Geoff Louvar ; project coordination by Geoff Louvar.

It's a no-money day / Kate Milner.

Ollie the octopus and the memory treasures : a story to help kids after loss or bereavement / Dr. Karen Treisman ; illustrated by Sarah Peacock.