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Product Description: Roadsouls explores the power of art and creativity for transforming not only one's own life but also the world one lives in. Timid Duuni has spent her life as abused and guarded property. Blind, arrogant Raím is determined to be again what he once was: hunter, lover, young lord of the earth...read more

Paperback:

9781619760912 | Aqueduct Pr, March 15, 2016, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: Roadsouls explores the power of art and creativity for transforming not only one's own life but also the world one lives in.

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Product Description: The sequel to Long Night Dance follows seventeen-year-old Kat as she goes to live with her mother's people, who teach her the mysterious and powerful ways of women and Ouma, the bear mother.

Paperback:

9781442467361 | Simon Pulse, November 30, 2012, cover price $12.99 | About this edition: The sequel to Long Night Dance follows seventeen-year-old Kat as she goes to live with her mother's people, who teach her the mysterious and powerful ways of women and Ouma, the bear mother.
9780689850707 | Reprint edition (Simon Pulse, November 22, 2005), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: Seventeen-year-old Kat's struggle to learn the ways of her dead mother's people in the hill country is complicated by her failure in the bear ceremony, a spiritual rite of passage, and her attraction to the blind outcast Raâim.

School and Library:

9780525449515 | Dutton Childrens Books, June 1, 1992, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: Seventeen-year-old Kat's struggle to learn the ways of her dead mother's people in the hill country is complicated by her failure in the bear ceremony, a spiritual rite of passage, and her attraction to the blind outcast Raim

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Product Description: Sixteen-year-old Kat, child of a scandalous, disastrous marriage between a Hill woman and an Upslope man, rescues a Rigi man from the sea during the week of the Long Night Dance and begins to realize a person's value does not come from his background nor appearance.

Paperback:

9781442467378 | Simon Pulse, November 30, 2012, cover price $10.99 | About this edition: Sixteen-year-old Kat, child of a scandalous, disastrous marriage between a Hill woman and an Upslope man, rescues a Rigi man from the sea during the week of the Long Night Dance and begins to realize a person's value does not come from his background nor appearance.
9780689850714 | Reprint edition (Simon & Schuster, August 23, 2005), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: Sixteen-year-old Kat, child of a disastrous and scandalous marriage, rescues a Rigi man from the sea during the week of the Long Night Dance and begins to realize that a person's value does not come from his background or appearance.

School and Library:

9780525444855 | Dutton Childrens Books, August 1, 1989, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Sixteen-year-old Kat, child of a scandalous, disastrous marriage between a Hill woman and an Upslope man, rescues a Rigi man from the sea during the week of the Long Night Dance and begins to realize a person's value does not come from his background norappearance.

Reinforced:

9780606339186 | Demco Media, November 1, 2005, cover price $14.55 | About this edition: Sixteen-year-old Kat, child of a scandalous, disastrous marriage between a Hill woman and an Upslope man, rescues a Rigi man from the sea during the week of the Long Night Dance and begins to realize a person's value does not come from his background nor appearance.

Prebinding:

9781417740062 | Reprint edition (Turtleback Books, September 1, 2005), cover price $15.25 | About this edition: Sixteen-year-old Kat, child of a disastrous and scandalous marriage, rescues a Rigi man from the sea during the week of the Long Night Dance and begins to realize that a person's value does not come from his background or appearance.

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After returning home from a self-imposed exile to avoid a forced arranged marriage, Kat finds her homeland involved in a dangerous war and so turns to Nall, a man who appeared to her from the depths of the ocean, for help in saving her brother and restoring peace to the place she loves. Reprint.

Hardcover:

9780689850684 | Atheneum, March 7, 2006, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: After seventeen-year-old Kat leaves the Creek home of her mother's sister, she returns to Downshore and becomes embroiled in upheaval there and in the land of the Rigi, as well as in Nall's quest to go to the Gate.

Paperback:

9780689850691 | Reprint edition (Atheneum, August 21, 2007), cover price $22.99 | About this edition: After seventeen-year-old Kat leaves the Creek home of her mother's sister, she returns to Downshore and becomes embroiled in upheaval there and in the land of the Rigi, as well as in Nall's quest to go to the Gate.

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When a group of creative thinkers uses their imagination while setting up for a party, a group of chairs suddenly transforms into wonderful and wacky things that are individually inspired by each guest, including a treasure cave and a coin eating monster.

Paperback:

9780439444224 | 1 edition (Arthur a Levine, March 1, 2004), cover price $10.01 | About this edition: A group of children celebrate their various chairs and their imaginations as they gather to welcome a new neighbor.

School and Library:

9780439444217 | Arthur a Levine, July 1, 2004, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: A group of children celebrate their various chairs and their imaginations as they gather to welcome a new neighbor.

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Product Description: Book by James, Betsy

Paperback:

9781587210419 | Authorhouse, November 1, 2000, cover price $13.98 | About this edition: Book by James, Betsy

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Molly likes her tadpoles better than her baby brother Davey but admires Davey's growth over a period of several months and compares it to the development of her tadpoles

Hardcover:

9780525461975 | Dutton Childrens Books, July 1, 1999, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: Molly likes her tadpoles better than her baby brother Davey but admires Davey's growth over a period of several months and compares it to the development of her tadpoles

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Product Description: Book by Wehrheim, Carol
By Betsy James (illustrator) and Carol Wehrheim

Hardcover:

9780829811971 | Board book edition (Pilgrim Pr, March 1, 1999), cover price $4.95 | About this edition: Book by Wehrheim, Carol

When his mother offers to share their apartment temporarily with an old friend and her three-year-old son, Dan finds himself resenting the loss of space, privacy, and peace and quiet
By Betsy James (illustrator)

Reinforced:

