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The Age of Innocenceby Edith Wharton, Carol J. SingleyISBN 0395980798 (0-395-98079-8)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Age of Innocence'Book summary:Somewhere in this book, Wharton observes that clever liars always come up with good stories to back up their fabrications, but that really clever liars don't bother to explain anything at all. This is the kind of insight that makes The Age of Innocence so indispensable. Wharton's story of the upper classes of Old New York, and Newland Archer's impossible love for the disgraced Countess Olenska, is a perfectly wrought book about an era when upper-class culture in this country was still a mixture of American and European extracts, and when "society" had rules as rigid as any in history. [via]
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Alice's Adventures In Wonderlandby Lewis CarrollISBN 039486915X (0-394-86915-X)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Alice's Adventures In Wonderlandby Anthony Browne, Lewis CarrollISBN 0394805925 (0-394-80592-5)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alice's Adventures In Wonderland'Book summary:Source of legend and lyric, reference and conjecture, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is for most children pure pleasure in prose. While adults try to decipher Lewis Carroll's putative use of complex mathematical codes in the text, or debate his alleged use of opium, young readers simply dive with Alice through the rabbit hole, pursuing "The dream-child moving through a land / Of wonders wild and new." There they encounter the White Rabbit, the Queen of Hearts, the Mock Turtle, and the Mad Hatter, among a multitude of other characters--extinct, fantastical, and commonplace creatures. Alice journeys through this Wonderland, trying to fathom the meaning of her strange experiences. But they turn out to be "curiouser and curiouser," seemingly without moral or sense.
For more than 130 years, children have reveled in the delightfully non-moralistic, non-educational virtues of this classic. In fact, at every turn, Alice's new companions scoff at her traditional education. The Mock Turtle, for example, remarks that he took the "regular course" in school: Reeling, Writhing, and branches of Arithmetic-Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision. Carroll believed John Tenniel's illustrations were as important as his text. Naturally, Carroll's instincts were good; the masterful drawings are inextricably tied to the well-loved story. (All ages) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found Thereby Lewis Carroll, John TennielISBN 0394869362 (0-394-86936-2)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Are You My Mother?by Philip D. EastmanISBN 0394800184 (0-394-80018-4)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Are You My Mother?'Book summary:This is the classic from which many of our staff first learned to read, starting us on a path of unremitting bibliophilia. Are You My Mother? follows a confused baby bird who's been denied the experience of imprinting as he asks cows, planes, and steam shovels the Big Question. In the end he is happily reunited with his maternal parent in a glorious moment of recognition. [via]
The Armadaby Garrett Mattingly, Leonard H. MattinglyISBN 0395083664 (0-395-08366-4)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin Company
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Ballet Shoesby Noel Streatfeild, Richard FloetheISBN 0394908759 (0-394-90875-9)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Bankerby Dick FrancisISBN 039912778X (0-399-12778-X)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Banker'Book summary:It is difficult to say where disaster begins, to point towards one particular happening as the first definite step towards distant cataclysm. Looking back, Tim Ekaterin sees the beginning as the day his boss stepped into a fountain. Onwards from there, he comes across people and events as yet unconnected but which, when woven together by time and chance, leads towards violent explosive action and the threat of death. Set in the worlds of thoroughbred racing and merchant banking, the story covers a span of three years, growing from quiet harmless-seeming seeds to a wholly horrific harvest. [via]
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Black Beautyby Anna Sewell, Eleanor G. Vance, Susan Jeffers, Antigone, Inc. StaffISBN 0394865758 (0-394-86575-8)
Hardcover, Random House Children's Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Black Beauty'Book summary:A horse is a horse of course unless of course the horse is Black Beauty. Animal-loving children have been devoted to Black Beauty throughout this century, and no doubt will continue through the next. Although Anna Sewell's classic paints a clear picture of turn-of-the-century London, its message is universal and timeless: animals will serve humans well if they are treated with consideration and kindness.
