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9780763681234 | Candlewick Pr, September 13, 2016, cover price $17.99

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Product Description: Somewhere in the middle of the sea (not always in the same place) lies the island of Neverbelieve, populated with unusual creatures and astonishing discoveries.Explore the Land of Neverbelieve in these lush, vibrantly illustrated pages...read more

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9780763660215 | Ina edition (Candlewick Pr, October 9, 2012), cover price $17.99 | About this edition: Somewhere in the middle of the sea (not always in the same place) lies the island of Neverbelieve, populated with unusual creatures and astonishing discoveries.

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Product Description: This is a smaller, padded edition of DK's classic version of the biblical creation story. Combining amazingly detailed illustrations with the contemporary, easy-to-understand words of the New Living Translation, The Creation Story vividly brings to life this favorite Bible story from Genesis...read more
By Norman Messenger (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780756651541 | Dk Pub, May 18, 2009, cover price $5.99 | About this edition: This is a smaller, padded edition of DK's classic version of the biblical creation story.
9780789479105 | Dk Pub, September 1, 2001, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Simple text and illustrations retell the story of the Creation.

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9788434844308 | Ediciones Sm, June 30, 2005, cover price $22.95

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A dazzling collection of illusions and visual tricks - you won't believe your eyes! Imagine...a stepladder without steps, a clock without hands, a tree without a trunk, a kiss without a mouth, a bicycle with square wheels, a topsy turvy world where anything is possible. Ages6+.

Hardcover:

9780744592023 | Gardners Books, November 7, 2005, cover price $21.70 | About this edition: A dazzling collection of illusions and visual tricks - you won't believe your eyes!

An addition to the Nursery Classics series retells the favorite tale of the sure-footed cookie who manages to evade every would-be muncher until he meets a crafty and hungry fox.

Hardcover:

9780789424938 | Dk Pub, May 1, 1998, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: A freshly baked gingerbread man escapes when he is taken out of the oven and eludes a number of animals until he meets a clever fox

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A brave young boy ventures to climb to the top of a huge, magical beanstalk, where he uses his quick wits to outsmart a giant and make a fortune for his poor family.
By Norman Messenger (illustrator) and Rosemary Wells

Hardcover:

9780789411709 | Dk Pub, September 1, 1997, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: A boy climbs to the top of a giant beanstalk, where he uses his quick wits to outsmart a giant and make his and his mother's fortune

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A resourceful little hen comes up with ways to make her own food and eat it herself, all the while working to outwit a hungry fox.
By Alan Garner and Norman Messenger (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780789411716 | Dk Pub, September 1, 1997, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: A retelling of the story of a resourceful hen that not only makes her own food and eats it herself, but manages to outwit a hungry fox as well

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More than twenty caricatures of famous faces are cut into sections, allowing readers to combine parts of each with hilarious results, from Groucho Marx's mustache on Princess Diana to Charlie Chaplin's hat on Marilyn Monroe.

Hardcover:

9781564586865 | Dk Pub, April 1, 1995, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: More than twenty caricatures of famous faces are cut into sections, allowing readers to combine parts of each, from Groucho Marx's mustache on Princess Diana to Charlie Chaplin's hat on Marilyn Monroe

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When Hob the friendly spirit finds himself living with mean and nasty witches, gremlins, dwarfs, goblins, and an ogre, he has to use all of his powers, tricks, and lots of love to restore peace to their home.
By William Mayne and Norman Messenger (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9781564587138 | Dk Pub, November 1, 1994, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Hob, the friendly spirit who lives under the stairs and protects the house, must do battle with a variety of evil beings trying to take control of his family's home

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Three folktales--'The Fox, the Hare, and the Cock,' 'The Girl and the Geese,' and 'Battibeth'--complemented by remarkable, surrealistic art, are retold by an expert in fairytales and folklore in a new edition designed to be read aloud.
By Alan Garner and Norman Messenger (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9781564583819 | Dk Pub, November 1, 1993, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Three folktales--'The Fox, the Hare, and the Cock,' 'The Girl and the Geese,' and 'Battibeth'--complemented by remarkable, surrealistic art, are retold by an expert in fairytales and folklore in a new edition designed to be read aloud.

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A mix-and-match picture book begins with eight basic characters and encourages young readers to transform the characters' ordinary faces into bizarre ones with the help of split pages. 20,000 first printing.

Hardcover:

9781564581112 | Dk Pub, January 1, 1993, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A mix-and-match picture book begins with eight basic characters and encourages young readers to transform the characters' ordinary faces into bizarre ones with the help of split pages

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The eleven rooms of little Annabel's Edwardian house are filled with people, pets, hidden presents, toys, and other surprises hiding under flaps and lids, and peering from secret places

Hardcover:

9780531057643 | Ltf edition (Orchard Books, September 1, 1989), cover price $18.95 | About this edition: The eleven rooms of little Annabel's Edwardian house are filled with people, pets, hidden presents, toys, and other surprises hiding under flaps and lids, and peering from secret places

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