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By Robert Rayevsky (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780956868466 | Gardners Books, April 15, 2013, cover price $15.45

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When an alien drops out of the sky, his welcoming hosts take their time explaining what homonyms, synonyms, and antonyms are in creative and clever ways in order to clarify what they are trying to tell him, in an amusing learning tool with full-color illustrations.
By Kim Rayevsky and Robert Rayevsky (illustrator)

School and Library:

9780823418893 | Holiday House, October 27, 2006, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: When an alien drops out of the sky, his welcoming hosts take their time explaining what homonyms, synonyms, and antonyms are, acting out in creative ways to demonstrate what they are trying to tell him.

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Pirate Pup and his crew sail the high seas on the good ship Rover in search of treasure, which leads them to a dangerous posse of cats.
By Robert Rayevsky (illustrator) and Caroline Stutson

School and Library:

9780811842396 | Chronicle Books Llc, October 1, 2005, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Captain Pup and his canine pirate crew must outwit a shipload of cats and return home with the treasure.

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Two young men from the village of Tarnof try to prove that a peddler has stolen Farmer Kohl's horse and hidden it in his sack.
By Sally Derby and Robert Rayevsky (illustrator)

School and Library:

9780761451198 | Marshall Cavendish Corp/Ccb, March 1, 2003, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Two young men from the village of Tarnof try to prove that a peddler has stolen Farmer Kohl's horse and hidden it in his sack.

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Above there are skyscrapers and sunshine, schools and families, pigeons and pets--but below the streets of New York there is a bustling world of tunnels, jazz clubs, subways, restaurants, and more.
By Linda Oatman High and Robert Rayevsky (illustrator)

School and Library:

9780823415519 | Holiday House, March 1, 2001, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Above there are skyscrapers and sunshine, schools, and families, pigeons and pets--but below the streets of New York there is a bustling world of tunnels, jazz clubs, subways, restaurants, and more.

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Provides middle readers with the story of Joan of Arc, the thirteen-year-old peasant girl who grew up to be a brave soldier and defended her country but was burned at the stake by the English for witchcraft after being caught in battle.
By Margaret Hodges and Robert Rayevsky (illustrator)

School and Library:

9780823414246 | Holiday House, September 1, 1999, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: A biography of the fifteenth-century peasant girl who led a French army to victory against the English, witnessed the crowning of King Charles VII, and was later burned at the stake for witchcraft

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After the king of Spain is bitten by a louse, he proclaims that it cannot be killed as it now has royal blood, but when a year passes and the louse dies, he has it made it into a guitar and has a contest, making others guess what his unique guitar is made of.
By Kimmel Eric A. and Robert Rayevsky (illustrator)

School and Library:

9780823412990 | Holiday House, March 1, 1997, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: The King of Spain's fondness for a louse that bit him leads to good fortune for a clever peasant

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After a big sleepy man tells a little sleepy man a story about the Man in the Moon, they both fall asleep

Hardcover:

9780786801541 | Hyperion, August 1, 1996, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: After a big sleepy man tells a little sleepy man a story about the Man in the Moon, they both fall asleep

Library:

9780786821266 | Disney Pr, June 1, 1996, cover price $15.49 | About this edition: After a big sleepy man tells a little sleepy man a story about the Man in the Moon, they both fall asleep

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The delightful story of a determined but poor young man who owns a field full of grasshoppers tells how he uses his ingenuity to win the hand of lovely Florinda from her skeptical father, the wealthy Don Garcilaso.

School and Library:

9780823410897 | Holiday House, September 1, 1994, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: A clever but poor cavalier wins the hand of his true love by outwitting her father, the wealthy mayor of Seville

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Presents a list of common proverbs, along with an explanation of what proverbs are and where they come from
By Johanna Hurwitz and Robert Rayevsky (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780688120658 | William Morrow & Co, March 1, 1994, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Presents a list of common proverbs, along with an explanation of what proverbs are and where they come from

Library:

9780688120665, titled "A Word to the Wise and Other Proverbs" | William Morrow & Co, March 1, 1994, cover price $14.93 | About this edition: Presents a list of common proverbs, along with an explanation of what proverbs are and where they come from

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Retells ten Bible stories featuring angels, looking between the lines and imagining what might have happened
By Bob Hartman and Robert Rayevsky (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780745926230 | Chariot Victor Pub, September 1, 1993, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Retells ten Bible stories featuring angels, looking between the lines and imagining what might have happened

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An illustrated retelling in verse of ten fables by Aesop, including 'The Laborer and the Nightingale,' 'The Frogs Choose a King,' and ' The Horse and the Donkey'
By Tom Paxton and Robert Rayevsky (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780688104009 | William Morrow & Co, April 1, 1993, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: An illustrated retelling in verse of ten fables by Aesop, including 'The Laborer and the Nightingale,' 'The Frogs Choose a King,' and ' The Horse and the Donkey'

Library:

