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A duckling who thinks she is a dog has a frustrating time trying to do everything her owner's dog can do.
By John Paul Richards (illustrator) and Ann Tompert

Hardcover:

9780811477406 | Olympic Marketing Corp, March 1, 1972, cover price $2.98 | About this edition: A duck who believes she is a dog becomes involved in a series of amusing situations when she tries to imitate a delightful canine called Nelson

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Little Fox tells her mother all the frightening things she'll see and do when she travels to the end of the world

Hardcover:

9780517526002 | Random House Childrens Books, August 1, 1976, cover price $8.99 | About this edition: Little Fox tells her mother all the frightening things she'll see and do when she travels to the end of the world

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Little Otter selects a gift for Mother Otter, searches for his pine cone, and attends a coasting party with his relatives.

Hardcover:

9780517527511 | Random House Childrens Books, November 1, 1977, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Little Otter can't decide on a gift for his mother's birthday, forgets where he put his pine cone, and has trouble organizing a coasting party

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Living on his own for the first time, Badger begins to wonder if his neighbor Owl will make life more difficult.

Hardcover:

9780517532263 | Outlet, March 1, 1978, cover price $1.98 | About this edition: After moving into his own burrow, Badger discovers that being independent means making difficult decisions, sometimes about your own friends

Raccoon and Skunk attempt to trick Fox out of his umbrella by telling tales of foolish animals, but Fox sets them straight about who is really foolish.

Hardcover:

9780517535950 | Crown Pub, March 1, 1979, cover price $1.98 | About this edition: After Skunk and Raccoon ask Fox to judge a storytelling contest in which the prize will be her lovely purple umbrella, Skunk tells of an absent-minded beaver, Raccoon describes a greedy rabbit, and Fox manages to keep her part of the bargain and her umbrella too

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Two giants who live in a chateau perched on the side of a mountain find their world threatened and their lives in danger when people settle on their island

Hardcover:

9780517536605 | Random House Value Pub, April 1, 1982, cover price $1.99 | About this edition: Even though Charles insists that people always cause trouble for giants, Charlotte wants people to visit their island.

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Little Fox tells her mother all the frightening things she'll see and do when she travels to the end of the world

Paperback:

9780590414678 | Reissue edition (Scholastic, April 1, 1986), cover price $3.95 | About this edition: Little Fox tells her mother all the frightening things she'll see and do when she travels to the end of the world

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When the conjuror and the soldier find a magic whistle, all their wishes come true, but their greed soon leads to misfortune.

Paperback:

9780876022504 | Anchorage Pr Plays, June 1, 1986, cover price $7.00 | About this edition: When the conjuror and the soldier find a magic whistle, all their wishes come true, but their greed soon leads to misfortune.

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A biography of the showman who, among other achievements, created a three-ring circus known as 'the greatest show on earth' and was active in Connecticut politics.

Library:

9780875183701 | Dillon Pr, January 1, 1988, cover price $22.00 | About this edition: A biography of the showman who, among other achievements, created a three-ring circus known as 'the greatest show on earth' and was active in Connecticut politics.

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When Mouse and Elephant decide to go on the seesaw, Mouse needs a lot of help from other animals before they can go up and down.

Hardcover:

9780027892000 | Atheneum, April 1, 1988, cover price $13.95 | also contains Impossible Picturesqueness: Edward Lear's Indian Watercolours, 1873-1975 | About this edition: When Mouse and Elephant decide to go on the seesaw, Mouse needs a lot of help from other animals to get his end down.
9780027892000 | Atheneum, April 1, 1988, cover price $13.95 | also contains Impossible Picturesqueness: Edward Lear's Indian Watercolours, 1873-1975 | About this edition: When Mouse and Elephant decide to go on the seesaw, Mouse needs a lot of help from other animals to get his end down.