Black Beauty tells the story of the horse's own long and varied life, from a well-born colt in a pleasant meadow to an elegant carriage horse for a gentleman to a painfully overworked cab horse. Throughout, Sewell rails--in a gentle, 19th-century way--against animal maltreatment. Young readers will follow Black Beauty's fortunes, good and bad, with gentle masters as well as cruel. Children can easily make the leap from horse-human relationships to human-human relationships, and begin to understand how their own consideration of others may be a benefit to all. (Ages 9 to 12) [via]
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Break Inby Dick FrancisISBN 0399131213 (0-399-13121-3)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Break In'Book summary:Steeplechase jockey Christmas "Kit" Fielding has had more than his share of close calls both on and off the course. But trouble hits close to home when a grudge between his family and his sister's in-laws turns into a blood feud. [via]
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By the Pricking of My Thumbby Agatha ChristieISBN 0396088635 (0-396-08863-5)
Hardcover, Dodd Mead
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A Canticle for Leibowitzby Walter M. MillerISBN 0397005741 (0-397-00574-1)
Softcover, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Canticle for Leibowitz'Book summary:Walter M. Miller's acclaimed SF classic A Canticle for Leibowitz opens with the accidental excavation of a holy artifact: a creased, brittle memo scrawled by the hand of the blessed Saint Leibowitz, that reads: "Pound pastrami, can kraut, six bagels--bring home for Emma." To the Brothers of Saint Leibowitz, this sacred shopping list penned by an obscure, 20th-century engineer is a symbol of hope from the distant past, from before the Simplification, the fiery atomic holocaust that plunged the earth into darkness and ignorance. As 1984 cautioned against Stalinism, so 1959's A Canticle for Leibowitz warns of the threat and implications of nuclear annihilation. Following a cloister of monks in their Utah abbey over some six or seven hundred years, the funny but bleak Canticle tackles the sociological and religious implications of the cyclical rise and fall of civilization, questioning whether humanity can hope for more than repeating its own history. Divided into three sections--Fiat Homo (Let There Be Man), Fiat Lux (Let There Be Light), and Fiat Voluntas Tua (Thy Will Be Done)--Canticle is steeped in Catholicism and Latin, exploring the fascinating, seemingly capricious process of how and why a person is canonized. --Paul Hughes [via]
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Cards on the Tableby Agatha ChristieISBN 0396090109 (0-396-09010-9)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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The Cat in the Hat Party Editionby SeussISBN 0394892186 (0-394-89218-6)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Cat in the Hat Party Edition'Book summary:Translated by Carlos Rivera. [via]
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Hardcover, Random House Espanol - The Cat in the Hat Party Edition: ISBN 0394900014 (0-394-90001-4)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books - The Cat in the Hat Party Edition: ISBN 0394892186 (0-394-89218-6)
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Charlie and the Great Glass Elevatorby Roald Dahl, Joseph SchindelmanISBN 0394824725 (0-394-82472-5)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator'Book summary:Picking right up where Charlie and the Chocolate Factory left off, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator continues the adventures of Charlie Bucket, his family, and Willy Wonka, the eccentric candy maker. As the book begins, our heroes are shooting into the sky in a glass elevator, headed for destinations unknown. What follows is exactly the kind of high-spirited magical madness and mayhem we've all come to expect from Willy Wonka and his creator Roald Dahl. The American space race gets a send-up, as does the President, and Charlie's family gets a second chance at childhood. Throw in the Vermicious Knids, Gnoolies, and Minusland and we once again witness pure genius. (Ages 9 to 12) [via]
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Charmed Lifeby Diana Wynne JonesISBN 0394820320 (0-394-82032-0)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Charmed Life'Book summary:Glorious new rejacket of a Diana Wynne Jones classic award-winning favourite, featuring Chrestomanci - now a book with extra bits! Everybody says that Gwendolyn Chant is a gifted witch with astonishing powers, so it suits her enormously when she is taken to live in Chrestomanci Castle. Her brother Eric (better known as Cat) is not so keen, for he has no talent for magic at all. However, life with the great enchanter is not what either of them expects and sparks begin to fly! Winner of the Guardian Award. [via]
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Checkmateby Dorothy DunnettISBN 0399114343 (0-399-11434-3)
Hardcover, Putnam
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Checkmate'Book summary:The grand finale to Dorothy Dunnett's Lymond Chronicles, "Checkmate" finds Francis Crawford returning to France to lead an army against England. But even as the soldier-scholar succeeds brilliantly on the battlefield, his haunted past becomes a subject of intense interest to forces in both the French and English courts. "Checkmate" is a masterly evocation of the intrigue and pageantry of sixteenth-century Europe--and a triumphant conclusion to the Lymond saga. 1 map. [via]
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bangby John Burningham, Ian FlemingISBN 0394819489 (0-394-81948-9)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Comebackby Dick FrancisISBN 0399136703 (0-399-13670-3)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Comeback'Book summary:Peter Darwin was hoping for some quiet leave from the Foreign Office. Instead he found himself in the village of his childhood - at the service of a veterinary surgeon whose operating theatre was rapidly acquiring an unwanted reputation as an abattoir. The sudden unexplained death of a string of valuable racehorses from one small area in Gloucestershire was a mystery the police couldn't solve. But Darwin was local. He remembered the people and what was at stake... And now he know enough to get himself killed... [via]
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Curtainby Agatha ChristieISBN 0396071910 (0-396-07191-0)
Hardcover, Dodd Mead
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Curtain'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Hercule Poirot returns to the scene of his first great case to solve another, which could be his last if he does not watch his step. [via]
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David Copperfieldby Charles DickensISBN 0395051223 (0-395-05122-3)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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› Find signed collectible books: 'David Copperfield'Book summary:Beginning in 1854 up through to his death in 1870, Charles Dickens abridged and adapted many of his more popular works and performed them as staged readings. This version, each page illustrated with lovely watercolor paintings, is a beautiful example of one of these adaptations.
