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Four-year-old Christopher, who has just learned to use the telephone, calls Molly using various ploys to persuade her to play with him, but she is busy with another friend.
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9780807534687 | Albert Whitman & Co, December 1, 1989, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Christopher is hurt when he feels that his best friend Molly prefers Rebecca's company to his
Describes the geography, history, culture, economy, and people of the mountainous country in northeastern Africa troubled in recent years by drought, famine, and civil unrest
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9780875184838 | Dillon Pr, November 1, 1991, cover price $23.00 | About this edition: Describes the geography, history, culture, economy, and people of the mountainous country in northeastern Africa troubled in recent years by drought, famine, and civil unrest
Hardcover:
9780872879485 | Libraries Unltd Inc, April 1, 1992, cover price $22.50
School and Library:
9780671882686 | Simon & Schuster, September 1, 1994, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: A clever young shepherd boy uses his wits to gain a fortune for himself and his sister from a haughty rich man
Hardcover:
9780671881832 | Simon & Schuster, June 1, 1995, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Her grandfather finds a clever way to help an impatient young Ethiopian girl get to know her father's new wife
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9780689803246, titled "Pulling the Lion's Tail" | Simon & Schuster, September 1, 1995, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Her grandfather finds a clever way to help an impatient young Ethiopian girl get to know her father's new wife
A retelling of an ancient folktale follows Miro, a young Incan girl, who struggles to find the cure for the city's sick and dying prince, whose only hope lies in the water from a lake 'at the corner of the world.'
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9780395691816 | Houghton Mifflin, April 1, 1996, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: A young Inca girl succeeds where her brothers and others have failed, when her bird friends help her find the special water that will cure the king's son
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9780152002190 | Houghton Mifflin, March 1, 1997, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: A retelling of a traditional Eritrean tale in which a young goatherd disobeys his father by inadvertently trading away the board game that was supposed to keep him out of trouble.
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9780689800771 | Simon & Schuster, May 1, 1997, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Ondu-ahlem carefully trains his pigeons and prepares them for the day when he and other Ethiopian boys test the homing instinct and loyalty of their precious birds
Miscellaneous:
9780547351377 | Houghton Mifflin, April 15, 1998, cover price $16.00
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9780152010744 | Houghton Mifflin, May 1, 1998, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: During the political strife and famine of the 1980's, two Ethiopian girls, one Christian and the other Jewish and blind, struggle to overcome many difficulties, including their prejudices about each other, as they make the dangerous journey out of Ethiopia.
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9781571680655 | Eakin Pr, April 1, 1999, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Provides information and suggests resources and activities for understanding all aspects of Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, and for seeing these states as a distinct region.
Prebinding:
9780613049740 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $18.40 | About this edition: A clever young shepherd boy uses his wits to gain a fortune for himself and his sister from a haughty rich man
Paperback:
9781563087448 | Libraries Unltd Inc, November 15, 1999, cover price $32.00 | About this edition: Provides librarians and teachers with advice, checklists, and resources for arranging both real and virtual visits with authors, illustrators, and storytellers.
Paperback:
9781416934875 | Reprint edition (Aladdin Paperbacks, March 6, 2007), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: A collection of poems shares a family's experiences and renewed appreciation for home and community after they are evacuated during a spring flood and then return to survey the damage.
School and Library:
9780689820496 | Simon & Schuster, March 1, 2000, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: A collection of poems shares a family's experiences and renewed appreciation for home and community after they are evacuated during a spring flood and then return to survey the damage.
School and Library:
9780152000363 | Harcourt Childrens Books, March 1, 2000, cover price $17.00 | About this edition: Desta's father, who needs to return briefly to his Ethiopian homeland, describes what it was like for him to grow up there.
Hardcover:
9780060294014 | Greenwillow, April 1, 2001, cover price $15.99 | About this edition: When her sister, star-athlete Jakarta, finally joins them, Dakar feels much safer and happier in Cottonwood, North Dakota, where she and their parents are living for a year, but she still longs for their home in Africa.
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9780060294021 | Greenwillow, April 1, 2001, cover price $16.89 | About this edition: When her sister, star-athlete Jakarta, finally joins them, Dakar feels much safer and happier in Cottonwood, North Dakota, where she and their parents are living for a year, but she still longs for their home in Africa.
Eight-year-old Sarah's high spirits help make her family's long journey from Missouri to Oregon more bearable, though they do cause both her and her best friend Almira Ann some problems.
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9780805060942 | Henry Holt & Co, October 1, 1999, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Eight-year-old Sarah's high spirits help make her family's long journey from Missouri to Oregon more bearable, though they do cause both her and her best friend Almira Ann some problems.
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9780613438353 | Turtleback Books, August 1, 2001, cover price $12.40 | About this edition: Eight-year-old Sarah's high spirits help make her family's long journey from Missouri to Oregon more bearable, though they do cause both her and her best friend Almira Ann some problems.