Prebinding:

9780613063517 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $17.15 | About this edition: When friends Elephant and Mouse try to play on the seesaw, they discover that they need the assistance of all their animal friends to help balance the weight

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Having generously aided the needy with money he'd earned to buy a silver whistle for a gift to the Christ Child on Christmas Eve, a Mexican boy approaches the manger in the cathedral in embarrassment, only to find that he has pleased the Baby Jesus afterall.Having generously aided the needy with money he'd earned to buy a silver whistle for a gift to the Christ Child on Christmas Eve, a Mexican boy approaches the manger in the cathedral in embarrassment, only to find that he has pleased the Baby Jesus afterall

Hardcover:

9780027891607 | Macmillan Pub Co, June 1, 1988, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Having generously aided the needy with money he'd earned to buy a silver whistle for a gift to the Christ Child on Christmas Eve, a Mexican boy approaches the manger in the cathedral in embarrassment, only to find that he has pleased the Baby Jesus afterall.

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Grandfather tells a story about shape-changing fox fairies who try to best each other until a hunter brings danger to both of them

Hardcover:

9780517574874, titled "Grandfather Tang's Story" | Alfred a Knopf Inc, March 1, 1990, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: Grandfather tells a story about shape-changing fox fairies who try to best each other until a hunter brings danger to both of them

Paperback:

9780618436118, titled "Grandfather Tang's Story: Houghton Mifflin Mathmatics" | Houghton Mifflin School, April 4, 2004, cover price $16.20
9780517885581, titled "Grandfather Tang's Story" | Reprint edition (Dragonfly, July 1, 1997), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: Grandfather tells a story about shape-changing fox fairies who try to best each other until a hunter brings danger to both of them

Library:

9780517572726, titled "Grandfather Tang's Story" | Alfred a Knopf Inc, March 1, 1990, cover price $19.99 | About this edition: Grandfather tells a story about shape-changing fox fairies who try to best each other until a hunter brings danger to both of them

Prebinding:

9780785724841, titled "Grandfather Tang's Story" | Turtleback Books, March 1, 2001, cover price $18.40 | About this edition: Grandfather tells a story about shape-changing fox fairies who try to best each other until a hunter brings danger to both of them

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A tzar's fear of going to the edge of the world grows when Baba Yaga threatens him, but in time he learns that fear of the unknown is a senseless fear
By Robert Rayevsky (illustrator) and Ann Tompert

School and Library:

9780027894011 | Atheneum, September 1, 1990, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A tzar's fear of going to the edge of the world grows when Baba Yaga threatens him, but in time he learns that fear of the unknown is a senseless fear

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Savina, a gypsy girl, captivates everyone with her remarkable dancing and arouses the jealousy and hatred of King Walid

School and Library:

9780027892055 | Atheneum, April 1, 1991, cover price $13.95 | also contains Rembrandt's Landscapes, Savina, the Gypsy Dancer | About this edition: Savina, a gypsy girl, captivates everyone with her remarkable dancing and arouses the jealousy and hatred of King Walid

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The King of Tango appeals to Sue Patch, who can fix anything, because all the clocks in his palace are set at different times and he cannot function in the resulting chaos
By Rosekrans Hoffman (illustrator) and Ann Tompert

Paperback:

9780803710610 | Reprint edition (Dial Books for Young Readers, February 1, 1992), cover price $3.99 | About this edition: The King of Tango appeals to Sue Patch, who can fix anything, because all the clocks in his palace are set at different times and he cannot function in the resulting chaos

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Four-year-old Suki is worried about being left in day care for the first time until her mother reassures her that she loves her and will always return for her
By Robin Kramer (illustrator) and Ann Tompert

Paperback:

9780807591130 | Reprint edition (Albert Whitman & Co, April 1, 1992), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Four-year-old Suki is worried about being left in day care for the first time until her mother reassures her that she loves her and will always return for her

School and Library:

9780807591123 | Albert Whitman & Co, July 1, 1988, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Four-year-old Suki is worried about being left in day care for the first time until her mother reassures her that she loves her and will always return for her

Prebinding:

9780613757034, titled "Will You Come Back For Me" | Turtleback Books, April 1, 1992, cover price $17.15 | About this edition: Four-year-old Suki is worried about being left in day care for the first time until her mother reassures her that she loves her and will always return for her

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Wishing to have good fortune in the new year, an old man tries to trade his wife's kimono for rice cakes
By Demi (illustrator) and Ann Tompert

Hardcover:

