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A delightful tour of Hank's Bats and Balls Factory provides a fascinating look at the making of wood bats, aluminum bats, and balls in a look at America's national pastime that is sprinkled with fun-filled baseball trivia.
By Gloria Kamen (illustrator) and Peggy Thomson

School and Library:

9780807577370 | Albert Whitman & Co, April 1, 1998, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Describes how baseballs and bats are made, marked, and used

Provides a tour of a factory in Tennessee where baseballs and wooden and aluminium bats are made and presents all kinds of information about the game of baseball.

Hardcover:

9780688138912 | Greenwillow, March 1, 1998, cover price $25.01 | About this edition: Provides a tour of a factory in Tennessee where baseballs and wooden and aluminium bats are made and presents all kinds of information about the game of baseball.
9780688138905, titled "Siggy's Baseball Bat Factory" | William Morrow & Co, March 1, 1996, cover price $25.01 | About this edition: Provides a tour of a factory in Tennessee where baseballs and wooden and aluminium bats are made and presents all kinds of information about the game of baseball.

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A behind-the-scenes look at the National Gallery of Art including its private spaces, workshops, offices, and labs where visitors rarely enter

Hardcover:

9780395826553 | Houghton Mifflin, March 1, 1997, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: A behind-the-scenes look at the National Gallery of Art including its private spaces, workshops, offices, and labs where visitors rarely enter

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A behind-the-scenes look at the National Gallery of Art including its private spaces, workshops, offices, and labs where visitors rarely enter

Paperback:

9780395826836 | Houghton Mifflin, March 1, 1997, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A behind-the-scenes look at the National Gallery of Art including its private spaces, workshops, offices, and labs where visitors rarely enter

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A photographic depiction of Navajo life in New Mexico details the daily existence of Katie Henio, an elderly shepherd, as she tends her sheep, collects plants for dyes and medicines, lives with her family, and much more.
By Paul Conklin (photographer) and Peggy Thomson

Hardcover:

9780525651604 | Cobblehill, February 1, 1995, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: Details the daily life of Katie Henio, as she tends her sheep and her family

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Siggy explains how spaghetti is made in the factory and introduces different kinds of pasta
By Gloria Kamen (illustrator) and Peggy Thomson

Hardcover:

9780688113735 | Tambourine, August 1, 1993, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: Siggy explains how spaghetti is made in the factory and introduces different kinds of pasta

Library:

9780688113742 | Tambourine, August 1, 1993, cover price $13.89 | About this edition: Siggy explains how spaghetti is made in the factory and introduces different kinds of pasta

A little tailor, whose claim to fame is swatting seven flies in one blow, wins the hand of a princess and outwits a cave full of giants, a wild boar, the royal guards, and a scheming king.
By Peggy Thomson and James Warhola (illustrator)

School and Library:

9780671737368 | Simon & Schuster, May 1, 1992, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: A little tailor, whose claim to fame is swatting seven flies in one blow, wins the hand of a princess and outwits a cave-full of giants, a wild boar, the royal guards, and a scheming king

A retelling of Andersen's classic tale of a brave soldier who finds love and fortune in a magic tinderbox

School and Library:

9780671705466 | Simon & Schuster, August 1, 1991, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A retelling of Andersen's classic tale of a brave soldier who finds love and fortune in a magic tinderbox

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A description of what life is like in the modern Chinese city of Changsha for the children who live there.
By Paul S. Conklin (photographer) and Peggy Thomson

Hardcover:

9780060216542 | Harpercollins Childrens Books, May 1, 1991, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A close-up look at city life for China's children, offers voices and perspectives that explore the traditional and modern aspects of a typical Chinese city and its people

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Only the king and his barber know that the king has horse's ears, until the secret gets outs just in time for the king's wedding day.

School and Library:

9780671649531 | Simon & Schuster, September 1, 1988, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: No one but the royal barber knows that King Horace--who seems to have a perfect life--has horse's ears until, on his wedding, the secret is revealed

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Details the close relationships that often spring up between the keepers and the animal inhabitants at the National Zoo
By Paul Conklin (photographer) and Peggy Thomson

Hardcover:

9780690047103 | Ty Crowell Co, August 1, 1988, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Describes, in text and illustrations, the many different tasks performed by keepers at the National Zoo and the interrelationship between them and the animals they care for.

Library:

9780690047127 | Harpercollins, August 1, 1988, cover price $13.89 | About this edition: Describes, in text and illustrations, the many different tasks performed by keepers at the National Zoo and the interrelationship between them and the animals they care for.

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A collection of stories and anecdotes about the various exhibits housed in the Smithsonian Institution.

Paperback:

9780874747478 | Smithsonian Inst Pr, April 1, 1986, cover price $4.95 | About this edition: A collection of stories and anecdotes about the various exhibits housed in the Smithsonian Institution.

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Reveals the inner workings of the Museum of Natural History through historical anecdotes and descriptions of how exhibits are researched, prepared, and maintained.

Library:

9780690044928 | Harpercollins, November 1, 1985, cover price $14.89 | About this edition: A behind-the-scenes look at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History reveals everything from expeditions and research to exhibit building and its maintenance

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Introduces the art of interpreting the signs and patterns of the hands.
By Dale Payson (illustrator) and Peggy Thomson

Hardcover:

9780136342465 | Prentice Hall, May 1, 1974, cover price $4.95 | About this edition: Explains the meaning and significance of various patterns, prints, lines, and shapes found on the palm

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