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Sisters Sarah and Susan look forward to each visit to great-great-aunt Flossie's home, where they delight in listening to their beloved aunt's tales of the days when she was a little girl

Prebinding:

9780613124706 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $18.40 | About this edition: Sara and Susan share tea, cookies, crab cakes, and stories about hats when they visit their favorite relative, Aunt Flossie.

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Sisters Sarah and Susan look forward to each visit to great-great-aunt Flossie's home, where they delight in listening to their beloved aunt's tales of the days when she was a little girl

School and Library:

9780395546826 | Clarion Books, March 1, 1991, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Sara and Susan share tea, cookies, crab cakes, and stories about hats when they visit their favorite relative, Aunt Flossie.

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By James Ransome (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780802723680 | Bloomsbury USA, January 3, 2017, cover price $16.99

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In mourning for his cat, Crabmeat, Bimmi finds a stray cat that he names Kitty-Louise, but he soon realizes that she is not a stray and belongs to someone else on Galveston Island and that he must find her rightful owner.

School and Library:

9780395646526 | Clarion Books, September 1, 1996, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: An eight-year-old Creole boy on Galveston Island grieves the death of his cat Crabmeat, but when another lost cat leads him to a new friend he starts to heal

Old Bonesy, the much-loved dog in the house on Sunbury Road, becomes the special companion to Isabel, a newly adopted girl from El Salvador, helping her learn English and adapt to her new home.
By James Ransome (illustrator) and Michael J. Rosen

School and Library:

9780152098131 | Harcourt Childrens Books, June 1, 1995, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Isabel, an adopted Salvadoran girl, adjusts to her new life in America by befriending the old dog Bonesy, but then she must deal with her grief when he dies

Product Description: The colonial period in America (1607-1763) spanned more than 150 years and brought great changes in the lives of African-American slaves, In the 1600s, slaves could buy their freedom and could even become property owners and slave owners, but as the years passed, such rights were gradually revoked...read more

Hardcover:

9780688102661 | Harpercollins Childrens Books, January 1, 2001, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Discusses the changing roles, rights, and contributions of African Americans in the United States during the colonial period from 1607 to 1763, and includes a chronology of significant events.

Paperback:

9780060585549 | Reprint edition (Amistad Pr, January 1, 2005), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: Discusses the changing roles, rights, and contributions of African-Americans in the United States during the colonial period from 1607 to 1763 and includes a chronology of significant events.

Library:

9780060293611 | Harpercollins, January 1, 2001, cover price $17.89 | About this edition: Discusses the changing roles, rights, and contributions of African Americans in the United States during the colonial period from 1607 to 1763, and includes a chronology of significant events.

Prebinding:

9781417643202 | Turtleback Books, January 1, 2005, cover price $16.75 | About this edition: The colonial period in America (1607-1763) spanned more than 150 years and brought great changes in the lives of African-American slaves, In the 1600s, slaves could buy their freedom and could even become property owners and slave owners, but as the years passed, such rights were gradually revoked.

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Paperback:

9780544555488 | Reprint edition (Houghton Mifflin, September 15, 2015), cover price $6.99

School and Library:

9780618992157 | Clarion Books, October 30, 2012, cover price $17.99

Manda's Aunt Ruby helps her to deal with some angry feelings by making lists of all the things that they like in the world
By Jan Carr and James Ransome (illustrator)

Reinforced:

9780606133142 | Reprint edition (Demco Media, September 1, 1997), cover price $12.37 | About this edition: Manda's Aunt Ruby helps her to deal with some angry feelings by making lists of all the things that they like in the world

Determined to run away from home to Alaska to see his father, who moved there three years earlier, Eli asks three friends to go with him, but when they refuse, he sets out by himself, despite the warnings of his friends about the Swamp Man.

Hardcover:

9780060247225 | Harpercollins Childrens Books, May 1, 1996, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Resentful of his stepfather, eight-year-old Eli runs away with a plan to bike to Alaska to see his father, but a meeting with the mysterious Swamp Man helps him change his mind

Library:

9780060247232 | Harpercollins, May 1, 1996, cover price $13.89 | About this edition: Resentful of his stepfather, eight-year-old Eli runs away with a plan to bike to Alaska to see his father, but a meeting with the mysterious Swamp Man helps him change his mind

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Shows how archaeologists and historians sift through corn cobs and root cellars, study songs and quilts, and use the latest technology to reconstruct the secret Underground Railroad, offering a fresh look at the escape routes used by American slaves. (view table of contents)

Hardcover:

9780812626735 | 1 edition (Cricket Books, April 1, 2003), cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Shows how archaeologists and historians sift through root cellars, study songs and quilts, and use the latest technology to reconstruct the Underground Railroad, offering a look at the escape routes used by American slaves.

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Spellbinding illustrations accompany a moving folktale about freedom as Mama Marina, a conjure woman, concocts a clever scheme to win her daughter and her daughter's lover from slavery.
By William H. Hooks and James Ransome (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780679824381 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, February 1, 1996, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Mama Marina, a slave woman and conjurer in the Old South, casts a spell on her master's grapes as part of her plan to win freedom for her daughter Sheba and the man Sheba loves

Library:

9780679924388 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, January 1, 1996, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: Mama Marina, a slave woman and conjurer in the Old South, casts a spell on her master's grapes as part of her plan to win freedom for her daughter Sheba and the man Sheba loves

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By Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome (illustrator)

School and Library:

9780805079159 | Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, January 10, 2017, cover price $17.99

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When a zookeeper brings a snake on his visit to her school, Ali is fascinated by the reptile, wearing Silvia the snake the rest of the day, but her family and friends are mystified by her ever-growing love of snakes
By Angela Johnson and James Ransome (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780531054918 | Orchard Books, September 1, 1993, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Ali discovers that there is someone else that thinks snakes are beautiful and loves them as much as she does.

