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All of Our Noses Are Here and Other Noodle Tales

The noodle-headed Brown family loses their donkey to clever thieves, have trouble making sure everyone has returned from a rowboat ride, and think their reflections in a mirror are another family

By Alvin Schwartz

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Paperback:

9780064441087 | Trophy Pr, August 1, 1987, cover price $3.50 | About this edition: The noodle-headed Brown family loses their donkey to clever thieves, have trouble making sure everyone has returned from a rowboat ride, and think their reflections in a mirror are another family

Library:

9780060252885 | Harpercollins, March 1, 1985, cover price $17.89 | About this edition: A collection of five stories about a family of silly people, based on noodle folklore from America, India, Japan, Korea, and the Arabian Nights.

And the Green Grass Grew All Around: Folk Poetry from Everyone

Gathers rhymes, poems and songs, some over three centuries old, that are a testament to the originality of the American language (view table of contents)

By Alvin Schwartz and Sue Truesdell (illustrator)

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Hardcover:

9780060227579 | Harpercollins Childrens Books, March 1, 1992, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: A collection of rhymes, poems and songs, some over three centuries old, that are a testament to the originality of the American language

Paperback:

9780064462143 | Harpercollins Childrens Books, April 1, 1999, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Gathers rhymes, poems and songs, some over three centuries old, that are a testament to the originality of the American language

Library:

9780060227586 | Harpercollins, March 1, 1992, cover price $14.89 | About this edition: A collection of rhymes, poems and songs, some over three centuries old, that are a testament to the originality of the American language

Reinforced:

9780606167048 | Demco Media, April 1, 1999, cover price $19.06 | About this edition: A collection of rhymes, poems and songs, some over three centuries old, that are a testament to the originality of the American language

Prebinding:

9780613182317 | Turtleback Books, March 1, 2001, cover price $19.90 | About this edition: Gathers rhymes, poems and songs, some over three centuries old, that are a testament to the originality of the American language

Batman Chronicles 11

By Don Cameron, Bill Finger, Joe Greene, Jack Schiff and Alvin Schwartz

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Paperback:

9781401237394 | Dc Comics, January 8, 2013, cover price $14.99

Batman/Superman World's Finest: The Silver Age Omnibus 1

By Jerry Coleman, Bill Finger, Edmond Hamilton and Alvin Schwartz

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Hardcover:

9781401261122 | Dc Comics, March 15, 2016, cover price $75.00

The Blowtop

Product Description: The Blowtop was the only American novel to reveal in exquisite detail how brutally the years immediately following the horrors of World War II reshaped the gentle Bohemian art world that preceded it. Written in 1946, a year before Camus' uncannily similar "L'Etranghre," The Blowtop was not published until 1948 because of its unsparing revelations of a destructive and deadly art style...read more

By Alvin Schwartz

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9781587540073 | Reprint edition (Olmstead Pr, May 1, 2001), cover price $14.00 | About this edition: The Blowtop was the only American novel to reveal in exquisite detail how brutally the years immediately following the horrors of World War II reshaped the gentle Bohemian art world that preceded it.

The Browns Take the Day Off

By Alvin Schwartz (other contributor) and Karen Ann Weinhaus (illustrator)

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Paperback:

9780618237883, titled "The Browns Take the Day Off: Houghton Mifflin Early Success" | Houghton Mifflin School, July 9, 2002, cover price $6.75

Busy Buzzing Bumblebees and Other Tongue Twisters

A collection of forty-six tongue twisters

By Alvin Schwartz

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Hardcover:

9780060252687 | Revised edition (Harpercollins Childrens Books, May 1, 1992), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A collection of forty-six tongue twisters

Paperback:

9780064440363 | Revised edition (Harpercollins Childrens Books, May 1, 1992), cover price $4.99 | About this edition: A collection of forty-six tongue twisters

Library:

9780060252694, titled "Busy Buzzing Bumblebees: And Other Tongue Twisters" | Harpercollins, May 1, 1992, cover price $15.89 | About this edition: A collection of forty-six tongue twisters

Reinforced:

9780606010597 | Demco Media, May 1, 1992, cover price $12.37 | About this edition: A collection of forty-six tongue twisters

