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Books published by publisher Beech Tree Books

  • The Other 1492: Jewish Settlement in the New World

    Norman H. Finkelstein

    Paperback (Beech Tree Books, March 1, 1992)
    Describes the causes, events, and aftermath of the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492.
  • A Toad for Tuesday

    Russell E. Erickson, Larry Di Fiori

    Paperback (Beech Tree Books, Sept. 1, 1998)
    Can an owl and a toad really be friends? Warton the toad is very proud of himself when he straps on a pair of homemade skis and ventures out in th dead of winter to visit Aunt Toolia. But then an owl swoops down and carries Warton off to his lair, promising to gobble him up as birthday treat come Tuesday. Can Warton's bravery and wit turn the owl from enemy to friend in just five days?
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  • Little Eddie

    Carolyn Haywood

    Paperback (Beech Tree Books, Nov. 1, 1990)
    Whether little Eddie's finding homes for a crowd of stray cats, or picketing the baseball team that says he's too little to play, his happy adventures are sure to win lots of friends
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  • The Nickel-Plated Beauty

    Patricia Beatty

    Paperback (Beech Tree Books, April 1, 1993)
    In the Washington Territory of 1886, the seven resourceful Kimball children devote themselves to earning enough money to buy their mother a new stove.
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  • The Best Christmas

    Lee Kingman, Barbara Cooney

    Paperback (Beech Tree Books, Oct. 1, 1993)
    When his older brother is lost at sea just before Christmas, ten-year-old Erkki works secretly to make special presents for all the members of his family.
  • How to Make Pop-Ups

    Joan Irvine, Barbara Reid

    Paperback (Beech Tree Books, March 1, 1991)
    Offers step-by-step instructions for making pop-up cards, books, sculptures, and other objects out of materials found at home
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  • Lost in the Devil's Desert

    Gloria Skurzynski, Joseph Scrofani

    Paperback (Beech Tree Books, Aug. 1, 1993)
    Eleven-year-old Kevin finds himself alone and lost in the Utah desert, with only his wits to help him survive
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  • Prisoner's Dilemma

    Richard Powers

    Hardcover (Beech Tree Books, March 1, 1988)
    Eddie Hobson is quickly succumbing to a mysterious illness, and his children draw on the World War II veteran's dictaphone-recorded construction of an imaginary utopia for clues to their father's illness
  • Hugh Pine

    Janwillem Van De Wetering, Lynn Munsinger

    Paperback (Beech Tree Books, Aug. 1, 1992)
    An irascible and independent porcupine, Hugh Pine decides to avoid the Great Calamity of being flattened under passing cars by emulating humans and learns to walk upright wearing a red, floppy hat.
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  • O the Red Rose Tree

    Patricia Beatty

    Paperback (Beech Tree Books, Sept. 1, 1994)
    In 1893 four girls befriend an old lady and try to find seven shades of red for the special quilt she wants to make
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  • Lanyard: Having Fun With Plastic Lace

    Camilla Gryski, Linda Hendry

    Paperback (Beech Tree Books, April 1, 1995)
    Provides step-by-step instructions for creating bracelets, key chains, and earrings in a variety of patterns using "lanyard" plastic lace
  • Man from the Sky

    Avi, David Wiesner

    Paperback (Beech Tree Books, Sept. 1, 1992)
    In an almost failproof scheme, a man parachutes from an airplane with a large amount of money, only to be seen by a boy who has a reputation for seeing things in the clouds
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