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Books published by publisher Farrar Strauss Gireax

  • Blue Remembered Hills: A Recollection

    Rosemary Sutcliff

    Paperback (Farrar Straus & Giroux, April 1, 1992)
    The historical novelist recalls her childhood and struggle with rheumatoid arthritis that made her unable to walk as a child and describes the family and friends who encouraged her to become a writer
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  • Laughing Latkes

    M. B. Goffstein

    Hardcover (Farrar Straus & Giroux, Sept. 1, 1980)
    Looks at the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, lightly touching on the history and customs of this celebration and exploring the Jewish scholarly tradition of answering a question with a question
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  • A Swiftly Tilting Planet

    Madeleine L' Engle

    Paperback (Farrar Straus Giroux, March 15, 1978)
    mass market paperback.
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  • Friska, the Sheep That Was Too Small

    Rob Lewis

    Hardcover (Farrar Straus & Giroux, March 1, 1988)
    A lamb who never seems to grow saves her flock from a wolf and is never laughed at again.
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  • Archibald Frisby

    Michael Chesworth

    Hardcover (Farrar Straus & Giroux, April 1, 1994)
    Worried about her son Archibald's obsession with science, Mrs. Frisby ships him off to summer camp, where she hopes that he will learn to relax and have some fun. By the author of Rainy Day Dream.
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  • The Christmas Donkey

    Gillian McClure

    Hardcover (Farrar Straus & Giroux, Oct. 1, 1993)
    In a version of the Nativity story told by the donkey, a stubborn donkey believes that he should be employed by a king, not by the poor carpenter and his wife who own him.
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  • Sir Cedric

    Jean Gerrard, Roy Gerrard

    Hardcover (Farrar Straus & Giroux, Sept. 1, 1984)
    Tiny Sir Cedric, bored with castle life, rides out on his faithful steed Walter, rescues a princess called Fat Matilda, and defeats the nasty villain Black Ned.
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  • The Sandman

    Rob Shepperson

    Hardcover (Farrar Straus & Giroux, Oct. 1, 1989)
    One evening, Jay decides to wait up for the Sandman and when the nocturnal visitor arrives, despite his attempts to lull Jay to sleep, the Sandman encounters chaos, laughter, and sleeplessness
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  • The Favershams

    Roy Gerrard

    Paperback (Farrar Straus & Giroux, Sept. 1, 1987)
    Relates in rhyme the life of an English Army major, born in 1851, and his wife.
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  • The Cat's Elbow and Other Secret Languages

    Alvin Schwartz, Margot Zemach

    Hardcover (Farrar Straus & Giroux, July 1, 1985)
    Presents instructions for speaking thirteen secret languages, including Pig Latin, one of the best known and easiest codes to learn, and Boontling, developed by people in a California town.
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  • Tell Me That You Love Me Junie Moon

    Marjorie Kellogg

    Hardcover (Farrar Straus & Giroux, March 15, 1968)
    Sag mir, dass du mich liebst, Junie Moon - bk1512; Rowohlt Verlag; Marjorie Kellogg; pocket_book; 1971
  • Farmer Palmer's Wagon Ride

    William Steig

    Hardcover (Farrar Straus & Giroux, Dec. 1, 1974)
    A kindly pig and his hired ass, Ebenezer suffer unlikely adventures when returning from market with gifts for their fat family
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