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Charlie the ape and his lovely wife Berthola are blessed with a baby daughter, but Charlie wanted a son

Library:

9780394931098 | Random House Childrens Books, September 1, 1975, cover price $5.99 | About this edition: Charlie Chimpanzee is so delighted with the new baby, James Charles, his wife doesn't have the heart to tell him they really have a baby daughter.

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Stuck at home with a cold on Halloween night, Matthew becomes more and more upset every time the doorbell rings and another Trick-or-Treater comes for candy
By Sylvia Cassedy and Rosekrans Hoffman (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780803705166 | Dial Books for Young Readers, October 1, 1991, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Being in a new place for Halloween is bad enough, but when Mike has a cold and can't go out in his cat suit, none of the visitors can cheer him up until the last one, who is wearing the best cat suit of all.

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Fozzie Bear's hat has disappeared and he feels that he can't go on to do his special act without it.

Paperback:

9780394851044 | Random House Childrens Books, March 1, 1982, cover price $1.95 | About this edition: Afraid to go on stage without his favorite hat, Fozzie the bear, with help from Robin, tries to find out who might have stolen it

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Forced to stay in her room for a while, an angry child runs away from her mother--but only in her imagination.

School and Library:

9780807512784 | Albert Whitman & Co, October 1, 1980, cover price $10.75 | About this edition: Angry with her mother, Wilma fantasizes that she runs away and, pursued by her distraught parent, refuses to return home until her mother has forgiven her

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Children try to copy such animal acts as sitting on eggs, pocketing one's young, and making music with one's legs

Hardcover:

9780688418113 | William Morrow & Co, March 1, 1978, cover price $8.75 | About this edition: Children imitate such animal behavior as sitting on eggs, pocketing one's young, and making music with one's legs.

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Hardcover:

9780964552906 | Har/cas edition (Hear We Go Kids, December 1, 1995), cover price $19.95

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A collection of more than forty-five Mother Goose rhymes features musical arrangements, brief introductions that explain each rhyme's history, and outlandish illustrations.
By Rosekrans Hoffman (illustrator) and Jane Yolen

School and Library:

9781878093523 | Wordsong, October 1, 1992, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Collects the music and lyrics for a variety of nursery rhymes and children's songs, including 'Froggie Went A-Courting,' 'The Muffin Man,' and 'Seesaw, Marjorie Daw.

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A companion volume to Jane Yolen's Mother Goose Songbook offers forty-three songs in praise of barnyard creatures, each prefaced by information about the song's history and accompanied by a simple musical score for piano and guitar.

School and Library:

9781563972812 | Wordsong, December 1, 1994, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Presents traditional songs about farm life, including 'Old Dog Tray,' 'Go Tell Aunt Rhody,' 'Turkey in the Straw,' and 'The Old Gray Mare'

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A trip down a winding dirt road to the dump becomes a magical ritual for a child and her grandmother, as they find other people's cast-off treasures to bring home
By Rosekrans Hoffman (illustrator) and Patricia Lakin

Hardcover:

9780531058855 | Orchard Books, August 1, 1990, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A little girl tells of her drive to the dump with Grammy.

School and Library:

9780531084854 | Orchard Books, August 1, 1990, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: A little girl tells of her drive to the dump with Grammy.

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A shrewd peasant woman and her daughter use a series of riddles to outwit the local moneylender in this tale set in prerevolutionary Russia

Hardcover:

9780688221935 | William Morrow & Co, October 1, 1979, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: A peasant woman uses her wisdom to outwit the local money lender who is expecting to take over her farm.

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The annual bash thrown by a family of pigs encompasses a delightful assortment of treats, from Auntie Anne's apple pie to Zak's zucchini bread. Reprint.
By Rosekrans Hoffman (illustrator) and Anne Miranda

Paperback:

9781590783283 | Reprint edition (Boyds Mills Pr, January 1, 2005), cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Pigs gather for their annual picnic, from Auntie Anne and her apple pie to Zak with his zucchini bread.

School and Library:

9781563975585 | 1 edition (Boyds Mills Pr, January 1, 1996), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Pigs gather for their annual picnic, from Auntie Anne and her apple pie to Zak with his zucchini bread.

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The King of Tango appeals to Sue Patch, who can fix anything, because all the clocks in his palace are set at different times and he cannot function in the resulting chaos
By Rosekrans Hoffman (illustrator) and Ann Tompert

Paperback:

9780803710610 | Reprint edition (Dial Books for Young Readers, February 1, 1992), cover price $3.99 | About this edition: The King of Tango appeals to Sue Patch, who can fix anything, because all the clocks in his palace are set at different times and he cannot function in the resulting chaos

A frolicsome trio of sisters twirl their way through three escapades involving speaking 'French,' dancing lessons, and their uncle's annoying cigars
By Rosekrans Hoffman (illustrator) and Audrey Wood

Paperback:

9780803705975 | Dial Books for Young Readers, April 1, 1989, cover price $4.95 | About this edition: A frolicsome trio of sisters twirl their way through three escapades involving speaking 'French,' dancing lessons, and their uncle's annoying cigars

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An African child is told several stories about the moon, but he still feels he has not learned the truth.
By Clayton Bess and Rosekrans Hoffman (illustrator)

Paperback:

9780395643716 | Reprint edition (Houghton Mifflin, October 26, 1992), cover price $6.95 | About this edition: After his parents are unable to answer all of his questions about the moon, Sumu, an African boy, asks his chief why the moon isn't hot like the sun

School and Library:

9780395345511 | Houghton Mifflin, September 1, 1983, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: After his parents are unable to answer all of his questions about the moon, Sumu, an African boy, asks his chief why the moon isn't hot like the sun

Prebinding:

9780613273374 | Turtleback Books, September 1, 1992, cover price $17.15 | About this edition: After his parents are unable to answer all of his questions about the moon, Sumu, an African boy, asks his chief why the moon isn't hot like the sun

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A group of first graders search their classroom for their missing hamster
By Rosekrans Hoffman (illustrator) and Patty Wolcott

Hardcover:

9780679819240 | Reprint edition (Random House Childrens Books, August 1, 1991), cover price $3.50 | About this edition: A group of first graders search their classroom for their missing hamster
9780201142457, titled "Where Did That Naughty Little Hamster Go" | Harpercollins Childrens Books, June 1, 1980, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: A group of first graders search the classroom for their missing hamster.

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A little girl wonders where she came from, and her mother tells her the true story of how she grew close to her mother's heart until one day she was born. By the author of Where Will You Swim Tonight?

School and Library:

9780807589243 | Albert Whitman & Co, March 1, 1993, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: A little girl wonders where she came from, and her mother tells her the true story of how she grew close to her mother's heart until one day she was born

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