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A collection of haiku brings together such images as a spider in August, bison during a winter storm, crows resting on a phone wire, and a grizzly bear fishing in a stream, all enhanced by woodcut illustrations.

School and Library:

9780689318993 | Atheneum, October 1, 1995, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: A collection of nineteen haiku with themes from nature and the outdoors

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A collection of stories about dreamers and the unusual questions their particular dreams raise.

School and Library:

9780689826030 | Atheneum, December 1, 2003, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: A collection of stories about dreamers and the unusual questions their particular dreams raise.

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This colorfully illustrated book provides young readers with informative explanations about the origins of American symbols, such as the American flag, Uncle Sam, the Statue of Liberty, and more. (view table of contents)

School and Library:

9780689820434 | Atheneum, February 1, 2000, cover price $18.99 | About this edition: Presents the backgrounds of such American symbols as Uncle Sam and the Liberty Bell.

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Striking and powerful hand-colored woodcuts illustrate the popular Christmas carol concerning the kindness of King Wenceslas toward the poor and the needy. Reprint. PW. SLJ.
By Christopher Manson (illustrator) and John M. Neale

Paperback:

9780735812000 | Reprint edition (North South Books, October 1, 1999), cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Illustrated text of the well-known carol is accompanied by a brief history of the real Wenceslas, Duke of Bohemia

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An illustrated version of the poem that became a well-known song about a journey through the snow to grandfather's house for Thanksgiving dinner
By Christopher Manson (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780735841918 | Ill edition (North South Books, October 1, 2014), cover price $14.95

Reinforced:

9780606156677 | Demco Media, January 1, 1999, cover price $15.80 | About this edition: An illustrated version of the poem that became a well-known song about a journey through the snow to grandfather's house for Thanksgiving dinner

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An illustrated version of the poem that became a well-known song about a journey through the snow to grandfather's house for Thanksgiving dinner

Paperback:

9781558589599 | North South Books, September 1, 1998, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: An illustrated version of the poem that became a well-known song about a journey through the snow to grandfather's house for Thanksgiving dinner

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Presents farm activities, month by month, in England during the Middle Ages
By Christopher Manson (illustrator) and W. Nikola-Lisa

Paperback:

9781442402256 | Atheneum, June 8, 2009, cover price $12.99

School and Library:

9780689800207 | Atheneum, October 1, 1997, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Presents farm activities, month by month, in England during the Middle Ages

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A cumulative tale that traces a fine tree back to the acorn planted by a boy whose bed was feathered by a bird nesting in a similar tree

Hardcover:

9781558581920 | North South Books, April 1, 1993, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A cumulative folk song that traces a fine tree back to the acorn planted by a boy whose bed was feathered by a bird nesting in a similar tree.

Paperback:

9781558583207 | North South Books, September 1, 1994, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: A cumulative folk song that traces a fine tree back to the acorn planted by a boy whose bed was feathered by a bird nesting in a similar tree.

Library:

9781558581937 | North South Books, March 1, 1993, cover price $14.88 | About this edition: A cumulative folk song that traces a fine tree back to the acorn planted by a boy whose bed was feathered by a bird nesting in a similar tree.

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The story of King Wenceslas and his page--who aid a poor man and receive a special blessing--includes beautiful hand-painted woodcuts, the music and complete words of the carol, and biographical notes on the real King Wenceslas.
By Christopher Manson (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9781558583214 | North South Books, September 1, 1994, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Illustrated text of the well-known carol is accompanied by a brief history of the real Wenceslas, Duke of Bohemia
9780756782269 | Diane Pub Co, July 30, 1994, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.

Library:

9781558583221 | North South Books, September 1, 1994, cover price $14.88 | About this edition: Illustrated text of the well-known carol is accompanied by a brief history of the real Wenceslas, Duke of Bohemia

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Scenes from rural New England illustrate this familiar poem, that became a well-known song, about a Thanksgiving Day visit to Grandmother's house

Hardcover:

9781558582101 | North South Books, September 1, 1993, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Scenes from rural New England illustrate this familiar poem, that became a well-known song, about a Thanksgiving Day visit to Grandmother's house

Library:

9781558582118 | North South Books, September 1, 1993, cover price $14.88 | About this edition: Scenes from rural New England illustrate this familiar poem, that became a well-known song, about a Thanksgiving Day visit to Grandmother's house

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A cumulative rhyme in which various farm animals make appropriate noises after being fed: cat goes fiddle-i-fee and pig goes griffy, gruffy

Hardcover:

9781558581692 | North South Books, September 1, 1992, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A cumulative rhyme in which various farm animals make appropriate noises after being fed: cat goes fiddle-i-fee and pig goes griffy, gruffy

Library:

9781558581708 | North South Books, September 1, 1992, cover price $14.88 | About this edition: A cumulative rhyme in which various farm animals make appropriate noises after being fed: cat goes fiddle-i-fee and pig goes griffy, gruffy

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Presents an illustrated version of the poem that became a well-known song about a journey through the snow to grandfather's house for Thanksgiving dinner.

Hardcover:

9780735821538 | Board book edition (North South Books, October 31, 2007), cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Presents an illustrated version of the poem that became a well-known song about a journey through the snow to grandfather's house for Thanksgiving dinner.

Reinforced:

9780606013673 | Demco Media, September 1, 1992, cover price $10.10 | also contains Over the River and Through the Wood | About this edition: An illustrated version of the well-known text describing the joys of a Thanksgiving visit to grandmother's house.

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When Charlemagne hears of the greediness of the Lord Mayor of a great city in his empire, the emperor allows his trusted friend, Isaac, to expose the folly of the Lord Mayor using only a little mouse, in a story based on ninth-century historical records.

Hardcover:

9780805016222 | Henry Holt & Co, May 1, 1992, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: A trusted advisor to the Emperor Charlemagne uses a small mouse and some ingenuity to expose the misdeeds of a greedy Lord Mayor.

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Rosella, a beautiful and independent young lady, turns all her suitors down, until she meets an unusual crab, who turns out to be an enchanted prince

Hardcover:

9780805012156 | Henry Holt & Co, August 1, 1991, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A retelling of the Italian folktale about the brave and beautiful Rosella and her one true love.

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The Emperor's messenger Isaac must accompany a gift elephant from Bagdad to France, and during the difficult journey an unexpected friendship develops between man and beast.

School and Library:

9780805012149 | Henry Holt & Co, May 1, 1990, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Isaac, servant to Charlemagne, travels with Abulabaz, an elephant that Isaac must lead back to France to present to his liege lord, across stormy seas, rugged mountains, and scorching deserts

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King Artaxerxes is not satisfied by any of the gifts he receives until a shepherd boy gives him a plain jar of water.

Hardcover:

9780805009514 | Henry Holt & Co, March 1, 1989, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A well-known Persian tale tells of a king who, after years of receiving beautiful, expensive gifts, no longer found pleasure in material goods and walked away from his empire

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The reader must solve a series of word puzzles involving anagrams or letter manipulation in order to transform the word 'cat' into the word 'gold'

Paperback:

9780805004557 | Henry Holt & Co, January 1, 1988, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: The reader must solve a series of word puzzles involving anagrams or letter manipulation in order to transform the word 'cat' into the word 'gold'

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The reader must find the shortest path out of a maze and then solve a riddle

Paperback:

9780030045899 | 1 edition (Henry Holt & Co, November 1, 1985), cover price $7.95 | About this edition: The reader must find the shortest path out of a maze and then solve a riddle
9780805010886 | Henry Holt & Co, October 1, 1985, cover price $12.99

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