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After a morning of strawberry-picking with her mother and father, Molly spends her day finding new ways to enjoy her favorite fruit
By Pam Conrad and Mary Szilagyi (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780060213695 | Harpercollins Childrens Books, June 1, 1994, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: After a morning of strawberry-picking with her mother and father, Molly spends her day finding new ways to enjoy her favorite fruit

Library:

9780060213701 | Harpercollins, June 1, 1994, cover price $14.89 | About this edition: After a morning of strawberry-picking with her mother and father, Molly spends her day finding new ways to enjoy her favorite fruit

Text and illustrations describe the sights and sounds of nighttime in the country.

Reinforced:

9780606047609 | Demco Media, March 1, 1991, cover price $15.81 | also contains Night in the Country | About this edition: Captures the sights and sounds of nature during a dark country night

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Over the years, Grandma's basket becomes embedded in many family legends.
By George Ella Lyon and Mary Szilagyi (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780531058862 | Orchard Books, August 1, 1990, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: A small oak basket containing a spool of thread intertwined with the family history, travels through four generations

School and Library:

9780531084861 | Orchard Books, August 1, 1990, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: A small oak basket containing a spool of thread intertwined with the family history, travels through four generations

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A little owlet thinks that by sleeping during the day he's missing out on something--until the time comes when he is allowed to stay up
By Leslie McGuire and Mary Szilagyi (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780394899862 | Random House Childrens Books, September 1, 1989, cover price $4.95 | About this edition: A baby night owl stays awake to see what the daytime is like and has a discussion with a squirrel about whether day is better than night.

Library:

9780394999869 | Random House Childrens Books, October 1, 1989, cover price $5.99 | About this edition: A baby night owl stays awake to see what the daytime is like and has a discussion with a squirrel about whether day is better than night.

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Examines the harmonious community of animal life found in a typical tree--from a gopher's subterranean home in the roots to a hummingbird family's nest in the highest branches
By Bette Killion and Mary Szilagyi (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780060232733 | Harpercollins Childrens Books, June 1, 1989, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Describes how a tall tree at the edge of the woods can provide living space for a multitude of animals, including squirrel, woodpecker, tree frog, beetle, and raccoon.

As money is short in seven-year-old Charlie's Appalachian home during the Civil War and there is not enough to buy the straw hat that Charlie wants to wear to school, he and his grandmother decide to make a hat themselves.
By Berniece T. Hiser and Mary Szilagyi (illustrator)

School and Library:

9780399217043 | Reissue edition (Putnam Pub Group, December 1, 1988), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: As money is short in seven-year-old Charlie's Appalachian home during the Civil War and there is not enough to buy the straw hat that Charlie wants to wear to school, he and his grandmother decide to make a hat themselves.

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Describes the long journey and the combined labor of many people that it takes to bring a single orange from the tree to the table.
By Zack Ragow and Mary Szilagyi (contributor)

Hardcover:

9780531057438 | Orchard Books, June 1, 1988, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: A poem celebrating the dual themes of nurturing and unification illustrates the many efforts, cultures, and people whose combined endeavors have made available the delicious citrus fruit we know today

Brief text and illustrations describe some of the little things that big things love.
By Ruth Krauss and Mary Szilagyi (illustrator)

School and Library:

9780590417075 | Scholastic, October 1, 1987, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: A little boy receives a reassuring message about love and the close relationships between big things and little things--between this cat and her kittens, big forests and small trees, and, particularly, his family and himself

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No one understands what Molly wants when she starts to cry, but when she struggles to take her first step, two older brothers realize what she's after

School and Library:

9780899194592 | Houghton Mifflin, March 1, 1987, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: No one understands what Molly wants when she starts to cry, but when she struggles to take her first step, two older brothers realize what she's after

The thunder, lightning, and rain of a summer storm chase a little girl indoors and into her mother's arms and chases the family dog, just as frightened as she is, into her arms

School and Library:

9780027885804 | Atheneum, April 1, 1985, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: A little girl is comforted by her mother during a thunderstorm and she in turn comforts the family dog.

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Eleven people living in one house seems unbearable to Joshua Holly, but when he runs away from home, he misses the special love of his extended family
By Nina Bourque and Mary Szilagyi (illustrator)

Library:

9780940742413 | Heinemann/Raintree, February 1, 1985, cover price $14.65 | About this edition: Convinced that his big brother, Stanley, is his only friend in the family, Joshua wants to move out when his brother leaves home.

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