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Books with author Ellen Schecter

  • The Warrior Maiden: A Hopi Legend

    Ellen Schecter, Laura Kelly

    Library Binding (Gareth Stevens Pub, Jan. 1, 1997)
    A retelling of the Indian legend in which Huh-ay-ay, a brave Hopi girl, helps to save her peaceful pueblo from Apache raiders
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  • The Big Idea

    Ellen Schecter, Bob Dorsey

    Library Binding (Hyperion, April 1, 1996)
    Young Luz wants to rid her neighborhood lot of all the filth and garbage lying around and replace it with a beautiful garden, but none of her friends seem to want to help, and she begins to fear that her big idea may never become a reality.
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  • Sim Chung and the River Dragon: A Folktale from Korea

    Ellen Schecter, June Otani

    Library Binding (Gareth Stevens Pub, Jan. 1, 1997)
    In order to obtain a cure for her father's blindness, a loving young girl agrees to marry a terrifying dragon
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  • West Side Kids: The Pet Sitters - Book #4

    Ellen Schecter, Bob Dorsey

    Paperback (Hyperion Books for Children, Oct. 1, 1996)
    When ten-year-old DeVonn and his friends begin a pet-sitting business, DeVonn ends up caring for a very unusual cat which disappears while her owner is away
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  • The Boy Who Cried Wolf!

    Ellen Schecter, Gary Chalk

    Hardcover (Ipicturebooks, Dec. 9, 2014)
    FROM AMERICA'S MOST TRUSTED NAME IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION Every book in the Bank Street Ready-to-Read series is targeted at the individual abilities of children ages three to eight as they develop reading skills. LEVEL I (PRE-K to GRADE 1) books are perfect for reading aloud with children who are getting ready to read or are just beginning to read words or phrases. THE BOY WHO CRIED "WOLF!" A young shepherd tricks the townsfolk into thinking wolves are attacking his flock. He thinks his prank is funny, but what happens if a real wolf comes? Reading becomes a game with this delightful rebus retelling of the classic fable, perfect for children getting ready to read.
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  • The Boy Who Cried 'Wolf!'

    Ellen Schecter, Gary Chalk

    Library Binding (Gareth Stevens Pub, Jan. 1, 1997)
    Uses rebuses to retell the Aesop fable about a young boy whose false cries for help bring him to an unfortunate end
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  • The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse

    Ellen Schecter, Holly Hannon

    Library Binding (Gareth Stevens Pub, July 1, 1996)
    When the town mouse and the country mouse visit each other, they find they prefer very different ways of life
    K
  • The Boy Who Cried Wolf!

    Ellen Schecter, Gary Chalk

    Paperback (Bantam, March 15, 1994)
    A naughty young shepherd boy learns that nobody believes a liar, even when he's telling the truth.
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  • Diamonds and Toads

    Ellen Schecter

    Hardcover (Gareth Stevens Publishing, March 15, 1881)
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  • The Warrior Maiden: A Hopi Legend

    Ellen Schecter

    School & Library Binding (Gareth Stevens Publishing, March 15, 1896)
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  • The Flower of Sheba

    Doris Orgel;Ellen Schecter

    School & Library Binding (Gareth Stevens Publishing, March 15, 1893)
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  • The Big Idea

    Ellen Schecter, Bob Dorsey

    Library Binding (Demco Media, April 1, 1996)
    Eight-year-old Luz Mendez is determined to turn a run-down vacant lot into a garden like the one her grandmother had in Puerto Rico, but she must convince her neighbors to help.
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