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A mysterious Indian woman takes William and Mabel on a strange boat ride and answers their questions about the wind, the rain, and the changing nature of the sky

School and Library:

9780399214707 | Philomel Books, May 1, 1989, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: A mysterious Indian woman takes William and Mabel on a strange boat ride and answers their questions about the wind, the rain, and the changing nature of the sky

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Hardcover:

9780399229473 | Philomel Books, September 1, 1991, cover price $39.99

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An abandoned kitten becomes the catalyst in the development of an unusual friendship between an elderly, lonely Jewish widow and a young African-American boy.

Hardcover:

9780553459135 | Har/cas edition (Bantam Audio, October 1, 1993), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: An abandoned kitten becomes the catalyst in the development of an unusual friendship between an elderly, lonely Jewish widow and a young African-American boy.
9780553081220 | Doubleday, April 1, 1992, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: A long-lasting friendship develops between Larnel, a young African-American, and Mrs.

Paperback:

9780028619439, titled "The Complete Idiot''s Guide to Europe" | Macmillan General Reference, November 1, 1997, cover price $16.95 | also contains The Complete Idiot''s Guide to Europe
9780440409366 | Reprint edition (Dragonfly, April 1, 1994), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: A long-lasting friendship develops between Larnel, a young African American, and Mrs.

CD/Spoken Word:

9780804542142 | Spoken Arts, March 1, 2012, cover price $29.95

Library:

9780385906500 | Doubleday, February 10, 2009, cover price $19.99

Reinforced:

9780606059305 | Demco Media, April 1, 1994, cover price $15.85 | About this edition: A long-lasting friendship develops between Larnel, a young African American, and Mrs.

Prebinding:

9780785776741 | Turtleback Books, March 1, 1994, cover price $17.20 | About this edition: A long-lasting friendship develops between Larnel, a young African American, and Mrs.

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A quiet rural community is dramatically changed when a meteor crashes down in the front yard of the Gaw family.

Hardcover:

9780399233845 | Philomel Books, April 1, 1999, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: A meteor lands in Grandpa and Gramma's backyard and the entire town of Union City, Michigan, is abuzz with rumors and gossip as meteor madness takes hold
9780399216992, titled "Meteor" | Dodd Mead, June 1, 1987, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A meteor lands in Grandpa and Gramma's backyard and the entire town of Union City, Michigan, is abuzz with rumors and gossip as meteor madness takes hold

Paperback:

9780698114104 | Reprint edition (Puffin, August 1, 1996), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: A meteor lands in Grandpa and Gramma's backyard and the entire town of Union City, Michigan, is abuzz with rumors and gossip as meteor madness takes hold
9780399224072 | Reprint edition (Putnam Pub Group, September 1, 1992), cover price $5.95 | also contains Do Not Enter My Soul in Your Shoes | About this edition: A meteor lands in Grandpa and Gramma's backyard and the entire town of Union City, Michigan, is abuzz with rumors and gossip as meteor madness takes hold

Reinforced:

9780606054652 | Demco Media, September 1, 1992, cover price $15.81 | About this edition: A meteor lands in Grandpa and Gramma's backyard and the entire town of Union City, Michigan, is abuzz with rumors and gossip as meteor madness takes hold

Prebinding:

9780833591647 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $17.20 | About this edition: A meteor lands in Grandpa and Gramma's backyard and the entire town of Union City, Michigan, is abuzz with rumors and gossip as meteor madness takes hold

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Naomi, an Amish girl whose elders have impressed upon her the importance of adhering to the simple ways of her people, is horrified when one of her hen eggs hatches into an extremely fancy bird

Hardcover:

9780553472547 | Har/cas edition (Bantam Audio, April 1, 1994), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Naomi Vlecke lives with her farming family in an Amish community in Pennsylvania.
9780553058840 | Doubleday, September 1, 1990, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Naomi, an Amish girl whose elders have impressed upon her the importance of adhering to the simple ways of her people, is horrified when one of her hen eggs hatches into an extremely fancy bird

Paperback:

9780440409373 | Reprint edition (Dragonfly, April 1, 1994), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: Naomi, an Amish girl whose elders have impressed upon her the importance of adhering to the simple ways of her people, is horrified when one of her hen eggs hatches into an extremely fancy bird

Reinforced:

9780606058988 | Demco Media, April 1, 1994, cover price $15.85 | About this edition: Naomi, an Amish girl whose elders have impressed upon her the importance of adhering to the simple ways of her people, is horrified when one of her hen eggs hatches into an extremely fancy bird

Prebinding:

