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Offers would-be wizards instructions for performing seventy-four dazzling magical tricks

School and Library:

9780135102060, titled "John Fisher's Magic Book" | Prentice Hall, September 1, 1971, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: Instructions for performing seventy-five feats of magic with simple equipment and practice.

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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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An ambulance carrying an injured yak to the veterinarian travels an alphabetical route from B to X and back again to the zoo
By Tomie Depaola (illustrator) and Norma Farber

School and Library:

9780525411253 | Dutton Childrens Books, April 1, 1975, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: A cumulative tale introducing city scenes in alphabetical order from ambulance to zoo.

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Introduces the ten most common types of clouds, the myths that have been inspired by their shapes, and what they can tell about coming weather changes.

Paperback:

9780823405312, titled "The Cloud Book" | Reprint edition (Holiday House, May 1, 1984), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Describes the ten most common cloud forms, the myths and beliefs inspired by them, and their role in weather changes
9780590085311, titled "The Cloud Book" | Scholastic Paperbacks, July 1, 1975, cover price $2.25 | About this edition: Describes the ten most common cloud forms, the myths and beliefs inspired by them, and their role in weather changes

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Introduces the ten most common types of clouds, the myths that have been inspired by their shapes, and what they can tell about coming weather changes.

School and Library:

9780823402595 | Holiday House, September 1, 1975, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Describes the ten most common cloud forms, the myths and beliefs inspired by them, and their role in weather changes

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Product Description: A collection of crafts, projects, recipes, jokes, and games on a St. Valentine's Day theme.

Paperback:

9780590118217 | Scholastic Paperbacks, January 1, 1978, cover price $1.50 | About this edition: A collection of crafts, projects, recipes, jokes, and games on a St.

Library:

9780531011874 | Franklin Watts, September 1, 1976, cover price $10.90 | About this edition: A collection of crafts, projects, recipes, jokes, and games on a St.

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Helga, a troll, ventures into the world of people to earn her dowry to marry Lars, but things do not work out as she hopes.

Paperback:

9780156400107 | Houghton Mifflin, September 1, 1977, cover price $6.00 | About this edition: Helga, a troll, ventures into the world of people to earn her dowry to marry Lars, but things do not work out as she hopes.

School and Library:

9780152337018 | Harcourt Childrens Books, September 1, 1977, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Helga, a troll, ventures into the world of people to earn her dowry to marry Lars, but things do not work out as she hopes.

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Some interesting popcorn stories and legends as well as two original recipes accompany explanations of popcorn's origins and manufacture

Paperback:

9780823405336, titled "The Popcorn Book" | Reprint edition (Holiday House, May 1, 1984), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Presents a variety of facts about popcorn and includes two recipes.
9780590031424 | Scholastic Paperbacks, January 1, 1979, cover price $1.95

School and Library:

9780823403141, titled "The Popcorn Book" | Holiday House, February 1, 1978, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Presents a variety of facts about popcorn and includes two recipes.

Four-year-old Tommy enjoys his relationship with both his grandmother and great-grandmother, but eventually learns to face their inevitable death.

Reinforced:

9780606022026, titled "Nana Upstairs & Nana Downstairs" | Demco Media, April 1, 1978, cover price $15.81 | also contains Nana Upstairs & Nana Downstairs | About this edition: A sensitive portrayal of a four-year-old boy's love for his great-grandmother and the day he must learn the meaning of death

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After he is ill with German measles, Jamie learns to cope with his loss of hearing.

School and Library:

9780152395001 | Harcourt Childrens Books, April 1, 1978, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: A little boy must learn to cope with his sudden terrifying loss of hearing and the reactions of his former school friends

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Paperback:

9780590441889 | Scholastic Paperbacks, June 1, 1978, cover price $1.95

Joey begins to appreciate his old-fashioned Italian grandmother after a friend helps him to see her in a new light

Hardcover:

9780685355879 | Simon & Schuster, October 1, 1974, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.

Paperback:

9780671667450 | Aladdin Paperbacks, July 1, 1978, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Embarrassed to introduce his friend to his old-fashioned Italian grandmother, a young boy gains a new appreciation of her when he finds how well she and his friend get along.

Reinforced:

9780606023450 | Demco Media, July 1, 1978, cover price $14.66 | also contains Watch Out for the Chicken Feet in Your Soup | About this edition: Embarrassed to introduce his friend to his old-fashioned Italian grandmother, a young boy gains a new appreciation of her when he finds how well she and his friend get along.

When Timothy makes fun of the court magician's large feet, the angry wizard casts a spell that turns Timothy into an enormously fat boy until Tim finds a way to end the teasing and gain revenge

School and Library:

9780823403271 | Holiday House, October 1, 1978, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: When the court magician puts a spell on him that makes him grow very fat, Prince Timothy takes some drastic measures to remedy the situation.

