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M is For Mischief: An a to Z of Naughty Children
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By Linda Ashman and Nancy Carpenter (illustrator)
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School and Library:

9780525475644 | Dutton Childrens Books, July 3, 2008, cover price $16.99

Masai and I
Linda, a little girl who lives in the city, learns about East Africa and the Masai in school, and imagines what her life might be like if she were Masai.
By Nancy Carpenter (illustrator)
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Paperback:

9780689804540 | Reprint edition (Aladdin Paperbacks, January 1, 1997), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: A young girl learns about East Africa and the Masai people and begins to wonder what her life would be like if she were Masai

School and Library:

9780027511659 | Simon & Schuster, September 1, 1992, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: A young girl learns about East Africa and the Masai people and begins to wonder what her life would be like if she were Masai

Reinforced:

9780606116015 | Reprint edition (Demco Media, January 1, 1997), cover price $15.85 | About this edition: A young girl learns about East Africa and the Masai people and begins to wonder what her life would be like if she were Masai

Members of the Club: Members of the C.L.U.B Ernestine and Amanda
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For Ernestine and Amanda, the sixth grade brings dance classes, pajama parties, the arrival of the 'cutest boy on the planet,' new friends, and the formation of Amanda's exclusive club, C.L.U.B.--an organization that excludes Ernestine from membership.
By Sandra Belton and Nancy Carpenter (illustrator)
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School and Library:

9780689816116 | Simon & Schuster, November 1, 1997, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Amanda forms a club for the girls in her class, excluding Ernestine, who is busy preparing a speech

My Uncle Emily
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By Nancy Carpenter (illustrator)
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School and Library:

9780399240058 | Philomel Books, May 14, 2009, cover price $17.99

Only a Star
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A poem describing the star that was present at the first Christmas
By Nancy Carpenter (illustrator) and Margery Facklam
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Paperback:

9780802851741 | Eerdmans Pub Co, August 1, 1999, cover price $8.00 | About this edition: A poem describing the star that was present at the first Christmas

School and Library:

9780802851222 | Eerdmans Pub Co, December 1, 1996, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: A poem describing the star that was present at the first Christmas

Our Mountain
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Two brothers living in the mountains of West Virginia describe their family, home, and favorite pastimes.
By Corey Allder, Jimmy Allder, Nancy Caroenter (illustrator), Nancy Carpenter (illustrator) and Ellen Harvey Showell
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School and Library:

9780027825510 | Simon & Schuster, April 1, 1991, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Ten-year-old Jimmy narrates stories describing life with his family on a mountain in rural West Virginia, discussing the state fair, an encounter with a bear, and a haunted house

El Perro De Ernesto
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A boy overcomes his fear of Lester's fierce dog when he has to protect an abandoned kitten.
By Nancy Carpenter (illustrator) and Karen Hesse
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Paperback:

9780153069826 | Harcourt School, June 1, 1997, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: A boy overcomes his fear of Ernesto's fierce dog when he has to protect an abandoned kitten.

A Picnic in October
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Tony doesn't want to go visit the Statue of Liberty because it is too far away, but after helping a woman who can't speak English, he begins to realize the Statue's significance. Reprint.
By Eve Bunting and Nancy Carpenter (illustrator)
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Paperback:

9780152050658 | Reprint edition (Houghton Mifflin, September 1, 2004), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: A boy finally comes to understand why his grandmother insists that the family come to Ellis Island each year to celebrate Lady Liberty's birthday.

School and Library:

9780152016562 | Harcourt Childrens Books, September 20, 1999, cover price $17.00 | About this edition: A boy finally comes to understand why his grandmother insists that the family come to Ellis Island each year to celebrate Lady Liberty's birthday

Library:

9780739813676 | Heinemann/Raintree, November 1, 1999, cover price $24.26 | About this edition: A boy finally comes to understand why his grandmother insists that the family come to Ellis Island each year to celebrate Lady Liberty's birthday

Queen Victoria's Bathing Machine
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By Nancy Carpenter (illustrator)
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School and Library:

9781416927532 | Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman, May 6, 2014, cover price $17.99

Riding With Aunt Lucy
With school out for the summer, Walter and his friend Leonard accompany Walter's Aunt Lucy on her exploring trips, and on one such trip, they meet Aunt Lucy's friend, Edgar, a big pig
By Nancy Carpenter (illustrator) and Sharon Phillips Denslow
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School and Library:

9780027286861 | Simon & Schuster, August 1, 1991, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: On drives with his friend Leonard's great-aunt, Walter never knows what the trio will discover.

A Sister's Wish
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Surrounded by a full brother, a stepbrother, and a half brother, a young girl wishes for a sister with whom she can share her secrets and dreams, until she learns that brothers can be nice to have, sometimes.
By Nancy Carpenter (illustrator) and Kate Jacobs
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Library:

9780786821129 | Hyperion, April 1, 1996, cover price $15.49 | About this edition: A little girl with six brothers (including half and step) longs for a sister--though there are times when things really aren't so bad after all

Sitti's Secrets
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When Mona, a young Arab-American girl, journeys with her father to the Middle East to meet her grandmother, she discovers that they share the universal bonds of family love
By Nancy Carpenter (illustrator) and Naomi Shihab Nye
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Prebinding:

9780613058780 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $18.40 | About this edition: A young girl describes a visit to see her grandmother in a Palestinian village on the West Bank.