Because it is quite seriously abridged, the story concentrates primarily on the extended family of Mr. Peggotty: his orphaned nephew, Ham; his adopted niece, Little Emily; and Mrs. Gummidge, self-described as "a lone lorn creetur and everythink went contrairy with her." When Little Emily runs away with Copperfield's former schoolmate, leaving Mr. Peggotty completely brokenhearted, the whole family is thrown into turmoil. But Dickens weaves some comic relief throughout the story with the introduction of Mr. and Mrs. Micawber, and David's love for his pretty, silly "child-wife," Dora. Dark nights, mysterious locations, and the final destructive storm provide classic Dickensian drama. Although this is not David Copperfield in its entirety, it is a great introduction to the world and the language of Charles Dickens. [via]
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The Defeat of the Spanish Armadaby Garrett MattinglyISBN 0395352371 (0-395-35237-1)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Defeat of the Spanish Armada'Book summary:Garrett Mattingly's thrilling narrative sets out the background of the sixteenth-century European intrigue and religious unrest that gave rise to one of the world's most famous maritime crusades. [via]
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Dogsbodyby Diana Wynne JonesISBN 0394820312 (0-394-82031-2)
Hardcover, Random House Children's Books
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Dreamsnakeby Vonda N. McIntyreISBN 0395264707 (0-395-26470-7)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Eastern Birdsby Roger T. PetersonISBN 0395911753 (0-395-91175-3)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin Company
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eastern Birds'Book summary:Roger Tory Peterson, one of America's pre-eminent artist-naturalists and arguably the inventor of the field guide, made people love birds like no one since John James Audubon. A Field Guide to the Birds, first published in 1934, remains his most famous and wonderful work. The manual stood instantly apart from the dichotomous keys zoologists used to identify species, since Peterson grouped paintings of related species together and used arrows to, as he explained, "pinpoint the key field marks." This way, watchers could spot birds from a distance and avoid, as he archly put it, "the bird-in-hand characters that the early collectors relied on." Birders could use the guide where they needed it most--outdoors--on living birds flitting quickly by. In addition to detailed illustrations, Peterson offers charming (and useful) descriptions of each avian citizen's appearance, behavior, voice, and range. There is also priceless anecdotal information, based on decades of field experience, as in this description of the common house sparrow (Passer domesticus): "Familiar to everyone. Sooty city birds often bear little resemblance to clean country males with the black throat, white cheeks, chestnut nape." His transliterations of song are just as quietly marvelous. For instance, Pluvialis squatarola, or the black-bellied plover, makes things clear with "a plaintive slurred whistle, tlee-oo-eee or whee-er-ee (middle note lower)."
Peterson's original handbook covered birds of Eastern North America, and has since been followed by guides to Western birds, animal tracks, butterflies, and many other natural wonders. He and his team updated "The Birders' Bible" as new species were discovered and classifications modified. Generations of enthusiastic watchers owe Peterson a debt of gratitude for making ornithology accessible. But equally important, he showed scientists that finding beauty in living animals, and not just cataloging the measurements of dead ones, was crucial. Roger Tory Peterson died in 1996. He will be remembered as a passionate naturalist, a keen observer of living things, and a gifted artist and teacher. --Therese Littleton [via]
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The Edgeby Dick FrancisISBN 039913414X (0-399-13414-X)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Edge'Book summary:Tor Kelsey, an undercover agent for the Jockey Club's security service is involved in the attempt to rid racing of one of its most notorious villains, Julius Apollo Filmer. The court however, does not go along with their beliefs, but Tor knows that to let Julius even suspect the service are still on his tail would mean certain death for a number of witnesses. Meanwhile, several racehorse owners have planned a luxurious train trip across Canada, with race meetings fixed for every major city. Julius Apollo Filmer and Tor are on the passenger list. The beautiful journey through the Rockies gets uglier by the minute and Tor finds himself pushed to dangerous limits to defeat Filmer's wily scheming. [via]
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Fantastic Mr. Foxby Roald Dahl, Donald ChaffinISBN 039480497X (0-394-80497-X)
Hardcover, Random House Children's Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fantastic Mr. Fox'Book summary:In the tradition of The Adventures of Peter Rabbit, this is a "garden tale" of farmer versus vermin, or vice versa. The farmers in this case are a vaguely criminal team of three stooges: "Boggis and Bunce and Bean / One fat, one short, one lean. / These horrible crooks / So different in looks / Were nonetheless equally mean." Whatever their prowess as poultry farmers, within these pages their sole objective is the extermination of our hero--the noble, the clever, the Fantastic Mr. Fox. Our loyalties are defined from the start; after all, how could you cheer for a man named Bunce who eats his doughnuts stuffed with mashed goose livers? As one might expect, the farmers in this story come out smelling like ... well, what farmers occasionally do smell like.
