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Country Bear borrows all the ingredients for a cake from his neighbor and then gives her the cake as a present.

Hardcover:

9780531057087 | Orchard Books, April 1, 1988, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Country Bear borrows all the ingredients for a cake from his neighbor and then gives her the cake as a present

Paperback:

9781563977862 | Boyds Mills Pr, August 1, 2001, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Country Bear borrows all the ingredients for a cake from his neighbor and then gives her the cake as a present.

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Trying to find out why his birthday has been forgotten, Country Bear persists in interrupting the activities of what appears to be a secret club.

Hardcover:

9780531058114 | Orchard Books, March 1, 1991, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: As Country Bear's birthday approaches, he sneaks about to find that no one seems to remember his birthday, but a wonderful surprise awaits him

Paperback:

9781563976742 | Reprint edition (Boyds Mills Pr, September 1, 1997), cover price $7.95 | About this edition: As Country Bear's birthday approaches, he sneaks about to find that no one seems to remember his birthday, but a wonderful surprise awaits him

A picture-filled storybook contains warm, humorous retellings of sixteen favorite fairy tales and folktales culled from the Brothers Grimm, Aesop, and the Ashanti and Pueblo Indian tribes, as well as the countries of Russia, India, and France.
By Ruth Tietjen Councell (illustrator) and Jane Yolen

School and Library:

9781563974847 | Boyds Mills Pr, September 1, 1997, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: A collection of traditional tales from the Brothers Grimm, Aesop, and peoples from throughout the world includes 'The Three Little Pigs,' 'The Snow Child,' 'Coyote and Turtle,' and other stories

Old Dame Counterpane creates the world in a heavenly quilt, ensuring that each day is fresh and new, in a lyrical bedtime verse that also provides an introduction to colors and counting.
By Ruth Tietjen Councell (illustrator) and Jane Yolen

School and Library:

9780399226861 | Philomel Books, October 1, 1994, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Dame Counterpane selects threads and sews the world and everything in it from dawn to dusk

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Enchanting verses and beautiful watercolor paintings transport young readers to a magical world of moonbeams and starshine, in a bedtime book of poetry.
By Ruth Tietjen Councell (illustrator) and Jane Yolen

School and Library:

9780399225017 | Philomel Books, October 1, 1993, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Presents nineteen poems, such as 'Brazilian Moon Tale,' 'Green Cheese,' and 'Grandmother Moon,' which in some way relate to the moon

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Relates how a determined aunt and a boy who swallowed a knife made it possible for young George Frederic Handel to study music despite his father's strong objections

School and Library:

9780399215483 | Philomel Books, November 1, 1990, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Relates how a determined aunt and a boy who swallowed a knife made it possible for young George Frederic Handel to study music despite his father's strong objections

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