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Books in An Easy-read fact book series

  • Comets

    Martyn Hamer

    Library Binding (Franklin Watts, Aug. 1, 1984)
    Describes the origin, composition, orbit, and speed of different types of comets.
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  • The boy who waited for Santa Claus

    Robert M Quackenbush

    Hardcover (F. Watts, March 15, 1981)
    Dirk's vigil for Santa Claus begins when his family returns from summer vacation.
  • American Indian Games and Crafts

    Charles L. Blood, Lisa Campbell Ernst

    Library Binding (Franklin Watts, Oct. 1, 1981)
    Presents American Indian games and crafts, such as arrow toss, wooden dice, sand painting, and wall hangings that children can make and use, copying Indian design and traditions
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  • Helicopters

    David Jefferis

    Library Binding (Franklin Watts, Oct. 1, 1987)
    Explains the workings of helicopters and discusses helicopters' military, transportation, and rescue uses
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  • Mr. Terwilliger's Secret

    Dave Ross, Jeanne Wilson, Dave Wilson

    Hardcover (Olympic Marketing Corp, April 1, 1981)
    After Mr. Terwilliger reveals his secret to Margaret and Joel, it almost gets them into big trouble.
  • Night Sky

    Martyn Hamer, Russell Barnett

    Library Binding (Franklin Watts, Aug. 1, 1983)
    An introduction to planets, constellations, comets, meteors, and other objects that can be seen in the sky at night, with suggestions for nocturnal observers.
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  • The Bananas Move to the Ceiling: An Easy-Read Story Book

    Esther Manes, Stephen Manes

    Library Binding (Franklin Watts, June 1, 1983)
    Because their apartment is so messy, the Banana family decides to move to the ceiling, but they find themselves involved in all kinds of adventures as everything begins to fall to the floor
  • Harry the Hider

    Carol Nicklaus

    Library Binding (Franklin Watts, April 1, 1979)
    Although Miranda wants to teach Harry a trick in time for the pet show, the clever pet manages to keep out of sight until he enters the show with his own ideas about how to win a prize
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  • The Birthday Bear

    Antonie Schneider, A Schneider, U Waas, Uli Waas

    Paperback (NorthSouth, Aug. 1, 1998)
    ""An excellent story that ties in birthdays, grandparents, multiculturalism, and how reading can take you away into other worlds.""American Bookseller ""Pick of the Lists""""This short story revolves around David and Sally's trip to the mountains where they visit their grandparents. In a throw-back to old-fashioned living, Grandpa makes fishing rods for the children in his workshop while Granny sets up a tent and bakes a birthday cake for David.... Tension arises when a bear comes into camp and eats David's cake.... A light, easy-going tale for early readers.""School Library Journal
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  • There's a Hippopotamus Under My Bed

    Mike Thaler

    Library Binding (Franklin Watts, Sept. 1, 1977)
    A youngster befriends an escaped hippopotamus that sooner or later must return to the zoo.
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  • The Bananas move to the ceiling

    Esther Manes

    Unknown Binding (F. Watts, March 15, 1983)
    When their apartment gets too messy, the Banana family tries to defy gravity by living on the ceiling.
  • Valentine's Day

    Cass R Sandak

    Hardcover (F. Watts, March 15, 1980)
    Presents the history and customs of Valentine's Day.