This early Roald Dahl adventure is great for reading aloud to three- to seven-year-olds, who will be delighted to hear that Mr. Fox keeps his family one step ahead of the obsessed farmers. When they try to dig him out, he digs faster; when they lay siege to his den, he tunnels to where the farmers least expect him--their own larders! In the end, Mr. Fox not only survives, but also helps the whole community of burrowing creatures live happily ever after. With his usual flourish, Dahl evokes a magical animal world that, as children, we always knew existed, had we only known where or how to look for it. (Great read aloud for any age; written at a 9- to 12-year-old reading level) [via]
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A Field Guide to Birds of Eastern and Central North Americaby Virginia Marie Peterson, Roger Tory Peterson InstituteISBN 0395740479 (0-395-74047-9)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Field Guide to Birds of Eastern and Central North America'Book summary:Roger Tory Peterson had already made his mark with his innovative field guide when he conducted DDT research during World War II. His friend and fellow naturalist Rachel Carson built on these efforts and eventually wrote Silent Spring, a landmark text that, along with Petersons field guide, jump-started the modern environmental movement.[via]
By combining the tireless observation of a scientist with the imaginative skills of an artist and writer, Peterson created a field guide that Robert Bateman, in his foreword to the fifth edition, says was the doorway for millions of people into the wonderland of natural history. The Peterson Identification System has been used in the more than fifty books that make up the Peterson Field Guide series. Petersons magnum opus, now in its fifth edition, created the trail for countless field guides to follow. They are still following year by year, but his is the standard by which all other field guides are judged.
On the morning of July 28, 1996, Roger Peterson was painting his final bird plate. He died peacefully in his sleep later that day. It is fitting that his final worka culmination of more than sixty years of observing, painting, and writingshould be this one, a revision of the guide that started his legacy.More editions of A Field Guide to Birds of Eastern and Central North America:
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A Field Guide to the Birds: A Completely New Guide to All the Birds of Eastern and Central North Americaby Roger Tory Peterson, Virginia Marie PetersonISBN 0395361648 (0-395-36164-8)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Field Guide to the Birds: A Completely New Guide to All the Birds of Eastern and Central North America'Book summary:Roger Tory Peterson, one of America's pre-eminent artist-naturalists and arguably the inventor of the field guide, made people love birds like no one since John James Audubon. A Field Guide to the Birds, first published in 1934, remains his most famous and wonderful work. The manual stood instantly apart from the dichotomous keys zoologists used to identify species, since Peterson grouped paintings of related species together and used arrows to, as he explained, "pinpoint the key field marks." This way, watchers could spot birds from a distance and avoid, as he archly put it, "the bird-in-hand characters that the early collectors relied on." Birders could use the guide where they needed it most--outdoors--on living birds flitting quickly by. In addition to detailed illustrations, Peterson offers charming (and useful) descriptions of each avian citizen's appearance, behavior, voice, and range. There is also priceless anecdotal information, based on decades of field experience, as in this description of the common house sparrow (Passer domesticus): "Familiar to everyone. Sooty city birds often bear little resemblance to clean country males with the black throat, white cheeks, chestnut nape." His transliterations of song are just as quietly marvelous. For instance, Pluvialis squatarola, or the black-bellied plover, makes things clear with "a plaintive slurred whistle, tlee-oo-eee or whee-er-ee (middle note lower)."
