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Brings to life sixteen deities of the ancient Chinese world, highlighting their accomplishments, their deeds, their powers, and how they reflected the lives and activities of the mortals on Earth.

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9780823416943 | Holiday House, May 1, 2003, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Brings to life sixteen deities of the ancient Chinese world, highlighting their accomplishments, their deeds, their powers, and how they reflected the lives and activities of the mortals on Earth.

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Retells the story of the founding of Kinderdike, a town in southern Holland whose name--meaning 'the children's dike'--comes from the discovery of a baby and a kitten, found alive on a dike following a devastating flood.

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9780027353655 | Atheneum, March 1, 1994, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: When a baby and a kitten are found safe and dry after a disastrous flood in 1421, the people of a village in southern Holland decide to rebuild

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Uses the text of the Pledge of Allegiance, as well as brief descriptive paragraphs, to show the growth and change of the American flag, from 1775 to the present, as depicted in full-color illustrations.

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9780823410538 | Holiday House, September 1, 1993, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: With the Pledge of Allegiance as accompanying text, presents various American flags and gives brief historical information about each

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Follows Odysseus and his men as they encounter a tribe of hideous one-eyed monsters while stranded on an island

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9780823410620 | Reprint edition (Holiday House, September 1, 1993), cover price $5.95 | About this edition: Describes the encounter between the cyclops Polyphemus and Odysseus and his men after the end of the Trojan War.

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9780823408917 | Holiday House, September 1, 1991, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Describes the encounter between the cyclops Polyphemus and Odysseus and his men after the end of the Trojan War.

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A look at the life and genius of Johann Gutenberg describes how Gutenberg worked hard to invent a way of mass printing and the influence of Gutenberg's invention--the printing press--on civilization.

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9780027352382 | Simon & Schuster, April 1, 1993, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A biography of the fifteenth-century German printer who revolutionized printing with the invention of movable type.

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The brave harpist David, King Saul, and their enemy, the Philistine giant Goliath, come vividly to life in a brightly illustrated retelling of the famous biblical tale.

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9780823409976 | Holiday House, March 1, 1993, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Retells the Bible story in which a Hebrew shepherd boy kills the giant Philistine warrior Goliath with a slingshot

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Eight traditional shammes stories--about King Solomon and his magic ring, a mysterious spotted pony, Benayahu ben Yehoyada, and other heroes, demons, and fools--help celebrate the Festival of Lights.

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9780823409365 | Holiday House, September 1, 1992, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Eight shammes stories--about King Solomon and his magic ring, a mysterious spotted pony, Benayahu ben Yehoyada, and other heroes, demons, and fools--help celebrate the Festival of Lights

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Chronicles the life of a brilliant Italian mathematician, physicist, and astronomer, who was forced to renounce his inventions and discoveries because they challenged the authority of the Church.

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9780027352351 | Atheneum, May 1, 1992, cover price $17.00 | About this edition: Examines the life and discoveries of the noted mathematician, physicist, and astronomer, whose work changed the course of science

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Using primary source material, period photographs, and quotes from workers, passengers, owners, and politicians, an illustrated history of the American railroad traces the progress of rail travel across the continent. By the author of The Oregon Trail.

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9780823409457 | Holiday House, April 1, 1992, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Examines the development of the railroad in the United States from its nineteenth-century beginnings to the end of that century

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A sheep, a dog, and a boy help a homesick frog return to his peaceful pond after a hard rain sweeps him away and he wakes in an unfamiliar meadow.

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9780060200602 | Harpercollins, March 1, 1992, cover price $14.89 | About this edition: A little frog is washed away from his pond during a storm

Introduces the letters of the alphabet in pictures of objects from Acrobat to Zinnia.

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9780027352511 | Atheneum, April 1, 1991, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Each letter of the alphabet is represented by a painting of a familiar subject, includes acrobats, balloons, oranges, and sailboats

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