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  • Wishes, Kisses, and Pigs

    Betsy Hearne

    Hardcover (Margaret K. McElderry, April 1, 2001)
    When Louise Tolliver's wish to make her brother turn into a pig comes true, she suddenly realizes that her hometown of Tolliver's Hollow gives her strange powers, so she must use them wisely to do good to turn her brother back to a human and bring their missing father back home.
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  • The Canine Connection: Stories about Dogs and People

    Betsy Hearne

    eBook (Margaret K. McElderry Books, June 30, 2008)
    Meet Willa, a rebellious teenager who cannot resist adopting canine misfits, and Sam, who follows a dog and finds a girlfriend. Fiona's Border collie knows the secret her family has never guessed. Sly hopes his fierce Mutt will keep at bay the terrors of a dark city street. Betsy Hearne has skillfully crafted twelve short stories highlighting the special relationships that humans and dogs can share. Varied in tone and setting, her collection will make readers smile, cry, and keep turning the pages to see what happens in each new miniworld of real and imagined encounters.
  • Wishes, Kisses, and Pigs

    Betsy Hearne

    Paperback (Aladdin, Sept. 1, 2003)
    Eleven-year-old Louise Tolliver lives with her mother and her brother, Willie, in Tollivers' Hollow. Like any brother, Willie gives Louise a hard time, but the trouble really starts when Louise calls him a pig -- and he becomes one. And that's not all. Louise's father has been missing for seven years, and the locals are starting to wonder about Tollivers' Hollow. It's now up to Louise to use her wishes for good and make right all that's gone wrong. She uses her head, her heart, and a little bit of magic to bring her family back home.
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  • Beauties and Beasts

    Betsy Hearne

    eBook (Greenwood, April 13, 1993)
    The empty force is one of the most difficult and revered Chinese martial arts that utilizes the mysterious power of chi, a circulating life force energy. This text reveals the secret of this extraordinary technique and explains how it can be used in both healing and martial arts, where masters use its power to defeat opponents without making physical contact.
  • The Canine Connection: Stories about Dogs and People

    Betsy Hearne

    Paperback (Simon Pulse, Nov. 27, 2007)
    Meet Willa, a rebellious teenager who cannot resist adopting canine misfits, and Sam, who follows a dog and finds a girlfriend. Fiona's Border collie knows the secret her family has never guessed. Sly hopes his fierce Mutt will keep at bay the terrors of a dark city street. Betsy Hearne has skillfully crafted twelve short stories highlighting the special relationships that humans and dogs can share. Varied in tone and setting, her collection will make readers smile, cry, and keep turning the pages to see what happens in each new miniworld of real and imagined encounters.
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  • Beauties and Beasts:

    Betsy Hearne

    Paperback (Greenwood, April 13, 1993)
    The empty force is one of the most difficult and revered Chinese martial arts that utilizes the mysterious power of chi, a circulating life force energy. This text reveals the secret of this extraordinary technique and explains how it can be used in both healing and martial arts, where masters use its power to defeat opponents without making physical contact.
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  • The Canine Connection: Stories about Dogs and People

    Betsy Hearne

    Hardcover (Margaret K. McElderry, March 1, 2003)
    Meet Willa, a rebellious teenager who cannot resist adopting canine misfits, and Sam, who follows a dog and finds a girlfriend. Fiona's Border collie knows the secret her family has never guessed. Sly hopes his fierce Mutt will keep at bay the terrors of a dark city street. Betsy Hearne has skillfully crafted twelve short stories highlighting the special relationships that humans and dogs can share. Varied in tone and setting, her collection will make readers smile, cry, and keep turning the pages to see what happens in each new miniworld of real and imagined encounters.
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  • Wishes, Kisses, and Pigs

    Betsy Hearne

    Paperback (Scholastic, Jan. 1, 2002)
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  • Wishes, Kisses, and Pigs

    Betsy Hearne

    Library Binding (Perfection Learning, Jan. 1, 2001)
    Eleven-year-old Louise Tolliver lives with her mother and her brother, Willie, in Tollivers' Hollow. Like any brother, Willie gives Louise a hard time, but the trouble really starts when Louise calls him a pig -- and he becomes one. And that's not all. Louise's father has been missing for seven years, and the locals are starting to wonder about Tollivers' Hollow. It's now up to Louise to use her wishes for good and make right all that's gone wrong. She uses her head, her heart, and a little bit of magic to bring her family back home.
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  • The Zena Sutherland Lectures 1983-1992

    Betsy Hearne

    Paperback (Clarion Books, March 22, 1993)
    Includes the lectures given by ten leading children's authors and illustrators from 1983 to 1992 at the University of Chicago.
  • Listening for Leroy

    Betsy Hearne

    Hardcover (Margaret K. McElderry, Nov. 1, 1998)
    Having been home-schooled in 1950s rural Alabama, Alice is excited to make friends when her family moves to Tennessee, but it becomes harder than she expects because her parents believe in racial equality.
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  • Choosing Books for Children

    Betsy Hearne

    Hardcover (Delacorte Books for Young Readers, April 1, 1990)
    Recommends the best books for every age level, from preschool to young adult, featuring more than 300 annotated selections from diverse genres