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Sunday, February 1, 2015

Five Children and It





•1902 by Edith Nesbit
•Fantasy book that expanded into a trilogy
•Has never been out of print since its initial publication
•Direct influence on P. L. Travers, Edward Eager, Diana Wynne Jones, C. S. Lewis, and J. K. Rowling




Don Quixote de la Mancha




Published in 2 volumes in 1605 and 1615
Most influential book in the Spanish literary canon
Influenced such works as The Three Musketeers and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn