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Harvard Book Store's collection of the best books of 2003 --
all discounted 20% for the holiday season.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by Robert Sabuda
Simon and Schuster
$24.95 / $19.96

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is Robert Sabuda's most amazing creation ever, featuring stunning pop-ups illustrated in John Tenniel's classic style. The text is faithful to Lewis Carroll's original story, and special effects like a Victorian peep show, multifaceted foil, and tactile elements make this a pop-up to read and admire again and again.

Brundibar
by Tony Kushner
Hyperion
$19.95 / $15.96

Brundibar is based on a Czech opera for children that was performed thirty-five times by the children of Terezin, a Nazi concentration camp. Created in collaboration with Pulitzer Prize winner Tony Kushner, it is one of the landmark books of Sendak's illustrious career.

Inkheart
by Cornelia Funke
Chicken House/Scholastic
$19.95 / $15.96

One day a mysterious stranger arrives who seems linked to Meggie's father's past. Suddenly Meggie is involved in a breathless game of escape and intrigue as her father's life is put in danger. Will she be able to save him in time?

Little Bear's Little Boat
by Eve Bunting and Nancy Carpenter
Houghton Mifflin
$12.00 / $9.60

Little Bear loves his little boat. He rows it around Huckleberry Lake, fishing and dreaming. But then Little Bear begins to grow and grow, until one day he doesn't fit in the boat anymore! Every child who outgrows something he or she loves will appreciate Little Bear's predicament. This simple tale, with its delightful pictures, is a perfect example of what a picturebook should be.

The Amulet of Samarkand: Book I of the Bartimaeus Trilogy
by Jonathan Stroud
Hyperion
$17.95 / $14.36

Presenting a thrilling new voice in children's literature-a witty, gripping adventure story featuring a boy and his not-so-tame djinni. Set in a modern-day London spiced with magicians and mayhem, this extraordinary, funny, pitch-perfect thriller will dazzle the myriad fans of Artemis Fowl and the His Dark Materials trilogy.

Mosque
by David Macaulay

$18.00 / $14.40

An author and artist who has continually stripped away the mystique of architectural structures that have long fascinated modern people, Macaulay here reveals the methods and materials used to design and construct a mosque in late 16th century Turkey.

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The River Between Us
by Richard Peck
Dial Books
$16.99 / $13.59

Richard Peck is a master of stories about people in transition, but perhaps never before has he told a tale of such dramatic change as this one, set during the first year of the Civil War. Within a page-turning tale of mystery, adventure, and the civilian Civil War experience, Richard Peck has spun a breathtaking portrait of the lifelong impact that one person can have on another.

The Tree of Life: Charles Darwin
by Peter Sis
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
$18.00 / $14.40

In this brilliant presentation of a revolutionary thinker's life, the picture book becomes an art form."A sophisticated interpretation that will have rapt admirers, including many adults."-Booklist

Olivia...and the Missing Toy
by Ian Falconer
Simon and Schuster
$16.95 / $13.56

This book gets everything right;the story is simple yet compelling, and Falconer's art is as imaginative and inventive as ever... As the most successful picture books do, this works on several levels: it's great for young listeners, who will respond to the action and the art, and for adults, who will smile with recognition at lively Olivia. -Booklist

The Stories of Hans Christian Andersen
translated by Diana Frank and Jeffrey Frank
Houghton Mifflin
$27.00 / $21.60

While Hans Christian Andersen's tales continue to seize the imagination with their singular blend of simplicity, eccentricity, and charm, readers have had to content themselves with inaccurate retellings and inadequate translations. Now Diana Crone Frank, a Danish novelist and linguist, and Jeffrey Frank, a novelist and editor at The New Yorker, offer a much-needed modern translation. Illustrated with the delicate and beautiful drawings that accompanied the original Danish publication.

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