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When Wobble cannot ride the thin, slippery handle of Maggie's new broom, she must make an ingenious substitution

Library:

9780688316211 | William Morrow & Co, June 1, 1958, cover price $14.93 | About this edition: When Wobble cannot ride the thin, slippery handle of Maggie's new broom, she must make an ingenious substitution

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Katie John and her family move into an inherited house in order to sell it, but find they don't want to part with it.

Library:

9780060209513 | Harpercollins, June 1, 1960, cover price $16.89 | About this edition: At first Katie lacks enthusiasm for her summer in Missouri, but by the close of the vacation her attitudes change

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An enchanting tale of an impoverished Irishman, the leprechaun he captured and their discovery of the potato

Library:

9780688317133 | William Morrow & Co, June 1, 1962, cover price $15.93 | About this edition: An enchanting tale of an impoverished Irishman, the leprechaun he captured and their discovery of the potato

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The predictions of a fortune teller come true for eleven-year-old Katie John.

Library:

9780060209360 | Harpercollins, June 1, 1963, cover price $12.89 | About this edition: Relates the adventures of a young girl as she becomes a teen-ager

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When a gold cat is born wicked Sizzle's problems begin and continue until she is affected by her own love potion

Library:

9780688317621 | William Morrow & Co, June 1, 1964, cover price $15.93 | About this edition: After one of her black cats has a yellow kitten, a wicked old witch turns into a loving and good one.

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Pete, the mule driver, attempts to lasso a runaway camel on the Texas prairie
By Mary Calhoun and Herman B. Vestal (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780811642507 | Garrard Pub Co, June 1, 1971, cover price $8.22 | About this edition: A fictionalized account of the United States Army's efforts to utilize camels in the Southwest Territory in 1857.

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Old Man Whickutt pleases nobody when he tries to get a donkey, a boy, and a sack of corn to the mill

Hardcover:

9780819307873, titled "Old Man Whickutt's Donkey" | Atheneum, March 1, 1975, cover price $6.50 | About this edition: In this retelling of La Fontaine's fable, a man, a boy, and a donkey, enroute to the miller with a sack of corn, are criticized by their neighbors no matter who walks and who rides.

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Curious to see where the flood is going, an old woman packs her broom and pig into her boat and sets out to follow it.

School and Library:

9780819308368 | Atheneum, August 1, 1976, cover price $6.50 | About this edition: Curious to see where a sudden flood is going, an old woman packs her broom and pig into her boat and sets out to follow it

Describes the medicine shows that not only sold cure-all medicines but also provided entertainment to small towns from mid-nineteenth century to mid-twentieth century.

Library:

9780060209308 | Harpercollins, November 1, 1976, cover price $10.89 | About this edition: An account of the organization, itineraries, concocted goods, and staged entertainments and come-ons of American medicine shows of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

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An adaptation of a Cornish folktale that tells of the misfortunes that befall a man who tries to outwit a woman thought to be a witch.

Hardcover:

9780688220921 | William Morrow & Co, March 1, 1977, cover price $7.75 | About this edition: An adaptation of a Cornish folktale that tells of the misfortunes that befall a man who tries to outwit a woman thought to be a witch.

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Jack's reputation for wisdom grows as he helps the foolish folk of Cornwall.
By Mary Calhoun and Lady McCrady (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780688221324 | William Morrow & Co, March 1, 1978, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Jack's reputation for wisdom grows as he helps the foolish folk of Cornwall.

A witch is convinced that no cat could take the place of her lost black cat Shadow, until she is pursued by a small striped kitten.

Library:

9780060209476 | Harpercollins, August 1, 1979, cover price $12.89 | About this edition: A witch is convinced that no cat can take the place of her lost black cat Shadow until she is pursued by a small striped kitten

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Katie John's imagination and emotions are stirred after reading Wuthering Heights but she finds herself more involved with the adventurous and practical Edwin than with dark, handsome Jason Schreiber, the more logical Heathcliff

Library:

9780060209322 | Harpercollins, October 1, 1980, cover price $13.89 | About this edition: Former boy-hater Katie John falls in love for the first time.

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Hilda the Huntress is an accidentprone cat who is better at bird watching than bird catching

Hardcover:

9780688222536 | William Morrow & Co, April 1, 1981, cover price $11.75 | About this edition: Hilda the Huntress decides she's better at bird watching than bird catching.

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When the city council tells old Miss Henshaw to get rid of her many cats, young Sarah Rutledge tries to find a home for each one.

Paperback:

9780786816927 | Hyperion, April 1, 2002, cover price $4.99 | About this edition: When the city council tells old Miss Henshaw to get rid of her many cats, young Sarah Rutledge tries to find a home for each one.
9780671420642 | Simon Pulse, June 1, 1981, cover price $1.95 | About this edition: the lady who had 30 cats and sarah became her friend.

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Unable to ignore frightening television shows, Andy is convinced that Bigfoot, the Great North Woods man-beast, is lurking around his house
By Mary Calhoun and Leslie H. Morrill (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780688011673 | William Morrow & Co, April 1, 1982, cover price $10.25 | About this edition: After finding giant footprints in the snow, Andy is sure that Bigfoot is stalking his house.