9780613108973 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $18.40 | About this edition: Naomi, an Amish girl whose elders have impressed upon her the importance of adhering to the simple ways of her people, is horrified when one of her hen eggs hatches into an extremely fancy bird

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The author recounts her difficult childhood, describes her family members, and discusses the background of her books
By Lawrence Migdale (photographer) and Patricia Polacco

Hardcover:

9781878450555 | Har/bklt edition (Richard C Owen Pub, May 1, 1994), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: The author recounts her difficult childhood, describes her family members, and discusses the background of her books

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Patricia is upset when it seems that her entire family has forgotten her birthday, expecially when her father proposes a trip to the scary home of the Clay Pit Bottoms Monster

Paperback:

9780671871703 | Reprint edition (Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman, September 1, 1993), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: On her birthday Dad takes a young girl and her brother to see the Monster at Clay Pit Bottom.

School and Library:

9780671727505 | Reprint edition (Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman, September 1, 1994), cover price $17.99 | About this edition: On her birthday Dad takes a young girl and her brother to see the Monster at Clay Pit Bottom.

Reinforced:

9780606060127 | Demco Media, September 1, 1994, cover price $15.85 | About this edition: On her birthday Dad takes a young girl and her brother to see the Monster at Clay Pit Bottom.

Prebinding:

9780613016773 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $18.40 | About this edition: On her birthday Dad takes a young girl and her brother to see the Monster at Clay Pit Bottom.

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A humorous parable about the dangers of too much television brings readers to the town of Triple Creek, where residents watch TV day and night, until eccentric Aunt Chip arrives and decides to pull the plug on everybody in favor of introducing books.

School and Library:

9780399229435 | Philomel Books, March 1, 1996, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: Aunt Chip saves the town of Triple Creek, where everyone has forgotten how to read because of the invasion of television

As the Roths prepare for Sukkoth, the Jewish harvest festival, a fire engulfs their multiethnic neighborhood, and miraculously everyone survives, including the Roths' cat, Tikvah

Hardcover:

9780385320597 | Doubleday, September 1, 1994, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: After a devastating fire in the hills of Oakland, California, during Sukkoth, a Jewish family and their neighbors find symbols of hope amidst the ashes.

Paperback:

9780440412298 | Reprint edition (Doubleday, September 1, 1996), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: After a devastating fire in the hills of Oakland, California, during Sukkoth, a Jewish family and their neighbors find symbols of hope amidst the ashes.

Reinforced:

9780606099714 | Demco Media, September 1, 1996, cover price $12.25 | About this edition: After a devastating fire in the hills of Oakland, California, during Sukkoth, a Jewish family and their neighbors find symbols of hope amidst the ashes.

The narrative poem about a celebrated baseball player who strikes out at the crucial moment of a game, with additional text placing it in the context of Little League
By Patricia Polacco (illustrator)

Paperback:

9780698115576 | Puffin, March 1, 1997, cover price $5.99 | About this edition: The narrative poem about a celebrated baseball player who strikes out at the crucial moment of a game, with additional text placing it in the context of Little League
9780399218842, titled "Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888" | Reprint edition (Putnam Pub Group, April 1, 1992), cover price $5.95 | also contains The Very Best Teacher | About this edition: In this treatment of the popular century-old poem about a fateful baseball game, the brash Casey is depicted as a little leaguer

Reinforced:

9780606111966 | Demco Media, March 1, 1997, cover price $14.70 | About this edition: The narrative poem about a celebrated baseball player who strikes out at the crucial moment of a game, with additional text placing it in the context of Little League

Say Curtis describes his meeting with Pinkus Aylee, a Black soldier, during the Civil War, and their capture by Southern troops

Hardcover:

9781880507308 | Lectorum Pubns, April 1, 1997, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Say Curtis describes his meeting with Pinkus Aylee, a Black soldier, during the Civil War, and their capture by Southern troops

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A series of hysterically chaotic events begin when a bee stops on a tree in Enzo's Italian restaurant, causing the boy who looks at it to drop his book and inadvertently trip a passing waiter who is carrying spaghetti.

School and Library:

9780399231070 | Philomel Books, April 1, 1997, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: A cumulative rhyme describes the uproarious chain of events that ensue when a waiter trips over a book dropped by a boy watching a bee.

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To thank Miss Eula for her wonderful Sunday chicken dinners, three children sell decorated eggs to buy her a beautiful Easter hat.

Hardcover:

9781880507315 | Lectorum Pubns, April 1, 1997, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: To thank Miss Eula for her chicken dinners, three children sell decorated eggs and buy her an Easter hat.

