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Five short stories describe the lives of woodland plants and animals.

School and Library:

9780689306303 | Atheneum, March 1, 1978, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: Fables involving animals and insects of field and woods combine their natural behavior with fanciful thought and speech

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Defines words found in the vocabulary of primary age children, using sentences containing the word and illustrations to make its meaning clear

Hardcover:

9780395292105 | Houghton Mifflin, May 1, 1980, cover price $10.70 | About this edition: A dictionary for the primary grades explaining the meaning of words familiar to this age group and using each word in a sentence.

The Wynd children launch an investigation when something begins to interfere with the spells conjured by their family of magicians

Paperback:

9780689713651, titled "The Dragon Circle" | Reprint edition (Aladdin Paperbacks, April 1, 1990), cover price $3.95 | About this edition: The magical Wynd family becomes involved with dragons needing help in recovering treasure lost centuries before at the bottom of a lake.
9780590300698 | Scholastic Paperbacks, May 1, 1980, cover price $1.95 | About this edition: The magical Wynd family becomes involved with dragons needing help in recovering treasure lost centuries before at the bottom of a lake.

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Outlines the life of Alexander, a charismatic individual who was simultaneously the king of Macedonia, pharaoh of Egypt, and emperor of Persia.

Paperback:

9780316503747 | Little Brown & Co, July 1, 1981, cover price $4.95 | About this edition: An informative biography relates the remarkable story of the life and legend of Alexander the Great, detailing his military triumphs, heroic conquests, statesmanship, education, and other extraordinary accomplishments

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When shy Charlie Wilder is given the role of Lysander in the ninth-grade production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, he plots and schemes to get out of the part, but gets himself in deeper than ever

School and Library:

9780689309274 | Atheneum, September 1, 1982, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: The lives of some ninth graders cast in the class play become inextricably bound up with the production.

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Sam decides to capture a lion and bring it into his room in order to gain some attention, but his family finds ways to make him want to set his new pet free
By Leigh Grant (illustrator) and Stephen Krensky

School and Library:

9780689309694 | Atheneum, February 1, 1983, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: No one notices that Sam has gone on a safari in the living room, until he captures a lion and turns it loose in the house.

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While spending the summer at Camp Minnewatha, Charlie Wilder struggles to attract the attention of Lydia Travers and win her friendship

School and Library:

9780689309908 | Atheneum, September 1, 1983, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Charlie Wilder is unenthusiastic about summer camp until he sets eyes on Lydia Travers, but getting to know Lydia turns out to be far more complicated than he had ever anticipated.

Lively pigs--both perfect and imperfect in their manners--illustrate sixty tips on how to behave in a variety of familiar situations

Paperback:

9780316110808 | Little Brown & Co, September 1, 1983, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: A simple introduction to good manners to use with family, friends, at school, during meals, with pets, on the phone, during games, at parties, and in public places.

School and Library:

9780316110792 | Little Brown & Co, September 1, 1983, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: A simple introduction to good manners to use with family, friends, at school, during meals, with pets, on the phone, during games, at parties, and in public places.

Reinforced:

9780606039918 | Demco Media, September 1, 1983, cover price $15.81 | About this edition: A simple introduction to good manners to use with family, friends, at school, during meals, with pets, on the phone, during games, at parties, and in public places.

Prebinding:

9780808537076 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $15.35 | About this edition: A simple introduction to good manners to use with family, friends, at school, during meals, with pets, on the phone, during games, at parties, and in public places.

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Five short stories in the folktale tradition--Castles in the Air, A Fine Kettle of Fish, The Last Straw, Too Clever for Words, and A Barrel of Fun--depict the literal meanings of common idiomatic experssions

Hardcover:

9780689306846 | Encore Editions, May 1, 1984, cover price $1.98 | About this edition: Five clichâes woven into stories.

Willing to risk exposure to the sun and to mistletoe--both allegedly lethal to trolls--rather than live underground, Morgan finally realizes that some beliefs are true only if you believe them

Hardcover:

9780689307478 | Encore Editions, February 1, 1985, cover price $2.95 | About this edition: Morgan comes to realize that he is not like the other trolls and after several unusual adventures leaves the troll caves for a new life outside.

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Recounts the story of the Statue of Liberty from its difficult birth in France, which took twenty-one years--from the original idea of Edouard Laboulaye and the contributions of sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi--to its final voyage to America

School and Library:

9780689311116 | Atheneum, October 1, 1985, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Discusses our Statue of Liberty's conception, creation, and history.

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A dictionary for the primary grades explaining the meaning of words familiar to this age group and using each word in a sentence.

Hardcover:

9780395383933 | Houghton Mifflin College Div, February 1, 1986, cover price $21.87 | About this edition: A dictionary for the primary grades explaining the meaning of words familiar to this age group and using each word in a sentence.

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Specifically designed for beginning readers, this updated, extensively illustrated reference includes some five hundred entries, as well as homographs and homophones, with definitions in complete sentences

Hardcover:

9780395425305 | Houghton Mifflin, July 10, 1986, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: A first dictionary for children who are learning to read, which lists nearly 1700 main entry-words, using only other main-entry words in the definitions, and over 600 illustrations.

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A look at the origins and development of ice dream traces the history of the confection from ancient times to the present, offering a wealth of anecdotes, lore, and trivia, as well as a study of modern production techniques

Hardcover:

9780689312762 | Atheneum, September 1, 1986, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: A history of ice cream, from 4000 years ago when the Egyptians mixed honey with crushed ice, to the present day, in which 800 million gallons of ice cream are consumed annually in the U.

