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Books with author Giulio Maestro

  • Riddle Roundup: A Wild Bunch to Beef Up Your Word Power

    Giulio Maestro

    Paperback (Sandpiper, Sept. 25, 1989)
    Sixty-two rowdy riddles will tickle the funny bone as they introduce young readers to new words and encourage them to use words they already know in different ways.
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  • Snow Day

    Betsy Maestro, Giulio Maestro

    Paperback (Scholastic, March 15, 1989)
    D5 Paperback. 1989. 8.00x10.00x0.15 No School Today! Out Come the Snowsuits, Scarves, and Sleds. And out Come the Shovels, tank Trucks, Snow Blowers, and Sweepers. While Children Play in the Snow, Adults Work Hard to Make the Roads Safe for Travel...Until the next Storm
  • The Tortoise's Tug of War

    Giulio Maestro

    Library Binding (Simon & Schuster, Jan. 1, 1972)
    A little tortoise tricks a tapir and a whale into thinking he is stronger than either of them.
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  • Halloween Howls: Riddles that Are a Scream

    Giulio Maestro

    Hardcover (Dutton Juvenile, Sept. 8, 1983)
    A collection of humorous riddles on a Halloween theme including "Why did the ghost's car stop dead? It ran out of gasps."
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  • How Do Apples Grow?

    Betsy Maestro, Giulio Maestro

    Library Binding (HarperCollins, Jan. 30, 1992)
    A look at apples and how they grow takes young readers on trip to an apple orchard, describing how apples mature from bud, to blossom, to juicy fruit, discusses fertilization and pollination, and includes diagrams.
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  • A New Nation: The United States: 1783-1815

    Betsy Maestro, Giulio Maestro

    Library Binding (Collins, Sept. 1, 2009)
    The American Story continues . . . After many years of struggle and sacrifice, the American colonists had finally earned their freedom. It was now time to establish unity among the thirteen states and forge a new nation.Our founding fathers wrote a Constitution and a Bill of Rights to set up a democracy, a government that would put the people first.The country grew and flourished. With the purchase of the Louisiana Territory, the United States doubled in size. Lewis and Clark were sent to explore the west, and five more states joined the Union. But rising tensions with the British would create more challenges to overcome.In this installment of the acclaimed American Story series, history lovers Betsy and Giulio Maestro tell the true story of the first thirty-two years of the United States, from the Treaty of Paris to the War of 1812.
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  • What's Mite Might?: Homophone Riddles to Boost Your Word Power!

    Giulio Maestro

    Library Binding (Clarion Books, Oct. 1, 1986)
    A collection of sixty riddles making use of homophones, or homonyms, words that are pronounced the same but have different spellings.
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  • Razzle-Dazzle Riddles

    Giulio Maestro

    Paperback (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Oct. 1, 1985)
    Riddles featuring witty puns and word play challenge young readers to find the answers in a series of clues found in the illustrations
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  • It Figures!: Fun Figures of Speech

    Marvin Terban, Giulio Maestro

    eBook (Clarion Books, Oct. 18, 1993)
    “Enjoyable and informative . . . Using this humorously presented book, children will truly improve their styles of writing” (School Library Journal). Writing “The road was bumpy” is okay . . . but isn’t it more fun to say “It felt like we were riding on square tires”? This lively guide shows kids how to make their writing more dramatic, more memorable, or just plain funnier—whether they’re writing for school or for creative expression. It explains six techniques: SimilesMetaphorsOnomatopoeiaAlliterationHyperbolePersonification . . . and provides guidelines for their use, plenty of examples, and entertaining illustrations.
  • Just Enough Rosie

    Giulio Maestro

    Hardcover (Price Stern Sloan, May 1, 1983)
    Rosie Rhino worries about her size after upsetting Stork's boat and breaking Lizard's bench, but Elephant convinces her she is just the right size
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  • Riddle roundup: A wild bunch to beef up your word power!

    Giulio Maestro

    Hardcover (Clarion Books, March 15, 1989)
    A collection of sixty-one riddles based on different kinds of word plays such as puns, homonyms, and homographs.
  • Two Good Friends

    Judy Delton, Giulio Maestro

    Hardcover (Crown, Dec. 12, 1988)
    Duck has an immaculate house but doesn't like to cook. Bear likes to cook but has a messy house. So the two friends share their talents.
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