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Rainbow Crow: A Lenape Tale

A Native American legend from the Lenape recalls the glory days of the black crow when the bird had brilliant plumage and a sweet voice--both of which are ruined by its acquisition of fire

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Paperback:

9780679819424 | Reprint edition (Dragonfly, July 1, 1991), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: A Native American legend from the Lenape recalls the glory days of the black crow when the bird had brilliant plumage and a sweet voice--both of which are ruined by its acquisition of fire

Library:

9780394995779 | Random House Childrens Books, March 1, 1989, cover price $15.99 | About this edition: A Native American legend from the Lenape recalls the glory days of the black crow when the bird had brilliant plumage and a sweet voice--both of which are ruined by its acquisition of fire

Prebinding:

9781442005792 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, April 9, 2009), cover price $15.99

Shingebiss: An Ojibwe Legend

Product Description: Shingebiss the duck bravely challenges the Winter Maker and manages to find enough food to survive a long, harsh winter.

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Hardcover:

9781437964134 | 1 reprint edition (Diane Pub Co, October 31, 2008), cover price $16.00 | also contains Shingebiss: An Ojibwe Legend, Shingebiss: An Ojibwe Legend | About this edition: Shingebiss the duck bravely challenges the Winter Maker and manages to find enough food to survive a long, harsh winter.

9780316896276 | Little Brown & Co, September 1, 1998, cover price $10.01 | About this edition: Shingebiss the duck bravely challenges the Winter Maker and manages to find enough food to survive a long, harsh winter

Paperback:

9780618216161 | Reprint edition (Houghton Mifflin, April 29, 2002), cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Shingebiss the duck bravely challenges the Winter Maker and manages to find enough food to survive a long, harsh winter

School and Library:

9780395827451 | Houghton Mifflin, September 9, 1997, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Shingebiss the duck bravely challenges the Winter Maker and manages to find enough food to survive a long, harsh winter

Scrubba Dub

Product Description: Scrubba dub dubbasquigga giggle squash.Splash splishsplish sploshtime to wash.What little bunny can resist bathtime, especially with a tub full of bubbles...and boats...and rubber ducks...and more bubbles? In this delightful read-aloud treat, getting clean has never been easier, or more fun...read more

By Bernadette Pons (illustrator)

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Paperback:

9781416978596 | Aladdin Paperbacks, May 5, 2008, cover price $8.99 | About this edition: Scrubba dub dubbasquigga giggle squash.

School and Library:

9780689844591 | 1 edition (Atheneum, March 1, 2003), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Mama Bunny tries to bathe her energetic toddler.

Teeny, Tiny, Tingly Tales

Three rhyming scary stories.

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Paperback:

9781416975724, titled "Teeny Tiny Tingly Tales" | Aladdin Paperbacks, April 14, 2008, cover price $8.99

School and Library:

9780689818752 | Atheneum, September 1, 2001, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Three rhyming scary stories.

Nit-Pickin

Family members go to great lengths to rid their child of head lice.

By Nancy Van Laan

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School and Library:

9780689838989 | Atheneum, July 1, 2008, cover price $15.99 | About this edition: Family members go to great lengths to rid their child of head lice.

Busy, Busy Moose

In the follow-up to Moose Tales, Moose needs to feel useful, so he helps his little animal friends in many ways during each of the four seasons. Reprint.

By Amy Rusch (illustrator) and Nancy Van Laan

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Paperback:

9780618809073, titled "Busy Busy Moose" | Reprint edition (Sandpiper, June 4, 2007), cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Moose helps his little animal friends in many ways during the four seasons.

School and Library:

9780395960912 | Houghton Mifflin, August 25, 2003, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Moose helps his little animal friends in many ways during the four seasons.

Prebinding:

9781417791125 | Turtleback Books, June 1, 2007, cover price $17.15 | About this edition: It is fall, and Beaver must make his winter house.

Tickle Tum!

A mother and toddler have fun at suppertime.

By Bernadette Pons (illustrator) and Nancy Van Laan

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Paperback:

9781416908364 | Aladdin Paperbacks, September 20, 2005, cover price $4.99 | About this edition: A mother and toddler have fun at suppertime.

9780689866746 | Reprint edition (Aladdin Paperbacks, February 1, 2004), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: A mother and toddler have fun at suppertime.

School and Library:

9780689831430 | Atheneum, February 1, 2001, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A mother and toddler have fun at suppertime.

