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Product Description: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. An inspiring story of the first American female athlete to win three gold medals at a single Olympic Games shares her triumphs over childhood illnesses to become a high school basketball player. A Childhood Of Famous Americans title.

Paperback:

9780689858734 | Aladdin Paperbacks, January 1, 2004, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Tells of the early years of the first American female athlete to win three gold medals at a single Olympic Games shares her triumphs over childhood illnesses to become an outstanding basketball player.

Prebinding:

9781435264021 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, April 25, 2008), cover price $14.99 | About this edition: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.

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Product Description: Many of these seventeen short tales deriving from Mesoamerican mythology are traditional and have traveled through time among the indigenous peoples of Mexico and Central America. A few are contemporary and seem to originate with Nahuatl-speaking descendants of the Aztecs...read more

Hardcover:

9780896726253 | Texas Tech Univ Pr, June 30, 2008, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Many of these seventeen short tales deriving from Mesoamerican mythology are traditional and have traveled through time among the indigenous peoples of Mexico and Central America.

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Animal parents (as well as human parents) describe how much they love their children by comparing them to food, in an endearing tribute to the love of babies by parents.
By Kay Chorao (illustrator) and Jo Harper

School and Library:

9780823417339, titled "I Could Eat You Up!" | Holiday House, April 15, 2007, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Animal parents describe how much they love their children by comparing them to food.

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When widowed, nineteen-year-old Teresa and her infant son leave their Mexican Aztec village, they find many perils along their journey and confront challenges once they join her brother and cousin in Texas. Includes related explanatory notes.

Paperback:

9780896725911 | Texas Tech Univ Pr, November 1, 2006, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: When widowed, nineteen-year-old Teresa and her infant son leave their Mexican Aztec village, they find many perils along their journey and confront challenges once they join her brother and cousin in Texas.

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When her family falls on hard times during the Great Depression, Bonnie's mother must take in laundry to make money, while her father leaves to search for work and Bonnie, distraught over his departure, sets out after him and discovers a way to save her family.
By Jo Harper, Ron Mazellan (illustrator) and Ana Peluffo

Hardcover:

9781890515324, titled "Buscando a papa: Un cuento sobre la epoca de la gran depresi¢n" | Turtle Books, May 30, 2005, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Worried he will become a burden to his family, Bonnie's out-of-work father leaves home, but Bonnie sets out with her dog to find him and bring him home and, in the process, learns that she and her father can make money through music.

When her family falls on hard times during the Great Depression, Bonnie's mother must take in laundry to make money, while her father leaves to search for work and Bonnie, distraught over his departure, sets out after him and discovers a way to save her family.
By Jo Harper and Ron Mazellan (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9781890515317 | Turtle Books, April 30, 2005, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Worried he will become a burden to his family, Bonnie's out-of-work father leaves home, but Bonnie sets out with her dog to find him and bring him home and, in the process, learns that she and her father can make money through music.

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Tells of the early years of the first American female athlete to win three gold medals at a single Olympic Games shares her triumphs over childhood illnesses to become an outstanding basketball player.

Reinforced:

9780606297394 | Demco Media, July 26, 2004, cover price $13.45 | About this edition: Tells of the early years of the first American female athlete to win three gold medals at a single Olympic Games shares her triumphs over childhood illnesses to become an outstanding basketball player.

Prebinding:

9780613889957 | Turtleback Books, January 1, 2004, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Tells of the early years of the first American female athlete to win three gold medals at a single Olympic Games shares her triumphs over childhood illnesses to become an outstanding basketball player.

Jalapeno Hal has been good-natured ever since he became mayor of Presidio, but he still can be the toughest hombre in the state of Texas when the occasion calls for it.
By Joel Cook (illustrator), Jo Harper and Vuthy Kuon (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9781571687678 | 1 edition (Eakin Pr, April 30, 2004), cover price $20.01 | About this edition: Jalapeno Hal has been good-natured ever since he became mayor of Presidio, but he still can be the toughest hombre in the state of Texas when the occasion calls for it.