Peterson's original handbook covered birds of Eastern North America, and has since been followed by guides to Western birds, animal tracks, butterflies, and many other natural wonders. He and his team updated "The Birders' Bible" as new species were discovered and classifications modified. Generations of enthusiastic watchers owe Peterson a debt of gratitude for making ornithology accessible. But equally important, he showed scientists that finding beauty in living animals, and not just cataloging the measurements of dead ones, was crucial. Roger Tory Peterson died in 1996. He will be remembered as a passionate naturalist, a keen observer of living things, and a gifted artist and teacher. --Therese Littleton [via]
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- A Field Guide to the Birds: A Completely New Guide to All the Birds of Eastern and Central North America: ISBN 0395911761 (0-395-91176-1)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin - A Field Guide to the Birds: A Completely New Guide to All the Birds of Eastern and Central North America/Flexi Bound: ISBN 039591177X (0-395-91177-X)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin - A Field Guide to the Birds: A Completely New Guide to All the Birds of Eastern and Central North America: ISBN 0395266211 (0-395-26621-1)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin - A Field Guide to the Birds: A Completely New Guide to All the Birds of Eastern and Central North America: ISBN 0395361648 (0-395-36164-8)
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- A Field Guide to the Birds: A Completely New Guide to All the Birds of Eastern and Central North America: ISBN 0395911761 (0-395-91176-1)
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A Field Guide to the Birds: Giving Field Marks of All Species Found in Eastern North Americaby Roger Tory PetersonISBN 0395854938 (0-395-85493-8)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Field Guide to the Birds: Giving Field Marks of All Species Found in Eastern North America'Book summary:Roger Tory Peterson's A Field Guide to the Birds has inspired and educated generations of birdwatchers since it was first published in 1934. The quick-recognition system that he introduced in this guide is considered the greatest contribution to birding since the binoculars, and the Peterson Field Guide Series now comprises 50 volumes. With sales approaching 20 million copies, Roger Tory Peterson's legacy has been a major factor in the genesis of the modern environmental movement. [via]
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A Field Guide to the Birds: Of Eastern and Central North Americaby Roger Tory PetersonISBN 039526619X (0-395-26619-X)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Field Guide to the Birds: Of Eastern and Central North America'Book summary:Roger Tory Peterson, one of America's pre-eminent artist-naturalists and arguably the inventor of the field guide, made people love birds like no one since John James Audubon. A Field Guide to the Birds, first published in 1934, remains his most famous and wonderful work. The manual stood instantly apart from the dichotomous keys zoologists used to identify species, since Peterson grouped paintings of related species together and used arrows to, as he explained, "pinpoint the key field marks." This way, watchers could spot birds from a distance and avoid, as he archly put it, "the bird-in-hand characters that the early collectors relied on." Birders could use the guide where they needed it most--outdoors--on living birds flitting quickly by. In addition to detailed illustrations, Peterson offers charming (and useful) descriptions of each avian citizen's appearance, behavior, voice, and range. There is also priceless anecdotal information, based on decades of field experience, as in this description of the common house sparrow (Passer domesticus): "Familiar to everyone. Sooty city birds often bear little resemblance to clean country males with the black throat, white cheeks, chestnut nape." His transliterations of song are just as quietly marvelous. For instance, Pluvialis squatarola, or the black-bellied plover, makes things clear with "a plaintive slurred whistle, tlee-oo-eee or whee-er-ee (middle note lower)."
Peterson's original handbook covered birds of Eastern North America, and has since been followed by guides to Western birds, animal tracks, butterflies, and many other natural wonders. He and his team updated "The Birders' Bible" as new species were discovered and classifications modified. Generations of enthusiastic watchers owe Peterson a debt of gratitude for making ornithology accessible. But equally important, he showed scientists that finding beauty in living animals, and not just cataloging the measurements of dead ones, was crucial. Roger Tory Peterson died in 1996. He will be remembered as a passionate naturalist, a keen observer of living things, and a gifted artist and teacher. --Therese Littleton [via]