Prebinding:

9780613133296 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $13.35 | About this edition: A collection of forty-six tongue twisters

The Cat's Elbow and Other Secret Languages

Thirteen secret languages and dialects such as Boontling, Flash, Pig Latin, and Kinyume are presented in the form of riddles, jokes and tales which demonstrate how they function

By Alvin Schwartz

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Paperback:

9780374410544, titled "The Cat's Elbow and Other Secret Languages" | Reprint edition (Farrar Straus & Giroux, July 1, 1985), cover price $3.95 | About this edition: Presents instructions for speaking thirteen secret languages, including Pig Latin, one of the best known and easiest codes to learn, and Boontling, developed by people in a California town.

The Cat's Elbow and Other Secret Languages

Thirteen secret languages and dialects such as Boontling, Flash, Pig Latin, and Kinyume are presented in the form of riddles, jokes and tales which demonstrate how they function

By Alvin Schwartz and Margot Zemach (illustrator)

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Hardcover:

9780374312244 | Reprint edition (Farrar Straus & Giroux, July 1, 1985), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Presents instructions for speaking thirteen secret languages, including Pig Latin, one of the best known and easiest codes to learn, and Boontling, developed by people in a California town.

Prebinding:

9780808551768 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $11.80 | About this edition: Presents instructions for speaking thirteen secret languages, including Pig Latin, one of the best known and easiest codes to learn, and Boontling, developed by people in a California town.

Chin Music: Tall Talk and Other Talk

Presents examples of folk speech used during the period 1815 to 1950. Identifies their meaning and the regions in which they were collected.

By Alvin Schwartz

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9780397318704 | Harpercollins, October 1, 1979, cover price $12.89 | About this edition: An illustrated compendium of American folk sayings and expressions highlights the down-home wit and wisdom of rural America

Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat: Superstitions and Other Beliefs

Superstitions about such topics as love and marriage, money, ailments, travel, the weather, and death.

By Glen Rounds (illustrator) and Alvin Schwartz

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Paperback:

9780064461382 | Reprint edition (Trophy Pr, April 1, 1993), cover price $4.95 | About this edition: Describes numerous omens, magic cures, and charms and shares common superstitions concerning both good and bad luck

Library:

9780397324361 | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, July 1, 1990, cover price $13.89 | About this edition: Describes numerous omens, magic cures, and charms and shares common superstitions concerning both good and bad luck

Fat Man in a Fur Coat and Other Bear Stories

All types of bears abound in this compilation of fifty legends, myths, tall tales, anecdotes, and factual accounts about bears spanning the ages from prehistoric times to the present

By Alvin Schwartz

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Hardcover:

9780374322915 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, July 1, 1984, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: All types of bears abound in this compilation of fifty legends, myths, tall tales, anecdotes, and factual accounts about bears spanning the ages from prehistoric times to the present

Paperback:

9780374422738 | Reprint edition (Farrar Straus & Giroux, April 1, 1987), cover price $3.50 | About this edition: All types of bears abound in this compilation of fifty legends, myths, tall tales, anecdotes, and factual accounts about bears spanning the ages from prehistoric times to the present

Flapdoodle, Pure Nonsense from American Folklore

A collection of spoonerisms, word plays, visual jokes and riddles, punctuation rhymes, nursery rhyme parodies, and other nonsense speech, verses, and stories

By Alvin Schwartz

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Hardcover:

9780397319190 | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, October 1, 1980, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: A collection of spoonerisms, word plays, visual jokes and riddles, punctuation rhymes, nursery rhyme parodies, and other nonsense speech, verses, and stories

Library:

9780397319206, titled "Flapdoodle: Pure Nonsense from American Folklore" | Harpercollins, December 1, 1990, cover price $14.89 | About this edition: A collection of spoonerisms, word plays, visual jokes and riddles, punctuation rhymes, nursery rhyme parodies, and other nonsense speech, verses, and stories

A Gathering of Selves: The Spiritual Journey of the Legendary Writer of Superman And Batman

'Continuing on the Path without Form introduced in An Unlikely Prophet, Alvin Schwartz discovers the many selves that dwell within a being'--Provided by publisher.

