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Why Worry?

When they are snatched up by a crow, a pessimistic cricket and an optimistic grasshopper disagree about what will happen to them.

By Beth Cannon and Kimmel Eric A.

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Hardcover:

9780394840109 | Random House Childrens Books, April 1, 1979, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: When Cricket, a confirmed pessimist, and Grasshopper, an optimist, are snatched up one morning by a fearsome crow, Cricket worries endlessly about their fate while Grasshopper manages to turn trouble into an exciting adventure

Library:

9780394940106 | Random House Childrens Books, January 1, 1983, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: When Cricket, a confirmed pessimist, and Grasshopper, an optimist, are snatched up one morning by a fearsome crow, Cricket worries endlessly about their fate while Grasshopper manages to turn trouble into an exciting adventure

Nicanor's Gate

A prosperous but simple and pious Jew of ancient Alexandria comes to the realization of why God has permitted his great wealth to accumulate.

By Kimmel Eric A.

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Hardcover:

9780827601680 | Jewish Pubn Society, June 1, 1979, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: A prosperous but simple and pious Jew of ancient Alexandria comes to the realization of why God has permitted his great wealth to accumulate.

Hershel of Ostropol

Four stories about a clever man who lived by his wits as his pockets were always empty.

By Arthur Friedman (illustrator) and Kimmel Eric A.

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Hardcover:

9780827601925 | Jewish Pubn Society, June 1, 1981, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Four stories about a clever man who lived by his wits as his pockets were always empty.

Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock

Anansi the Spider, a master trickster, uses the powers of a magical rock to dupe his neighbors...a musical introduction sets the mood...the text of the book is read clearly and expressively.-Booklist

By Kimmel Eric A.

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Hardcover:

9781591126768, titled "Anansi & the Moss Covered Rock" | Har/com edition (Live Oak Media, January 1, 2004), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Anansi the Spider, a master trickster, uses the powers of a magical rock to dupe his neighbors.

9780874991710, titled "Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock" | Har/cas edition (Live Oak Media, March 1, 1991), cover price $25.95

Paperback:

9781591126751 | Pap/com edition (Live Oak Media, July 6, 2004), cover price $19.95

9781591126775, titled "Anansi & the Moss Covered Rock" | Pap/com edition (Live Oak Media, January 1, 2004), cover price $39.95

9780874991703 | Pap/cas edition (Live Oak Media, October 31, 1995), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Anansi the Spider tricks all the animals, until he's taught a lesson.

9780823407989 | Reprint edition (Holiday House, February 1, 1990), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: Anansi the Spider uses a strange moss-covered rock in the forest to trick all the other animals, until Little Bush Deer decides he needs to learn a lesson.

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9780823406890 | Holiday House, July 1, 1988, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Anansi the Spider uses a strange moss-covered rock in the forest to trick all the other animals, until Little Bush Deer decides he needs to learn a lesson.

The Chanukkah Tree

The foolish people of Chelm are tricked by a peddler into buying and decorating a 'Chanukkah tree' on Christmas Eve, but after becoming disillusioned they rediscover its worth and beauty.

By Kimmel Eric A.

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9780823407057 | Holiday House, September 1, 1988, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: A peddler convinces the townspeople of Chelm that a Chanukkah tree is the latest thing in America and would be just right for them, and surprisingly, it becomes a worthwhile investment

Charlie Drives the Stage

Neither avalanche, nor Indians, nor flooding river can keep a daring young stage coach driver from delivering Senator McCorkle to the train station on time.

By Kimmel Eric A.

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9780823407385 | Holiday House, March 1, 1989, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Neither avalanche, nor Indians, nor flooding river can keep a daring young stage coach driver from delivering Senator McCorkle to the train station on time.

Nanny Goat and the Seven Little Kids

Retelling of the classic Grimm fairy tale follows a devoted mother goat as she saves her wayward children after they have been eaten by a ferocious wolf

By Kimmel Eric A. and Janet Stevens (illustrator)

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Paperback:

9780823409532 | Reprint edition (Holiday House, March 1, 1992), cover price $5.95 | About this edition: Mother goat rescues her seven kids after they are swallowed by a wicked wolf.