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A Field Guide to the Birds, Eastern and Central North America: Eastern and Central North Americaby Roger Tory Peterson, Lisa WhiteISBN 0395963710 (0-395-96371-0)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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A Field Guide to Western Birds: A Completely New Guide to Field Marks of All Species Found in North America West of the 100th Meridian and North ofby Roger Tory PetersonISBN 039551424X (0-395-51424-X)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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The Foot Bookby SeussISBN 0394809378 (0-394-80937-8)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Foot Book'Book summary:The Foot Book is a quintessentially Seussian classic. Left feet, right feet, slow feet, quick feet, even fuzzy fur feet make their way into Dr. Seuss's "wacky book of opposites." And with the fun flaps and peel-off stickers of this interactive version, yet another generation of fans will become mesmerized by the fancy footwork of this beloved, quirky author. As a tribute to the diverse and multifaceted world of feet, this big board book rejoices in all kinds of feet, especially those showcasing the concept of opposites: "His feet / Her feet," "Up feet / Down feet," "Wet foot / Dry foot." This adaptation has all the brightness and zany charm of the original, with the added delight of flaps to lift and a whole plethora of foot-happy stickers to attach and peel off the pages, again and again. (Ages 3 to 6) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Frankensteinby Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Larry Weinberg, Ken BarrISBN 0394848276 (0-394-84827-6)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frankenstein'Book summary:Victor Frankenstein learns the secret of producing life, and so, by putting together parts of various corpses, he creates the Frankenstein monster. The monster is huge and disformed, but he means no harm to anyone--until constant ill treatment drives him to murder and revenge. This easy-to-read version of Mary Shelley's long-standing masterpiece easily captures the sadness and horror of the original. [via]
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Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheusby Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyISBN 0396082777 (0-396-08277-7)
Hardcover, Dodd Mead
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The Giverby Lois LowryISBN 0395645662 (0-395-64566-2)
Hardcover, Walter Lorraine
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The Giver And Related Readingsby Not AvailableISBN 0395775299 (0-395-77529-9)
Hardcover, McDougal Littell/Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Giver And Related Readings'Book summary:From Wikipedia: The Giver is a dystopian children's novel by Lois Lowry. It is set in a society which is at first presented as a utopian society and gradually appears more and more dystopian. The novel follows a boy named Jonas through the twelfth year of his life. The society has eliminated pain and strife by converting to "Sameness," a plan that has also eradicated emotional depth from their lives. Jonas is selected to inherit the position of "Receiver of Memory," the person who stores all the past memories of the time before Sameness, in case they are ever needed to aid in decisions that others lack the experience to make. When Jonas meets the previous receiver-The "Giver"-he is confused in many ways. The Giver is also able to break some rules, such as turning off the speaker and lying to people of the community. As Jonas receives the memories from the Giver, he discovers the power of knowledge. The people in his community are happy because they don't know of a better life, but the knowledge of what they are missing out on could create major chaos. He faces a dilemma: Should he stay with the community, his family living a shallow life without love, color, choices, and knowledge, or should he run away to where he can live a full life? ~~~ Lois Lowry (born Lois Ann Hammersberg[1] on March 20, 1937) is an American author of children's literature. She began her career as a photographer and a freelance journalist during the early 1970s. Her work as a journalist drew the attention of Houghton Mifflin and they encouraged her to write her first children's book, A Summer to Die, which was published in 1977 (when Lowry was 40 years old). She has since written more than 30 books for children and published an autobiography. Two of her works have been awarded the prestigious Newbery Medal: Number the Stars in 1990, and The Giver in 1993. ~~~ As an author, Lowry is known for writing about difficult subject matters within her works for children. [via]
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H.M.S Surprise: Library Editionby Patrick O'BrianISBN 0397009984 (0-397-00998-4)
Hardcover, Lippincott
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The Handmaid's Taleby Margaret AtwoodISBN 0395404258 (0-395-40425-8)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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The Handmaid's Tale is an imaginatively audacious novel that is at once a page-turning psychological thriller, a moving love story, and a chilling warning about what might be waiting for us around the corner. What ultimately makes it stand out is Atwood's ability to balance a passionate political statement with finely wrought literary fiction. The Handmaid's Tale is a remarkable work by one of Canada's most inventive writers. --Jeffrey Canton [via]
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How the Grinch Stole Christmasby SeussISBN 0394800796 (0-394-80079-6)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas'Book summary:"The Grinch hated Christmas! The whole Christmas season! / Now, please don't ask why. No one quite knows the reason." Dr. Seuss's small-hearted Grinch ranks right up there with Scrooge when it comes to the crankiest, scowling holiday grumps of all time. For 53 years, the Grinch has lived in a cave on the side of a mountain, looming above the Whos in Whoville. The noisy holiday preparations and infernal singing of the happy little citizens below annoy him to no end. The Grinch decides this frivolous merriment must stop. His "wonderful, awful" idea is to don a Santa outfit, strap heavy antlers on his poor, quivering dog Max, construct a makeshift sleigh, head down to Whoville, and strip the chafingly cheerful Whos of their Yuletide glee once and for all.
