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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

The Rainy Day Book

This handbook of indoor activities includes quiet and active games, arts and crafts, hobbies, science experiments, jokes, riddles, puzzles, tongue twisters, recipes, and lists of story books.

By Alvin Schwartz

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Hardcover:

9780671606060 | Simon & Schuster, March 1, 1958, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Science activities, arts and crafts projects, quiet games, and stories to read aloud especially for rainy days at home

The Unions: What They Are, How They Came to Be, How They Affect Each of Us

Traces the growth of labor groups from pre-Revolutionary War societies to the AFL-CIO merger and discusses the organization and activities of unions today.

By Alvin Schwartz

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School and Library:

9780670740987 | Viking Pr, April 1, 1972, cover price $10.00 | About this edition: Introduces the high school student to the history of the American trade unions and labor-management relations

A Twister of Twists, a Tangler of Tongues: Tongue Twisters

An anthology of tongue twisters in English as well as in other languages designed to entertain children and further the development of speech skills

By Glen Rounds (illustrator) and Alvin Schwartz (compiler)

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Hardcover:

9780397313877 | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, October 1, 1972, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: A collection of tongue twisters, both traditional and new in prose and verse.

Tomfoolery, Trickery and Foolery With Words

Includes riddles and tricks taken from American folktales, songs, and games

By Alvin Schwartz

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Hardcover:

9780397314669, titled "Tomfoolery: Trickery and Foolery With Words" | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, April 1, 1973, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Entertain friends with these riddles, wisecracks, and practical jokes.

Paperback:

9780064461542, titled "Tomfoolery: Trickery and Foolery With Words" | Harpercollins Childrens Books, June 1, 1994, cover price $4.95 | About this edition: Includes riddles and tricks taken from American folktales, songs, and games

9780553150018 | Bantam Books, September 1, 1976, cover price $1.75 | About this edition: Book by Schwartz, Alvin

Tongue Twisters

By Alvin Schwartz

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Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780694507795 | Harpercollins Childrens, June 1, 1973, cover price $8.98

Witcracks: Jokes and Jests from American Folklore

Traces the history and gives examples of puns, shaggy-dog stories, and other jokes from American humor of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

By Alvin Schwartz

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Paperback:

9780064461467 | Reprint edition (Trophy Pr, May 1, 1993), cover price $4.95 | About this edition: Outlandish exaggerations, puns, riddles, and tales provide an introduction to American folk humor

9780553150179 | Bantam Books, August 1, 1977, cover price $1.75

Library:

9780397314751 | Harpercollins, November 1, 1973, cover price $14.89 | About this edition: Outlandish exaggerations, puns, riddles, and tales provide a delightful introduction to American folk humor

Whoppers: Tall Tales and Other Lies

One hundred and forty-five outlandish, hyperbolic, and stranger-than-fiction lies are collected from the folks and fabricators of the American frontier and backwoods

By Alvin Schwartz

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Hardcover:

9780397315758 | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, April 1, 1975, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A collection of tall tales involving animals, the weather, narrow escapes, and many other topics.

Prebinding:

9780833548818 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $16.60 | About this edition: A collection of tall tales involving animals, the weather, narrow escapes, and many other topics.

Stores

An introduction to the day-to-day operations of almost forty different kinds of stores reveals how storekeepers select merchandise, maintain inventories, satisfy customers, and make profits

By Alvin Schwartz

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Hardcover:

9780027813104 | Atheneum, April 1, 1977, cover price $10.35 | About this edition: An inside look at the day-to-day operations of forty typical stores.

When I Grew Up Long Ago: Family Living, Going to School, Games and Parties, Cures and Deaths, a Comet, a War, Falling in Love, and Other Things I re

Humorous and serious recollections from around the turn of the century

By Alvin Schwartz

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Hardcover:

9780397317264 | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, October 1, 1978, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Brief statements from people whose childhoods were in the period 1890-1914 on such areas of their past lives as food, social life, music, holidays, and health present glimpses of life in the United States at that time.

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

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

Unriddling: All Sorts of Riddles to Puzzle Your Guessery

A collection of riddles of various traditional types including queer-word, hidden-answer, neck, leg, rebus, and tricky-question riddles

By Alvin Schwartz

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Paperback:

9780064460576 | Reprint edition (Trophy Pr, April 1, 1987), cover price $4.95 | About this edition: A collection of riddles of various traditional types including queer-word, hidden-answer, neck, leg, rebus, and tricky-question riddles

Library:

9780397320301 | Harpercollins, October 1, 1983, cover price $14.89 | About this edition: A collection of riddles of various traditional types including queer-word, hidden-answer, neck, leg, rebus, and tricky-question riddles.

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

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.

Ten Copycats in a Boat and Other Riddles

Humorous and thought-provoking word puzzles, jokes, and verbal somersaults comprise this carefully chosen assortment of conundrums by a renowned collector of American folklore

By Alvin Schwartz

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Paperback:

9780064440769 | Reprint edition (Trophy Pr, April 1, 1985), cover price $3.50 | About this edition: A collection of riddles selected from folklore around the world.

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.

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

Tales of Trickery from the Land of Spoof

Tells the stories behind a variety of tricks, practical jokes, college pranks, and hoaxes

By David Christiana and Alvin Schwartz

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Hardcover:

9780374373788 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, January 1, 1986, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: A collection of humorous tales from a variety of sources.

Paperback:

9780374474263 | Reprint edition (Farrar Straus & Giroux, September 1, 1988), cover price $3.50 | About this edition: A collection of humorous tales from a variety of sources.

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

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

Telling Fortunes: Love Magic, Dream Signs & Other Ways to Learn the Future

A collection of traditional beliefs, popular sayings, and superstitions that can be used as games to determine the future

By Alvin Schwartz

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Hardcover:

9780397321322 | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, July 1, 1987, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: A collection of traditional beliefs, popular sayings, and superstitions that can be used as games to determine the future

Library:

9780397321339, titled "Telling Fortunes: Love Magic, Dream Signs, and Other Ways to Learn the Future" | Harpercollins, July 1, 1987, cover price $13.89 | About this edition: A collection of traditional beliefs, popular sayings, and superstitions that can be used as games to determine the future

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.

Whoppers: Tall Tales and Other Lies Collected from American Folklore

One hundred and forty-five outlandish, hyperbolic, and stranger-than-fiction lies are collected from the folks and fabricators of the American frontier and backwoods

By Glen Rounds (illustrator) and Alvin Schwartz

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Paperback:

9780064460910 | Trophy Pr, January 1, 1990, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: A collection of tall tales involving animals, the weather, narrow escapes, and many other topics.

Reinforced:

9780606044233 | Demco Media, January 1, 1990, cover price $15.71 | About this edition: A collection of tall tales involving animals, the weather, narrow escapes, and many other topics.

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