9780688104016, titled "Birds of a Feather and Other Aesop's Fables" | William Morrow & Co, April 1, 1993, cover price $14.93 | About this edition: An illustrated retelling in verse of ten fables by Aesop, including 'The Laborer and the Nightingale,' 'The Frogs Choose a King,' and ' The Horse and the Donkey'

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An adaptation of a French folktale tells of Petit Jean and his quest to win the hand of the king's daughter, using his mother's magical peaches and an enchanted silver fife.
By Kimmel Eric A. and Robert Rayevsky (illustrator)

School and Library:

9780823409211 | Holiday House, March 1, 1993, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: With the aid of a perfect peach, a silver fife, and his own resources, Petit Jean outwits a dishonest king and wins the hand of a princess

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A collection of Aesop's fables, retold in verse, including 'The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing,' 'The Man, the Boy, and the Donkey,' and 'The Wolf and the Crane.'
By Tom Paxton and Robert Rayevsky (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780688096823 | William Morrow & Co, September 1, 1991, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: A collection of Aesop's fables, including 'The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing,' 'The Man, the Boy, and the Donkey,' and 'The Wolf and the Crane'

Library:

9780688096830 | William Morrow & Co, September 1, 1991, cover price $13.88 | About this edition: A collection of Aesop's fables, including 'The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing,' 'The Man, the Boy, and the Donkey,' and 'The Wolf and the Crane'

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An elderly woman who loses her job as a caretaker to the king's children ends up taking care of a dragon family
By C. L. G. Martin and Robert Rayevsky (illustrator)

Paperback:

9780689714511 | Aladdin Paperbacks, April 1, 1991, cover price $3.95 | About this edition: An elderly woman who loses her job as a caretaker to the king's children ends up taking care of a dragon family

School and Library:

9780027624403 | Simon & Schuster, March 1, 1988, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: An elderly woman who loses her job as a caretaker to the king's children ends up taking care of a dragon family

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A tzar's fear of going to the edge of the world grows when Baba Yaga threatens him, but in time he learns that fear of the unknown is a senseless fear
By Robert Rayevsky (illustrator) and Ann Tompert

School and Library:

9780027894011 | Atheneum, September 1, 1990, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A tzar's fear of going to the edge of the world grows when Baba Yaga threatens him, but in time he learns that fear of the unknown is a senseless fear

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A king's search for the fabulous Talking Tree leads him to risk his life trying to release an enchanted princess from a witch's spell
By Inna Rayevsky and Robert Rayevsky (illustrator)

School and Library:

9780399216312 | Putnam Pub Group, May 1, 1990, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A king's search for the fabulous Talking Tree leads him to risk his life trying to release an enchanted princess from a witch's spell

Ten of Aesop's fables are retold in ballad-like verse and include such unlikely characters as a greedy dog, a group of cat-fearing mice, and a dreaming milkmaid
By Tom Paxton and Robert Rayevsky (illustrator)

Library:

9780688081591 | William Morrow & Co, April 1, 1990, cover price $13.88 | About this edition: Selected fables from Aesop include The Night Singer, Honesty Is the Best Policy, and The Milkmaid and Her Pail.

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Ten of Aesop's fables are retold in ballad-like verse and include such unlikely characters as a greedy dog, a group of cat-fearing mice, and a dreaming milkmaid
By Tom Paxton and Robert Rayevsky (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780688081584 | William Morrow & Co, April 1, 1990, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Selected fables from Aesop include The Night Singer, Honesty Is the Best Policy, and The Milkmaid and Her Pail.

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A collection of fables from Aesop retold in verse
By Tom Paxton and Robert Rayevsky (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780688073602 | William Morrow & Co, September 1, 1988, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: A collection of fables from Aesop retold in verse

Library:

9780688073619 | William Morrow & Co, September 1, 1988, cover price $15.93 | About this edition: A collection of fables from Aesop retold in verse

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Having discovered the king's horns while cutting his hair, a young barber is sworn to secrecy or he will lose his life
By Richard Pevear and Robert Rayevsky (illustrator)

School and Library:

9780027739206 | Atheneum, September 1, 1987, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Having discovered the king's horns while cutting his hair, a young barber is sworn to secrecy or he will lose his life

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Clever Mistress Fox outwits the wolf, the bear, the boar, and the hare as she schemes to feed her husband, Mister Cat-and-a-half, in this version of a Ukrainian folktale
By Richard Pevear and Robert Rayevsky (illustrator)

School and Library:

9780027739107 | Atheneum, September 1, 1986, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: A cat with a reputation for being fierce is invited to dinner by the forest animals, where a chain of accidents ensures the continuation of this erroneous belief.

Tiny Hitchety Hatchety, who lives in a teacup, steals the things he needs from a cranky old woman down the lane, narrowly escaping her broom each time she dicsovers him.

Hardcover:

9780027123005 | Macmillan Pub Co, September 1, 1985, cover price $2.98 | About this edition: Elfin Hitchety encounters many adventures in his miniature world and is finally caught by surprise as he tries to steal some medicine from the full-size old woman who lives down the lane

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