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Rough and tough Jalapeno Hal finds a way to bring rain to a dry Texas town

Paperback:

9781571682062 | Eakin Pr, June 1, 1997, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Rough and tough Jalapeno Hal finds a way to bring rain to a dry Texas town

School and Library:

9780027426458 | 1 edition (Simon & Schuster, September 1, 1993), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Rough and tough Jalapeno Hal finds a way to bring rain to a dry Texas town

Prebinding:

9780613585170 | Turtleback Books, July 1, 2003, cover price $19.60 | About this edition: Rough and tough Jalapeno Hal finds a way to bring rain to a dry Texas town

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Jalapeno Hal has been good-natured ever since he became mayor of Presidio, but he still can be the toughest hombre in the state of Texas when the occasion calls for it.
By Joel Cook (illustrator), Jo Harper and Vuthy Kuon (illustrator)

Paperback:

9781571687937 | 1 edition (Eakin Pr, May 1, 2003), cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Jalapeno Hal has been good-natured ever since he became mayor of Presidio, but he still can be the toughest hombre in the state of Texas when the occasion calls for it.

Ollie Jolly's school assignment is to describe what he wants to be when he grows up, but he has no idea what to write about until he helps a traveling rodeo clown.

Hardcover:

9781558685529 | Westwinds Pr, September 1, 2002, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Ollie Jolly's school assignment is to describe what he wants to be when he grows up, but he has no idea what to write about until he helps a traveling rodeo clown.

Prebinding:

9780613894579 | Turtleback Books, October 30, 2002, cover price $19.60 | About this edition: Ollie Jolly's school assignment is to describe what he wants to be when he grows up, but he has no idea what to write about until he helps a traveling rodeo clown.

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Ollie Jolly's school assignment is to describe what he wants to be when he grows up, but he has no idea what to write about until he helps a traveling rodeo clown.
By Jo Harper and Amy Meissner (illustrator)

Paperback:

9781558685536 | Westwinds Pr, September 1, 2002, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Ollie Jolly's school assignment is to describe what he wants to be when he grows up, but he has no idea what to write about until he helps a traveling rodeo clown.

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When Mexicatl responds to the call of the Great Spirit by leading the people to a better land, his followers express gratitude by naming themselves after him.

Paperback:

9781890515218, titled "The Legend of Mexicatl" | Reprint edition (Turtle Books, September 1, 2000), cover price $7.95 | About this edition: When Mexicatl responds to the call of the Great Spirit by leading the people to a better land, his followers express gratitude by naming themselves after him.

School and Library:

9781890515058, titled "The Legend of Mexicatl" | Turtle Books, February 1, 1998, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: When Mexicatl responds to the call of the Great Spirit by leading the people to a better land, his followers express gratitude by naming themselves after him

Prebinding:

9780613327596 | Turtleback Books, March 1, 2001, cover price $18.45 | About this edition: When Mexicatl responds to the call of the Great Spirit by leading the people to a better land, his followers express gratitude by naming themselves after him.

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Mae Dean has trouble accepting her family's dreams of becoming landowners on the Texas prairie, until she is reassured by her father's calm words.
By Jo Harper and Craig Spearing (illustrator)

Paperback:

9781890515232 | Reprint edition (Turtle Books, September 1, 2000), cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Because Mae Dean misinterprets her father's actions while journeying to their new home on the Texas prairie, she begins to feel that he doesn't care for her anymore.

School and Library:

9781890515102 | Turtle Books, September 1, 1998, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Because Mae Dean misinterprets her father's actions while journeying to their new home on the Texas prairie, she begins to feel that he doesn't care for her anymore.

Prebinding:

9780613329668 | Turtleback Books, March 1, 2001, cover price $19.60 | About this edition: Because Mae Dean misinterprets her father's actions while journeying to their new home on the Texas prairie, she begins to feel that he doesn't care for her anymore.

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Mae Dean has trouble accepting her family's dreams of becoming landowners on the Texas prairie, until she is reassured by her father's calm words.

Prebinding:

9780613324229 | Turtleback Books, March 1, 2001, cover price $19.60 | About this edition: Because Mae Dean misinterprets her father's actions while journeying to their new home on the Texas prairie, she begins to feel that he doesn't care for her anymore.

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When Mexicatl responds to the call of the Great Spirit by leading the people to a better land, his followers express gratitude by naming themselves after him.

