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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.
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
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.
Hardcover:
9780688133108 | Tambourine, September 1, 1994, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: When she is worried about her runaway cat and her mother's pregnancy, Molly depends on her best friend Claudia more than ever
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.
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
Hardcover:
9780060244095 | Revised edition (Harpercollins Childrens Books, September 1, 1995), cover price $16.99 | About this edition: When a young boy finds his old dog dead one morning, he spends the rest of the day thinking about all the good times they had together
Library:
9780060244125 | Revised edition (Harpercollins, September 1, 1995), cover price $15.89 | About this edition: When a young boy finds his old dog dead one morning, he spends the rest of the day thinking about all the good times they had together
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
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
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
Despite serious obstacles and setbacks, Sarah Jean's Uncle Jed, the only Black barber in the county, pursues his dream of saving enough money to open his own barbershop
Paperback:
9780689819131 | Reprint edition (Aladdin Paperbacks, January 1, 1998), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: Despite serious obstacles and setbacks, Sarah Jean's Uncle Jed, the only Black barber in the county, pursues his dream of saving enough money to open his own barbershop
9780395732465 | Revised edition (Houghton Mifflin School, May 1, 1995), cover price $11.20 | About this edition: Includes the story of Sarah Jean's Uncle Jed, the only black barber in the county who pursues his dream of opening his own barbershop, as well as facts about hairstyle history, children's dreams of starting their own businesses, and a poet's view of dreamers.
School and Library:
9780671769697 | Simon & Schuster, August 1, 1993, cover price $18.99 | About this edition: Despite serious obstacles and setbacks Sarah Jean's Uncle Jed, the only Black barber in the county, pursues his dream of saving enough money to open his own barbershop
Reinforced:
9780606130608 | Reprint edition (Demco Media, January 1, 1998), cover price $15.85 | About this edition: Despite serious obstacles and setbacks, Sarah Jean's Uncle Jed, the only Black barber in the county, pursues his dream of saving enough money to open his own barbershop
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
School and Library:
9780689808562 | Atheneum, September 1, 1998, cover price $27.99 | About this edition: The daughter of a free black man who worked as a blacksmith in Charleston, South Carolina, in the early 1800s recalls the stories from the Bible that her father shared with her, relating them to the experiences of African Americans.
A young boy is sustained by his family as he endures the difficulties of being a slave, but when he finally gains his freedom, his joy is tempered by the death of President Lincoln
Hardcover:
9780688134570, titled "The Wagon" | Tambourine, September 1, 1996, cover price $17.00 | About this edition: A young boy is sustained by his family as he endures the difficulties of being a slave, but when he finally gains his freedom, his joy is tempered by the death of President Lincoln
Library:
9780688135379, titled "The Wagon" | Tambourine, September 1, 1996, cover price $15.89 | About this edition: A young boy is sustained by his family as he endures the difficulties of being a slave, but when he finally gains his freedom, his joy is tempered by the death of President Lincoln
Reinforced:
9780606166775, titled "The Wagon" | Demco Media, April 1, 1999, cover price $13.49 | About this edition: A young boy is sustained by his family as he endures the difficulties of being a slave, but when he finally gains his freedom, his joy is tempered by the death of President Lincoln
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.
School and Library:
9780803716407 | Dial Books for Young Readers, January 1, 2000, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: A childless couple discovers that the two stones they have brought home are actually two bewitched orphans
School and Library:
9780805043785 | Henry Holt & Co, May 1, 2000, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Hattie wonders about the activities of her grandmother Quinnie Blue when she was little.
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.
Paperback:
9780823417650 | Ill edition (Holiday House, September 1, 2002), cover price $8.95 | About this edition: From apples to cows, kettles to scarecrows, an alphabet poem accompanies a description in verse with country images for readers to identify.
School and Library:
9780823414536 | Holiday House, September 1, 2001, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: From apples to cows, kettles to scarecrows, an alphabet poem accompanies a description in verse with country images for readers to identify.
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.
Hardcover:
9780060249298 | Amistad Pr, January 1, 2004, cover price $18.99 | About this edition: A collection of African folktales originating in the storytelling tradition.
School and Library:
9780689831591 | Atheneum, December 30, 2003, cover price $18.99 | About this edition: Introduces the life of the African American bicycle racer who won the 1899 World Championship title.
Miscellaneous:
9780080521190 | Digital Pr, February 1, 2004, cover price $67.95
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