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  • The Buffalo Boy and the Weaver Girl

    Mary Alice Downie, Jillian Hulme Gilliland, Mann Hwa Huang-Hsu

    Paperback (Quarry Pr, May 1, 1989)
    A talking buffalo helps a young peasant find a home and then a bride, in the form of fairy girl, but when she tries to return to heaven, her father turns them both into stars

  • OUTSIDE THE WINDOW by Anna Egan Smucker, illustrated by Stacey Schuett

    Anna Egan Smucker, Stacey Schuett

    Hardcover (Quarrier Press, March 15, 2004)
    OUTSIDE THE WINDOW by Anna Egan Smucker, illustrated by Stacey Schuett (2004 Hardcover, 25 pages. Sweet and Gentle Bedtime Story From a Bird's Eye View with Beautiful Illustrations Throughout. Quarrier Press, West Virginia)

  • The First Peep

    Harriett Spira

    Spiral-bound (Quartz Press, March 15, 2000)
    A book with black and white drawings about a baby wren with a very loud peep which woke everyone up. The story tells all the unfavorable reactions of the tawny owl, the turtle dove, a mother warbler, the crow. Even the mute swan went 'Mmmmmm - - - -, Mmmmmm - - - -.' And finally the mother thrush. The woodpecker was commissioned to find the source of the loud peep, which he did, and mother wren warned baby wren not to do it again. However the very next morning baby wren let out a very LOUD PEEP! This upset the birds even more. Finally wise owl called a meeting and gave his speech, which ended up having a surprise solution that showed the interaction of all the birds - to unite and understand. There are implicit moral lessons. v + 40 pp., 8-1/2 x 7.

  • Noodle, Nitwit, Numskull

    Meguido Zola, Jillian Hulme Gilliland

    Hardcover (Quarry Pr, Aug. 1, 1990)
    Shlemiel, a fool, can't find his clothes, daydreams about riches, has trouble identifying his donkey, and waits for a once in a million occurrence to happen again

  • Honor Bound

    Mary Alice, John Downie, Wesley W. Bates

    Hardcover (Quarry Pr, May 1, 1995)
    Members of a Loyalist family become separated when they flee Philadelphia for Canada following the Revolutionary War.

  • Cathal the Giant Killer and the Dun Shaggy Filly

    Mary Alice Downie, Jillian Hulme Gilliland

    Paperback (Quarry Pr, May 1, 1991)
    When his wife is kidnapped by the Giant of Hunting-Hill, Cathal receives help from a magic dog, falcon, and wren in rescuing her
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  • Talking Walls

    Margy Burns Knight, Anne Sibley O'Brien

    Hardcover (Quarry Pr, Feb. 1, 1993)
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  • Noodle, Nitwit, Numskull

    Meguido Zola, Jillian Hulme Gilliland

    Paperback (Quarry Pr, Aug. 1, 1990)
    Shlemiel, a fool, can't find his clothes, daydreams about riches, has trouble identifying his donkey, and waits for a once in a million occurrence to happen again
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  • Honor Bound

    Mary Alice Downie, John Downie, Wesley W. Bates

    Paperback (Quarry Pr, May 1, 1995)
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  • The Cat Park

    Mary Alice Downie

    Hardcover (Quarry Pr, Nov. 1, 1993)
    Book by Downie, Mary Alice

  • My Underwear's Inside Out!: The Care and Feeding of Younger Poets

    Diane Dawber, David Booth, Pat Wilkinson

    Paperback (Quarry Pr, June 1, 1991)
    Book by Dawber, Diane, Booth, David

  • Doctor Dwarf and Other Children's Poems

    A. M. Klein

    Paperback (Quarry Pr, Oct. 1, 1989)
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