Little Fish, Lost

Little Fish loses his mother in an African pond and searches everywhere for her, seeing all kinds of animals in the process.

By Nancy Van Laan

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Paperback:

9780689843723 | Reprint edition (Aladdin Paperbacks, August 1, 2001), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Little Fish loses his mother in an African pond and searches everywhere for her, seeing all kinds of animals in the process.

School and Library:

9780689813313 | Atheneum, April 1, 1998, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Little Fish loses his mother in an African pond and searches everywhere for her, seeing all kinds of animals in the process.

Reinforced:

9780606305136 | Demco Media, April 30, 2004, cover price $15.09

Prebinding:

9780613454124 | Turtleback Books, August 1, 2001, cover price $15.50 | About this edition: Little Fish loses his mother in an African pond and searches everywhere for her, seeing all kinds of animals in the process.

Tree for Me

Product Description: Big one? Small one? Skinny one? Tall one? Which tree will be perfect for climbing? Not the tree with one owl nesting. Not the tree with two possums dangling. Not the tree with three worms crawling. Uh-oh! Oh, no! Will there ever be a tree thatâs just right? Filled with colorful animals to count and name, this bouncing story will have even the youngest listeners chiming in...read more

By Nancy Van Laan

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Hardcover:

9780679893844, titled "A Tree for Me" | Alfred a Knopf Inc, March 1, 2000, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A child climbs five different trees, looking for a place to hide and finding an increasing number of animals already in residence, until finally the perfect tree is found.

9780679993841, titled "A Tree for Me" | Alfred a Knopf Inc, March 1, 2000, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: A child climbs five different trees, looking for a place to hide and finding an increasing number of animals already in residence, until finally the perfect tree is found.

Paperback:

9780440417552, titled "A Tree for Me" | Reprint edition (Dragonfly, March 1, 2002), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: A child climbs five different trees, looking for a place to hide and finding an increasing number of animals already in residence.

Reinforced:

9780606241045 | Demco Media, September 1, 2002, cover price $15.09 | About this edition: Big one?

Prebinding:

9780613503822 | Turtleback Books, August 1, 2002, cover price $15.50 | About this edition: A child climbs five different trees, looking for a place to hide and finding an increasing number of animals already in residence.

With a Whoop and a Holler: A Bushel of Lore from Way Down South

A collection of tales, rhymes, riddles, superstitions, and sayings organized around the three distinct regions of the South: the Bayou, the Deep South, and Appalachia.

By Nancy Van Laan

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Paperback:

9780689844744 | Reprint edition (Simon Pulse, May 1, 2001), cover price $10.00 | About this edition: A collection of tales, rhymes, riddles, superstitions, and sayings organized around the three distinct regions of the South: the Bayou, the Deep South, and Appalachia.

School and Library:

9780689810619 | Atheneum, April 1, 1998, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: A collection of tales, rhymes, riddles, superstitions, and sayings organized around the three distinct regions of the South: the Bayou, the Deep South, and Appalachia

Reinforced:

9780606215329 | Demco Media, February 1, 2002, cover price $18.27 | About this edition: A collection of tales, rhymes, riddles, superstitions, and sayings organized around the three distinct regions of the South: the Bayou, the Deep South, and Appalachia.

Moose Tales

In three simple stories, Moose takes a walk, takes a nap under a tree that Beaver is gnawing, and finally joins all his friends in making an almost perfect snow creature with antlers.

By Nancy Van Laan

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Paperback:

9780618111282 | Houghton Mifflin, February 26, 2001, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: In three simple stories, Moose takes a walk, takes a nap under a tree that Beaver is gnawing, and finally joins all his friends in making an almost perfect snow creature with antlers.

School and Library:

9780395908631 | Houghton Mifflin, September 27, 1999, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Moose takes a walk, takes a nap under a tree that Beaver is gnawing, and finally joins all his friends in making an almost perfect snow creature with antlers

Reinforced:

9780606213370 | Demco Media, February 1, 2002, cover price $14.66 | About this edition: In three simple stories, Moose takes a walk, takes a nap under a tree that Beaver is gnawing, and finally joins all his friends in making an almost perfect snow creature with antlers.

Prebinding:

9780613355391 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 2001, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: In three simple stories, Moose takes a walk, takes a nap under a tree that Beaver is gnawing, and finally joins all his friends in making an almost perfect snow creature with antlers.