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Marc fantasizes about his future as a world-renowned magician while trying to learn his first magic trick.

Library:

9780394937281 | Pantheon Books, October 1, 1978, cover price $5.99 | About this edition: A budding young magician sticks to his dream of fame and success through failure after failure as he practices his tricks

The real meaning of Christmas is expressed in a children's nativity pageant, with text from the Bible and colorful illustrations

Hardcover:

9780030463563 | Harpercollins Childrens Books, November 1, 1978, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Text and illustrations retell the story of the Nativity as performed in a children's Christmas pageant.

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The fog maiden sings her songs before and after her nightly travels over the earth.

School and Library:

9780823403417 | Holiday House, March 1, 1979, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: After taking a poetic journey through her magical Day Garden, the Fog Maiden is joined by her cat, Token, for an enchanting night adventure

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When Big Anthony borrows Strega Nona's magic ring to turn himself into a handsome man, he gets more trouble than fun.

School and Library:

9780152071240 | Harcourt Childrens Books, April 1, 1979, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: Seeing Strega Nona the old sorceress use a magic ring to transform herself into a beautiful young woman, Big Anthony decides to borrow it to try on himself

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Although his son would like him to shave off his mustache just once, a father who has no intention to do so spins fantasies about the creatures that may or may not be inhabiting his mustache

Library:

9780385131896 | Doubleday, April 1, 1979, cover price $7.43 | About this edition: A little boy learns why his father won't shave off his mustache.

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When everyone was fast asleep, the Fog Maiden sent a cat to carry two sleeping children off for a fantastical evening highlighted by a palace ball.

Paperback:

9780140503104 | Viking Childrens Books, April 1, 1979, cover price $3.95 | About this edition: When everyone is fast asleep, the Fog Maiden sends a cat to carry two sleeping children off for a fantastical evening highlighted by a palace ball

Photographs of animals, trees, the seashore, and other scenes are linked with children's drawings and imaginative descriptions of their subject matter.

Paperback:

9780891690238 | Matrix Pubns, June 1, 1979, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Photographs of animals, trees, the seashore, and other scenes are linked with children's drawings and imaginative descriptions of their subject matter.

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Five short 'silent movies' include 'Tooth Troubles,' 'The Birthday Cake,' 'Rhonda Rolls Along,' 'The New Baby,' and 'A Sleep-time Saga.'

School and Library:

9780152284879 | Harcourt Childrens Books, September 1, 1979, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: Brief, wordless 'movies' show a small boy's attempts to collect (prematurely) from the tooth fairy, a little girl's surprising technique for putting out birthday candles, and an untalented beginner's first time on roller skates

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When Patrick goes to Granny Twinkle's for a free kitten, she tells him all about the history of cats, their care, the different breeds, and the place of cats in art and literature

Paperback:

9780823405343 | Reprint edition (Holiday House, May 1, 1984), cover price $5.95 | About this edition: Patrick goes to Granny Twinkle's for a free kitten and learns everything there is to know about cats--their different breeds, care, place in art and literature, and history.

School and Library:

9780823403653 | Holiday House, October 1, 1979, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Patrick goes to Granny Twinkle's for a free kitten and learns everything there is to know about cats--their different breeds, care, place in art and literature, and history.

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The trolls pay Halvor an annual Christmas visit until they encounter a great white cat.

Hardcover:

9780399206801 | Putnam Pub Group, December 1, 1979, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: A young man who has captured a large white bear to present to the King of Denmark creates trouble for the group of wild trolls who invade the home of Halvor and his family on Christmas Eve

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Retells the traditional Mexican story about the country's patron saint, the Lady of Guadalupe, who appeared to a poor Indian named Juan Diego in 1531

Paperback:

9780823404032 | Holiday House, March 1, 1980, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Recounts the appearance of the Lady of Guadalupe to a poor Indian farmer in Mexico in 1531.

School and Library:

9780823403738 | Holiday House, March 1, 1980, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Recounts the appearance of the Lady of Guadalupe to a poor Indian farmer in Mexico in 1531.

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When a young prince nearing the age of marriage has a vision of a beautiful girl in the moonlight, he enlists the aid of the Salvani, a legendary band of little people, to help him on his journey to the moon to find her

Paperback:

9780156744324 | Harcourt Childrens Books, March 1, 1980, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Because of the love of Prince Pazzo of the Dolomites for Princess Lucia of the Moon, the black peaks of the Dolomite mountains are changed to glimmering white, blue, pink, and yellow.

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