9780517592724 | Crown Pub, September 1, 1993, cover price $13.00 | About this edition: Wishing to have good fortune in the new year, an old man tries to trade his wife's kimono for rice cakes

Library:

9780517592731 | Crown Pub, September 1, 1993, cover price $13.99 | About this edition: Wishing to have good fortune in the new year, an old man tries to trade his wife's kimono for rice cakes

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Narrated from the perspective of a mouse, the story of how the popular Christmas carol 'Silent Night' was written follows the pastor of an Austrian church as he races to create a song for midnight mass, after the organ is damaged by mice.
By Laura Kelly (illustrator) and Ann Tompert

School and Library:

9780027894028 | Simon & Schuster, October 1, 1994, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: A mouse tells how the popular Christmas carol 'Silent Night' came to be written as the pastor of an Austrian church races against time to create a song for midnight mass, after the organ is damaged by mice

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In ancient China, a small boy, Pan Su, catches in his fishing net a small jade horse and after some persuasion, ventures off to give the horse to the emperor, if he can defeat the swindlers along the way.
By Ann Tompert and Winson Trang (illustrator)

School and Library:

9781563972393 | Boyds Mills Pr, August 1, 1996, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: In ancient China, a young boy undertakes a perilous journey and overcomes many obstacles in order to bring a special gift to the Emperor Wu Ti.

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Proud of his long flowing tail, Rabbit spends his time dancing in a grove of willow trees, nibbling twigs, and dreaming of spring, until an accident occurs, in a retelling of an old Seneca legend.
By Jacqueline Chwast (illustrator) and Ann Tompert

School and Library:

9780395822814 | Houghton Mifflin, February 1, 1997, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: After falling asleep in a willow tree during a snowstorm, Rabbit asks various animals to help him get down

To win a bet, Rabbit tries to get rid of his shadow, with the aid of many animal friends.

Paperback:

9780395479506 | Houghton Mifflin, April 25, 1988, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Rabbit tries to win a bet by proving to Woodchuck that he can escape his own shadow

School and Library:

9780395353912 | Houghton Mifflin, February 1, 1984, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Rabbit tries to win a bet by proving to Woodchuck that he can escape his own shadow

Reinforced:

9780606285759 | Demco Media, June 1, 2003, cover price $16.90 | About this edition: Rabbit tries to win a bet by proving to Woodchuck that he can escape his own shadow

Prebinding:

9780613719698 | Turtleback Books, April 1, 1998, cover price $18.40 | About this edition: Rabbit tries to win a bet by proving to Woodchuck that he can escape his own shadow

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The greedy goat runs to the market every day to fill his bag with more and more things, yet when a full bag isn't enough, he starts taking things from the other animals of the forest, in a colorful tale of greed and selfishness.
By Jacqueline Chwast (illustrator) and Ann Tompert

School and Library:

9780395894187 | Houghton Mifflin, April 26, 1999, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Meeting several animals on their way to market, greedy Ole Goat takes their wares for his hungry black bag, but he suffers an unfortunate fate when he tries to take Bear's hat

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A dramatic and simply told biography combines fact and myth to present the life of Nicholas, the Bishop of Myra, who lived during the fourth century and is the inspiration behind the legend of Santa Claus. Reprint.
By Michael Garland (illustrator) and Ann Tompert

Paperback:

9781590783368 | Reprint edition (Boyds Mills Pr, July 8, 2005), cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Combines fact and myth to present the life of Nicholas, the Bishop of Myra, who lived during the fourth century and became the inspiration behind the legend of Santa Claus.

School and Library:

9781563978449 | 1 edition (Boyds Mills Pr, October 1, 2000), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Combines fact and myth to present the life of Nicholas, the Bishop of Myra, who lived during the fourth century and became the inspiration behind the legend of Santa Claus.

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When the priory becomes overrun with mice, Brother Martin is ordered to get rid of them, but not wanting to hurt any of God's creatures, the Dominican brother must find a way to obey his superior's orders.
By Kestutis Kasparavicius (illustrator) and Ann Tompert

School and Library:

9781563979491 | Boyds Mills Pr, March 1, 2002, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Shares the story of how St.

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