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  • 50 Nifty Super Animal Origami Crafts

    Jill Smolinski, Charlene Olexiewicz

    Paperback (Contemporary Books, )
    Back cover text:"Go Creature Crazy!"Turn an ordinary sheet of paper into a gobbling turkey, a cuddly rabbit, a winged black bat, or even a puffed-up puffer fish!In 50 Nifty Super Animal Origami Crafts, you can create all sorts of flying birds, swimming reptiles, crawling insects, and more. A long-necked giraffe? A tree-climbing monkey? A barking puppy, complete with its own dog house? This book shows you how to fold them all!Each of the crafts include step-by-step illustrations, and many of them offer variations to transform your paper projects into incredible works of art!
  • Sign of Terror

    Richard Forrest

    Paperback (Contemporary Books, Sept. 1, 1999)
    Accused of murder when a movie actress goes missing and winds up dead in the small town of Morgan, New York, Diff James must find the real killer in order to clear his name and win the woman he loves
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  • A Penny

    H. I. Peeples, Frank Fitzgerald

    Hardcover (Contemporary Books, Oct. 1, 1988)
    Book by Peeples, H. I.
  • The Itty-Bitty Kiddies Wake Up

    H. I. Peeples, Michael Montgomery

    Hardcover (Contemporary Books, April 1, 1990)
    Before going out to play, a young boy's kittens make a mess bathing, brushing their teeth, dressing, and eating breakfast
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  • 10 Things I Know About Kangaroos

    Wendy Wax, Della Rowland, Thomas Payne

    Hardcover (Contemporary Books, Sept. 1, 1989)
    A simple introduction to this Australian animal whose male members are called boomers, whose female members are called flyers, and whose babies are called joeys
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  • T-Shirt

    H. I. Peeples, Michael Moran

    Hardcover (Contemporary Books, June 1, 1989)
    Explains how T-shirts are made, from the harvesting of the cotton to the customizing of the final product
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  • 10 Things I Know About Whales

    Wendy Wax, Della Rowland

    Hardcover (Contemporary Books, April 1, 1990)
    Discusses the physical characteristics and behavior of whales
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  • Kid's Address and Writing Book

    Marlin Bree

    Paperback (Contemporary Books, April 1, 1990)
    Book by
  • Old enough to know

    Michael W Smith

    Paperback (Contempo Books, Jan. 1, 1987)
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  • Chase's Calendar of Events 2003 : The Day-to-Day Directory to Special Days, Weeks and Months

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    Paperback (Contemporary Books, Sept. 1, 2002)
    For almost 50 years, Chase's Calendar of Events has answered who, what, where, and when for professionals who need to know, such as event planners, broadcasters, librarians, and advertisers. Whether it's Valentine's Day (February 14) or Fish Amnesty Day (September 22), Breast Cancer Awareness Month (October) or National Lawn Mower Tune-Up Month (March), Chase's covers traditional and whimsical observances of all kinds­­ of holidays, anniversaries, birthdays, and more. In all, it has more than 12,000 entries; there is never a boring day in Chase's!
  • When Winter Comes

    Charles Philip Fox

    Hardcover (Contemporary Books, June 1, 1970)
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  • Lethal Delivery, Postage Prepaid

    Kathleen Anne Barrett

    Paperback (Contemporary Books, Sept. 1, 1999)
    When best friends and amateur sleuths Annie and Dave look into the drive-by shooting death of their high school chum Danny, they find a bag of hundred dollar bills, an auto-theft ring, and evidence that Danny's death was not accidental
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