9780606135054 | Reprint edition (Demco Media, March 1, 1998), cover price $10.41 | About this edition: When his mother offers to share their apartment temporarily with an old friend and her three-year-old son, Dan finds himself resenting the loss of space, privacy, and peace and quiet

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Dan thinks he is going to have a terrible time when he is forced to go camping with his mother's boyfriend Mike and Mike's brainy son Raymond, but the two boys form a surprising friendship
By Betsy James (illustrator)

Reinforced:

9780606135047 | Reprint edition (Demco Media, March 1, 1998), cover price $11.30 | About this edition: Dan thinks he is going to have a terrible time when he is forced to go camping with his mother's boyfriend Mike and Mike's brainy son Raymond, but the two boys form a surprising friendship

A drought threatens to force Sosi's family to move from their canyon, unless she can bring rain with her dancing

Paperback:

9780195124798 | Reprint edition (Oxford Univ Pr, May 1, 1998), cover price $12.95 | About this edition: A drought threatens to force Sosi's family to move from their canyon, unless she can bring rain with her dancing

School and Library:

9780399225499 | Putnam Pub Group, October 1, 1994, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: A drought threatens to force Sosi's family to move from their canyon, unless she can bring rain with her dancing

Reinforced:

9780606290531, titled "Mud Family" | Demco Media, September 1, 2003, cover price $22.50 | About this edition: A drought threatens to force Sosi's family to move from their canyon, unless she can bring rain with her dancing

Prebinding:

9780613708104, titled "Mud Family" | Turtleback Books, January 30, 1998, cover price $24.50 | About this edition: A drought threatens to force Sosi's family to move from their canyon, unless she can bring rain with her dancing

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Marie is afraid to sleep overnight in her grandparents' living room until her grandfather gives her a flashlight so that she can see in the dark
By Betsy James and Stacey Schuett (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780679879701 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, November 1, 1997, cover price $17.00 | About this edition: Marie is afraid to sleep overnight in her grandparents' living room until her grandfather gives her a flashlight so that she can see in the dark

Library:

9780679979708 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, November 1, 1997, cover price $18.99 | About this edition: Marie is afraid to sleep overnight in her grandparents' living room until her grandfather gives her a flashlight so that she can see in the dark

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When Charlie's roomful of animals all get loose at once, one hot day, Charlie has to take care of the problem without his mom finding out. By the author of The Daddies Boat.

Hardcover:

9780525453901 | Dutton Childrens Books, October 1, 1995, cover price $13.99 | About this edition: Charlie has some unusual pets, but when he adds a skink to his collection his mother thinks he's gone too far

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Disliking the wind that whisks away her favorite possessions, Sophie appeals to her grandmother for help and is instructed on how to build a blow-away-soon, an appeasing gift for the wind, in a story about keeping and giving away.
By Betsy James and Anna Vojtech (illustrator)

School and Library:

9780399226489 | Putnam Pub Group, May 1, 1995, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: While building a blow-away-soon for the wind, a little girl learns from her grandmother that some things are to let go of and some are to keep for a good long time

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Presents a charming story of sibling love as a young sister provides special care in tending to her baby brother's many needs, and compares his growth to that of a tadpole. By the author of Mary Ann.

Hardcover:

9780525450771 | Dutton Childrens Books, February 1, 1994, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: After her best friend Mary Ann moves away, Amy finds a praying mantis and names her Mary Ann

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A little girl describes her cat's life from his waking her in the morning to his putting her to sleep at night
By Helen K. Davie (illustrator) and Betsy James

Hardcover:

9780531059548 | Orchard Books, August 1, 1991, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A little girl describes her cat's life from his waking her in the morning to his putting her to sleep at night

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When a famous children's author visits Squinty Gritt's school and offers a prize in a poster contest, Squinty, a boy who loves to draw but not to read, decides to put his imagination to work
By Betsy James (illustrator) and Barbara Williams

Hardcover:

9780525446552 | Dutton Childrens Books, November 1, 1990, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Squinty Gritt, a second grader interested in cars, gains self-esteem when he enters a poster contest honoring a famous author's visit to his school.

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A young girl follows her grandmother's advice and takes the dream stair as she sleeps, traveling up past chimneys, balloons, and trees and down into the depths of the cellar
By Betsy James and Richard Jesse Watson (illustrator)

Library:

9780060227883 | Harpercollins, April 1, 1990, cover price $13.89 | About this edition: A young child's night is filled with wonderful experiences traveling up and down the dream staircase.

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Young readers can follow playful Natalie as she hides under the table, under the laundry basket, under the porch stairs, or under a big umbrella

Hardcover:

9780525445913 | Dutton Childrens Books, April 1, 1990, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Natalie and her brother Thomas enjoy being underneath various things as they play enthusiastically with their patient father.

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Tam and Jan learn the value of friendship when Tam is abducted by elves, in a retelling of the traditional Scottish ballad

Hardcover:

9780877015642 | Chronicle Books Llc, October 1, 1989, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: In this free retelling of an old Scottish ballad, Jan, who is convinced her friend Tam is not dead but has only disappeared, follows the advice of a wise old woman and with the help of a red cloak releases him from capture by elves.

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Natalie tries to honor her mother's request to clean her room but finds it more fun to play with her clothes, toys, and her little brother, Thomas.

School and Library:

9780525443827 | Dutton Childrens Books, March 1, 1988, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: Natalie and her baby brother, Thomas, come up with a host of interesting things to do while Natalie is supposed to be cleaning up her messy room

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The author recounts her experiences traveling by bicycle in Ecuador and shares her observations on the local people and their culture
By Betsy James (illustrator) and Virginia Urrutia

Hardcover:

9780898861419 | Mountaineers Books, November 1, 1987, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: The author recounts her experiences traveling by bicycle in Ecuador and shares her observations on the local people and their culture

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