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Books with author M. B. Goffstein

  • Two Piano Tuners

    M. B. Goffstein

    Hardcover (Farrar Straus & Giroux, Nov. 1, 1977)
    Rather than become a concert artist, Debbie Weinstock's great ambition is to be a piano tuner, just like her grandfather
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  • My Noah's Ark: Story and Pictures

    M. B. Goffstein

    Hardcover (Harper & Row, Oct. 1, 1978)
    A special Noah's ark built ninety years ago for a little girl by her father warms her with rich memories after she and her own children grow up
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  • My Crazy Sister

    M. B. Goffstein

    Hardcover (Dial, Dec. 15, 1976)
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  • Natural History

    M. B. Goffstein

    Hardcover (Farrar Straus & Giroux, July 1, 1979)
    Text and illustrations descibe the riches of the earth and how people can promote peace and goodwill by sharing equitably with each other and their fellow creatures.
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  • Sleepy People

    M. B. Goffstein

    Hardcover (Farrar Straus & Giroux, Oct. 1, 1979)
    Soft, gray drawings induce slumber by showing a family of droopy-lidded, sleepy people who live in some old bedroom slippers where they are cozy and warm
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  • Our Snowman

    M. B. Goffstein

    Library Binding (HarperCollins, Sept. 1, 1986)
    The snowman two children build looks so lonely when night comes that the little girl and her father go out and make a snowman to keep him company
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  • A Writer

    M. B. Goffstein

    Hardcover (Harpercollins Childrens Books, Sept. 1, 1984)
    A brief text comparing the work of a writer to that of a gardener whose seeds are ideas that grow into books.
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  • An Artist

    M. B. Goffstein

    Hardcover (Harpercollins Childrens Books, Sept. 1, 1980)
    Briefly explains how the artist tries to recreate God's world using his paints.
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  • Laughing Latkes

    M. B. Goffstein

    Hardcover (Farrar Straus & Giroux, Sept. 1, 1980)
    Looks at the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, lightly touching on the history and customs of this celebration and exploring the Jewish scholarly tradition of answering a question with a question
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  • Goldie the Dollmaker

    M. B. Goffstein

    Paperback (Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), Nov. 1, 1985)
    Goldie Rosenzweig makes dolls. She makes them carefully, seriously, lovingly--and they are irresistible. Children who own them treasure them and keep them for years and years. Many children will feel the same way about his book. Here M.B. Goffstein creates Goldie's world, a world whose center is the little house in the forest where she lives all alone, a world alive with warmth and love. In the simple words and pictures of Goldie the Dollmaker there is the same gentleness and quiet joy that endear Miss Goffstein's earlier books to a growing audience.
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  • Artists' Helpers Enjoy the Evenings

    M. B. Goffstein

    Hardcover (Harpercollins Childrens Books, July 1, 1987)
    As dusk falls over the streets of Paris, the artists' helpers, the crayons Blanc, Noir, Gris, Bistre, and Sanguine, stop work and set out to enjoy their evening
  • Fish for Supper

    M. B. Goffstein

    Library Binding (Dial Books, Jan. 1, 1976)
    Follows Grandmother through one routine day of her favorite pastime, fishing
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