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Grandma finds a way to dispel her grandchild's fear of thunderstorms

Paperback:

9780698115811 | Reprint edition (Puffin, September 1, 1997), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: Grandma finds a way to dispel her grandchild's fear of thunderstorms
9780804565851 | Pap/cas edition (Spoken Arts, January 1, 1991), cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Grandma finds a way to dispel her grandchild's fear of thunderstorms.

School and Library:

9780399222313 | Philomel Books, March 1, 1990, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: Grandma finds a way to dispel her grandchild's fear of thunderstorms

Reinforced:

9780606125413 | Reprint edition (Demco Media, September 1, 1997), cover price $15.81 | About this edition: Grandma finds a way to dispel her grandchild's fear of thunderstorms

Prebinding:

9780613377812 | Turtleback Books, December 1, 2003, cover price $18.40 | About this edition: Grandma finds a way to dispel her grandchild's fear of thunderstorms

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To thank old Eula for her wonderful Sunday chicken dinners, the children sell decorated eggs and buy her a beautiful Easter hat

Paperback:

9780698116153 | Reprint edition (Puffin, January 1, 1998), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: To thank Miss Eula for her wonderful Sunday chicken dinners, three children sell decorated eggs to buy her a beautiful Easter hat.
9780804566995 | Pap/cas edition (Spoken Arts, June 1, 1993), cover price $17.95

School and Library:

9780399221330 | Philomel Books, March 1, 1992, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: To thank Miss Eula for her wonderful Sunday chicken dinners, three children sell decorated eggs to buy her a beautiful Easter hat.

Reinforced:

9780606129060 | Reprint edition (Demco Media, January 1, 1998), cover price $15.85 | About this edition: To thank Miss Eula for her wonderful Sunday chicken dinners, three children sell decorated eggs to buy her a beautiful Easter hat.

Prebinding:

9780613047166 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $18.40 | About this edition: To thank Miss Eula for her wonderful Sunday chicken dinners, three children sell decorated eggs to buy her a beautiful Easter hat.

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To teach his daughter the value of books, a father leads a growing crowd in search of the tree where the bees keep all their honey

Paperback:

9780698116962 | Reprint edition (Puffin, April 1, 1998), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: To teach his daughter the value of books, a father leads a growing crowd in search of the tree where the bees keep all their honey

School and Library:

9780399219658 | Philomel Books, April 1, 1993, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: To teach his daughter the value of books, a father leads a growing crowd in search of the tree where the bees keep all their honey

Reinforced:

9780606131872 | Reprint edition (Demco Media, April 1, 1998), cover price $15.81 | About this edition: To teach his daughter the value of books, a father leads a growing crowd in search of the tree where the bees keep all their honey

Prebinding:

9780613073257 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $18.40 | About this edition: To teach his daughter the value of books, a father leads a growing crowd in search of the tree where the bees keep all their honey

Stephanie Michelle, who cares for animals and listens to the sun, believes the homeless child, Fondo, when he tells her that the geese have invited him to fly away with them

Prebinding:

9780613228732 | Turtleback Books, March 1, 1999, cover price $17.20 | About this edition: Stephanie Michelle, who cares for animals and listens to the sun, believes the homeless child, Fondo, when he tells her that the geese have invited him to fly away with them

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Drawing on the author's memories of her youth, a girl recalls the special summer spent in Michigan with her yarn-spinning father and a magic rock.

Paperback:

9780698117709, titled "My Ol' Man" | Reprint edition (Puffin, May 1, 1999), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: A girl recalls the special summer spent in Michigan with her yarn-spinning father and a magic rock

School and Library:

9780399228223, titled "My Ol' Man" | Philomel Books, March 1, 1995, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: A girl recalls the special summer spent in Michigan with her yarn-spinning father and a magic rock

Reinforced:

9780606167918, titled "My Ol' Man" | Demco Media, April 1, 1999, cover price $15.81 | About this edition: A girl recalls the special summer spent in Michigan with her yarn-spinning father and a magic rock

Prebinding:

9780613182683, titled "My Ol' Man" | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $17.20 | About this edition: A girl recalls the special summer spent in Michigan with her yarn-spinning father and a magic rock

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The villagers are afraid of her, so the legendary Baba Yaga disguises herself as an old woman in order to know the joys of being a grandmother.

