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The Life of Monsieur De Moliire

Product Description: Biographical account of the seventeenth-century playwright, producer and actor, tells of his early struggles, his loves and career

By Mirra Ginsburg (trans)

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Paperback:

9781847491275 | Oneworld Classics, April 1, 2010, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Biographical account of the seventeenth-century playwright, producer and actor, tells of his early struggles, his loves and career

Clay Boy: Adapted from a Russian Folk Tale

Wanting a son, an old man and woman make a clay boy who comes to life and begins eating everything in sight until he meets a clever goat

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Hardcover:

9780688144098 | Greenwillow, May 1, 1997, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: Wanting a son, an old man and woman make a clay boy who comes to life and begins eating everything in sight until he meets a clever goat

Prebinding:

9781435201699 | Paw Prints, June 28, 2007, cover price $26.99 | About this edition: Wanting a son, an old man and woman make a clay boy who comes to life and begins eating everything in sight until he meets a clever goat

Chick and the Duckling

Hatched at the same time, the chick is successful at imitating the duck until the latter goes for a swim.

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9780606037532 | Demco Media, March 30, 2006, cover price $15.81 | also contains Chick and the Duckling | About this edition: A baby chick tries to imitate his friend, a duckling, and runs into trouble when he goes for a swim

Chick and the Duckling

Hatched at the same time, the chick is successful at imitating the duck until the latter goes for a swim.

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Paperback:

9780689712265, titled "The Chick and the Duckling" | Reprint edition (Aladdin Paperbacks, February 28, 1988), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: A baby chick tries to imitate his friend, a duckling, and runs into trouble when he goes for a swim

School and Library:

9780027359404, titled "The Chick and the Duckling" | Simon & Schuster, October 1, 1972, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: A baby chick tries to imitate his friend, a duckling, and runs into trouble when he goes for a swim

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Prebinding:

9780833519658, titled "The Chick and the Duckling" | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $18.40 | About this edition: A baby chick tries to imitate his friend, a duckling, and runs into trouble when he goes for a swim

Buenos Dias, pollito

Product Description: Tells of the perilous, yet comic, adventures of a chick after it hatches from its egg and begins to discover the world around itself.

By Mirra Ginsburg

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Hardcover:

9788484701835 | Corimbo, January 1, 2005, cover price $19.99 | About this edition: Tells of the perilous, yet comic, adventures of a chick after it hatches from its egg and begins to discover the world around itself.

Two Greedy Bears

A clever fox teaches two bears a lesson about greed.

By Mirra Ginsburg

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Paperback:

9781591128649 | Cd&bk unab edition (Live Oak Media, January 1, 2004), cover price $35.95 | About this edition: A clever fox teaches two bears a lesson about greed.

9781591127437 | Pap/com edition (Live Oak Media, January 1, 2004), cover price $18.95

School and Library:

9780027364507 | Atheneum, October 1, 1976, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: A clever fox teaches two bears a lesson about greed.

The Sun's Asleep Behind the Hill

The sun, the breeze, the leaves, the bird, the squirrel, and the child all grow tired after a long day and go to sleep.

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Hardcover:

9780688008246, titled "The Sun's Asleep Behind the Hill" | William Morrow & Co, April 1, 1982, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: The sun, the breeze, the leaves, the bird, the squirrel, and the child all grow tired after a long day and go to sleep.

Paperback:

9780802776006, titled "The Sun's Asleep Behind the Hill" | Walker & Co, October 1, 2000, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: The sun, the breeze, the leaves, the bird, the squirrel, and the child all grow tired after a long day and go to sleep.

Library:

9780688008253, titled "The Sun's Asleep Behind the Hill" | William Morrow & Co, April 1, 1982, cover price $15.93 | About this edition: The sun, the breeze, the leaves, the bird, the squirrel, and the child all grow tired after a long day and go to sleep.

