Best Shorts
Favorite Short Stories for Sharing
by Katherine (AFT) Paterson
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Avi's enjoyable short-story selections combine a wonderfully wide variety of genres, including adventure and fantasy, that are intended to be savored alone or read aloud. Whether hilarious, like "The Woman Who Put Salt in Her Coffee," or sad, like "The Dog of Pompeii," these 24 stories are compelling. Includes work by noted children's book authors, among them Richard Peck, Lloyd Alexander, Patricia McKissack, and Robert D. San Souci.
Editions of Best Shorts
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Hardcover |
Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Date 2006 |
Price $8.50 |
 New |
Publisher Notes
Featuring loyal pets, rogue waves, ghosts who use cell phones, and young people caught up in events beyond their control, a collection of short stories is written by some of the most entertaining and esteemed authors of children's literature.
First Line
Welcome to BEST SHORTS: FAVORITE STORIES FOR SHARING, a collection of short stories that have been gathered together for your reading and listening pleasure. We offer no overriding message, theme, or subject, just good short stories, stories that are particularly good to share.
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