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This story of the making of a patchwork quilt is illustrated with woodcuts and authentic patchwork blocks and includes instructions for making a simple patchwork quilt

School and Library:

9780689310539 | Atheneum, September 1, 1984, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Grandmother tells her granddaughter the family stories behind the various blocks in a patchwork quilt.

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The carpenter daughter of a beloved nursery school teacher who died designs and builds a climber for the playground as a memorial to her mother, with the help of the teacher's pupils

School and Library:

9780689311833 | Atheneum, March 1, 1986, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: In honor of a nursery school teacher who has died, her carpenter daughter builds the school a climber, with the help of the children and their parents.

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Retells the Cherokee legend of Terrapin, the trickster who outwits the Bad Wolf and the Other Wolves

Hardcover:

9780312017224 | St Martins Pr, July 1, 1988, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: A retelling of the traditional Cherokee tale of Terrapin the trickster and how he outwitted the Bad Wolf and the Other Wolves.

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The earth animals fail in every attempt to capture fire from the selfish moon god Mawu, until Chameleon and Tortoise combine their talents and help bring light and warmth to the newly-created earth.

Hardcover:

9780312017231 | St Martins Pr, July 1, 1988, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Chameleon and Tortoise combine their efforts to capture fire from the selfish Moon-god Mawu, in this colorful adaption of the West African folktale

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Hardcover:

9780374382582 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, November 1, 1989, cover price $13.95

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An adaptation of a Cherokee myth tells how Spider succeeded, after all the other animals failed, in snatching a bit of the sun to create daylight

Hardcover:

9780688086763 | William Morrow & Co, November 1, 1990, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: A Native American folk tale which explains how the animals brought light into their world.
9780788190636 | Diane Pub Co, January 1, 1990, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: A delightful children's book boldly illustrated in black & in bright yellow.
9780788190636 | Diane Pub Co, January 1, 1990, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: A delightful children's book boldly illustrated in black & in bright yellow.

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Marco Polo's travels are recorded in an authentic looking diary and scrapbook such as the great explorer might have kept

Hardcover:

9780385264952 | Doubleday, January 1, 1991, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Marco Polo's travels are recorded in a diary and scrapbook such as the great explorer might have kept.

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The inhabitants of a gypsy camp mend their pots, weave baskets, make music and stew, dance, and admire the Big Fat Moon Man.

Hardcover:

9780374328252 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, October 1, 1991, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Poetry and illustrations capture the world of the gypsies, from the mirrored silks and the flavors of a spicy stew, to the telling of fortunes and the lyrical gypsy music and dance

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The year after Grandpa's death, Ben's family spends Christmas in Puerto Rico, where Grandma makes sure the holiday still has some familiar elements while being a little different.

Hardcover:

9780688099428 | William Morrow & Co, September 1, 1992, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Dad decides that the first Christmas without Grandpa would be a good time to take the family to Puerto Rico, where the island culture offers a warm, friendly alternative to the usual celebrations

Library:

9780688099435 | William Morrow & Co, September 1, 1992, cover price $14.93 | About this edition: Dad decides that the first Christmas without Grandpa would be a good time to take the family to Puerto Rico, where the island culture offers a warm, friendly alternative to the usual celebrations

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Princess, a little girl with a huge imagination, dreams of what it would be like to be a real princess who never had to go to school, in a humorous story complemented by colorful cut-paper collage illustrations.

Hardcover:

9781562824655 | Hyperion, June 1, 1993, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: A girl whose mother has called her to get up and go to school imagines all the things she would be free to do if she were a princess

Library:

9781562824662 | Hyperion, October 1, 1993, cover price $14.49 | About this edition: A girl whose mother has called her to get up and go to school imagines all the things she would be free to do if she were a princess

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Leaving the palace where he had been sheltered from a prediction that destined him to be a holy man, Prince Siddhartha sees for the first time the suffering in the world, and begins the journey that transforms him into the Buddha.

Hardcover:

9780385310727 | Doubleday, May 1, 1994, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Tells the story of Prince Siddhartha, who gave up a life of wealth to seek spiritual enlightenment

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Product Description: Long ago the people of Dahomey told a tale of the days when the world was new, and the only Earth people were animals. They lived in cold and darkness because Mawu, the selfish Moon god, kept all the fire to herself. At last, little Chameleon and slow Tortoise, working together, found a way to outwit Mawu...read more

Paperback:

9780440408444 | Reprint edition (Bantam Dell Pub Group, June 1, 1994), cover price $4.99 | About this edition: Long ago the people of Dahomey told a tale of the days when the world was new, and the only Earth people were animals.

A rousing folktale about an epic ball game between the Birds and the Animals, told by a renowned Native American storyteller, explains how the bat came to be accepted as an animal and why birds fly south in winter.
By Joseph Bruchac and Susan L. Roth (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780803715394 | Dial Books for Young Readers, September 1, 1994, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: Bat, who has both wings and teeth, plays an important part in a game between the Birds and the Animals to decide which group is better

Library:

9780803715400 | Dial Books for Young Readers, September 1, 1994, cover price $14.89 | About this edition: Bat, who has both wings and teeth, plays an important part in a game between the Birds and the Animals to decide which group is better

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The sky's housekeeper wears a different colored scarf for each day's chores, but a week of rain forces her to don all seven scarves and do all her tasks in one day, creating a brilliant rainbow. By the author of A Bundle of Beasts.
By Patricia Hooper and Susan L. Roth (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780316372558 | Little Brown & Co, April 1, 1995, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Explains why the rainbow comes out when the sun shines through the rain

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Two very large and silly birds accidentally create thunder and lightning as a way to warn the Choctaw people of coming rainstorms.

