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Books with author Ruth Brown

  • Copycat

    Ruth Brown

    Paperback (Red Fox, Feb. 1, 1996)
    Buddy, a young cat with a penchant for imitating everyone and everything around him, copies his mom, his sister, the squirrels, and the birds in the trees, but problems arise when he copies Bessie the dog.
  • One Stormy Night

    Ruth Brown

    Hardcover (Dutton Children's Books, Aug. 1, 1993)
    A stormy night awakens several sleeping animals
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  • The Picnic

    Ruth Brown

    Hardcover (Dutton Juvenile, March 1, 1993)
    Narrates the events of a picnic from the point of view of the animals who live above and below the picnic grounds where the humans come to eat. By the author of Alphabet Times Four: An International ABC.
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  • If at First You Do Not See

    Ruth Brown

    Paperback (Henry Holt, May 15, 1989)
    "The story hinges on a caterpillar who wanders off looking for something to eat, only to discover that every toothsome morsel he finds is something else.... Brown’s radiantly hued paintings have been executed with an artfulness that one must marvel at and admire." --Publishers Weekly
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  • Alphabet Times Four: An International ABC

    Ruth Brown

    Hardcover (Dutton Juvenile, Oct. 10, 1991)
    Beginning with the letter A through Z, the words in this alphabet book are offered in four languages--English, Spanish, French, and German.
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  • The Big Sneeze

    Ruth Brown

    Hardcover (William Morrow & Co, Aug. 1, 1985)
    A farmer's sneeze sets off an unexpected chain of events involving a fly, spider, sparrow, cat, dog, rats, chickens, and donkey
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  • Gracie, the Lighthouse Cat

    Ruth Brown

    Paperback (Andersen Press, March 7, 2011)
    The story of national heroine Grace Darling is made accessible for children by a master of the picture book genre.One stormy night, Grace Darling, the lighthouse keeper's daughter, spots a ship in trouble on the rocks. At the same time, the lighthouse cat, Gracie, spots that a kitten from her new litter has strayed. Grace and Gracie both hurry to the rescue, braving the rain and storm. Grace alerts her father and together they take out the lifeboat; Gracie ventures into the dark night and howling wind looking and listening everywhere for her kitten.Ruth Brown is famous for her appealing drawings of animals and nature and, here, beautiful full page paintings tell the dramatic dual story with power and pathos.From the Hardcover edition.
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  • Greyfriars Bobby

    Ruth Brown

    Hardcover (Andersen Press, Aug. 17, 1995)
    Greyfriars Bobby
  • Gracie, the Lighthouse Cat

    Ruth Brown

    eBook (Andersen Digital, Oct. 31, 2014)
    One stormy night Grace Darling, the lighthouse keeper's daughter, spots a ship in trouble on the rocks. At the same time the lighthouse cat Gracie spots that a kitten from her new litter has strayed. Braving the rain and storm, Grace and Gracie both hurry to the rescue of the lost kitten and shipwrecked passengers.
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  • Ladybug, Ladybug

    Ruth Brown

    Paperback (Puffin, July 1, 1992)
    Expanding on a well-known nursery rhyme, the author tells of a wayward ladybug who makes a long journey over a varied landscape to her home
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  • Gracie, the Lighthouse Cat

    Ruth Brown

    Paperback (Andersen Press, March 7, 2011)
    The story of national heroine Grace Darling is made accessible for children by a master of the picture book genre.One stormy night, Grace Darling, the lighthouse keeper's daughter, spots a ship in trouble on the rocks. At the same time, the lighthouse cat, Gracie, spots that a kitten from her new litter has strayed. Grace and Gracie both hurry to the rescue, braving the rain and storm. Grace alerts her father and together they take out the lifeboat; Gracie ventures into the dark night and howling wind looking and listening everywhere for her kitten.Ruth Brown is famous for her appealing drawings of animals and nature and, here, beautiful full page paintings tell the dramatic dual story with power and pathos.From the Hardcover edition.
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  • Princess Rashaah and Her Best Friend Jesus Christ

    Ruth Brown

    eBook (Xlibris US, Dec. 10, 2014)
    This is a book targeted to give interest in what Jesus Christ did as a little boy. This book will show people that they are children of a King.This book is fiction because it is not quoted, but a realization of what could or may have happened in that day.This book is inspired by God from a heart that loves him so much, that it gives the idea that anyone can have a relationship with Jesus.Some of the characters are from the Bible. They are not quoted. This gives the story a likeness to the reality of Jesus back when he was a child. Princess Rashaah is made up, but she represents the person that made her up. This is to tell you that anyone can be her. A relationship with Jesus Christ is all together possible. Jesus is real and he will never be made up.