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Product Description: When Sunrise Elementary School advertised for a thick-skinned librarian with a burning love of books, Miss Lotta Scales knew she was perfect for the job. Who could guard books better than a REAL dragon?"She kept a fiery eye out to make sure no one removed any books from the shelves...read more
By Michael P. White (illustrator)

School and Library:

9781561456390 | Rei/com edition (Peachtree Pub Ltd, April 1, 2012), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: When Sunrise Elementary School advertised for a thick-skinned librarian with a burning love of books, Miss Lotta Scales knew she was perfect for the job.
9781561450916 | Peachtree Pub Ltd, October 1, 1994, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Miss Lotta Scales is a dragon who believes her job is to protect the school's library books from the children, but when she finally realizes that books are meant to be read, the dragon turns into Miss Lotty, librarian and storyteller.

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Product Description: Martina the beautiful cockroach doesn't know coffee beans about love and marriage. That's where her Cuban family comes in. While some of the Cucarachas offer her gifts to make her more attractive, only Abuela, her grandmother, gives her something really useful: un consejo increíble, some shocking advice...read more

School and Library:

9781561453993 | Peachtree Pub Ltd, September 1, 2007, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: In this humorous retelling of a Cuban folktale, a cockroach interviews her suitors in order to decide whom to marry.

Prebinding:

9781435256477 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, April 25, 2008), cover price $25.95 | About this edition: Martina the beautiful cockroach doesn't know coffee beans about love and marriage.

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Product Description: A delightful twist on the O. Henry story "The Gift of the Magi," now in Spanish!Agatha owns a weaving shop in Manhattan and likes to answer the questions of children who want to know the source of her beautiful fabrics. She always recites a little verse to them:Everything comes from something,Nothing comes from nothing...read more

Paperback:

9781561454044, titled "Un Colchon de Plumas Para Agata / Agatha's Feather Bed: Un Cuento De Alas Para Ninos / Not Just Another Wild Goose Story (Paperback)" | Pap/rei edition (Peachtree Pub Ltd, September 1, 2007), cover price $7.95 | About this edition: A delightful twist on the O.

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In this humorous retelling of a Cuban folktale, a cockroach interviews her suitors in order to decide whom to marry.

School and Library:

9781561454259 | Peachtree Pub Ltd, September 1, 2007, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: In this humorous retelling of a Cuban folktale, a cockroach interviews her suitors in order to decide whom to marry.

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Product Description: Carmen Deedy combines the rich traditions of her Southern upbringing and her Latin American culture in a blend of delightful stories, many of which have been heard on National Public Radio's Weekend All Things Considered.

CD/Spoken Word:

9781561453184 | Peachtree Pub Ltd, January 31, 2004, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Carmen Deedy combines the rich traditions of her Southern upbringing and her Latin American culture in a blend of delightful stories, many of which have been heard on National Public Radio's Weekend All Things Considered.

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781561450602 | Peachtree Pub Ltd, November 1, 1995, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: The author describes her family life as a Cuban-American.

Disappointed when his parents go off to climb Mount Kilimanjaro and leave him behind with his Great Aunt Hortense, young Walter encounters mystery and intrigue when he meets Old Zeb, a shipbuilder with a secret dream

Hardcover:

9781561451159 | Peachtree Pub Ltd, September 1, 1997, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Disappointed when his parents go off to climb Mount Kilimanjaro and leave him behind with his Great Aunt Hortense, young Walter encounters mystery and intrigue when he meets Old Zeb, a shipbuilder with a secret dream

Paperback:

9781561452804 | Reprint edition (Peachtree Pub Ltd, September 1, 2002), cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Disappointed when his parents go off to climb Mount Kilimanjaro and leave him behind with his Great Aunt Hortense, young Walter encounters mystery and intrigue when he meets Old Zeb, a shipbuilder with a secret dream

Prebinding:

9780613826624, titled "Secret Of Old Zeb" | Turtleback Books, September 30, 2002, cover price $19.60 | About this edition: Disappointed when his parents go off to climb Mount Kilimanjaro and leave him behind with his Great Aunt Hortense, young Walter encounters mystery and intrigue when he meets Old Zeb, a shipbuilder with a secret dream

Three South American friends--a boa, a sloth, and a toucan--who live in the equatorial rain forest are unexpectedly introduced to Santa Claus.

Reinforced:

9780606221108 | Demco Media, February 1, 2002, cover price $15.04 | About this edition: Three jungle animal friends with a love of trees have an unexpected Christmas 'happening.

When Agatha buys a new feather bed and six angry naked geese show up to get their feathers back, the incident reminds her to think about where things come from
By Carmen Agra Deedy and Laura L. Seeley (illustrator)

Paperback:

9781561450961 | Reprint edition (Peachtree Pub Ltd, September 1, 1994), cover price $7.95 | About this edition: When Agatha buys a new feather bed and six angry naked geese show up to get their feathers back, the incident reminds her to think about where things come from

School and Library:

9781561450084 | Peachtree Pub Ltd, April 1, 1991, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: When Agatha buys a new feather bed and six angry naked geese show up to get their feathers back, the incident reminds her to think about where things come from

Reinforced:

9780606217767 | Demco Media, July 1, 2001, cover price $16.89 | About this edition: When Agatha buys a new feather bed and six angry naked geese show up to get their feathers back, the incident reminds her to think about where things come from

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Three South American friends--a boa, a sloth, and a toucan--who live in the equatorial rain forest are unexpectedly introduced to Santa Claus. By the author of Agatha's Feather Bed.
By Carmen Agra Deedy and Douglas J. Ponte (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9781561450770, titled "Tree man" | Peachtree Pub Ltd, October 1, 1993, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Three jungle animal friends with a love of trees have an unexpected Christmas 'happening.

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Retells the story of King Christian X and the Danish resistance to the Nazis during World War II.
By Carmen Agra Deedy and Henri Sorensen (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9781561452088 | Peachtree Pub Ltd, September 1, 2000, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Retells the story of King Christian X and the Danish resistance to the Nazis during World War II.

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Product Description: Professional storyteller Carmen Deedy spins a riotous morality tale in Agatha's Feather Bed. Agatha, a weaver, orders a new feather bed from B.B. Lean, then six shivering, naked geese pay her a visit . . . but, as it turns out, her goose isn't cooked...read more

Paperback:

9781560146674 | Santillana USA Pub Co Inc, December 1, 1996, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Professional storyteller Carmen Deedy spins a riotous morality tale in Agatha's Feather Bed.

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The story of Ninny and his tailor grandfather, Oppa, is told from the perspective of Ninny's best friend, Bessie, and explains how Oppa taught them that every human being has the right to dance, to sing, and to tell stories.
By Carmen Agra Deedy and Debrah Santini (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9781561451098 | Peachtree Pub Ltd, September 1, 1995, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Ninny and Bessie promise each other that if one of them dies the other will dance on the departed one's grave, and the promise helps their love endure even after death.

When Agatha buys a new feather bed and six angry naked geese show up to get their feathers back, the incident reminds her to think about where things come from

Prebinding:

9780613847438 | Turtleback Books, September 30, 1994, cover price $18.45 | About this edition: When Agatha buys a new feather bed and six angry naked geese show up to get their feathers back, the incident reminds her to think about where things come from

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