By Alvin Schwartz

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9781594771095 | Destiny Books, November 10, 2006, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: 'Continuing on the Path without Form introduced in An Unlikely Prophet, Alvin Schwartz discovers the many selves that dwell within a being'--Provided by publisher.

Ghosts!: Ghostly Tales from Folklore

Presents seven easy-to-read ghost stories based on traditional folk tales and legends from various countries

By Alvin Schwartz

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Hardcover:

9780060217969 | 1 edition (Harpercollins Childrens Books, August 1, 1991), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Presents seven easy-to-read ghost stories based on traditional folk tales and legends from various countries

Paperback:

9780694700264 | Pap/cas edition (Harpercollins Childrens Books, September 1, 1995), cover price $8.99 | About this edition: Presents seven ghost stories based on traditional folk tales and legends from various countries.

9780064441704 | Reprint edition (Harpercollins Childrens Books, August 1, 1993), cover price $3.99 | About this edition: Presents seven easy-to-read ghost stories based on traditional folk tales and legends from various countries

Library:

9781424205592 | Fitzgerald Books, January 1, 2007, cover price $13.85

9780060217976 | 1 edition (Harpercollins, August 1, 1991), cover price $17.89 | About this edition: Presents seven easy-to-read ghost stories based on traditional folk tales and legends from various countries

Reinforced:

9780606058438 | Demco Media, August 1, 1993, cover price $12.47 | About this edition: Presents seven easy-to-read ghost stories based on traditional folk tales and legends from various countries

Prebinding:

9780785709183 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $13.55 | About this edition: Presents seven easy-to-read ghost stories based on traditional folk tales and legends from various countries

Gold and Silver, Silver and Gold

Tells the stories of a buried treasure, a treasure map, a lake full of gold nuggets, a lost gold mine, prospectors, and pirate treasure

By Alvin Schwartz

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9780785707288 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $17.60 | About this edition: Presents legends, true stories, and tall tales about the hunting, finding, and losing of treasure, including pirate treasure and treasure not yet uncovered.

Gold and Silver, Silver and Gold: Tales of Hidden Treasure

Tells the stories of a buried treasure, a treasure map, a lake full of gold nuggets, a lost gold mine, prospectors, and pirate treasure

By Alvin Schwartz

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Hardcover:

9780374326906 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, December 1, 1988, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: Presents legends, true stories, and tall tales about the hunting, finding, and losing of treasure, including pirate treasure and treasure not yet uncovered.

Paperback:

9780374425838, titled "Gold & Silver, Silver & Gold: Tales of Hidden Treasure" | Reprint edition (Sunburst, April 1, 1993), cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Presents legends, true stories, and tall tales about the hunting, finding, and losing of treasure, including pirate treasure and treasure not yet uncovered.

Historias De Miedo 2 / More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Product Description: Book by Alvin Schwartz

By Alvin Schwartz

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9788424186630 | Everest De Ediciones Y distribucion, June 30, 2011, cover price $12.99 | About this edition: Book by Alvin Schwartz

Historias de miedo 3 / Scary Stories 3: Relatos Aterradores Para Helarte La Sanre / More Tales to Chill Your Bones

By Stephen Gammell (illustrator) and Alvin Schwartz

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9788424186647 | Everest De Ediciones Y distribucion, June 30, 2011, cover price $12.99

An I Can Read Halloween Treat

Available together for the first time in a box set are three popular Halloween easy-to-read tales: Arthur's Halloween Costume, A Know-Nothing Halloween, and In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories. Original.

By R. W. Alley (illustrator), Lillian Hoban, Alvin Schwartz, Michele Sobel Sprin and Dirk Zimmer (illustrator)

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9780060542375 | Harpercollins Childrens Books, August 30, 2004, cover price $11.99 | About this edition: Available together for the first time in a box set are three popular Halloween easy-to-read tales: Arthur's Halloween Costume, A Know-Nothing Halloween, and In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories.

