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Bugs: Poems

Humorous poems about ants, cockroaches, spiders, termites, centipedes, and other kinds of 'bugs.'

By Victoria Chess and Mary Ann Hoberman

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School and Library:

9780670194544 | Viking Pr, September 1, 1976, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Humorous drawings illustrate verses expressing common feelings about and depicting the habits of detestable and likable bugs

A Ship in a Storm on the Way to Tarshish

An up-to-date version of Jonah and the whale told in verse.

By Victoria Chess and Norma Farber

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Hardcover:

9780688800963 | William Morrow & Co, October 1, 1977, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: An up-to-date version of Jonah and the whale told in verse.

The Queen of Eene

Humorous verses present Adelaide, who weighs less the more she eats, Aunt Samantha, who chooses a hippo over a hat, and other unusual characters

By Victoria Chess and Jack Prelutsky

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Library:

9780688841447 | Greenwillow, March 1, 1978, cover price $14.93 | About this edition: Fourteen humorous poems including 'Poor Old Penelope,' 'Curious Clyde,' and 'Uncle Bungle.

Alfred's Alphabet Walk

As he encounters animals from A to Z, Alfred learns the letters of the alphabet.

By Victoria Chess

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Hardcover:

9780688842239, titled "Alfred's Alphabet Walk" | Olympic Marketing Corp, October 1, 1979, cover price $2.98 | About this edition: As he encounters animals from A to Z, Alfred learns the letters of the alphabet.

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780807221822, titled "Alfred's Alphabet Walk" | Listening Library, June 1, 1986, cover price $29.98

Taking Care of Melvin

The friends of an ordinarily helpful and generous dog offer to take care of him while he is ill, but soon wish they hadn't.

By Victoria Chess and Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

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9780823403684 | Holiday House, April 1, 1980, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Overly generous, Melvin the dog becomes so overworked doing good deeds for his friends that he is forced to rest in bed--a day that changes his life and that of his friends

Cat and Dog and the Mixed-Up Week

When Cat enters the hospital to have her tonsils removed, Dog must wait a whole week for her return.

By Victoria Chess, Jane Cohen and Elizabeth Miller

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Library:

9780531041239 | Franklin Watts, August 1, 1980, cover price $6.90 | About this edition: Dog plans a surprise party for Cat but gets the days of the week mixed up until the other animals teach him the correct sequence of days

Cat and Dog Take a Trip

Despite the directions they've been given, Cat, Dog, and Squirrel become lost on the way to visit Rabbit in the city.

By Victoria Chess, Jane Cohen and Elizabeth Miller

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9780531035313 | Franklin Watts, August 1, 1980, cover price $2.95 | About this edition: Cat, Dog, and Squirrel learn all about directions--including up, down, botton, top, under, and over--as they try to find Rabbit's home in the city

The Great Frog Swap

Wally and Marvin try a double cross, a triple swap, and even a frognapping in order to win the frog jumping contest

By Victoria Chess and Ron Roy

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Hardcover:

9780394844329 | Random House Childrens Books, February 1, 1981, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Two boys put into effect a guaranteed plan to win a frog-jumping contest, but their complex 'wheeling and dealing' goes against them.

Library:

9780394944326 | Random House Childrens Books, February 1, 1981, cover price $7.99 | About this edition: Two boys put into effect a guaranteed plan to win a frog-jumping contest, but their complex 'wheeling and dealing' goes against them.

Lost in the Store

Bruno, lost in a crowded store, is befriended by intrepid Molly, and they enjoy a whirlwind tour

By Larry Bograd and Victoria Chess (illustrator)

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9780027109801 | Atheneum, October 1, 1981, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Bruno is worried when he becomes separated from his parents in a large department store, until he meets Molly, who shows him the joys of being lost.

Poor Esme

Despondent over her lack of playmates, Esme visits the library to read a book on wishes and receives an unexpected surprise when she wishes for a playmate ten different ways

By Victoria Chess

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9780823404551 | Holiday House, September 1, 1982, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: A lonely little girl wishes for a playmate, and her wish is finally granted in a way she never expected.