Nanny Goat and the Seven Little Kids

Retelling of the classic Grimm fairy tale follows a devoted mother goat as she saves her wayward children after they have been eaten by a ferocious wolf

By Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Kimmel Eric A. and Janet Stevens (illustrator)

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9780823407897 | Subsequent edition (Holiday House, February 1, 1990), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Mother goat rescues her seven kids after they are swallowed by a wicked wolf.

Four Dollars and Fifty Cents

When widow Macrae arrives at notorious debtor Shorty Long's ranch to collect his debt to her, she finds him in a coffin surrounded by friends, but the widow suspects a trick and insists on giving the faker a proper burial

By Kimmel Eric A. and Glen Rounds (illustrator)

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Paperback:

9780823410248 | Reprint edition (Holiday House, March 1, 1993), cover price $5.95 | About this edition: To avoid paying the Widow Macrae the four dollars and fifty cents he owes her, deadbeat cowboy Shorty Long plays dead and almost gets buried alive.

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9780823408177 | Subsequent edition (Holiday House, August 1, 1990), cover price $17.95 | About this edition: To avoid paying the Widow Macrae the four dollars and fifty cents he owes her, deadbeat cowboy Shorty Long plays dead and almost gets buried alive.

The Chanukkah Guest

On the first night of Chanukkah, Old Bear wanders into Bubba Brayna's house and receives a delicious helping of potato latkes when she mistakes him for the rabbi.

By Giora Carmi (illustrator) and Kimmel Eric A.

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Paperback:

9780823409785 | Reprint edition (Holiday House, September 1, 1992), cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Elderly Bubba Brayna is honored to serve the rabbi her renowned potatoe latkes, but when a bear shows up on the first night of Chanukkah instead of the rabbi, the nearly blind and deaf old woman does not notice the difference

School and Library:

9780823407880 | Subsequent edition (Holiday House, August 1, 1990), cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Elderly Bubba Brayna is honored to serve the rabbi her renowned potatoe latkes, but when a bear shows up on the first night of Chanukkah instead of the rabbi, the nearly blind and deaf old woman does not notice the difference

Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock (4 Bks,Cass,&Guide)

Product Description: Anansi the Spider tricks all the animals, until he's taught a lesson.

By Kimmel Eric A.

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Paperback:

9780874991727 | Pap/cas edition (Live Oak Media, March 1, 1991), cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Anansi the Spider tricks all the animals, until he's taught a lesson.

Baba Yaga: A Russian Folktale

When a terrible witch vows to eat her for supper, a little girl escapes with the help of a towel and comb given to her by the witch's cat

By Kimmel Eric A. and Megan Lloyd (illustrator)

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Paperback:

9780823410606 | Reprint edition (Holiday House, September 1, 1993), cover price $5.95 | About this edition: When a terrible witch vows to eat her for supper, a little girl escapes with the help of a towel and comb given to her by the witch's cat

School and Library:

9780823408542 | Holiday House, April 1, 1991, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: When a terrible witch vows to eat her for supper, a little girl escapes with the help of a towel and comb given to her by the witch's cat

The Greatest of All: A Japanese Folktale

Product Description: Book by Kimmel, Eric A.

By Giora Carmi (illustrator) and Kimmel Eric A.

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Paperback:

9780823412037 | Reprint edition (Holiday House, October 1, 1995), cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Book by Kimmel, Eric A.