Looking quite out of place and very disturbing in his makeshift Santa get-up, the Grinch slithers down chimneys with empty bags and stealing the Whos' presents, their food, even the logs from their humble Who-fires. He takes the ramshackle sleigh to Mt. Crumpit to dump it and waits to hear the sobs of the Whos when they wake up and discover the trappings of Christmas have disappeared. Imagine the Whos' dismay when they discover the evil-doings of Grinch in his anti-Santa guise. But what is that sound? It's not sobbing, but singing! Children simultaneously adore and fear this triumphant, twisted Seussian testimonial to the undaunted cheerfulness of the Whos, the transcendent nature of joy, and of course, the growth potential of a heart that's two sizes too small. This holiday classic is perfect for reading aloud to your favorite little Whos. (Ages 4 to 8) [via]
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James and the Giant Peachby Roald DahlISBN 0394812824 (0-394-81282-4)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Jules Verne Omnibus 20000 Leagues Under the Seaby Jules VerneISBN 0397000316 (0-397-00031-6)
Hardcover, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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The Kitchen God's Wifeby Amy TanISBN 0399135782 (0-399-13578-2)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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Les Miserablesby Victor HugoISBN 0396084311 (0-396-08431-1)
Hardcover, Dodd Mead
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Looking Backward, 2000-1887by Edward BellamyISBN 0395052149 (0-395-05214-9)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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Lord Jimby Joseph ConradISBN 0395051215 (0-395-05121-5)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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Macbeth and Related Readingsby William ShakespeareISBN 0395775531 (0-395-77553-1)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin School
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The Mill on the Flossby George EliotISBN 0395051517 (0-395-05151-7)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mill on the Floss'Book summary:The Mill on the Floss, first published in 1860, tells the story of Maggie Tulliver and her brother Tom as they grow from children to young adults in the small rural town of St. Ogg's, England. Intelligent and passionate, Maggie yearns to develop her mind and break free of the constraints of her provincial village. Though she loves her brother above anyone else, Tom's rigid, pragmatic personality often conflicts with Maggie's headstrong nature, with increasingly tragic consequences.A classic novel of development, The Mill on the Floss is George Eliot's most autobiographical work. Through the characters of Tom and Maggie, Eliot examines themes of gender, education, and personality formation, and her portrayal of the town of St. Ogg's is both a brilliant depiction of provincial narrow-mindedness and constraining social norms and an intelligent commentary on the changes to rural life brought about by the forces of industrialization.The Mill on the Floss is an enduring portrait of love, family, and individuals striving to create their own destinies, one whose words and characters resonate as vividly today as they did for Eliot's first readers.[via]More editions of The Mill on the Floss:
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Moll Flandersby Daniel DefoeISBN 0395051290 (0-395-05129-0)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?by SeussISBN 0394806220 (0-394-80622-0)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Murder at the Vicarageby Agatha ChristieISBN 039608804X (0-396-08804-X)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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Murder Is Announcedby Agatha ChristieISBN 0396087027 (0-396-08702-7)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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Museum Of Early American Toolsby Eric SloaneISBN 0396083366 (0-396-08336-6)
Hardcover, Dodd, Mead
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My Friend Flickaby Mary O'HaraISBN 039700981X (0-397-00981-X)
Hardcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fishby SeussISBN 0394892240 (0-394-89224-0)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish'Book summary:"Did you ever fly a kite in bed? Did you ever walk with ten cats on your head?" Such are the profound, philosophical queries posed in this well-loved classic by Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel. While many rhymes in this couplet collection resemble sphinx-worthy riddles, Seuss's intention is clear: teach children to read in a way that is both entertaining and educational. It matters little that each wonderful vignette has nothing to do with the one that follows. (We move seamlessly from a one-humped Wump and Mister Gump to yellow pets called the Zeds with one hair upon their heads.) Children today will be as entranced by these ridiculous rhymes as they have been since the book's original publication in 1960--so amused and enchanted, in fact, they may not even notice they are learning to read! (Ages 4 to 8) [via]
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Outsider in Amsterdamby Janwillem Van De WeteringISBN 0395207053 (0-395-20705-3)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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The Pale Horseby Agatha ChristieISBN 0396087051 (0-396-08705-1)
Hardcover, Dodd Mead
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Passenger to Frankfurtby Agatha ChristieISBN 0396062350 (0-396-06235-0)
Hardcover, Dodd Mead
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Patterns of Cultureby Ruth BenedictISBN 0395500885 (0-395-50088-5)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Peril at End Houseby Agatha ChristieISBN 039608706X (0-396-08706-X)