Hardcover:

9780803717480 | Dial Books for Young Readers, June 1, 1995, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: Two large and silly birds accidentally create thunder and lightning

Library:

9780803717497 | Dial Books for Young Readers, May 1, 1995, cover price $14.89 | About this edition: Two large and silly birds accidentally create thunder and lightning

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Product Description: In 1911, a starving Indian emerged from the foothills of California, after having lived in hiding for over 40 years. In keeping with the traditions of his tribe, he never revealed his true name and became known simply as Ishi, person in the Yahi language...read more
By Leanne Hinton (trans) and Susan L. Roth (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780374336431, titled "Ishi's Tale of Lizard" | Farrar Straus & Giroux, October 1, 1992, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Lizard's work of making arrows is interrupted when Long-Tailed Lizard goes to get him more foreshaft wood and is eaten by Grizzly Bear

Paperback:

9781890771324, titled "Ishi's Tale of Lizard" | Heyday Books, January 1, 2000, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: In 1911, a starving Indian emerged from the foothills of California, after having lived in hiding for over 40 years.
9780374436254, titled "Ishi's Tale of Lizard" | Sunburst, September 1, 1995, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: Lizard's work of making arrows is interrupted when Long-Tailed Lizard goes to get him more foreshaft wood and is eaten by Grizzly Bear

Reinforced:

9780606094788, titled "Ishi's Tale of Lizard" | Demco Media, September 1, 1995, cover price $12.20 | About this edition: Lizard's work of making arrows is interrupted when Long-Tailed Lizard goes to get him more foreshaft wood and is eaten by Grizzly Bear

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Aspiring young detectives match wits with three courageous kids and their dog as they hunt for clues in their search for the elusive source of scary night noises.

Hardcover:

9780027779165 | Simon & Schuster, September 1, 1995, cover price $14.95 | also contains Shaman: The Paintings of Susan Seddon Boulet | About this edition: Children prowl about the house at night in search of the origin of scary night noises.
9780027779165 | Simon & Schuster, September 1, 1995, cover price $14.95 | also contains Shaman: The Paintings of Susan Seddon Boulet | About this edition: Children prowl about the house at night in search of the origin of scary night noises.

School and Library:

9780689802904, titled "Creak, Thump, Bonk!: A Very Spooky Mystery" | Simon & Schuster, September 1, 1995, cover price $13.00 | About this edition: Children prowl about the house at night in search of the origin of scary night noises.

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Based on a Provencal legend, a young girl captures the dragon that has been terrorizing the villagers of Tarascon

Hardcover:

9780803718524 | 1 edition (Dial Books for Young Readers, June 1, 1996), cover price $14.99 | About this edition: A young girl captures the dragon that has been terrorizing the villagers of Tarascon.

Library:

9780803718531 | 1 edition (Dial Books for Young Readers, June 1, 1996), cover price $14.89 | About this edition: A young girl captures the dragon that has been terrorizing the villagers of Tarascon.

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A Cherokee woman recounts to the young girl beside her the legend of the tricky Terrapin, who gets into a great deal of trouble with Bad Wolf and the Other Wolves over a little Kanahena, a cornmeal dish, and must use his wits to save himself. Reprint.

Paperback:

9780440408260 | Reprint edition (Bantam Dell Pub Group, August 1, 1996), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: A retelling of the traditional Cherokee tale of Terrapin the trickster and how he outwitted the Bad Wolf and the Other Wolves.

Reinforced:

9780606095082 | Demco Media, August 1, 1996, cover price $12.25 | About this edition: A retelling of the traditional Cherokee tale of Terrapin the trickster and how he outwitted the Bad Wolf and the Other Wolves.

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Two mice walk along describing love in comparison to animals from one bear to ten lovebirds

Hardcover:

9780803720312 | Dial Books for Young Readers, February 1, 1997, cover price $12.99 | About this edition: Two mice walk along describing love in comparison to animals from one bear to ten lovebirds

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Product Description: "Leon's Story is a powerful, wonderful thing!" -- Nikki GiovanniI remember that as a young boy I used to look in the mirror and I would curse my color, my blackness. But in those days they didn't call you "black." They didnt say "minority...read more
By Susan L. Roth (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9789990087611 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, October 1, 1997, cover price $0.02

Prebinding:

9781439518588 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, August 11, 2008), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: "Leon's Story is a powerful, wonderful thing!

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A gerbil escapes from his cage and enjoys a day on his own before being happily returned

Hardcover:

9780803723221 | Dial Books for Young Readers, June 1, 1998, cover price $15.99 | About this edition: A gerbil escapes from his cage and enjoys a day on his own before being happily returned

Library:

9780803723238 | Dial Books for Young Readers, June 1, 1998, cover price $15.89 | About this edition: A gerbil escapes from his cage and enjoys a day on his own before being happily returned

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A child spots one monster, two dragons, and increasing numbers of other scary creatures while getting ready for bed

School and Library:

9781841480015 | Barefoot Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: A child spots one monster, two dragons, and increasing numbers of other scary creatures while getting ready for bed

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Fullcolor collages and accompanying text describe the importance of the guitar in Mexico, especially in Paracho, a tiny town which is becoming the center of the Mexican guitar industry.
By Peter Laufer and Susan L. Roth (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780792271185 | Natl Geographic Soc Childrens books, April 1, 2000, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Describes the importance of the guitar in Mexico, especially in Paracho, a town which is becoming the center of the Mexican guitar industry.

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Mr. Kang loves his caged Chinese bird Hua Mei, but when his seven-year-old grandson Sam persuades him to give the bird its freedom, they get a wonderful surprise. Teacher's Guide available.

Hardcover:

9780792277231 | Natl Geographic Soc Childrens books, January 1, 2001, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Mr.

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