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Integrating meticulous scholarship and an entertaining style, this thought-provoking history discusses diverse theories about who were the first Americans, examining the various ethnic groups, explorers, tribes, and others who may have reached American prior to Columbus. Reissue.
By Stephen Krensky and Steve Sullivan (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780803893061, titled "Who Really Discovered America?" | Reissue edition (Hastings House Pub, September 1, 1991), cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Discusses the people besides Columbus who may have discovered America, including the Chinese, Japanese, Vikings, and Phoenicians

Paperback:

9780590408547 | Scholastic, September 1, 1987, cover price $2.50 | About this edition: Discusses the people besides Columbus who may have discovered America, including the Chinese, Japanese, Vikings, and Phoenicians

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An account of the madness that overtook Salem Village, Massachusetts, when several young girls accused a number of adults in the community of being witches
By Stephen Krensky and James Watling (illustrator)

Paperback:

9780394819235 | Random House Childrens Books, May 1, 1989, cover price $3.99 | About this edition: An account of the madness that overtook Salem Village, Massachusetts, when several young girls accused a number of adults in the community of being witches

Library:

9780394919232 | Random House Childrens Books, June 1, 1989, cover price $7.99 | About this edition: An account of the madness that overtook Salem Village, Massachusetts, when several young girls accused a number of adults in the community of being witches

Prebinding:

9780833528674 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $12.00 | About this edition: An account of the madness that overtook Salem Village, Massachusetts, when several young girls accused a number of adults in the community of being witches

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The daily activities of a bear family demonstrate the meaning of such units of time as a second, minute, and week.

School and Library:

9780316503754 | Little Brown & Co, September 1, 1989, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: The daily activities of a bear family demonstrate the meaning of such units of time as a second, minute, and week.

Lionel's spring activities include plans to plant a vegetable garden, helping celebrate his parent's anniversary, playing with his friend, and participating in spring cleaning

Paperback:

9780140384635 | Reprint edition (Puffin, January 1, 1997), cover price $3.99 | About this edition: Lionel's spring activities include plans to plant a vegetable garden, helping celebrate his parent's anniversary, playing with his friend, and participating in spring cleaning
9780140361179 | Reprint edition (Puffin, May 1, 1992), cover price $3.99 | About this edition: Lionel's spring activities include plans to plant a vegetable garden, helping celebrate his parent's anniversary, playing with his friend, and participating in spring cleaning

Library:

9780803706316 | Dial Books for Young Readers, February 1, 1990, cover price $9.89 | About this edition: Lionel's spring activities include plans to plant a vegetable garden, helping celebrate his parent's anniversary, playing with his friend, and participating in spring cleaning

Prebinding:

9780833586407 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $11.80 | About this edition: Lionel's spring activities include plans to plant a vegetable garden, helping celebrate his parent's anniversary, playing with his friend, and participating in spring cleaning

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While visiting their Aunt Celia in Boston, the five Wynd children are determined to foil the army of ghosts intent on helping an unscrupulous developer acquire some of the best property in the city. Sequel to 'The Dragon Circle' and 'The Witching Hour.'

Paperback:

9780689713644 | Reprint edition (Aladdin Paperbacks, April 1, 1990), cover price $3.95 | About this edition: The Wynds, a magical family, learn that ghosts are planning, with the help of an unscrupulous realtor, to take control of most of Boston

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The Wynd family pits its forces against a group of witches with a ghastly plan to turn the town's children into monsters. Sequel to 'The Dragon Circle.'

Paperback:

9780689713668 | Reprint edition (Aladdin Paperbacks, April 1, 1990), cover price $3.95 | About this edition: Teenager Alison Wynd and her magically adept siblings set out on Halloween weekend to outsmart a local convention of witches, who have destroyed their father's magical powers

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A biography of Washington describes the qualities that made him a great leader, and looks at his influence on the development of American government and history (view table of contents)

Paperback:

9780590437301 | Reissue edition (Scholastic, January 1, 1991), cover price $4.50 | About this edition: A biography of Washington describes the qualities that made him a great leader, and looks at his influence on the development of American government and history

Prebinding:

9780613126861 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $12.70 | About this edition: A biography of Washington describes the qualities that made him a great leader, and looks at his influence on the development of American government and history

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Depicts traditional lifestyles in five different tribes of North American Indians through vignettes set in a time almost two hundred years ago, when they still had much of the continent to themselves
By Stephen Krensky and James Watling (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780590434355 | Scholastic, June 1, 1991, cover price $20.01 | About this edition: Depicts traditional lifestyles in five different tribes of North American Indians through vignettes set in a time almost two hundred years ago, when they still had much of the continent to themselves

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A simple account of Christopher Columbus' first voyage to America

Reinforced:

9780606122214 | Demco Media, August 1, 1991, cover price $12.50 | also contains Christopher Columbus | About this edition: A simple account of Christopher Columbus' first voyage to America

A collection of seven stories based on favorite Mother Goose rhymes, including expanded versions of 'Humpty Dumpty,' 'Little Miss Muffet,' and 'Old King Cole'
By Chris L. Demarest (illustrator) and Stephen Krensky

Hardcover:

9780385262736 | Doubleday, October 1, 1991, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: A collection of seven stories based on favorite Mother Goose rhymes, including expanded versions of 'Humpty Dumpty,' 'Little Miss Muffet,' and 'Old King Cole'

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