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Having dazzled thousands with her daring circus performances, Sophie marries a charming prince who turns out to be an imposter and retires to a simple cottage, where she entertains her young neighbor by balancing on her scrawny cow.
By Stig Claesson and Friso Henstra (illustrator)

School and Library:

9780671870089 | Simon & Schuster, May 1, 1995, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Sophie tells a young friend the sad story of why she abandoned her career as a circus performer, but the story has an unexpected happy ending

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The author of Yonder presents the story of an artist who makes his finest sculpture, inspired by the winter's first snow, and although few know of its existence, the children who see it will never forget it.
By Friso Henstra (illustrator) and Tony Johnston

Hardcover:

9780688107499 | Tambourine, June 1, 1993, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: An artist makes his finest sculpture inspired by the winter's first snow, and although few know of its existence, the children who see it never forget it

Library:

9780688107505 | Tambourine, October 1, 1993, cover price $13.93 | About this edition: An artist makes his finest sculpture inspired by the winter's first snow, and although few know of its existence, the children who see it never forget it

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Mouse is happy with his sedentary life at Mouse Hollow, where he instructs the sun when to rise and set, until an embarrassing question sends him out in the world in search of new experiences and new friends.
By Sally Derby and Friso Henstra (illustrator)

School and Library:

9780027669657 | Simon & Schuster, September 1, 1993, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A little mouse learns that there is much more to the world than he'd ever imagined

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Frail and delicate Cynthia, in need of some rest and relaxation, is sent by her parents to the country, where her gazebo is washed out to sea and is promptly stormed by a crew of ferocious buccaneers.
By Friso Henstra (illustrator) and Elsa Marston

Hardcover:

9780688102821 | Tambourine, October 1, 1992, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: Though unpracticed as a hostess, Cynthia assumes the necessary authority when the gazebo in which she and other children are sheltering floats off its foundation during a storm and ends up as part of a pirate's booty

Library:

9780688102838 | Tambourine, October 1, 1992, cover price $13.93 | About this edition: Though unpracticed as a hostess, Cynthia assumes the necessary authority when the gazebo in which she and other children are sheltering floats off its foundation during a storm and ends up as part of a pirate's booty

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A Chinese folktale about the future follows the discoveries of a young farmer's son as he sets off to find a new life and realizes that the future, like wind chimes, may twist and turn with every breeze.
By Friso Henstra (illustrator) and Winifred Morris

School and Library:

9780689315015 | Atheneum, March 1, 1992, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: A retelling of the traditional Chinese tale in which a farmer's son seeks a better future and finds that the future can change from one moment to the next

A solemn man who is lonely gets a cat for company, but one thing leads to another and soon he gets a wife as well
By Friso Henstra (illustrator) and Sylvia A. Hofsepian

School and Library:

9780027439809 | Simon & Schuster, July 1, 1991, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: A solemn man who is lonely gets a cat for company, but one thing leads to another and soon he gets a wife as well

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In this Mexican folktale, a lazy boy learns a lesson about lying
By Verna Aardema and Friso Henstra (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780803705227 | Dial Books for Young Readers, March 1, 1991, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: In this Mexican folktale, a lazy boy learns a lesson about lying

When the Caliph of Baghdad finds himself trapped in the body of a stork, only the evil sorcerer with designs on his throne knows the magic word that will restore the Caliph to his human form.

Hardcover:

9780803705258 | Dutton Childrens Books, September 1, 1989, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: When the Caliph of Bagdad finds himself trapped in the body of a stork, only the evil sorcerer with designs on his throne knows the magic word that will restore the Caliph to his human form

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Pig and Bear's friendship survives several amusing misunderstandings.
By Friso Henstra (illustrator) and Vit Horejs

School and Library:

9780027444216 | Atheneum, September 1, 1989, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Pig and Bear's friendship survives several amusing misunderstandings.

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A cow's magic milk restores youth to her owners and brings back the happiness they had tragically lost

Library:

9780803704114 | Dutton Childrens Books, March 1, 1988, cover price $10.89 | About this edition: A cow's magic milk restores youth to her owners and brings back the happiness they had tragically lost

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Wordless story about a wild cat-mouse chase.

Hardcover:

9780397320042 | Horizon Book Promotions, August 1, 1986, cover price $1.98 | About this edition: More and more animals and people join the chase, but the mouse who started it is safely in his hole

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Mighty Mizzling Mouse's plans to build a beautiful house out of red cabbage are tragically destroyed by a hungry rabbit

School and Library:

9780316357784 | Little Brown & Co, April 1, 1984, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: After much effort, a mouse succeeds in building a house out of cabbage but doesn't count on a hungry rabbit.

Twelve cautionary tales describe the reprehensible behavior of the students of the Happy Days School and the fiendish fates that befall them
By Lois Duncan and Friso Henstra (illustrator)

School and Library:

9780316195416 | Little Brown & Co, September 1, 1983, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: The students at Happy Days Progressive School, allowed to do whatever they please, are happy to do so until the school must close for lack of students.

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Having only wanted to prove himself remarkable, a little man, saddened by the failure of three previous inventions, from sheer need creates something heralded by the world.

Hardcover:

9780201030778 | Addison-Wesley, October 1, 1978, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: A little man who thinks himself more remarkable than the king and the emperor builds a series of disastrous inventions before coming up with something that truly impresses the skeptical, mocking townspeople

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Four short stories depict Tyl Uilenspiegel's daring exploits as he helped the Netherlanders' cause in their sixteenth-century wars against Spain

School and Library:

9780590074780 | Atheneum, March 1, 1978, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Four short stories depict Tyl Uilenspiegel's daring exploits as he helped the Netherlanders' cause in their sixteenth-century wars against Spain

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Forgetful Fred's absent-mindedness causes problems during his search for the Bitter Fruit of Satisfaction for his master, the richest man in the world.
By Friso Henstra (illustrator) and Jay Williams

Hardcover:

9780819307194 | Macmillan Pub Co, June 1, 1974, cover price $6.50 | About this edition: Forgetful Fred's absent-mindedness causes problems during his search for the Bitter Fruit of Satisfaction for his master, the richest man in the world.

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