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    Readers learn all about the hospital as George goes in for an operation to remove a puzzle piece he has eaten.

    Old Miss Twiggley Was friendly with bears. "They shed on the sofa," she said, "But who cares?" And was it true, as the mayor's wife had heard, that she actually slept in her hat? "Simply disgraceful," they said. But when a hurricane hits the town and the water rises, everyone is grateful to Miss Twiggley and her tree. Even better, Miss Twiggley herself learns a very important lesson, with a warm and happy ending.

    A little ghost who always wanted to see the town by daylight creates chaos when he does, and finds himself unable to be a night ghost again.

    But soon Sally uncovers a mystery about a beautiful old doll in a portrait -- and a little girl who looks just like Sally herself! In search of clues, Sally is drawn toward the attic and the old mirror that sits there. And when she looks into it, something magical happens....

    Includes:The BorrowersThe Borrowers AfieldThe Borrowers AfloatThe Borrowers Aloft

    He loved Christmas dearly and had a special present for Santa, but how could he possibly give it to him? After all, he's only a mouse. And how did a little ordinary mouse become Santa Mouse, the helper Santa could never do without?! Color illustrations. 8 1/4" x 11".

    

    Lonely when his family goes on vacation without him, Clifford, a giant red dog, overcomes wet cement, traffic jams, and toll bridges to rejoin them in the mountains.

    The sketches are clues to a hidden treasure, and no one has been able to figure them out for a century. There is a missing first clue, but when the children stumble upon the second clue, they're on their way. Could it be that on this visit they will solve the secret that has eluded so many for more than a hundred years?.

    Born in Grandview, Indiana, Bill Peet nurtured his childhood drawing talent and was awarded a scholarship to the John Herron Art Institute in Indianapolis, where he studied painting and design. After a brief apprenticeship period, he went to work for Walt Disney as a sketch artist, eventually becoming a screenwriter and helping to produce such beloved films as Fantasia, 101 Dalmations, and Peter Pan. In 1959 Bill Peet published his first book, Hubert's Hair-Raising Adventure, going on to write and illustrate over thirty successful books for children.

    On top of that, most of his friends' families were moving to the suburbs. It would have been a long, dreary summer, but then a Mr. Mazeeck showed up and turned out to be more than he seemed. This now classic book was first published by Atheneum in 1966. It was selected by Scholastic Books for inclusion in the Arrow Book Club and later republished in a Dell Yearling edition in 1988.

    But McBroom knows he's got the better of the bargain when the pond dries up to reveal an acre of soil so rich that seeds spring up into full-grown plants in no time and even nickels grow into quarters.

    Not for a moment did he doubt that a series of electric cords would provide the proper thrust for his vehicle or that a common fan could pull it high into the air, over tall buildings and across vast oceans.Surely such faith and determination will assure that his name will be forever linked with those other pioneers of flight history -- Orville and Wilbur Wright, Charles Lindberg and Neil Armstrong.Book Details: Format: Hardcover Publication Date: 2/1/2007 Pages: 64 Reading Level: Age 3 and Up

    Bulldozers push the raccoon and his friends from their home, but they are able to find a new one after a terrifying train ride.

    Seuss. When the Berenstain Bears set out to find the perfect spot for a picnic, Father Bear says he knows just the place. But each ideal location turns out to be a complete disaster, with a train roaring past or hordes of mosquitoes. At last they find a place with no pesky crowds or noisy planes, and nary a mosquito . . . until it starts to rain. With The Bears' Picnic, literary legends Stan and Jan Berenstain provide a red-and-white-checked tablecloth to enhance a giggle-filled escape.Originally created by Dr. Seuss, Beginner Books encourage children to read all by themselves, with simple words and illustrations that give clues to their meaning.