Catcards for Christmas: A Purrfectly Wonderful Collection of Christmas Cards

By Victoria Chess

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Paperback:

9780020422402 | Macmillan Pub Co, November 1, 1982, cover price $4.95

Catcards: Purrfect for Every Occasion

By Victoria Chess

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Paperback:

9780020422907 | Macmillan Pub Co, December 1, 1982, cover price $4.95

Once Around the Block

Annie is bored until a walk around the block to visit her neighbors brings several pleasant diversions

By Victoria Chess and Kevin Henkes

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Hardcover:

9780688049546 | William Morrow & Co, April 1, 1987, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Annie is bored until a walk around the block to visit her neighbors brings several pleasant diversions

Library:

9780688049553 | William Morrow & Co, April 1, 1987, cover price $12.88 | About this edition: Annie is bored until a walk around the block to visit her neighbors brings several pleasant diversions

Princess Gorilla and a New Kind of Water: A Mpongwe Tale

King Gorilla decrees that no one may marry his daughter until a suitor strong enough to consume a barrel of strange, intoxicating water is found.

By Verna Aardema and Victoria Chess (contributor)

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Library:

9780803704138 | Dutton Childrens Books, March 1, 1988, cover price $10.89 | About this edition: King Gorilla decrees that no one may marry his daughter until a suitor strong enough to consume a barrel of strange, intoxicating water is found.

A Hippopotamusn't and Other Animal Verses

More than thirty mostly humorous poems about a variety of animals.

By Victoria Chess and J. Patrick Lewis

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Hardcover:

9780803705180 | Penguin USA, April 1, 1990, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: A celebration of all the animals of the animal kingdom--owls, eels, woodpeckers, elephants, slugs, and others--captures the essence of each creature

Library:

9780803705197 | Dial Books for Young Readers, April 1, 1990, cover price $12.89 | About this edition: A celebration of all the animals of the animal kingdom--owls, eels, woodpeckers, elephants, slugs, and others--captures the essence of each creature

Slither McCreep and His Brother, Joe

Young snake Slither McCreep, angry because his brother Joe will not share his toys with him, reacts by breaking them and then feels remorse

By Victoria Chess (illustrator) and Tony Johnston

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Paperback:

9780152013875 | Sandpiper, October 1, 1996, cover price $5.00 | About this edition: Young snake Slither McCreep, angry because his brother Joe will not share his toys with him, reacts by breaking them and then feels remorse

School and Library:

9780152761004 | Harcourt Childrens Books, April 1, 1992, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Young snake Slither McCreep, angry because his brother Joe will not share his toys with him, reacts by breaking them and then feels remorse

Prebinding:

9780613023412 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $13.15 | About this edition: Young snake Slither McCreep, angry because his brother Joe will not share his toys with him, reacts by breaking them and then feels remorse

Grim and Ghastly Goings-On

A collection of twenty-one humorous poems about monsters

By Victoria Chess (illustrator) and Florence Parry Heide

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Hardcover:

9780688083199 | Lothrop Lee & Shepard, August 1, 1992, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: A collection of twenty-one humorous poems about monsters

Library:

9780688083229 | Lothrop Lee & Shepard, August 1, 1992, cover price $14.93 | About this edition: A collection of twenty-one humorous poems about monsters

Ten Sly Piranhas: A Counting Story in Reverse

Rollicking verse and colorful, wickedly funny illustrations follow ten piranhas who steadily consume one another, until the only piranha left learns a lesson about the wages of greed.

By Victoria Chess (illustrator) and William Wise

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Hardcover:

9780803712003 | Dial Books for Young Readers, May 1, 1993, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: A school of ten sly piranhas gradually dwindles as they waylay and eat each other

Library:

9780803712010 | Dial Books for Young Readers, May 1, 1993, cover price $13.89 | About this edition: A school of ten sly piranhas gradually dwindles as they waylay and eat each other

Hippopotamusn't: And Other Animal Poems

More than thirty mostly humorous poems about a variety of animals.