School and Library:

9780823408856 | Holiday House, September 1, 1991, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: A mouse father, in search of the mightiest husband for his daughter, approaches the emperor, the sun, a cloud, the wind, and a wall, before the unexpected victor finally appears

Days of Awe: Stories for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur

Three traditional stories deal with the power of charity, a shepherd's prayers, and a beggar's forgiveness

By Kimmel Eric A. and Erika Weihs (illustrator)

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School and Library:

9780670827725 | Viking Pr, September 1, 1991, cover price $14.50 | About this edition: Three traditional stories deal with the power of charity, a shepherd's prayers, and a beggar's forgiveness

Bearhead: A Russian Folktale

Bearhead, a creature with the head of a bear and the body of a man, succeeds in outwitting the witch Madame Hexaba and a frog-headed goblin

By Kimmel Eric A. and Charles Mikolaycak (illustrator)

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Paperback:

9780823413027 | Reprint edition (Holiday House, March 1, 1997), cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Bearhead succeeds in outwitting the witch Madame Hexaba and a frog-headed goblin.

School and Library:

9780823409020 | Holiday House, September 1, 1991, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Bearhead succeeds in outwitting the witch Madame Hexaba and a frog-headed goblin.

I Took My Frog to the Library

Product Description: When Bridgett brings her pets to the library, the hyena laughs so loudly nobody can hear the story, the giraffe tries to read over everybody's shoulder, and the frog jumps onto the checkout desk, scaring the librarian. But it's the well-behaved elephant who causes the biggest problems of all! Full-color throughout...read more

By Kimmel Eric A.

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Paperback:

9781591127161 | Pap/com edition (Live Oak Media, May 11, 2004), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: When Bridgett brings her pets to the library, the hyena laughs so loudly nobody can hear the story, the giraffe tries to read over everybody's shoulder, and the frog jumps onto the checkout desk, scaring the librarian.

9781591127178 | Unabridged edition (Live Oak Media, January 1, 2004), cover price $39.95 | About this edition: When Bridgett brings her pets to the library, the hyena laughs so loudly nobody can hear the story, the giraffe tries to read over everybody's shoulder, and the frog jumps onto the checkout desk, scaring the librarian.

9780874994025 | Pap/cas edition (Live Oak Media, December 2, 1997), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: A young girl brings her pets to the library--with predictably disastrous results.

9780874994049 | Pck edition (Live Oak Media, April 1, 1992), cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Humorous rhymes describe George Washington's farm, where the cows wear dresses, the pigs wear wigs, and the sheep are scholars.

9780140509168 | Puffin, January 1, 1992, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: A young girl brings her pets to the library--with predictably disastrous results

School and Library:

9780670824182 | Viking Pr, February 1, 1990, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: A young girl brings her pets to the library--with predictably disastrous results

Reinforced:

9780606005159 | Demco Media, January 1, 1992, cover price $14.70 | also contains I Took My Frog to the Library | About this edition: A young girl brings her pets to the library--with predictably disastrous results

Boots and His Brothers: A Norwegian Tale

Three fortune-seeking brothers encounter an old beggar woman who informs them that a rich reward awaits the first to cut down a certain giant oak tree, but the hidden key to this treasure lies in how they treat the old woman.

By Kimmel Eric A. and Kimberly Bulcken Root (illustrator)

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9780823408863 | Holiday House, March 1, 1992, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A young man's kindness to an old beggar woman earns him his weight in gold and half a kingdom

Anansi Goes Fishing

Product Description: Anansi the Spider tries to trick Turtle into fishing for his dinner.

By Kimmel Eric A.

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Hardcover:

9781591126805 | Har/com edition (Live Oak Media, January 1, 2004), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Anansi the Spider tries to trick Turtle into fishing for his dinner.

9780874991895 | Har/cas edition (Live Oak Media, December 1, 2001), cover price $25.95

Paperback:

9781591126799 | Pap/com edition (Live Oak Media, July 26, 2004), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Anansi the Spider tries to trick Turtle into fishing for his dinner.

9781591126812 | Pap/com edition (Live Oak Media, January 1, 2004), cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Anansi the Spider tries to trick Turtle into fishing for his dinner.

9780874991888 | Pap/cas edition (Live Oak Media, October 31, 1995), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Anansi the spider plans to trick Turtle into catching a fish for his dinner, but Turtle proves to be smarter and ends up with a free meal.

