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Books in Owlet Book series

  • Over the River and Through the Woods

    Lydia Marie Child, David Catrow

    Paperback (Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), Sept. 15, 1999)
    In this hilarious modern spoof of a favorite holiday song, the trip to Grandfather's house is no peaceful sleigh ride!
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  • Tikki Tikki Tembo

    Arlene Mosel, Blair Lent

    School & Library Binding (Tandem Library, Oct. 16, 1989)
    Book by Mosel, Arlene
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  • Vera's First Day Of School

    Vera Rosenberry

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback, July 1, 2003)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Vera cannot wait for the day when she starts school, but the first day does not go exactly as she has anticipated.
    K
  • Rapunzel

    Alix Berenzy

    Paperback (Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), April 15, 1998)
    Alix Berenzy's Rapunzel, based on sources that predate Grimm, portrays a strong heroine who survives many hardships before finding her fairytale ending. Rich, light-drenched paintings eloquently capture both the spirit and the landscape in which the story of Rapunzel began.
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  • The Attack of the 50-Foot Teacher

    Lisa Passen

    (Owlet Paperbacks, July 1, 2003)
    It was Halloween. And it was a school day. The children were eager for school to be over. Everyone was excited about going trick or treating. Everyone except Miss Irma Birmbaum, the toughest teacher in town. She's so mean that she assigns homework on Halloween! That very night, however, after she receives a surprise visit from an alien spacecraft, Miss Irma Birmbaum is mysteriously transformed into ... The Fifty-Foot Teacher. As if things weren't bad enough for Miss Birmbaum's class! Can anything save Halloween for these kids, or will their giant teacher spoil the fun? Inspired by the "good old, bad old" science fiction movies that turn up on TV each October, Lisa Passen has created a hilarious tale that proves even the meanest teacher might just have a heart of gold.
  • The Sun, The Wind And The Rain

    Lisa Westberg Peters, Ted Rand

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Sept. 15, 1990)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Presents side-by-side narration of the earth's making of a mountain, shaping it with sun, wind, and rain, and a child's efforts at the beach to make a tall sand mountain which is also affected by the elements.
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  • Cactus Hotel

    Brenda Z. Guiberson, Megan Lloyd

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Oct. 15, 1993)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Describes the life cycle of the giant saguaro cactus, with an emphasis on its role as a home for other desert dwellers.
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  • A Certain Small Shepherd

    Rebecca Caudill, William Pene Du Bois

    Hardcover (Perfection Learning, Sept. 1, 1997)
    None
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  • Hogula

    Jean Gralley

    Library Binding (Rebound By Sagebrush, Sept. 1, 2002)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Hogula is on the loose and he is no ordinary hog. He's a vampire pig who likes to snort the necks of children up past their bedtimes and put them into a deep piggie snooze. It will take a special person to befriend this diabolical swine - a certain someone with her own fiendish charm. Who could that be?
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  • I Got a Family

    Melrose Cooper, Dale Gottlieb

    Paperback (Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), Nov. 15, 1997)
    "An upbeat celebration of life.... Adults will have fun reading this to children, singly and in groups, and listeners will want to respond with stories about their own families." --Booklist, starred review
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  • Christmas Trees

    Robert Frost, Ted Rand

    School & Library Binding (Topeka Bindery, Oct. 1, 2002)
    None
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  • Hello, Amigos!

    Tricia Brown, Fran Ortiz

    School & Library Binding (Topeka Bindery, March 16, 1992)
    None
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