So Say the Little Monkeys

Offers an amusing tale about procrastination as a group of monkeys spend their days playing and talking about a plan to build a home the following day, but when the next day arrives, they go right back to their fun-filled routine and put off their project once again. Reprint.

By Nancy Van Laan

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Hardcover:

9780679877844 | Random House Childrens Books, March 1, 1997, cover price $20.01 | About this edition: A rhyming retelling of an Indian folktale from Brazil about tiny, playful monkeys and why they have no place to call home

Paperback:

9780689846908 | Reprint edition (Aladdin Paperbacks, November 1, 2001), cover price $11.99 | About this edition: A rhyming retelling of an Indian folktale from Brazil about tiny, playful monkeys and why they have no place to call home.

School and Library:

9780689810381 | Atheneum, September 1, 1998, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: A rhyming retelling of an Indian folktale from Brazil about tiny, playful monkeys and why they have no place to call home

Library:

9780679977841 | Random House Childrens Books, March 1, 1997, cover price $13.01 | About this edition: A rhyming retelling of an Indian folktale from Brazil about tiny, playful monkeys and why they have no place to call home

When Winter Comes

As a family takes a stroll during the first snowfall, the parents explain what happens to all the plants and animals during the winter months, in a picture book by the illustrator of The Stable Where Jesus Was Born.

By Susan Gaber (illustrator) and Nancy Van Laan

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School and Library:

9780689817786 | Atheneum, October 1, 2000, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: Rhyming text asks what happens to different animals and plants 'when winter comes and the cold wind blows.

The Laughing Man

The man in the moon is responsible for bringing happiness and sadness to an earth that was once covered with a thick coat of haze.

By Lisa Desimini (illustrator) and Nancy Van Laan

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Hardcover:

9780689824777 | Atheneum, October 1, 2000, cover price $17.00 | About this edition: The man in the moon is responsible for bringing happiness and sadness to an earth that was once covered with a thick coat of haze.

The Tiny, Tiny Boy and the Big, Big Cow

A cumulative story in which a tiny, tiny boy tries to milk a big, big cow who will not stand still.

By Marjorie Priceman (illustrator) and Nancy Van Laan

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9780606180924 | Demco Media, April 1, 2000, cover price $14.64 | About this edition: A cumulative story in which a tiny, tiny boy tries to milk a big, big cow who will not stand still.

Prebinding:

9780613224987 | Turtleback Books, September 1, 2000, cover price $15.50 | About this edition: A cumulative story in which a tiny, tiny boy tries to milk a big, big cow who will not stand still.

The Tiny, Tiny Boy and the Big, Big Cow: A Scottish Folk Tale

Accented by vibrant watercolors, this classic Scottish cumulative folktale recounts the story of a small boy who tries to milk a large cow, but the cow will not be still, and the boy keeps on trying to milk her. Reprint.

By Marjorie Priceman (illustrator) and Nancy Van Laan

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Hardcover:

9780679820789 | Reissue edition (Alfred a Knopf Inc, July 1, 1994), cover price $8.99 | About this edition: A cumulative story in which a tiny, tiny boy tries to milk a big, big cow who will not stand still

Paperback:

9780375804786 | Dragonfly, March 1, 2000, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: A cumulative story in which a tiny, tiny boy tries to milk a big, big cow who will not stand still.

Little Baby Bobby

Product Description: Little Baby Bobby, who lives on a hill, just can't seem to sit still. So it's inevitable that, in the blink of an eye, his baby buggy goes careening down that hill with his babysitter in frantic pursuit. Whizzing through the park, scattering street vendors' wares, crashing into a fire hydrant, there goes Baby Bobby, enjoying every minute of his wild buggy ride...read more

By Laura Cornell (illustrator) and Nancy Van Laan

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Hardcover:

9780679849223 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, July 1, 1997, cover price $17.00 | About this edition: When a bouncy baby's buggy goes whooshing down a hill, he is in for quite a ride as an assortment of people give chase

Paperback:

9780375800528 | Reprint edition (Dragonflyer Pr, May 1, 1999), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: When a bouncy baby's buggy goes whooshing down a hill, he is in for quite a ride as an assortment of people give chase

Library:

9780679949220 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, July 1, 1997, cover price $18.99 | About this edition: When a bouncy baby's buggy goes whooshing down a hill, he is in for quite a ride as an assortment of people give chase

Prebinding:

9780613161459 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $14.70 | About this edition: Little Baby Bobby, who lives on a hill, just can't seem to sit still.

