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An apricot falls to the ground and becomes a thing to be examined by insects, eaten by villainous hen, and covered by the processes of nature to grow again. Each page introduces a new letter of the alphabet.

Hardcover:

9780316570305 | Little Brown & Co, June 1, 1969, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: An alphabet book in verse form about what happened when a bee found an apricot in the meadow

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The adventures of a wharf rat aid children in understanding the characteristics and behavior of this creature and man's fear of him

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9780316569637 | Little Brown & Co, April 1, 1972, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: After an oil slick fouls the beach a disrupted rat finds haven on a freighter.

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School and Library:

9780316569620 | Little Brown & Co, June 1, 1973, cover price $5.95

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School and Library:

9780316571166 | Little Brown & Co, November 1, 1973, cover price $7.95

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As a year passes and no one claims him, two children become more and more attached to the stray but well-trained dog they found.
By Miska Miles and John Schoenherr (illustrator)

School and Library:

9780316569651 | Little Brown & Co, December 1, 1973, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: A dog strays from its owner at the beach and befriends two children

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An independent alley cat finds a way to repay the kindness of some school children

School and Library:

9780316569699 | Little Brown & Co, January 1, 1974, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: 'Nobody's cat' was his own master, tough and independent, but occasionally in exchange for food he allowed himself to be petted.

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Maggie is heartbroken when her father announces he must kill the otters who are eating the abalone he fishes.
By Miska Miles and John Schoenherr (illustrator)

School and Library:

9780316569705 | Little Brown & Co, May 1, 1974, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: A young girl tries to save a small herd of otter that her father wants to kill to protect his fishing concern

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Little Duck goes to see the world but decides that his pond is best after all.

School and Library:

9780316570336 | Little Brown & Co, March 1, 1976, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: After touring the world with a frog, a rabbit, and a pig, Little Duck is happy to return to her own pond

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Product Description: Describes the sites, food, clothing, entertainment, and other aspects of Rome during the time of Emperor Constantine who reigned from A.D. 307 to 337.

Paperback:

9780590119191 | Scholastic Paperbacks, January 1, 1978, cover price $1.25 | About this edition: Describes the sites, food, clothing, entertainment, and other aspects of Rome during the time of Emperor Constantine who reigned from A.

School and Library:

9780316569729 | Little Brown & Co, September 1, 1976, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: A forgetful chicken, off to pick blackberries for his mother, almost comes home with flies, weeds, and clover blossoms instead

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Unable to adjust to the idea of being adopted and having a new mother and father, Aaron locks his door against the world.

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9780316570176 | Little Brown & Co, May 1, 1977, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Aaron is afraid to trust his new parents when he and his sister are finally adopted

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Product Description: After several misadventures, a little rabbit finds someone to play with.

Paperback:

9780590312882 | Scholastic Paperbacks, December 1, 1981, cover price $1.50 | About this edition: After several misadventures, a little rabbit finds someone to play with.

School and Library:

9780316569736 | Little Brown & Co, September 1, 1977, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: A rabbit who ventures out into the world has trouble finding a friend when she mistakes butterflies, a mouse, and a squirrel for enemies

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A gosling discovers just how useful his father's loud honking can really be.

School and Library:

9780525360261 | Dutton Childrens Books, May 1, 1978, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: A barnyard gosling is embarrassed and humiliated by his father's loud honking until the night the gander challenges a marauding coyote

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Mouse Six inadvertently leads the community of animals to discover the secret of his mother's birthday.

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9780525352303 | Dutton Childrens Books, October 1, 1978, cover price $6.50 | About this edition: Although Mother Mouse wants neither presents nor a party for her birthday, Mouse Six goes off with his knapsack to find her something special and causes several animals to wonder whether he is running away from home

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Patches, Jenny's cat, has been her best companion whenever Jenny's father was away on business, and although Jenny promised that Patches would be no trouble at all, now Patches is going to have kittens

Paperback:

9780553151251 | Bantam Books, August 1, 1982, cover price $1.75 | About this edition: Patches, Jenny's cat, has been her best companion whenever Jenny's father was away on business, and although Jenny promised that Patches would be no trouble at all, now Patches is going to have kittens

School and Library:

9780525327462 | Dutton Childrens Books, August 1, 1979, cover price $7.50 | About this edition: Lonely in their new town, Jenny is delighted when a stray cat comes to their house, but her mother doesn't want the cat to stay.

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Of all the animals in the barnyard, only Horse can find nothing good about his morning and the view he sees every day. His friend Mouse comes up with a plan to raise his spirits.

Hardcover:

9780525451037 | Dutton Childrens Books, March 1, 1982, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Horse's announcement that it is a bad morning starts a chain of events that involves Mouse, Squirrel, Pig, Old Dog, and silly Hen in an attempt to cheer up Horse and move his barn

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The runt of a litter of pigs enjoys being the leader of her brothers and sisters, even if it lasts only a short while.

Hardcover:

9780517422298 | E P Dutton, October 1, 1983, cover price $1.49 | About this edition: Always last in everything she does, a little piglet decides to have at least one nice day and is able to help the other six piglets when they get lost

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An old beaver, searching for a new home, locates an abandoned lodge and sets about making it his own.

Hardcover:

9780316570183 | Little Brown & Co, May 1, 1984, cover price $1.98 | About this edition: After being chased from his home, an old beaver drifts downstream to a moonlit pond where he must deal with a bobcat, a bear, and a man as he begins to eat, build, and fight for a new territory

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Hardcover:

9780844661643 | Peter Smith Pub Inc, June 1, 1984, cover price $15.75

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A young Navajo girl attempts to prevent the passage of time when she learns that her grandmother's days are numbered

School and Library:

9780316571173 | Little Brown & Co, July 30, 1972, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: A Navajo girl unravels a day's weaving on a rug whose completion, she believes, will mean the death of her grandmother.

Reinforced:

9780606033367 | Demco Media, May 1, 1985, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: A Navajo girl unravels a day's weaving on a rug whose completion, she believes, will mean the death of her grandmother.

Hardcover:

9789681637484 | Fondo De Cultura Economica USA, January 1, 1992, cover price $13.99

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A young Navajo girl attempts to prevent the passage of time when she learns that her grandmother's days are numbered
By Miska Miles and Peter Parnall (illustrator)

Paperback:

9780316571203 | Reprint edition (Little Brown & Co, May 30, 1985), cover price $8.00 | About this edition: A Navajo girl unravels a day's weaving on a rug whose completion, she believes, will mean the death of her grandmother.

Prebinding:

9780808592099 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $18.40 | About this edition: A Navajo girl unravels a day's weaving on a rug whose completion, she believes, will mean the death of her grandmother.

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