Prebinding:

9780613327756 | Turtleback Books, March 1, 2001, cover price $18.45 | About this edition: When Mexicatl responds to the call of the Great Spirit by leading the people to a better land, his followers express gratitude by naming themselves after him.

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Delfino and his cousin Salvador leave their Aztec village in Mexico to search for work in the United States, where they endure dangerous and brutal conditions before ultimately finding success beyond all their dreams. Includes related explanatory notes and bibliography.Delfino and his cousin Salvador leave their Aztec village in Mexico to search for work in the United States, where they endure dangerous and brutal conditions before ultimately finding success beyond all their dreams.

Hardcover:

9780896724372 | Texas Tech Univ Pr, November 1, 2000, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Delfino and his cousin Salvador leave their Aztec village in Mexico to search for work in the United States, where they endure dangerous and brutal conditions before ultimately finding success beyond all their dreams.
9780896724426 | Texas Tech Univ Pr, November 1, 2000, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: Delfino and his cousin Salvador leave their Aztec village in Mexico to search for work in the United States, where they endure dangerous and brutal conditions before ultimately finding success beyond all their dreams.

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Mae Dean has trouble accepting her family's dreams of becoming landowners on the Texas prairie, until she is reassured by her father's calm words.
By Guillermo Gutierrez (trans), Jo Harper and Craig Spearing (illustrator)

Paperback:

9781890515249 | Turtle Books, September 1, 2000, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Because Mae Dean misinterprets her father's actions while journeying to their new home on the Texas prairie, she begins to feel that he doesn't care for her anymore.

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When Mexicatl responds to the call of the Great Spirit by leading the people to a better land, his followers express gratitude by naming themselves after him.
By Robert Casilla (illustrator) and Jo Harper

Paperback:

9781890515225 | Turtle Books, September 1, 2000, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: When Mexicatl responds to the call of the Great Spirit by leading the people to a better land, his followers express gratitude by naming themselves after him.

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Relates the adventures of Bigfoot Wallace as he travels to Texas, battles against Mexico, serves time as a hostage, and pioneers in the American West
By Jo Harper and Virginia Marsh Roeder (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9781571682239 | Ill edition (Eakin Pr, June 1, 1999), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Relates the adventures of Bigfoot Wallace as he travels to Texas, battles against Mexico, serves time as a hostage, and pioneers in the American West

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Mae Dean travels to the Texas prairie

School and Library:

9781890515119 | Turtle Books, July 1, 1998, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Because Mae Dean misinterprets her father's actions while journeying to their new home on the Texas prairie, she begins to feel that he doesn't care for her anymore.

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When Mexicatl responds to the call of the Great Spirit by leading the people to a better land, his followers express gratitude by naming themselves after him
By Robert Casilla (illustrator) and Jo Harper

Hardcover:

9781890515065 | Turtle Books, May 1, 1998, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: When Mexicatl responds to the call of the Great Spirit by leading the people to a better land, his followers express gratitude by naming themselves after him

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Arriving late at school day after day, Boliver Boggs keeps himself out of trouble by spinning incredible yarns about what transpired to cause his tardiness and finds his ultimate excuse when a huge monster follows him to school one day.
By Joann Adinolfi (illustrator) and Jo Harper

Hardcover:

9780689805042 | Simon & Schuster, April 1, 1996, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Boliver Boggs spins outrageous excuses for being late to school, and these tall tales provide hilarious entertainment to the students in Miss O'Brien's class.

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Boliver Boggs spins outrageous excuses for being late to school, and these tall tales provide hilarious entertainment to the students in Miss O'Brien's class.

Hardcover:

9780027427554 | Simon & Schuster, February 1, 1996, cover price $25.01 | also contains Comics As Culture | About this edition: Boliver Boggs spins outrageous excuses for being late to school, and these tall tales provide hilarious entertainment to the students in Miss O'Brien's class.
9780027427554 | Simon & Schuster, February 1, 1996, cover price $25.01 | also contains Comics As Culture | About this edition: Boliver Boggs spins outrageous excuses for being late to school, and these tall tales provide hilarious entertainment to the students in Miss O'Brien's class.

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