Reinforced:

9780606204125, titled "The Sun's Asleep Behind the Hill" | Demco Media, February 1, 2002, cover price $14.77 | About this edition: The sun, the breeze, the leaves, the bird, the squirrel, and the child all grow tired after a long day and go to sleep.

Prebinding:

9780613317702, titled "The Sun's Asleep Behind the Hill" | Turtleback Books, March 1, 2001, cover price $15.65 | About this edition: The sun, the breeze, the leaves, the bird, the squirrel, and the child all grow tired after a long day and go to sleep.

Clay Boy

Wanting a son, an old man and woman make a clay boy who comes to life and begins eating everything in sight until he meets a clever goat

By Mirra Ginsburg

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Library:

9780399219887 | Putnam Pub Group, May 1, 1997, cover price $14.95

9780688144104 | Greenwillow, May 1, 1997, cover price $16.89 | About this edition: Wanting a son, an old man and woman make a clay boy who comes to life and begins eating everything in sight until he meets a clever goat

The Old Man and His Birds

Young readers will love solving the wonderfully illustrated mystery of who the old man is, why his robes change color, and why strange birds fly out of his sleeves.

By Mirra Ginsburg and Donna Ruff (illustrator)

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Hardcover:

9780688046033 | Greenwillow, September 1, 1994, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: A mysterious old man wears a rich robe, hiding birds that cause the seasons to change

Library:

9780688046040 | Greenwillow, September 1, 1994, cover price $14.93 | About this edition: A mysterious old man wears a rich robe, hiding birds that cause the seasons to change

The King Who Tried to Fry an Egg on His Head

After marrying his three daughters off to the Sun, Moon, and Raven, the foolish King tries to emulate the special talents of his sons-in-law, with ridiculous results, in a lively retelling of an old Russian folktale.

By Mirra Ginsburg and Will Hillenbrand (illustrator)

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School and Library:

9780027362428 | Simon & Schuster, April 1, 1994, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A poor and foolish king marries off his three daughters to the Sun, the Moon, and the Raven and then tries to copy their special talents.

Three Kittens

Product Description: Three playful kittens change colors as they chase a mouse, a toad, and a fish.

By Mirra Ginsburg

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Hardcover:

9780517503287 | Reissue edition (Random House Childrens Books, May 1, 1987), cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Three kittens find that they have changed color after an afternoon spent playing in a flour can and a dirty pipe

Paperback:

9780679832546 | Random House Childrens Books, November 1, 1993, cover price $3.50 | About this edition: Three playful kittens change colors as they chase a mouse, a toad, and a fish.

9780517565513 | Random House Childrens Books, May 1, 1987, cover price $3.50 | About this edition: Three kittens find that they have changed color after an afternoon spent playing in a flour can and a dirty pipe

A Soviet Heretic: Essays by Yevgeny Zamyatin

Product Description: Book by Zamyatin, Yevgeny

By Mirra Ginsburg (trans) and Yevgeny Zamyatin

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Paperback:

9780810110915 | Reprint edition (Northwestern Univ Pr, November 1, 1992), cover price $21.00 | About this edition: Book by Zamyatin, Yevgeny

Lieutenant Kije/Young Vitushishnikov: Two Novellas

Product Description: two novellas, tr & intro by Mirra Ginsburg

By Mirra Ginsburg (trans) and Yury Tynyanov

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Paperback:

9780941419772 | Reprint edition (Marsilio Pub, September 1, 1992), cover price $9.95 | About this edition: two novellas, tr & intro by Mirra Ginsburg

Merry-Go-Round: Four Stories

The too-clever fox, friendly hare, curious lamb, silly goose, and proud village cock from the author's four most popular picture books, collected here for the first time, come to life in jubilant, all-new illustrations.