Eight-year-old Sarah's high spirits help make her family's long journey from Missouri to Oregon more bearable, though they do cause both her and her best friend Almira Ann some problems.
Paperback:
9780439206457, titled "I'm Sorry, Almira Ann" | Scholastic Paperbacks, December 1, 2001, cover price $4.50 | About this edition: Eight-year-old Sarah's high spirits help make her family's long journey from Missouri to Oregon more bearable, though they do cause both her and her best friend Almira Ann some problems.
Reinforced:
9780606222341, titled "I'm Sorry, Almira Ann" | Demco Media, February 1, 2002, cover price $12.14 | About this edition: Eight-year-old Sarah's high spirits help make her family's long journey from Missouri to Oregon more bearable, though they do cause both her and her best friend Almira Ann some problems.
Paperback:
9780439207638 | Scholastic Prof Book Div, February 1, 2002, cover price $14.95
Hardcover:
9780060298500 | Greenwillow, April 1, 2002, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: A thirsty monkey waits as the larger animals drink from the water hole on the African savanna.
Library:
9780060298517 | Greenwillow, April 1, 2002, cover price $18.89 | About this edition: A thirsty monkey waits as the larger animals drink from the water hole on the African savanna.
Hardcover:
9780060298050 | Greenwillow, September 1, 2002, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: When she awakens to a gray day, a little girl is in a grouchy mood until she and her parents find a way to make it better.
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9780060298067 | Greenwillow, September 1, 2002, cover price $17.89 | About this edition: When she awakens to a gray day, a little girl is in a grouchy mood until she and her parents find a way to make it better.
After being kidnapped and brought to the emperor's palace in Gondar, Ethiopia, twelve-year-old Saba discovers that she and her brother are part of the emperor's desperate attempt to consolidate political power in the mid-1840's.
Hardcover:
9781584858294 | Amer Girl, September 1, 2003, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: After being kidnapped and brought to the emperor's palace in Gondar, Ethiopia, twelve-year-old Saba discovers that she and her brother are part of the emperor's desperate attempt to consolidate political power in the mid-1840's.
Paperback:
9781584857471 | Amer Girl, September 1, 2003, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: After being kidnapped and brought to the emperor's palace in Gondar, Ethiopia, twelve-year-old Saba discovers that she and her brother are part of the emperor's desperate attempt to consolidate political power in the mid-1840's.
Reinforced:
9780606286183 | Demco Media, July 1, 2003, cover price $16.71 | About this edition: After being kidnapped and brought to the emperor's palace in Gondar, Ethiopia, twelve-year-old Saba discovers that she and her brother are part of the emperor's desperate attempt to consolidate political power in the mid-1840's.
Prebinding:
9780613952187 | Turtleback Books, September 1, 2003, cover price $16.70
Hardcover:
9780805069815 | Henry Holt & Co, September 1, 2003, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: In the late nineteenth century, Lillie gains friendship and help with a spelling bee from a neighbor, Frances Willard, who braves criticism to speak about women's rights and learn to ride a bicycle.
A collection of short stories and poems by authors from both continents about life in various African countries and some of the experiences and impressions of Americans in Africa and of Africans in America.
Hardcover:
9780060510503 | 1 edition (Amistad Pr, January 1, 2004), cover price $15.99 | About this edition: A collection of short stories and poems by authors from both continents about life in various African countries and some of the experiences and impressions of Americans in Africa and of Africans in America.
9789990051483 | Harpercollins Childrens Books, January 1, 2004, cover price $0.02
Library:
9780060510510 | 1 edition (Amistad Pr, January 1, 2004), cover price $16.89 | About this edition: A collection of short stories and poems by authors from both continents about life in various African countries and some of the experiences and impressions of Americans in Africa and of Africans in America.
Hardcover:
9780060008208 | Greenwillow, May 1, 2004, cover price $15.99 | About this edition: On the eve of the day she is to begin temple service, Moralin of Delagua is kidnapped by the Arkera, enduring grueling adventures as she tries to escape, and ultimately learning surprising truths about her own people.
Library:
9780060008215 | Greenwillow, May 1, 2004, cover price $16.89 | About this edition: On the eve of the day she is to begin temple service, Moralin of Delagua is kidnapped by the Arkera, enduring grueling adventures as she tries to escape, and ultimately learning surprising truths about her own people.
Paperback:
9780689859601 | Simon Spotlight, October 1, 2004, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Offers young readers an illustrated biography about the life of Barnum Brown, a skilled dinosaur bone hunter who made great discoveries through his patience, persistence, and continuous curiosity of the dinosaur era.
Library:
9780689859618 | Simon & Schuster, October 1, 2004, cover price $11.89 | About this edition: Offers young readers an illustrated biography about the life of Barnum Brown, a skilled dinosaur bone hunter who made great discoveries through his patience, persistence, and continuous curiosity of the dinosaur era.
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