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Books published by publisher Checkerboard Press

  • Jack and the Beanstalk

    Anne Scheu Berry

    Hardcover (Checkerboard Press, Jan. 1, 1951)
    Classic fairy tale where Jack climbs the tall beanstalk vine clean up into the sky and discovers a giant!
  • Mrs. Duck's Lovely Day

    Vivienne Blake

    Paperback (Checkerboard Press, )
    None
  • The Real Mother Goose Piano Book

    Blanche Fisher Wright

    Hardcover (Checkerboard Pr, March 1, 1987)
    Provides the music and lyrics to ten popular children's songs, including Three blind mice, Mary had a little lamb, and Sing a song of sixpence.
  • Birds at Home

    Marguerite Henry

    Hardcover (Checkerboard Pr, Sept. 1, 1972)
    Describes the habits and behavior and includes illustrations of twenty-one birds common to North America.
  • Search for Sam

    Tony Tallarico

    Paperback (Checkerboard Pr, Sept. 1, 1989)
    Readers and viewers are asked to find Sam amid a welter of pertinent and extraneous objects in l2 different but exciting situations.
  • Why do birds sing?

    Chris Arvetis

    Hardcover (Checkerboard Press, March 15, 1986)
    None
  • How to Reach Your Favorite Star

    Fiona Fox

    Paperback (Checkerboard Press, Sept. 1, 1992)
    Provides vital statistics and capsule accounts of popular movie and television actors, models, athletes, and entertainers, and explains how to write to them
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  • The First Spell of Winnefred Broomstock

    Peter G. Blank, Thomas Sperling

    Hardcover (Checkerboard Pr, Sept. 1, 1992)
    Winnefred is finally old enough to go to her first witches' ball, but she must create the perfect spell to conjure up a terrifying Halloween costume.
  • The tiny star

    Arthur Ginolfi

    Hardcover (Checkerboard Press, Aug. 16, 1989)
    Relates how a special event turned a tiny, almost invisible star into one of the brightest and most beautiful stars the world had ever seen.
  • What Is a Jungle?

    Christ Arvetis, Carole Palmer

    Hardcover (Checkerboard Pr, Sept. 1, 1986)
    A description in simple terms of what a jungle is and the animals who live in one.
  • What Is a Desert?

    Chris Arvetis, Carole Palmer, Jim Conahan

    Hardcover (Checkerboard Pr, June 1, 1987)
    Rabbit and Christopher the mouse take a tour of the desert as Rabbit explains the characteristics of deserts and the types of plants and animals that live in them
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  • The Real Mother Goose: Red Husky Book/Book Four

    Rand McNally and Company

    Board book (Checkerboard Pr, July 1, 1983)
    Presents traditional nursery rhymes, including Georgy Porgy, Mary's Lamb, The Merchants of London, and The Man of Bombay