By Jose Aruego, Ariane Dewey (illustrator) and Mirra Ginsburg

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Library:

9780688092573 | Greenwillow, September 1, 1992, cover price $14.93 | About this edition: A collection of four fables featuring a too-clever fox, a friendly hare, a curious lamb, a silly goose, and a proud village rooster

Asleep, Asleep

Everything everywhere is asleep except for the wind and one wakeful child

By Mirra Ginsburg and Nancy Tafuri (illustrator)

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Hardcover:

9780688091538 | Greenwillow, April 1, 1992, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: Everything everywhere is asleep except for the wind and one wakeful child

Library:

9780688091545 | Greenwillow, April 1, 1992, cover price $13.93 | About this edition: Everything everywhere is asleep except for the wind and one wakeful child

The Chinese Mirror

Havoc ensues in a Korean village when a native returns from China with a mirror--something the villagers have never seen before

By Mirra Ginsburg

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Paperback:

9780152175085, titled "Chinese Mirror" | Reprint edition (Sandpiper, September 1, 1991), cover price $7.00 | About this edition: A retelling of a traditional Korean tale in which a mirror brought from China causes confusion within a family as each member looks in it and sees a different stranger.

School and Library:

9780152004200 | Harcourt Childrens Books, May 1, 1988, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: A retelling of a traditional Korean tale in which a mirror brought from China causes confusion within a family as each member looks in it and sees a different stranger.

Prebinding:

9780833573919 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $17.20 | About this edition: A retelling of a traditional Korean tale in which a mirror brought from China causes confusion within a family as each member looks in it and sees a different stranger.

Across the Stream

A hen and three chicks are saved from a bad dream by a duck and three ducklings.

By Mirra Ginsburg

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Hardcover:

9780688012045 | William Morrow & Co, October 1, 1982, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: A hen and her chicks and a duck and her ducklings star in a bedtime tale of a bad dream and an amazing rescue

Paperback:

9780688104771 | Reissue edition (Greenwillow, May 1, 1991), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: A hen and her chicks and a duck and her ducklings star in a bedtime tale of a bad dream and an amazing rescue

9780590733052 | Big edition (Scholastic, November 1, 1990), cover price $19.95

Library:

9780688012069 | William Morrow & Co, October 1, 1982, cover price $17.89 | About this edition: A hen and her chicks and a duck and her ducklings star in a bedtime tale of a bad dream and an amazing rescue

Reinforced:

9780606121576 | Reissue edition (Demco Media, May 1, 1991), cover price $15.81 | About this edition: A hen and her chicks and a duck and her ducklings star in a bedtime tale of a bad dream and an amazing rescue

Prebinding:

9780808536574 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $17.20 | About this edition: A hen and her chicks and a duck and her ducklings star in a bedtime tale of a bad dream and an amazing rescue

Mushroom in the Rain

How can an ant, butterfly, mouse, sparrow, and rabbit all take shelter from the rain under the same mushroom when, at first, there was only room for the ant?

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9780606044844 | Demco Media, September 1, 1990, cover price $15.81 | also contains Mushroom in the Rain | About this edition: How can an ant, butterfly, mouse, sparrow, and rabbit all take shelter from the rain under the same mushroom when, at first, there was only room for the ant?

Strongest One of All: Based on a Caucasian Folktale /Big Shared Book

By Mirra Ginsburg

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Paperback:

9780382210372 | Big edition (Silver Burdett Ginn Religion, January 1, 1990), cover price $56.80

Good Morning Chick

When he tries to imitate a rooster, a newly-hatched chick falls in a puddle.

