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Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
T. S. Eliot
Hardcover (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Jan. 1, 1986)An engaging collection of humorous poems. These verses, originally composed to amuse Eliot’s intimate friends, have proven irresistible to cat lovers, lovers of nonsense, and admirers of Eliot throughout the English-speaking world. “Enough ferocious fancy and parody to knock the spots off most cat books and most...verses” (Time). Drawings by Nicolas Bentley.
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Mary Poppins in the Kitchen: A Cookery Book with a Story
P. L Travers, Maurice Moore-Betty, Mary Shepard
Paperback (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Aug. 16, 1978)Left for a week without parents or cook, the Banks children pitch in and learn to prepare their meals with Mary Poppins' help. Includes daily menus and recipes.
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Arithmetic
Carl Sandburg, Ted Rand
Hardcover (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, April 1, 1993)Illustrations of anamorphic imagery, seen as distortions of optical images, enhance a version of one of Carl Sandburg's most beloved poems, complete with the poet's own fascinating method of calculation.
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If on a Winter's Night a Traveler / Invisible Cities / Baron in the Trees
Italo Calvino, William Weaver
Paperback (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, March 15, 1981)three paperbacks in silver slipcase
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The prince of the Dolomites: An old Italian tale
Tomie De Paola
Hardcover (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, March 15, 1980)Because of the love of Prince Pazzo of the Dolomites for Princess Lucia of the Moon, the black peaks of the Dolomite mountains are changed to glimmering white, blue, pink, and yellow.
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Hugo the hippo
Thomas Baum
Paperback (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, )None
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Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest
Gerald McDermott
Hardcover (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, April 30, 1993)Raven, the Native American trickster, feels sorry for those who must live in darkness, and he decides to help. He flies over mountains, valleys, and lakes and discovers that light is being kept hidden inside the house of the Sky Chief. Using his cleverness, Raven finds a way to bring light to the world. “The physical environment, oral literature, and traditional life of the Pacific Coast Indians come alive in this amusing and well-conceived picture book.”--School Library Journal
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If on a Winters Night a Traveler / Invisible Cities / The Baron in the Trees
Italo Calvino
Paperback (Harvest / Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, March 15, 1979)3 TRADE SIZE BOOKS, IN A BOXED SET
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Picnic With Piggins
Jane Yolen, Jane Dyer
Hardcover (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, March 15, 1988)First Edition slight creases to some inside pages otherwise clean and bright, one page with small turning tear, small REM dot on bottom edges, colorful illustrations, minimal shelf and corner wear X LIBRARY Very Good 32 Oz
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The People Who Hugged the Trees
Deborah Lee Rose
Paperback (Harcourt Brace Javanovich, March 15, 1993)The People Who Hugged Trees" is a 300-year-old story about Amrita Devi and her fellow villagers who defied authority to protect their trees. Adapted by Deborah Lee Rose from a story of Rajasthan, India, this story is first about a girl who loves the trees, then when grown, a woman who does what is needed to keep the trees.
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Black Heroes of the American Revolution
Burke Davis
Hardcover (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Aug. 16, 1976)An account of the black soldiers, sailors, spies, scouts, guides, and wagoners who participated and sacrificed in the struggle for American independence.
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A Perfect Peace
Amos Oz, Hillel Halkin
Hardcover (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, May 1, 1985)In an exploration of the nature of Jewishness and the condition of modern Israel, this novel, set on a kibbutz in the mid-nineteen-sixties, traces the rebellion of a young man against the only world he knows