School and Library:

9780531086414 | Orchard Books, September 1, 1993, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: Ali discovers that there is someone else that thinks snakes are beautiful and loves them as much as she does.

By James Ransome (illustrator)

Paperback:

9780345339607, titled "The Lure of the Basikisk" | Reissue edition (Ballantine Books, August 1, 1988), cover price $3.95 | also contains The Lure of the Basikisk

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Featuring full-color illustrations, an album designed for African-American grandmothers and grandmothers-to-be allows them to record their reminiscences and reflections, family facts and history, and pass them on to their kin. $30,000 ad/promo.

Hardcover:

9780553067460, titled "Grandmother's Gift of Memories: An African-American Family Keepsake" | Broadway Books, May 1, 1997, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Featuring full-color illustrations, an album designed for African-American grandmothers and grandmothers-to-be allows them to record their reminiscences and reflections, family facts and history, and pass them on to their kin.

By Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780060570743 | Collins, July 1, 2008, cover price $16.99

Library:

9780060570750 | Collins, July 1, 2008, cover price $17.89

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A collection of eight folktales from people in the Deep South includes tales with Cajun, Creole, Native American, and African American descent, as well as English and Scotch-Irish-German traditions. (view table of contents)
By James Ransome (illustrator) and J. J. Reneaux

Hardcover:

9780688162535 | Harpercollins Childrens Books, January 1, 2001, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: A collection of folktales from people in the Deep South including Cajun, Creole, Native Americans, African Americans, those of English as well as Scotch-Irish-German traditions, and others living in Appalachia.

Library:

9780688162542 | Harpercollins, January 1, 2001, cover price $17.89 | About this edition: A collection of folktales from people in the Deep South including Cajun, Creole, Native Americans, African Americans, those of English as well as Scotch-Irish-German traditions, and others living in Appalachia.

When a father and his son cannot sleep because Mama is away, they decide to pass the time exploring the night in what becomes an extraordinarily satisfying expedition
By Lenny Hort and James Ransome (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780688101039 | Tambourine, April 1, 1991, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: One night when Mama is away, Daddy and child seek a good place to count the stars in the night sky.
9780030559860, titled "Deutsche Gegenwart" | Holt Rinehart & Winston, January 1, 1985, cover price $42.95 | also contains Deutsche Gegenwart, How Many Stars in the Sky, How Many Stars in the Sky, How Many Stars in the Sky

Paperback:

9780688152185 | Reprint edition (Harpercollins Childrens Books, January 1, 1997), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: One night when Mama is away, Daddy and child seek a good place to count the stars in the night sky.

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When Janet explores a magical garden, with the help of the hummingbird she has met there, she discovers some of the garden's beautiful surprises. By the author of The Willow Umbrella.
By James Ransome (illustrator) and Christine Widman

School and Library:

9780027927610 | Simon & Schuster, August 1, 1993, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Drawn by the hummingbirds in her neighbor's garden, Jonna comes in for a closer look and makes a new friend

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By James Ransome (illustrator) and Ferida Wolff

Paperback:

9780153519499, titled "It Is the Wind: Harcourt School Publishers Storytown" | Houghton Mifflin School, October 1, 2005, cover price $10.10

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With the moon hanging high in the sky, a young boy listens to the diverse nighttime sounds coming through his window while trying to settle in for a good nightÂ’s rest, in a lyrical bedtime tale with full-color illustrations.
By James Ransome (illustrator) and Ferida Wolff

Hardcover:

9780060281915 | Harpercollins Childrens Books, April 1, 2005, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: At night the sounds of various animals lull a child to sleep.

Library:

9780060281922 | Harpercollins, April 1, 2005, cover price $17.89 | About this edition: At night the sounds of various animals lull a child to sleep.

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Product Description: Filled with new and beloved poems, stories, songs, and more, here is a beautiful collection of prose and verse that celebrates the Christmas season. You'll find the classics here, such as Silent Night, Deck the Halls, and The Twelve Days of Christmas, as well as new stories by the talents of Pam Munoz Ryan, Joseph Bruchac, Katherine Paterson, Nancy Willard, and others...read more
By James Ransome (compiler)

School and Library:

9780805066210 | Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, September 28, 2010, cover price $19.99 | About this edition: Filled with new and beloved poems, stories, songs, and more, here is a beautiful collection of prose and verse that celebrates the Christmas season.

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Donna, the granddaughter of a jukebox man who supplies diners and truck stops all over the state, enjoys listening to the music that plays when she inserts a coin and dancing in the colorful patches of light that appear on the floor.
By Jacqueline K. Ogburn and James Ransome (illustrator)

Library:

9780803714304 | Dial Books for Young Readers, May 1, 1998, cover price $15.89 | About this edition: After watching her grandfather repair broken jukeboxes and change records at diners, restaurants, fish camps, and truck stops, a little girl dances with him to her favorite tune

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By Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome (illustrator)

School and Library:

9780823434282 | Holiday House, February 1, 2016, cover price $16.95

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