    Aurora's mother is a lawyer and her graduate-student father stays home to care for her and baby Socrates -- a situation that raises eyebrows among the neighbors and leads to some embarrassing situations for Aurora, who must answer the nosy questions of ladies at Socrates' baby clinic and is puzzled by her new friends' scenario for playing ""Mothers and Fathers,"" Obviously, this is a consciousness-raiser, and besides being liberated, Mother and Father are the very epitome of sweet reason. But Aurora's daily adventures -- a bungled trip to the supermarket, confrontation with the scary boy from upstairs, a visit from Granny -- have a comfy universality that make the lesson a friendly one.

    Giant Golden Bk c1966 6th printing 1971 large hardcover, no dj, 125pp

    Collection of fairy tales for children with beautiful illustrations:The Ugly DucklingPuss-in-BootsHansel and GretelThe Wild SwansSeven in One BlowSnow White and Rose RedThe Frog PrinceThe Three Little PigsRapunzelAli Baba and the Forty ThievesThe Three Dwarfs in the WoodPrince Kamar and Princess BudurHans in LuckThe Three Musicians

    Andy builds four robots to help with farm work and baby-sitting, little dreaming of the heroic services the robots will perform for him.

    These are a compilation of classic fairy tales with beautiful illustrations:CinderellaSnow White and the Seven DwarfsAladdin and the Magic LampSleeping BeautyLittle Red RidinghoodThe Lion and the CarpenterBeauty and the BeastThe Seven RavensThe Little GoldfishThe Little Tin SoldierThe Emperor's NightingaleThumbelinaThe Three Hairs of the OgreThe Pied Piper

    To reward the Japanese man who saved its life, a crane brings the old man and his wife a daughter, happiness, and wealth until their curiosity spoils their good fortune.

    For as long as she could remember, she had been fascinated by the spirited wild mustangs that roamed free throughout the West. So when greedy cattlemen started to round up the mustangs for slaughter, Annie knew it was up to her to save the breed. The true story of Wild Horse Annie's crusade to save the mustangs is inspiring. Readers will cheer her on, all the way to the White House, in her struggle to preserve these beautiful creatures from extinction.

    But when they find an abandoned quarry, they're in for more than they could have imagined. Not only does Billy perform a brave deed, but he and Blaze make a new friend, too! This could be the greatest adventure ever! Blaze and the Lost Quarry is part of the classic Billy and Blaze series. Thoughtful drawings and easy-to-read text capture the warmth and understanding shared by a boy and his horse.

    She has a rock, that she found in a river, which becomes a friend-maker, when it is shared. The illustrations of the little girls are very cute. The pictures illustrate many ways children play together.

    Cavour in her extraordinary garden to complain about their unsympathetic housekeeper, The Gloom. Mrs. Cavour tells them about a wonderful market where children can find new mothers. The Martins like the idea of replacing The Gloom with a real mother, but discover that choosing a mother they really want is harder than they thought.

    His ears and tail were too long. "I think the best thing you can say for this puppy is that he'll make a great pet," her father said. But Cary had big plans for Thumper: he was going to be a champion show dog!"

    "Tramps don't have to learn how to chop down trees and how to roll logs and how to build dams. Tramps just tramp around and have a good time. Tramps carry sticks with little bundles tied to them. They sleep in a field when the weather is nice, and when it rains they sleep in a barn." Charlie sets off with his bundle. But when he hears water trickling, he can't get to sleep. Will he be able to resist the urge to make it stop? As Grandfather Beaver says, "You never know when a tramp will turn out to be a beaver."Winner of the Boys Club of America Junior Book Award, 1968

    Living in a supermarket deep freeze wasn't very nice for the tiny doll until one day a very special little girl came along, and thought of ways to make her happier.

