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Books with author Johanna Hurwitz

  • Class Clown

    Johanna Hurwitz

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Aug. 1, 1988)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Lucas Cott, the most obstreperous boy in the 3rd grade, finds it very hard to turn over a new leaf when he decides to become the perfect student
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  • Adventures of Ali Baba Bernstein: Novel-Ties Study Guide

    Johanna Hurwitz

    Paperback (Learning Links, Jan. 1, 1995)
    Use Novel-Ties ® study guides as your total guided reading program. Reproducible pages in chapter-by-chapter format provide you with the right questions to ask, the important issues to discuss, and the organizational aids that help students get the most out of each book they read.
  • Birthday Surprises: Ten Great Stories to Unwrap by Johanna Hurwitz

    Johanna Hurwitz

    Paperback (HarperCollins, Aug. 16, 1787)
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  • Aldo Applesauce

    Johanna Hurwitz

    Paperback (Scholastic, July 15, 1983)
    Vintage book
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  • Helen Keller: Courage in the Dark

    Johanna Hurwitz

    Hardcover (Random House Books for Young Readers, Oct. 28, 2003)
    When a childhood illness leaves her blind and deaf, Helen Keller's life seems hopeless indeed. But her indomitable will and the help of a devoted teacher empower Helen to triumph over incredible adversity. This amazing true story is finally brought to the beginner reader level.
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  • New Neighbors for Nora

    Johanna Hurwitz

    Library Binding (HarperCollins, April 24, 1991)
    After a painfully unpromising beginning, Nora begins to make friends with the new boy who has just moved into her apartment building
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  • Nora and Mrs. Mind Your Own Business

    Johanna Hurwitz

    Paperback (Dell Publishing, May 1, 1981)
    Book by Hurwitz, Johanna
  • Hurricane Elaine

    Johanna Hurwitz

    Paperback (Scholastic Paperbacks, Feb. 1, 1988)
    Fifteen-year-old Elaine suddenly finds her life very interesting, as her family deals with the death of a cat, her little brother gets five dogs for his birthday, and she begins a promising romance
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  • new shoes for silvia

    Johanna Hurwitz, Jerry Pinkney

    Paperback (Scholastic, Aug. 16, 1993)
    Silvia can't wait to try on her present from Tia Rosita: new shoes as red as the inside of a watermelon. The shoes are too big for Silvia to wear -- but that doesn't stop her from dinfing lots of ways to enjoy them while she waits for her feet to grow! "The excitement of the new shoes and the formidable task of waiting to grow into them are both conveyed beautifully through the story and the art....Watercolors fill each page with the details of life in Silvia's home and small village....Hurwitz perfectly captures the pleasure of a special gifted the difficulty of waiting."--Horn Book Speaks universally to the imagination and emotions."--School Library Journal
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  • The class prize

    Johanna Hurwitz

    Unknown Binding (SRA Macmillan/McGraw-Hill, Jan. 1, 1995)
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  • Dear Emma

    Johanna Hurwitz

    Library Binding (HarperCollins, Oct. 22, 2002)
    Having gone away to a Vermont farm as part of the Fresh Air Fund in 1910, orphan Dossi returns to her sister's apartment in New York City where she must find something interesting in her boring world to write about to her new friend, Emma.
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