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Murky Monster enjoys his birthday celebration, even though the Kid Clowns that his parents arrange for the party are somewhat scary.
By Ellen Schecter and George Ulrich (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780553375886 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, January 1, 2004, cover price $20.01 | About this edition: Murky Monster enjoys his birthday celebration, even though the Kid Clowns that his parents arrange for the party are somewhat scary.
9780553375886 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, January 1, 2004, cover price $20.01 | About this edition: Murky Monster enjoys his birthday celebration, even though the Kid Clowns that his parents arrange for the party are somewhat scary.

Supermodel Cindy Crawford, along with her son Presley, demonstrates how to use facial expressions to convey just about anything to little ones, in an adorable read-aloud book that will have adults grinning, frowning, making funny faces, and wrinkling their noses. 50,000 first printing.
By Jade Albert (illustrator), Cindy Crawford, Paul Harwood (illustrator) and Ellen Schecter

Hardcover:

9780060178307 | Harper Entertainment, November 1, 2001, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Cindy Crawford, along with her son Presley and other little ones, demonstrate how to use facial expressions to convey a variety of feelings.

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Luz organizes the effort to create a community garden like the one her grandmother had in Puerto Rico

Paperback:

9780786810437, titled "The Big Idea" | Hyperion, April 1, 1996, cover price $3.95 | About this edition: Eight-year-old Luz Mendez is determined to turn a run-down vacant lot into a garden like the one her grandmother had in Puerto Rico, but she must convince her neighbors to help.

Library:

9780786820856, titled "The Big Idea" | Hyperion, April 1, 1996, cover price $14.49 | About this edition: Eight-year-old Luz Mendez is determined to turn a run-down vacant lot into a garden like the one her grandmother had in Puerto Rico, but she must convince her neighbors to help.

Reinforced:

9780606100373, titled "The Big Idea" | Demco Media, April 1, 1996, cover price $10.47 | About this edition: Eight-year-old Luz Mendez is determined to turn a run-down vacant lot into a garden like the one her grandmother had in Puerto Rico, but she must convince her neighbors to help.

Prebinding:

9780613362184 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 2001, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: Eight-year-old Luz Mendez is determined to turn a run-down vacant lot into a garden like the one her grandmother had in Puerto Rico, but she must convince her neighbors to help.

When the town mouse and the country mouse visit each other, they find they prefer very different ways of life

Library:

9780836816228 | Gareth Stevens Pub, July 1, 1996, cover price $23.93 | About this edition: When the town mouse and the country mouse visit each other, they find they prefer very different ways of life

Prebinding:

9780785751618 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $12.60 | About this edition: When the town mouse and the country mouse visit each other, they find they prefer very different ways of life

In order to obtain a cure for her father's blindness, a loving young girl agrees to marry a terrifying dragon

Hardcover:

9780553091175 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, February 1, 1993, cover price $9.99 | About this edition: In order to obtain a cure for her father's blindness, a loving young girl agrees to marry a terrifying dragon

Paperback:

9780553371093 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, February 1, 1993, cover price $3.99 | About this edition: In order to obtain a cure for her father's blindness, a loving young girl agrees to marry a terrifying dragon

Library:

9780836816952 | Gareth Stevens Pub, January 1, 1997, cover price $22.60 | About this edition: In order to obtain a cure for her father's blindness, a loving young girl agrees to marry a terrifying dragon

Prebinding:

9780833597892 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $12.00 | About this edition: In order to obtain a cure for her father's blindness, a loving young girl agrees to marry a terrifying dragon

A young Hopi girl must think fast to save herself and her people when Apache raiders attack her tribe's pueblo

Hardcover:

9780553089493 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, November 1, 1992, cover price $9.99 | About this edition: A retelling of the Hopi Indian legend in which Huh-âay-ay, a brave Hopi girl, helps to save her peaceful pueblo from Apache raiders.

Paperback:

9780553370225 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, November 1, 1992, cover price $3.99 | About this edition: A retelling of the Hopi Indian legend in which Huh-âay-ay, a brave Hopi girl, helps to save her peaceful pueblo from Apache raiders.

Library:

9780836816969 | Gareth Stevens Pub, January 1, 1997, cover price $23.93 | About this edition: A retelling of the Indian legend in which Huh-ay-ay, a brave Hopi girl, helps to save her peaceful pueblo from Apache raiders

Prebinding:

9780785705413 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $12.00 | About this edition: A retelling of the Hopi Indian legend in which Huh-âay-ay, a brave Hopi girl, helps to save her peaceful pueblo from Apache raiders.

Uses rebuses to retell the Aesop fable about a young boy whose false cries for help bring him to an unfortunate end

Prebinding:

9780785725749, titled "Boy Who Cried "Wolf!" Retold in Rebus" | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $12.40 | About this edition: Uses rebuses to retell the Aesop fable about a young boy whose false cries for help bring him to an unfortunate end

A lover of sneezes describes the havoc wrought by such nasal explosions, which have the power to blow the whiskers off the cat and make freckles jump noses
By Gioia Fiammenghi (illustrator) and Ellen Schecter

Paperback:

9780553351590 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, August 1, 1992, cover price $4.50 | About this edition: A lover of sneezes describes the havoc wrought by such nasal explosions, which have the power to blow the whiskers off the cat and make freckles jump noses

Prebinding:

9780833593801 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $12.40 | About this edition: A lover of sneezes describes the havoc wrought by such nasal explosions, which have the power to blow the whiskers off the cat and make freckles jump noses

Product Description: Annie can't swim...yet. But with her mother's help and her own imagination, she begins floating like a fish, paddling like a puppy, diving like a dolphin, and sneaking around in the water like a shark.An imaginative approach to learning how to swim that encourages children to overcome their fear of the water...read more

Paperback:

9780553375831 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, June 1, 1997, cover price $4.50 | About this edition: Although she does not yet know how to swim, Annie learns to conquer her fear of the water by imagining that she is floating like a fish, paddling like a puppy, and then gliding like a shark along with her mother

Library:

9780836817676 | Gareth Stevens Pub, September 1, 1998, cover price $23.33 | About this edition: While learning to swim with Mama, Annie discovers that by using her imagination she can float like a fish, paddle like a puppy, dive like a dolphin, and sneak like a shark

Prebinding:

9780613021845 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $11.80 | About this edition: Annie can't swim.