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Peter Panby J. M. BarrieISBN 0394807499 (0-394-80749-9)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Peter Pan'Book summary:"All children, except one, grow up." Thus begins a great classic of children's literature that we all remember as magical. What we tend to forget, because the tale of Peter Pan and Neverland has been so relentlessly boiled down, hashed up, and coated in saccharine, is that J.M. Barrie's original version is also witty, sophisticated, and delightfully odd. The Darling children, Wendy, John, and Michael, live a very proper middle-class life in Edwardian London, but they also happen to have a Newfoundland for a nurse. The text is full of such throwaway gems as "Mrs. Darling first heard of Peter Pan when she was tidying up her children's minds," and is peppered with deliberately obscure vocabulary including "embonpoint," "quietus," and "pluperfect." Lest we forget, it was written in 1904, a relatively innocent age in which a plot about abducted children must have seemed more safely fanciful. Also, perhaps, it was an age that expected more of its children's books, for Peter Pan has a suppleness, lightness, and intelligence that are "literary" in the best sense. In a typical exchange with the dastardly Captain Hook, Peter Pan describes himself as "youth... joy... a little bird that has broken out of the egg," and the author interjects: "This, of course, was nonsense; but it was proof to the unhappy Hook that Peter did not know in the least who or what he was, which is the very pinnacle of good form." A book for adult readers-aloud to revel in--and it just might teach young listeners to fly. (Ages 5 and older) --Richard Farr [via]
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Peterson First Guide to Birds of North AmericaISBN 0395906660 (0-395-90666-0)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
Find This BookBook summary:Peterson First Guides are the first books the beginning naturalist needs. Condensed versions of the famous Peterson Field Guides, the First Guides focus on the animals, plants, and other natural things you are most likely to see. They make it fun to get into the field and easy to progress to the full-fledged Peterson Guides.[via]More editions of Peterson First Guide to Birds of North America:
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Peterson Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern and Central North America: Flexi Boundby Roger Tory Peterson, Virginia Marie PetersonISBN 0395740460 (0-395-74046-0)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Peterson Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern and Central North America: Flexi Bound'Book summary:Roger Tory Peterson had already made his mark with his innovative field guide when he conducted DDT research during World War II. His friend and fellow naturalist Rachel Carson built on these efforts and eventually wrote Silent Spring, a landmark text that, along with Petersons field guide, jump-started the modern environmental movement.[via]
By combining the tireless observation of a scientist with the imaginative skills of an artist and writer, Peterson created a field guide that Robert Bateman, in his foreword to the fifth edition, says was the doorway for millions of people into the wonderland of natural history. The Peterson Identification System has been used in the more than fifty books that make up the Peterson Field Guide series. Petersons magnum opus, now in its fifth edition, created the trail for countless field guides to follow. They are still following year by year, but his is the standard by which all other field guides are judged.
On the morning of July 28, 1996, Roger Peterson was painting his final bird plate. He died peacefully in his sleep later that day. It is fitting that his final worka culmination of more than sixty years of observing, painting, and writingshould be this one, a revision of the guide that started his legacy.More editions of Peterson Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern and Central North America: Flexi Bound:
Post Captainby Patrick O'BrianISBN 039700804X (0-397-00804-X)
Hardcover, Lippincott
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The Return of the Nativeby Thomas HardyISBN 0395052017 (0-395-05201-7)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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Sleeping Murderby Agatha ChristieISBN 0396073735 (0-396-07373-5)
Hardcover, Dodd Mead
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Straightby Dick FrancisISBN 0399134700 (0-399-13470-0)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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A Tale of Two Citiesby Charles DickensISBN 0396085350 (0-396-08535-0)
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Things Fall Apartby Chinua AchebeISBN 0395775590 (0-395-77559-0)
Hardcover, McDougal Littell/Houghton Mifflin
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Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found Thereby Lewis Carroll, John TennielISBN 0394869168 (0-394-86916-8)
Hardcover, A.A. Knopf
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Time Enough for Loveby Robert A. HeinleinISBN 0399111514 (0-399-11151-4)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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Uncle Tom's Cabinby Harriet Beecher StoweISBN 0395081297 (0-395-08129-7)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin Company
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Unfinished Talesby J. R. R. TolkienISBN 0395324416 (0-395-32441-6)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-Earthby J. R. R. TolkienISBN 0395299179 (0-395-29917-9)
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Vanity Fairby William Makepeace ThackeryISBN 0395051614 (0-395-05161-4)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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Watchersby Dean R. KoontzISBN 0399132635 (0-399-13263-5)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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Whispersby Dean R. KoontzISBN 0399123512 (0-399-12351-2)
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Witch Weekby Diana Wynne JonesISBN 039480600X (0-394-80600-X)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six Moreby Roald DahlISBN 0394836049 (0-394-83604-9)
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Eres Tu Mi Mama?/Are You My Motherby Philip D. EastmanISBN 0394815963 (0-394-81596-3)
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Un pequeño pajarito ha salido del huevo mientras su madre no está. Se cae del nido y sale a buscarla, preguntando a todo al que se encuentra--a un perro, una vaca, un aeroplano y a algunos más. --"¿Eres mi madre?" Los niños adoran al pajarito y disfrutan enormemente el final feliz. ¿Eres mi madre? Es un clásico para los que comienzan a leer. [via]More editions of Eres Tu Mi Mama?/Are You My Mother:
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