The Magic Bean Tree: A Legend from Argentina

A young Quechuan boy brings the rains back to his parched homeland and is rewarded by a gift of carob beans

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Miscellaneous:

9780547561837 | Houghton Mifflin, March 30, 1998, cover price $15.00

School and Library:

9780395827468 | Houghton Mifflin, March 1, 1998, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: A young Quechuan boy brings the rains back to his parched homeland and is rewarded by a gift of carob beans

Sleep, Sleep, Sleep: A Lullaby for Little Ones Around the World

Product Description: Illustrations and rhythmic verses depict a mother and child and different animals on each of the seven continents.

By Holly Meade (illustrator)

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Hardcover:

9780316897327 | Little Brown & Co, September 1, 1995, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Illustrations and rhythmic verses depict a mother and child and different animals on each of the seven continents

Paperback:

9780590109758 | Scholastic Educational, July 1, 1997, cover price $4.50 | About this edition: Illustrations and rhythmic verses depict a mother and child and different animals on each of the seven continents.

A Mouse in My House

Product Description: One house seems to contain an entire menagerie of active animals, which get into all kinds of mischief and trouble, but in the end they are all found to be the young narrator.

By Nancy Van Laan

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Paperback:

9780786811991 | Hyperion, September 9, 1996, cover price $4.95 | About this edition: One house seems to contain an entire menagerie of active animals, which get into all kinds of mischief and trouble, but in the end they are all found to be the young narrator.

The Legend of El Dorado

Product Description: A retelling of the Chibcha Indian legend about how the treasure of El Dorado came to be

By Nancy Van Laan

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Hardcover:

9780517155349 | Random House Value Pub, February 1, 1996, cover price $5.99 | About this edition: A retelling of the Chibcha Indian legend about how the treasure of El Dorado came to be

In a Circle Long Ago: A Treasury of Native Lore from North America

An anthology of Native American lore is culled from the traditions of more than twenty North American tribes and includes such stories as 'Raven, the River Maker,' 'The Corn Song,' and 'Coyote and the Blackbirds'

By Lisa Desimini (illustrator) and Nancy Van Laan

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Hardcover:

9780679858072 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, September 1, 1995, cover price $22.00 | About this edition: An anthology of Native American lore is culled from the traditions of more than twenty North American tribes and includes such stories as 'Raven, the River Maker,' 'The Corn Song,' and 'Coyote and the Blackbirds'

Library:

9780679958079 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, August 1, 1995, cover price $21.99 | About this edition: An anthology of Native American lore is culled from the traditions of more than twenty North American tribes and includes such stories as 'Raven, the River Maker,' 'The Corn Song,' and 'Coyote and the Blackbirds'

LA Boda: A Mexican Wedding Celebration

Lively full-color illustrations complement a bilingual account of the festivities surrounding a traditional Mexican wedding in a small village in the mountains of Oaxaca, including the parade through town, delicious foods, dancing, and fireworks.

By Andrea Arroyo (illustrator) and Nancy Van Laan

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Hardcover:

9780316896269 | Little Brown & Co, May 1, 1995, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: A little girl and her grandmother watch as the whole village prepares for and participates in a traditional Zapotec Indian wedding celebration.

This Is the Hat: A Story in Rhyme

Cumulative verses follow an old man's hat as it becomes a home for a spider, mouse, and other creatures before returning to its rightful owner

By Holly Meade (illustrator) and Nancy Van Laan

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Paperback:

9780786810307 | Hyperion, April 1, 1995, cover price $4.95 | About this edition: Cumulative verses follow an old man's hat as it becomes a home for a spider, mouse, and other creatures before returning to its rightful owner

School and Library:

9780316897273 | Joy st Books, October 1, 1992, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Cumulative verses follow an old man's hat as it becomes a home for a spider, mouse, and other creatures before returning to its rightful owner

Reinforced:

9780606082860 | Demco Media, April 1, 1995, cover price $11.15 | About this edition: Cumulative verses follow an old man's hat as it becomes a home for a spider, mouse, and other creatures before returning to its rightful owner

The Big Fat Worm

A rhythmic read-aloud tale describes a chain of events set in motion when a big fat bird tries to eat a big fat worm

By Nancy Van Laan

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Paperback:

9780679873891 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, April 1, 1995, cover price $4.99 | About this edition: A rhythmic read-aloud tale describes a chain of events set in motion when a big fat bird tries to eat a big fat worm

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