By Victoria Chess (illustrator) and J. Patrick Lewis

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Paperback:

9780140552737, titled "A Hippopotamusn't and Other Animal Poems" | Reprint edition (Puffin, March 1, 1994), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: A celebration of all the animals of the animal kingdom--owls, eels, woodpeckers, elephants, slugs, and others--captures the essence of each creature

Reinforced:

9780606058759, titled "A Hippopotamusn't and Other Animal Poems" | Demco Media, March 1, 1994, cover price $15.09 | About this edition: A celebration of all the animals of the animal kingdom--owls, eels, woodpeckers, elephants, slugs, and others--captures the essence of each creature

Prebinding:

9780785723844, titled "Hippopotamusn't: And Other Animal Poems" | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $15.60 | About this edition: A celebration of all the animals of the animal kingdom--owls, eels, woodpeckers, elephants, slugs, and others--captures the essence of each creature

The Bigness Contest

Beasley, a rather portly hippopotamus, is afraid that he is too huge to be good at anything, until he enters a contest he simply cannot lose.

By Victoria Chess (illustrator) and Florence Parry Heide

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School and Library:

9780316354448 | Little Brown & Co, April 1, 1994, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: A young hippopotamus worries that he is too big to be good at anything, but with the help of Aunt Emerald he learns that 'You can always find something to be good at, you just have to find out what it is.

The Sheriff of Rottenshot: Poems

Humorous poems present numerous unusual characters including Eddie the spaghetti nut, Kermit Keene, and a lady kangaroo

By Victoria Chess (illustrator) and Jack Prelutsky

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Paperback:

9780688136352 | Mulberry Books, September 1, 1994, cover price $4.95 | About this edition: A collection of sixteen humorous poems including 'The Sheriff of Rottenshot,' 'The Soggy Frog,' and 'The Ghostly Grocer of Grumble Grove.

Reinforced:

9780606067355 | Demco Media, September 1, 1994, cover price $12.37 | About this edition: A collection of sixteen humorous poems including 'The Sheriff of Rottenshot,' 'The Soggy Frog,' and 'The Ghostly Grocer of Grumble Grove.

Ridicholas Nicholas: More Animal Poems

A collection of poems about animals, including the owl, hippo, and hornet

By Victoria Chess (illustrator) and J. Patrick Lewis

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Hardcover:

9780803713277 | Dial Books for Young Readers, October 1, 1995, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: A collection of poems about animals, including the owl, hippo, and hornet

Ridiculous Nicholas: More Animal Poems

A collection of thirty-three poems about nature and animals whimsically captures the sly and funny personalities of a parade of delightful creatures, all captured in warmly amusing illustrations.

By Victoria Chess (illustrator) and J. Patrick Lewis

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Library:

9780803713284 | Dial Books for Young Readers, October 1, 1995, cover price $14.89 | About this edition: A collection of poems about animals, including the owl, hippo, and hornet

This for That: A Tonga Tale

Rabbit tricks the other animals of the African plain into giving her food and other treats

By Verna Aardema and Victoria Chess (illustrator)

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Hardcover:

9780803715530 | Dial Books for Young Readers, February 1, 1997, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: Rabbit tricks the other animals of the African plain into giving her food and other treats

Library:

9780803715547 | Dial Books for Young Readers, February 1, 1997, cover price $14.89 | About this edition: Rabbit tricks the other animals of the African plain into giving her food and other treats

Halloween Fun Pack: Creepy Crawly Critters, in a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories, Ghosts!

Product Description: With a trio of bestselling Halloween I Can Read Books--Ghosts! Ghostly Tales from Folklore by Alvin Schwartz, Creepy Crawly Critters and Other Halloween Tongue Twisters by Nola Buck, and In a Dark, Dark, Room and Other Scary Stories by Alvin Schwartz--young ghouls and ghosts are sure to be delighted...read more

By Victoria Chess

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Paperback:

9780694011469 | Trophy Pr, September 1, 1997, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: With a trio of bestselling Halloween I Can Read Books--Ghosts!

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