    16 Oz books in all plus one extra by Ruth Plumly Thompson."The Marvelous Land of OzBeing an account of the further adventures of the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman and also the strange experiences of the highly magnified Woggle-Bug, Jack Pumpkin-head, the Animated Saw-Horse and the Gump; the story being A Sequel to The Wizard of Oz"List of Oz books• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)• The Marvelous Land of Oz (1904)• Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz (1905, comic strip depicting 27 stories)• Ozma of Oz (1907)• Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz (1908)• The Road to Oz (1909)• The Emerald City of Oz (1910)• The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1913)• Little Wizard Stories of Oz (1913, collection of 6 short stories)• Tik-Tok of Oz (1914)• The Scarecrow of Oz (1915)• Rinkitink in Oz (1916)• The Lost Princess of Oz (1917)• The Tin Woodman of Oz (1918)• The Magic of Oz (1919, posthumously published)• Glinda of Oz (1920, posthumously published)• The Royal Book of Oz (1921, posthumous attribution--entirely the work of Ruth Plumly Thompson)

    In his first term Jennings also had to face up to some frightful bullies, turning the tables on the scoundrels and becoming head of his class in the bargain. In Jennings Follows a Clue, he tries his hand as an amateur sleuth and we get to know all of the characters a little better, including Jennings’ classmates Venables, Atkinson, Temple, and Bromwich major. Jennings establishes his own super-top-secret den in Jennings’ Little Hut and leads Darbishire even further astray with his newt-brained, shrimp-witted schemes in Jennings and Darbishire. Anthony Buckeridge’s Jennings stories have been delighting readers young and old for almost sixty years with the disastrous scrapes into which the irrepressible schoolboy blunders and the delightful language adopted by Jennings and his chums. Whether this is a ‘class reunion’ for you, or whether you are a ‘new boy’ meeting Jennings for the first time, in The Best of Jennings you will find a friend for life.

    The big man proves to be the grandest rascal on either side of the Mississippi River -- and Chancy's own long-lost Uncle Will. Joining forces to re-unite the family, they run smack into snorting villians, seat-of-the-pants adventure, and laughter by the barrelful.

    

    The result is a chase on a train from Liverpool Street and across the Fens.

    The older child, Fernanda, is severely agoraphobic and has never left their apartment, so her younger brother, Tomas, decides he will move them both into a nearby abandoned building to protect her from "welfare" while they wait for their father to return.

    The Ugle Stubble settles things by having them both for dinner!"

    Four-color illustrations.

    In this book, Danny needs all his bravery and his most cunning tricks to cope with the scrapes and adventures he gets into. His exploits make very entertaining reading!

    And a rotund little boy feels ill. What'¬?s a mother to do? Why, call the doctor, quick, quick, quick! After one look at the boy, the doctor decides to operate and investigate. But no one is quite prepared for what he finds. Acclaimed children'¬?s author and illustrator, Remy Charlip, presents an updated and expanded version of his original, fanciful story.‚Ä¢ Great source of inspiration for classroom and at-home shadow play‚Ä¢ Updated edition of a classic, with six newly created backgrounds!

    Leila Berg always prefaced her own story-telling "...and this is the way I tell it!"The book includes a short but heart-felt introduction (re-produced on her official website at http://www.leilaberg.com/her-books/fo... ).It starts: "Babies are international....Lying in his cot, babbling, a baby speaks the consonants and vowels of every race in the world. Only as he grows older does he learn the restrictions of patriotism, and in our country become English."

    From the HOLT RINEHART WINSTON Sounds of Language Reading Program. Copyright dates listed are 1966 and 1972.

    Stories, poems, folk tales, and songs, many on the humorous side, illustrated by different artists.

    Her cousin has grown up in the city feeling helpless due to a leg injury. She and her cousin swap sandals -- trade places -- in order to discover new perspectives.

    As the people drove off for summer vacation, four dolls crawled out of an attic trunk: Henrietta who could fry eggs, Edward who made up poems, Maud who loved to wear orange and purple ribbons even when she was nursing, and Elsie who played the piano.

    book Whitman Small World Glockenspiel

    

    

    Rendition of an African folktale about a proud little fly who starts a chain of events that affects all the animals of the jungle.

    A retelling of the Welsh legends about Gwion, a peasant lad, who drank the three drops of inspiration from the witches brew and was caused to be reborn as Taliesin, mighty Welsh poet.

    Story of an eccentric genius marvellously funny book for reader from nine years & upwards-Book condition:-Good tight copy.#23