9780823410224 | Reprint edition (Holiday House, March 1, 1993), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: Anansi the spider plans to trick Turtle into catching a fish for his dinner, but Turtle proves to be smarter and ends up with a free meal, in a tale that explains the origin of spider webs

School and Library:

9780823409181 | Holiday House, March 1, 1992, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Anansi the spider plans to trick Turtle into catching a fish for his dinner, but Turtle proves to be smarter and ends up with a free meal, in a tale that explains the origin of spider webs

The Four Gallant Sisters

Disguised as men, four young orphaned sisters go out into the world to learn a trade, joining the household of a king, where they prove their resourcefulness, courage, and intelligence.

By Kimmel Eric A. and Tatyana Yuditskaya (illustrator)

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School and Library:

9780805019018 | Henry Holt & Co, March 1, 1992, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: A variation of two tales from the Brothers Grimm, in which four orphaned sisters disguise themselves as men to go out in the world and learn a trade

The Tale of Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp: A Story from the Arabian Nights

With the help of a magical lamp and the genie who lives inside it, Aladdin, a young Chinese boy, seeks his fortune and defeats the schemes of an evil magician.

By Ju-Hong Chen (illustrator) and Kimmel Eric A.

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9780823409389 | Holiday House, September 1, 1992, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A retelling of the adventures of Aladdin who, with the aid of a genie from a magic lamp, fights an evil sorcerer and wins the hand of a beautiful princess

The Old Woman and Her Pig

When her newly bought pig won't go over the stile, an old woman tries to enlist the aid of some reluctant helpers so that she can get home that night

By Giora Carmi (illustrator) and Kimmel Eric A.

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Paperback:

9780823412341 | Reprint edition (Holiday House, March 1, 1996), cover price $6.95 | About this edition: When her newly bought pig won't go over the stile, an old woman tries to enlist the aid of some reluctant helpers so that she can get home that night

School and Library:

9780823409709 | Holiday House, September 1, 1992, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: When her newly bought pig won't go over the stile, an old woman tries to enlist the aid of some reluctant helpers so that she can get home that night

The Spotted Pony: A Collection of Hanukkah Stories

Eight traditional shammes stories--about King Solomon and his magic ring, a mysterious spotted pony, Benayahu ben Yehoyada, and other heroes, demons, and fools--help celebrate the Festival of Lights.

By Leonard Everett Fisher (illustrator) and Kimmel Eric A.

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9780823409365 | Holiday House, September 1, 1992, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Eight shammes stories--about King Solomon and his magic ring, a mysterious spotted pony, Benayahu ben Yehoyada, and other heroes, demons, and fools--help celebrate the Festival of Lights

Three Sacks of Truth: A Story from France

An adaptation of a French folktale tells of Petit Jean and his quest to win the hand of the king's daughter, using his mother's magical peaches and an enchanted silver fife.

By Kimmel Eric A. and Robert Rayevsky (illustrator)

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9780823409211 | Holiday House, March 1, 1993, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: With the aid of a perfect peach, a silver fife, and his own resources, Petit Jean outwits a dishonest king and wins the hand of a princess

Asher and the Capmakers: A Hanukkah Story

When his mother runs out of eggs for the Hanukkah latkes, Asher sets out to borrow an egg from a neighbor and ends up embarking on an adventure involving a group of capmaking fairies.

By Will Hillenbrand (illustrator) and Kimmel Eric A.

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9780823410316 | Holiday House, September 1, 1993, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: On his way to get an egg for his mother the night before Hanukkah, a young boy encounters a group of mischievous fairies who take him on an adventure to Jerusalem.

The Witch's Face: A Mexican Tale

An adaptation of a Mexican tale follows Don Aurelio as he falls in love with the youngest of three witches and makes a pact with her that will break the spell that makes her a witch.

By Kimmel Eric A. and Fabricio Vanden Broeck (illustrator)

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9780823410385 | Holiday House, September 1, 1993, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Don Aurelio falls in love with a witch who has a beautiful face but fails to heed her special instructions

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