Sitti's Secrets
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When Mona, a young Arab-American girl, journeys with her father to the Middle East to meet her grandmother, she discovers that they share the universal bonds of family love
By Nancy Carpenter (illustrator) and Naomi Shihab Nye
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Paperback:

9780689817069 | Reprint edition (Aladdin Paperbacks, October 1, 1997), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: A young girl describes a visit to see her grandmother in a Palestinian village on the West Bank.

School and Library:

9780027684605 | Simon & Schuster, March 1, 1994, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: A young girl describes a visit to see her grandmother in a Palestinian village on the West Bank.

Someone's Come to Our House
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The members of a family celebrate the arrival of a new baby.
By Kathi Appelt and Nancy Carpenter (illustrator)
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Hardcover:

9780802851444 | Eerdmans Pub Co, August 1, 1999, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: The members of a family celebrate the arrival of a new baby.

Treasure in the Stream: The Story of a Gold Rush Girl
The lives of ten-year-old Amy and the members of her farming family are changed forever when gold is discovered on Mr. Sutter's land.
By Carey-Greenberg Associates (corporate author), Nancy Carpenter (illustrator), Dorothy Hoobler and Thomas Hoobler
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Hardcover:

9780382241512 | Silver Burdett Pr, September 1, 1991, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Ten-year-old Amy and her family's lives are changed forever when gold is discovered on Mr.

Paperback:

9780382243462 | Silver Burdett Pr, May 1, 1993, cover price $7.00 | About this edition: Ten-year-old Amy and her family's lives are changed forever when gold is discovered on Mr.

Library:

9780382241444 | Silver Burdett Pr, September 1, 1991, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Ten-year-old Amy and her family's lives are changed forever when gold is discovered on Mr.

The Tree That Came to Stay
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In this warm Christmas story for the entire family, readers participate in the excitement and anticipation of trimming the Christmas tree and waking the next morning to find presents underneath it.
By Nancy Carpenter (illustrator) and Anna Quindlen
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Hardcover:

9780670877041 | Viking Childrens Books, October 1, 1997, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: A family finds a way to preserve the feeling of Christmas into the new year by filling a basket with the pine needles from the Christmas tree
9780517581452 | Crown Pub, September 1, 1992, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: A family finds a way to preserve the feeling of Christmas into the new year by filling a basket with the pine needles from the Christmas tree

Twenty Things I'm Not Allowed to Do Anymore
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A youngster lists twenty ideas that did not turn out well, each of which led to something being forbidden forever more, as when the idea of freezing a dead fly in the ice cube tray led to a ban on making ice.
By Nancy Carpenter (illustrator) and Jenny Offill
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Hardcover:

9780689851582 | Atheneum, November 1, 2006, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: A youngster lists twenty ideas that did not turn out well, each of which led to something being forbidden forever more, as when the idea of freezing a dead fly in the ice cube tray led to a ban on making ice.

Twinnies
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A little girl gradually becomes reconciled to her new twin sisters.
By Eve Bunting and Nancy Carpenter (illustrator)
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Paperback:

9780152024017 | Reprint edition (Houghton Mifflin, May 1, 2001), cover price $6.00 | About this edition: A little girl gradually becomes reconciled to her new twin sisters.

School and Library:

9780152915926 | Harcourt Childrens Books, September 1, 1997, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: A little girl gradually becomes reconciled to her new twin sisters

Reinforced:

9780606214971 | Demco Media, February 1, 2002, cover price $14.71 | About this edition: A little girl gradually becomes reconciled to her new twin sisters.

Prebinding:

9780613355889 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 2001, cover price $14.45 | About this edition: A little girl gradually becomes reconciled to her new twin sisters.

Twister
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Two children experience a tornado.
By Nancy Carpenter (illustrator)
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Hardcover:

9780070579156, titled "American Society and Politics: Institutional, Historical, and Theoretical Perspectives : A Reader" | McGraw-Hill College, September 1, 1994, cover price $70.30 | also contains American Society and Politics: Institutional, Historical, and Theoretical Perspectives : A Reader

Paperback:

9780374480141 | Reprint edition (Square Fish, March 24, 2003), cover price $8.99 | About this edition: Two children experience a tornado.

School and Library:

9780374379773 | 1 edition (Farrar Straus & Giroux, March 10, 1999), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Two children experience a tornado

Reinforced:

9780606280112 | Demco Media, April 1, 2002, cover price $14.70 | also contains Twister | About this edition: Two children experience a tornado.

Prebinding:

9781439585016 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, April 9, 2009), cover price $15.95

Washing the Willow Tree Loon
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When an oil spill occurs at Turtle Bay, a group of bird-lovers--including a baker, a barber, a doctor, an artist, and a housepainter--rescue a oil-matted loon and care for her at a birdwashing station before returning her to the wild.
By Nancy Carpenter (illustrator) and Jacqueline Breiggs Martin
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School and Library:

9780689804151 | Simon & Schuster, October 1, 1995, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Tells the story of a loon who is rescued from an oil spill, cleaned, and cared for before being returned to the wild, and includes information on cleaning birds

Washing the Willow Tree Loon
A loon is rescued from an oil spill, cleaned, and cared for before being returned to the wild. Includes information on cleaning birds.
By Nancy Carpenter (illustrator) and Jacqueline Briggs Martin
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Hardcover:

9780027624427 | Simon & Schuster, June 1, 1995, cover price N/A
| About this edition: A loon is rescued from an oil spill, cleaned, and cared for before being returned to the wild.

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