Paperback:

9780698116337 | Reprint edition (Puffin, January 1, 1999), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Living alone and lonely in the woods because of the terrible stories told about her, Baba Yaga yearns for a grandchild to love and sets out to adopt a family of her own, in a fable about not judging individuals by their appearance alone

School and Library:

9780399225314 | Philomel Books, September 1, 1993, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: Living alone and lonely in the woods because of the terrible stories told about her, Baba Yaga yearns for a grandchild to love and sets out to adopt a family of her own, in a fable about not judging individuals by their appearance alone

Reinforced:

9780606168441 | Demco Media, April 1, 1999, cover price $15.85 | About this edition: Living alone and lonely in the woods because of the terrible stories told about her, Baba Yaga yearns for a grandchild to love and sets out to adopt a family of her own, in a fable about not judging individuals by their appearance alone

Prebinding:

9780613112963 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $17.20 | About this edition: Living alone and lonely in the woods because of the terrible stories told about her, Baba Yaga yearns for a grandchild to love and sets out to adopt a family of her own, in a fable about not judging individuals by their appearance alone

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A homemade quilt ties together the lives of four generations of an immigrant Jewish family, remaining a symbol of their enduring love and faith.

Hardcover:

9781880507544 | Lectorum Pubns, September 1, 1999, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: A homemade quilt ties together the lives of four generations of an immigrant Jewish family, remaining a symbol of their enduring love and faith.

Paperback:

9781930332799 | Lectorum Pubns, December 1, 2004, cover price $7.99

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Because he spends his time dreaming, the villagers are convinced that Appelemando will never amount to much, but in time his dreams change the village and all the people in it

Prebinding:

9780613017640, titled "Appelemando's Dream" | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $17.20 | About this edition: Because he spends his time dreaming, the villagers are convinced that Appelemando will never amount to much, but in time his dreams change the village and all the people in it

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Presents a collection of traditional rhymes, rewritten to feature Russian characters and scenes.

Paperback:

9780698118607, titled "Babushka's Mother Goose" | Reprint edition (Puffin, October 1, 2000), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: Presents a collection of traditional rhymes, rewritten to feature Russian characters and scenes.

School and Library:

9780399227479, titled "Babushka's Mother Goose" | Philomel Books, September 1, 1995, cover price $19.99 | About this edition: Presents a collection of traditional rhymes, rewritten to feature Russian characters and scenes

Reinforced:

9780606183895, titled "Babushka's Mother Goose" | Demco Media, September 1, 2000, cover price $16.93 | About this edition: Presents a collection of traditional rhymes, rewritten to feature Russian characters and scenes.

Prebinding:

9780613284080, titled "Babushka's Mother Goose" | Turtleback Books, March 1, 2001, cover price $18.40 | About this edition: Presents a collection of traditional rhymes, rewritten to feature Russian characters and scenes.

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Children's author Petra Penwrite sets out to prove that the meteorite in her hometown of Union City, Michigan, is real and grants wishes to children.

Hardcover:

9780399231711 | Philomel Books, October 1, 2000, cover price $15.99 | About this edition: Children's author Petra Penwrite sets out to prove that the meteorite in her hometown of Union City, Michigan, is real and grants wishes to children.

From the day the author's mother first sewed Betty Doll together stitch-by-stitch to the day, many years later, when she discovered she had cancer, her sweet Betty Doll was there--through blizzards, sickness, and weddings.

Hardcover:

9780070074507, titled "Do-It-Yourself Marketing Research" | 3rd edition (McGraw-Hill, February 1, 1989), cover price $44.95 | also contains Do-It-Yourself Marketing Research | About this edition: Cartoons, photographs, and sample questionaires are incorporated in a guide to procedures that nonprofessionals can implement to check the expected profitability of marketing, sales, and product decisions

Paperback:

9780142401965 | Reprint edition (Puffin, October 21, 2004), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: From the day the author's mother first sewed Betty Doll together stitch-by-stitch to the day, many years later, when she discovered she had cancer, her sweet Betty Doll was there--through blizzards, sickness, and weddings.

School and Library:

9780399236389 | Philomel Books, March 1, 2001, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: From the day the author's mother first sewed Betty Doll together stitch-by-stitch to the day, many years later, when she discovered she had cancer, her sweet Betty Doll was there--through blizzards, sickness, and weddings.

Reinforced:

9780606327176 | Demco Media, November 30, 2004, cover price $15.85 | About this edition: From the day the author's mother first sewed Betty Doll together stitch-by-stitch to the day, many years later, when she discovered she had cancer, her sweet Betty Doll was there--through blizzards, sickness, and weddings.

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At first, Trisha loves school, but her difficulty learning to read makes her feel dumb, until, in the fifth grade, a new teacher helps her understand and overcome her problem.

Hardcover:

9781930332034 | Lectorum Pubns, September 1, 2001, cover price $17.00 | About this edition: At first, Trisha loves school, but her difficulty learning to read makes her feel dumb, until, in the fifth grade, a new teacher helps her understand and overcome her problem.

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