By Mirra Ginsburg

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Hardcover:

9780688126667, titled "Good Morning, Chick" | Min edition (William Morrow & Co, March 1, 1993), cover price $4.95 | About this edition: Tells of the perilous, yet comic, adventures of a chick after it hatches from its egg and begins to discover the world around itself

9780688802844 | Greenwillow, August 1, 1980, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: Brilliant pictures complement this delightful tale of the perilous, yet comic, adventures of a chick after it hatches from its egg and begins to discover the world around itself

Paperback:

9780688153915, titled "Good Morning, Chick" | Big edition (Mulberry Books, April 1, 1997), cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Tells of the perilous, yet comic, adventures of a chick after it hatches from its egg and begins to discover the world around itself

9780688087418, titled "Good Morning, Chick" | Reissue edition (Greenwillow, May 1, 1989), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Tells of the perilous, yet comic, adventures of a chick after it hatches from its egg and begins to discover the world around itself

9780590319522 | Reissue edition (Scholastic Paperbacks, September 1, 1981), cover price $2.50 | About this edition: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.

Library:

9780688842840, titled "Good Morning, Chick" | Greenwillow, August 1, 1980, cover price $17.89 | About this edition: Brilliant pictures complement this delightful tale of the perilous, yet comic, adventures of a chick after it hatches from its egg and begins to discover the world around itself

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9780606042352, titled "Good Morning, Chick" | Demco Media, May 1, 1989, cover price $15.81 | also contains Good Morning, Chick | About this edition: Tells of the perilous, yet comic, adventures of a chick after it hatches from its egg and begins to discover the world around itself

Prebinding:

9780833528254, titled "Good Morning, Chick" | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $17.20 | About this edition: Tells of the perilous, yet comic, adventures of a chick after it hatches from its egg and begins to discover the world around itself

Good Morning, Chick

When he tries to imitate a rooster, a newly-hatched chick falls in a puddle.

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Reinforced:

9780606042352 | Demco Media, May 1, 1989, cover price $15.81 | also contains Good Morning Chick | About this edition: Tells of the perilous, yet comic, adventures of a chick after it hatches from its egg and begins to discover the world around itself

Four Brave Sailors

Four mice are brave sailors who fear nothing except the cat.

By Mirra Ginsburg

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Hardcover:

9780688065140 | Greenwillow, August 1, 1987, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Four courageous mice become caught up in a variety of exciting and unusual adventures when they set sail on a voyage of discovery in a great white ship

Library:

9780688065157 | Greenwillow, August 1, 1987, cover price $12.88 | About this edition: Four courageous mice become caught up in a variety of exciting and unusual adventures when they set sail on a voyage of discovery in a great white ship

Where Does the Sun Go at Night?

Every night the sun goes to the house of his grandma, the deep blue sky, is tucked in bed by his grandpa, the wind, and is awakened the following day by the morning.

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Hardcover:

9780688802455 | Greenwillow, October 1, 1980, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: Every night the sun goes to the house of his grandma, the deep blue sky, is tucked in bed by his grandpa, the wind, and is awakened the following day by the morning.

Paperback:

9780688070410 | Reprint edition (William Morrow & Co, April 1, 1987), cover price $4.95 | About this edition: A colorful and imaginative poetic fantasy answers one of those charmingly unanswerable questions asked by all children throughout time

Reinforced:

9780606035040 | Demco Media, April 1, 1987, cover price $11.59 | About this edition: A colorful and imaginative poetic fantasy answers one of those charmingly unanswerable questions asked by all children throughout time

Flight and Bliss: Two Plays

Two plays deal with the efforts of a group of white officers to survive after the end of the Civil War, and an engineer who travels into the past in a time machine and returns with Ivan the Terrible

By Mikhail Afanasevich Bulgakov and Mirra Ginsburg (trans)

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Hardcover:

9780811209403 | New Directions, May 1, 1985, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Two plays deal with the efforts of a group of white officers to survive after the end of the Civil War, and an engineer who travels into the past in a time machine and returns with Ivan the Terrible

The Magic Stove

An old man, his wife, and their rooster enjoy the delicious pies their magic stove bakes for them, until a greedy king comes to visit.

By Mirra Ginsburg and Linda Heller (illustrator)

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School and Library:

9780698205666 | Putnam Pub Group, June 1, 1983, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: A clever rooster outsmarts a greedy king who wants to take the magic iron stove away from the rooster's poor owners

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