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  • CANDY CORN CONTEST

    Patricia Reilly Giff

    Hardcover (Delacorte Books for Young Readers, Aug. 1, 1986)
    Richard determines to win the Thanksgiving Candy Corn contest by guessing the correct number of candies in the jar but before he realizes what he's done he eats three big pieces. What will the teacher do when she finds out?
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  • The Valentine Star

    Patricia Reilly Giff, Blanche Sims

    Library Binding (Perfection Learning, Jan. 1, 1985)
    February is fun.It's time for everyone in Ms. Rooney's room to make cards for the Valentine box. Emily Arrow couldn't be happier when Dawn Bosco gives her some colored stars to decorate her cards. She plans to make a special one for Ms. Vincent, the new student teacher.But things take a turn for the worse when Ms. Rooney asks Emily to be class monitor. Emily feels important sitting at the teacher's desk, until Sherri Dent leaves her seat without Emily's permission. Emily reports her. That's when Sherri tells Emily, "You'll be sorry."Emily is really worried. What will Sherri do to get even?
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  • Spectacular Stone Soup

    Patricia Reilly Giff, Blanche Sims

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Dec. 1, 1988)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. When Jason tells Stacy that she never helps anyone, Stacy agrees and tries to be more helpful, but the more she tries, the less everyone notices.
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  • Valentine Star

    Patricia Reilly Giff, Suzanne Torne

    Paperback (Listening Library, Feb. 1, 1987)
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  • Purple Climbing Days

    Patricia Reilly Giff, Blanche Sims

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, April 1, 1985)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Terrified to climb up the rope in gym, Richard ""Beast"" Best attempts to hide his fears from his friends, but Mrs. Miller, the meanest substitute teacher in the school, discovers his secret.
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  • Snaggle Doodles

    Patricia Reilly Giff, Blanche Sims

    Library Binding (Perfection Learning, March 1, 1985)
    April is invention month. "We're going to make our own inventions, " says Ms. Rooney, "and work together in groups."Though Emily Arrow knows it's important for each group to think, listen, and share, she still wishes she were the leader of her invention group. Linda Lorca, the bossy leader, can't get anyone to cooperate. "Snaggle doodles, " Emily says. If the group doesn't come up with an idea soon, they'll be the worst group in the class.Meanwhile, Emily is also busy thinking of a wedding present for Ms. Vincent, the student teacher. The wedding is only a few days away. Emily has a lot to do. Can she and her group learn to work together in time?
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  • Lazy Lions, Lucky Lambs

    Patricia Reilly Giff, Blanche Sims

    Library Binding (Perfection Learning, Feb. 1, 1985)
    The children in Ms. Rooney's room are supposed to be writing about real people, but writing is Beast's worst subject."Comfortably portrays the world of school and home, friends and family. Sims' lively pencil sketches augment the story."-- "School Library Journal."
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  • Watch Out! Man-Eating Snake

    Patricia Reilly Giff, Blanche Sims

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Aug. 1, 1988)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Stacy Arrow's first day of school begins disastrously when she tells Jiwon that her self-portrait looks like a cow and then frightens her with snake stories, but Stacy's sister has a plan for her to make up with Jiwon.
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  • Emily Arrow Promises to Do Better This Year

    Patricia Reilly Giff, Blanche L Sims

    Library Binding (Perfection Learning, Oct. 1, 1990)
    This latest title in the well-loved Kids of the Polk Street School series focuses on the New Year's holiday, and one girl's challenging New York's resolution. Illustration.
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  • VALENTINE STAR

    Patricia Reilly Giff

    Hardcover (Delacorte Books for Young Readers, Aug. 1, 1986)
    As Valentine's Day approaches and her class becomes busy making cards, Emily is worried about her fight with Sherri, who tells her, "You'll be sorry."
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  • LAZY LIONS LUCKY LAM

    Patricia Reilly Giff

    Hardcover (Delacorte Books for Young Readers, Aug. 1, 1986)
    Richard "Beast" Best, who absolutely hates the month of March, must come up with a subject for a class essay assignment on writing about a real person because, without a good grade, he may be left back again
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  • SNAGGLE DOODLES

    Patricia Reilly Giff

    Hardcover (Delacorte Books for Young Readers, Aug. 1, 1986)
    Emily Arrow has two problems, trying to work in her invention group with bossy Linda Lorca in charge and thinking of a wedding present for Ms. Vincent, the student teacher.
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