I Saw You in the Bathtub and Other Folk Rhymes

A collection of folk rhymes, taunts, and insults--some funny, some silly, and some scary--that children around world love to sing, chant, and shout are accompanied to humorous colorful illustrations

By Syd Hoff (illustrator) and Alvin Schwartz

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Hardcover:

9780060252984, titled "I Saw You in the Bathtub, and Other Folk Rhymes" | Harpercollins Childrens Books, April 1, 1989, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A collection of folk rhymes, taunts, and insults--some funny, some silly, and some scary--that children around world love to sing, chant, and shout are accompanied to humorous colorful illustrations

Paperback:

9780064441513 | Reprint edition (Harpercollins Childrens Books, May 1, 1991), cover price $3.99 | About this edition: A collection of folk rhymes, taunts, and insults--some funny, some silly, and some scary--that children around the world love to sing, chant, and shout

Library:

9781424205066 | Fitzgerald Books, January 1, 2007, cover price $13.85

9780060252991 | Harpercollins, April 1, 1989, cover price $14.89 | About this edition: A collection of folk rhymes, taunts, and insults--some funny, some silly, and some scary--that children around the world love to sing, chant, and shout

Prebinding:

9780833568632 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $13.55 | About this edition: A collection of folk rhymes, taunts, and insults--some funny, some silly, and some scary--that children around the world love to sing, chant, and shout

In a Dark, Dark Room

Seven scary stories to tell at night in front of a fire or in the dark, based on traditional stories and folktales from various countries.

By Alvin Schwartz

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Paperback:

9781559942331 | Pap/cas edition (Harpercollins Childrens Books, October 1, 1986), cover price $8.99

Prebinding:

9780808537632 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $13.55 | About this edition: Seven eerie tales about ghosts, skeletons, graveyards, talking corpses, and strange happenings offer beginning readers a howling good time

In a Dark, Dark Room: And Other Scary Stories

Seven eerie tales about ghosts, skeletons, graveyards, talking corpses, and strange happenings offer beginning readers a howling good time

By Alvin Schwartz and Dirk Zimmer (illustrator)

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Hardcover:

9780023791758, titled "A First Course in Business Statistics" | 6th bk&dk edition (Prentice Hall, February 1, 1995), cover price $73.00 | also contains A First Course in Business Statistics

9780060252717 | Harpercollins Childrens Books, March 1, 1984, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: Seven eerie tales about ghosts, skeletons, graveyards, talking corpses, and strange happenings offer beginning readers a howling good time

Paperback:

9780061336133, titled "In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories" | Pap/com edition (Harperfestival, July 1, 2008), cover price $9.99

9780064440905 | Reprint edition (Harpercollins Childrens Books, October 1, 1985), cover price $3.99 | About this edition: Seven eerie tales about ghosts, skeletons, graveyards, talking corpses, and strange happenings offer beginning readers a howling good time

Library:

9780060252748 | Harpercollins, March 1, 1984, cover price $17.89 | About this edition: Seven eerie tales about ghosts, skeletons, graveyards, talking corpses, and strange happenings offer beginning readers a howling good time

Reinforced:

9780606003100 | Demco Media, October 1, 1985, cover price $12.47 | About this edition: Seven eerie tales about ghosts, skeletons, graveyards, talking corpses, and strange happenings offer beginning readers a howling good time

Prebinding:

9781442005204 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, April 9, 2009), cover price $12.99

Kickle Snifters and Other Fearsome Critters

Introduces young readers to creatures often seen by woodsmen and cowboys, such as the goofus bird that sleeps upside down and the shy squidgicum-squee that swallows itself when people approach

By Alvin Schwartz

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Paperback:

9780064461290 | Reprint edition (Harpercollins Childrens Books, October 1, 1992), cover price $4.95 | About this edition: Brief text and illustrations introduce such strange creatures from American folklore as the snawfus, billdad, lufferlang, and tripodero.

Library:

9780397316458 | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, September 1, 1976, cover price $10.89 | About this edition: Brief text and illustrations introduce such strange creatures from American folklore as the snawfus, billdad, lufferlang, and tripodero.

9780397321612 | Harpercollins, November 1, 1911, cover price $12.89

Love Magic: Dream Signs and Other Ways to Learn the Future

By Alvin Schwartz

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Hardcover:

9780318610801 | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, April 1, 1987, cover price $7.50

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