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A book interweaves original writing with traditional Haggadah, prayer book, music, and biblical texts, as well as with midrash (rabbinic stories and commentaries) in order to enhance the understanding of the rituals of the Passover Seder.
By Ellen Schecter and Neil Waldman (illustrator)

Paperback:

9780670883417 | Viking Childrens Books, February 1, 1999, cover price $13.99 | About this edition: Provides suggestions for family participation in the passover celebration and offers advice on everything from ritual platters to recipes and discusses the deeper meanings and mysteries of the festival

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After showing kindness to a fairy in disguise, Claire receives the gift of flowers and jewels that fall from her mouth when she speaks, but her bitter sister suffers a less pleasant fate
By Ami Blackshear (illustrator) and Ellen Schecter

Hardcover:

9780553090468 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, September 1, 1994, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: After showing kindness to a fairy in disguise, Claire receives the gift of flowers and jewels that fall from her mouth when she speaks, but her bitter sister suffers a less pleasant fate.

Paperback:

9780553373394 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, September 1, 1994, cover price $3.99 | About this edition: After showing kindness to a fairy in disguise, Claire receives the gift of flowers and jewels that fall from her mouth when she speaks, but her bitter sister suffers a less pleasant fate.

Library:

9780836817812 | Gareth Stevens Pub, January 1, 1999, cover price $23.33 | About this edition: After showing kindness to a fairy in disguise, Claire receives the gift of flowers and jewels that fall from her mouth when she speaks, but her bitter sister suffers a less pleasant fate

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Pete's mother tells him three bedtime stories in which he is the hero
By Ellen Schecter and Bari Weissman (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780553090475 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, March 1, 1995, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Pete's mother tells him three bedtime stories in which he is the hero

Paperback:

9780553375701 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, March 1, 1995, cover price $3.99 | About this edition: Pete's mother tells him three bedtime stories in which he is the hero

Library:

9780836817669 | Gareth Stevens Pub, September 1, 1998, cover price $23.33 | About this edition: Pete's mother tells him three bedtime stories in which he is the hero

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Uses rebuses to retell the Aesop fable about a young boy whose false cries for help bring him to an unfortunate end
By Gary Chalk (illustrator) and Ellen Schecter

Hardcover:

9780553090437 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, January 1, 1994, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Uses rebuses to retell the Aesop fable about a young boy whose false cries for help bring him to an unfortunate end

Paperback:

9780553372328 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, February 1, 1994, cover price $4.50 | About this edition: Uses rebuses to retell the Aesop fable about a young boy whose false cries for help bring him to an unfortunate end

Library:

9780836816914 | Gareth Stevens Pub, January 1, 1997, cover price $23.93 | About this edition: Uses rebuses to retell the Aesop fable about a young boy whose false cries for help bring him to an unfortunate end

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Presents, in brief text and illustrations, a variety of animals, birds, and insects notable for their unusual looks and behavior
By Donna Bragenitz (illustrator) and Ellen Schecter

Hardcover:

9780553097429, titled "Real Live Monsters!" | Bantam Dell Pub Group, September 1, 1995, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Provides information on some monsters that really exist, including giant moths, beetles, and spiders, sea creatures such as the manta ray, animals such as piranhas that attack in groups, and the komodo dragon

Paperback:

9780553375749 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, September 1, 1995, cover price $3.99 | About this edition: Provides information on some monsters that really exist, including giant moths, beetles, and spiders, sea creatures such as the manta ray, animals such as piranhas that attack in groups, and the komodo dragon

Library:

9780836816204 | Gareth Stevens Pub, September 1, 1996, cover price $23.33 | About this edition: Presents, in brief text and illustrations, a variety of animals, birds, and insects notable for their unusual looks and behavior

When ten-year-old DeVonn and his friends begin a pet-sitting business, DeVonn ends up caring for a very unusual cat which disappears while her owner is away
By Bob Dorsey (illustrator) and Ellen Schecter

Paperback:

9780786810468 | Hyperion, September 1, 1996, cover price $3.95 | About this edition: When ten-year-old DeVonn and his friends begin a pet-sitting business, DeVonn ends up caring for a very unusual cat which disappears while her owner is away

Library:

9780786820887 | Hyperion, September 1, 1996, cover price $13.89 | About this edition: When ten-year-old DeVonn and his friends begin a pet-sitting business, DeVonn ends up caring for a very unusual cat which disappears while her owner is away

Reinforced:

9780606103602 | Demco Media, September 1, 1996, cover price $10.47 | About this edition: When ten-year-old DeVonn and his friends begin a pet-sitting business, DeVonn ends up caring for a very unusual cat which disappears while her owner is away

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When the town mouse and the country mouse visit each other, they find they prefer very different ways of life
By Aesop, Holly Hannon (illustrator) and Ellen Schecter

Hardcover:

9780553097405 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, March 1, 1995, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: When the town mouse and the country mouse visit each other, they find they prefer very different ways of life

Paperback:

9780553375725 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, March 1, 1995, cover price $4.50 | About this edition: When the town mouse and the country mouse visit each other, they find they prefer very different ways of life

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