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  • The Cat Who Wore a Pot On Her Head

    Jan Slepian

    Paperback (Scholastic Paperbacks, May 15, 1987)
    Vintage - The Cat who Wore a Pot On Her Head
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  • Emily Just in Time

    Jan Slepian

    Hardcover (Philomel, April 13, 1998)
    Although Emily is growing up quite fast--pouring her own milk and going down the twisty slide--she still cannot spend the whole night at her grandma's because of her fear of the dark and the unfamiliar surroundings.
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  • The Broccoli Tapes

    Jan Slepian

    Paperback (Scholastic Paperbacks, June 1, 1991)
    During a stay of several months in Hawaii with her family, Sara reports her experiences by tape back to her sixth grade class in Boston, detailing her "adoption" of a wild cat, a friendship with a troubled Hawaiian boy, and the death of a beloved grandmot
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  • The Broccoli Tapes

    Jan Slepian

    Hardcover (Philomel, April 13, 1989)
    During a stay of several months in Hawaii with her family, Sara reports her experiences by tape back to her sixthgrade class in Boston, detailing her "adoption" of a wild cat, a friendship with a troubled Hawaiian boy, and the death of a beloved grandmother.Sara and Sam have to go live in Hawaii with their father, leaving their friends behind, but slowly and painfully they learn to make new friends and accept their different ways
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  • Lost Moose

    Jan Slepian

    Hardcover (Philomel Books, March 21, 1995)
    When young James follows a large, deer-like animal--that he thinks is one of Santa's reindeer--deep into the woods, he encounters the "reindeer's" very large moose mother, rather than Santa.
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  • The Alfred Summer

    Jan Slepian

    Hardcover (Philomel, June 4, 2001)
    When Lester, who has cerebral palsy, and Alfred, who is mentally retarded, meet, they form a powerful friendship, and soon find allies in Myron and Claire, and together they construct a "getaway boat" to escape from social norms, in a poignant novel about a group of courageous young people who learn to overcome their limitations. Reprint.
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  • The Hungry Thing

    jan slepian

    Paperback (Scholastic Book Services, March 15, 1971)
    One morning the Hungry Thing comes to town with a sign around his neck that says "Feed Me." When asked by the townspeople what he would like to eat, he replies "Shmancakes". Subsequently, he asks for "tickles", "hookies", "gollipops", etc. The townspeople and the book's readers and listeners are left with guessing what the Hungry Thing REALLY wants to eat. 30, [1] p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.

  • Broccoli Tapes

    Jan Slepian

    Paperback (Scholastic, Aug. 15, 1990)
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  • Risk N' Roses

    Jan Slepian

    Paperback (Apple, Aug. 1, 1992)
    In 1948, newly moved to the Bronx, eleven-year-old Skip longs to shed her responsibility for her mentally handicapped older sister and give her whole attention to her new friendship with the bold and daring girl who seems to run the neighborhood.
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  • The hungry thing,

    Jan Slepian

    Hardcover (Follett Pub. Co, March 15, 1967)
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  • Hungry Thing

    Jan Slepian

    Textbook Binding (Wilcox & Follett Book Co, Jan. 15, 2000)
    What will the people do when a Hungry Thing comes to town? This hilarious book will get kids excited about reading and words as they fall in love with the Hungry Thing's crazy antics!

  • Pinocchio's Sister

    Jan Slepian

    Hardcover (Philomel Books, April 19, 1995)
    Martha joins forces with Stashu, a young Polish acrobat, to get rid of her ventriloquist father's dummy, a pretty wooden doll named Iris, when it appears that the mysteriously powerful Iris is replacing Martha in her father's life.
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