Named for his shoe size, Big Sixteen, a slave, gets into trouble when his owner asks him to bring back the devil

Library:

9780688023515 | William Morrow & Co, August 1, 1983, cover price $10.88 | About this edition: Big Sixteen's extra size and strength get him into trouble when The Old Man asks him to fetch the devil.

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Henry, the sassy, adventuresome Siamese cat, sets out to conquer the air in an exciting hot-air balloon flight over the countryside

Hardcover:

9780688005016 | William Morrow & Co, October 1, 1981, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: A sassy Siamese cat stows away on a hot air balloon and ends up taking a fur-raising flight across the mountains.

Paperback:

9780807260371 | Pap/cas edition (Listening Library, September 1, 1992), cover price $17.00 | About this edition: When that sassy Siamese Henry stows away in a hot-air balloon and goes aloft alone, it is a fur-raising flight indeed.
9780688040680, titled "Hot-Air Henry" | Reprint edition (Harpercollins Childrens Books, August 1, 1984), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: A Siamese cat stows away on a hot-air balloon and ends up taking a fur-raising flight across the mountains.

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780807260388, titled "Hot-Air Henry" | Cas/bklt edition (Listening Library, September 1, 1992), cover price $15.98 | About this edition: A sassy Siamese cat stows away on a hot air balloon and ends up taking a fur-raising flight across the mountains.

Library:

9780688005023 | William Morrow & Co, October 1, 1981, cover price $15.93 | About this edition: A sassy Siamese cat stows away on a hot air balloon and ends up taking a fur-raising flight across the mountains.

Reinforced:

9780606024877 | Demco Media, August 1, 1984, cover price $15.81 | About this edition: A Siamese cat stows away on a hot-air balloon and ends up taking a fur-raising flight across the mountains.

Prebinding:

9780808534235 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $17.20 | About this edition: A Siamese cat stows away on a hot-air balloon and ends up taking a fur-raising flight across the mountains.

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Product Description: When he becomes lost in the mountains, a cat with the unusual ability of walking on two legs finds his way home on cross-country skis.

Paperback:

9780807260258 | Pap/cas edition (Listening Library, October 1, 1990), cover price $17.00 | About this edition: When he becomes lost in the mountains, a cat with the unusual ability of walking on two legs finds his way home on cross-country skis.

Reinforced:

9780606024785 | Demco Media, September 1, 1986, cover price $14.70 | About this edition: A sassy Siamese cat, stranded among snow-covered mountains, proves equal to the challenges of cross-country skiing when it becomes his only way out of the mountains

Mad at the wind for blowing everything away, Jack tries a succession of ways to stop it

Hardcover:

9780688061371 | William Morrow & Co, March 1, 1987, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Mad at the wind for blowing everything away, Jack tries a succession of ways to stop it

Library:

9780688061388 | William Morrow & Co, March 1, 1987, cover price $13.88 | About this edition: Mad at the wind for blowing everything away, Jack tries a succession of ways to stop it

Paperback:

9780064400299 | Reprint edition (Trophy Pr, December 1, 1989), cover price $3.95

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When her only friend in a new town, a perfect climbing tree, is threatened by plans for a parking lot, Julie sets out to fight City Hall and gains the acceptance of other people in town

Paperback:

9780064402477 | Trophy Pr, January 1, 1990, cover price $3.50 | About this edition: After the death of her mother, Julie leaves her grandmother's home to join her father in a new town where she must adjust to new friends and tries to save a tree threatened by a new parking lot.

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Henry the Siamese cat vies to capture the attention his owners are giving the new puppy, but they do not notice until Henry shows them that he can be a hero

Hardcover:

9780688089832 | William Morrow & Co, April 1, 1991, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Although Henry the cat learns tightrope walking only to impress the humans in his family, who have stopped paying attention to him because of their new puppy, his skill comes in handy when the puppy gets stranded on a high ledge.

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Mama and Papa explain to their child at bedtime where all the other creatures go to sleep
By Mary Calhoun and Ed Young (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780688082000 | William Morrow & Co, April 1, 1992, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: Mama and Papa explain to their child at bedtime where all the other creatures go to sleep

Library:

9780688082017 | William Morrow & Co, April 1, 1992, cover price $13.93 | About this edition: Mama and Papa explain to their child at bedtime where all the other creatures go to sleep

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Missing the dog he left behind in Mexico, Tonio befriends a stray alley cat named Toughy, who begins to follow Tonio everywhere when the boy starts feeding it and whom Tonio comes to miss terribly when it disappears.
By Mary Calhoun and Ed Martinez (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780688133146 | William Morrow & Co, August 1, 1996, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Toughy, the cat, begins to fill the emptiness which Tonio feels because he had to leave his dog in Mexico

Library:

9780688133153 | William Morrow & Co, August 1, 1996, cover price $15.93 | About this edition: Toughy, the cat, begins to fill the emptiness which Tonio feels because he had to leave his dog in Mexico

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