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  • Mongolia: Vanishing Cultures

    Jan Reynolds

    Hardcover (Harcourt Childrens Books, March 30, 1994)
    Two nomadic Mongolian children listen to stories of the past from their father and yearn for their own horses, creatures essential to their way of life
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  • Rootabaga Stories, Part One

    Carl Sandburg, Michael Hague

    Hardcover (Harcourt Childrens Books, Oct. 1, 1988)
    A newly-illustrated edition of Sandburg's fanciful, humorous tales peopled with such characters as the Potato Face Blind Man, the Blue Wind Boy, and many others.
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  • The Quangle Wangle's Hat

    Edward Lear, Janet Stevens

    Hardcover (Harcourt Childrens Books, June 1, 1988)
    Fanciful creatures, including the Stork, the Duck, the Owl, the Frog, and the Fimble Fowl come to build their homes on the Quangle Wangle's commodious hat.
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  • Zeee

    Elizabeth Enright, Susan Gaber

    Library Binding (Harcourt Childrens Books, April 1, 1993)
    A reissue of the 1965 classic children's tale tells the story of Zeee, a fairy who hates people and is constantly in search of a place to live. By the author of Thimble Summer.
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  • Do You Love Someone?

    Joan Walsh Anglund

    Hardcover (Harcourt Childrens Books, June 1, 1971)
    Delicate illustrations and prose explore each individual's need for love and a sense of belonging in a complex world
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  • Lives of the Musicians: Good Times, Bad Times

    Kathleen Krull, Kathryn Hewitt

    Hardcover (Harcourt Children's Books, April 30, 1993)
    Here are the life stories of such diverse figures as Vivaldi, Mozart, Scott Joplin, Nadia Boulanger, and Woody Guthrie. Readers will learn of both their musical natures and the personal, humorous characteristics that make their lives so fascinating. “Living, breathing anecdotes--the stuff of which the best biography is made.”--Publishers Weekly
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  • Dove Isabeau

    Jane Yolen, Dennis Nolan

    Library Binding (Harcourt Childrens Books, Sept. 1, 1989)
    Young, beautiful Dove Isabeau is turned into a fire-breathing dragon by her evil stepmother and is saved from the spell by her true love, Kemp Owain.
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  • Piggies in a Polka

    Kathi Appelt, LeUyen Pham

    Hardcover (Harcourt Children's Books, Aug. 1, 2003)
    It's the yearly hootenanny for piggies all across the holler. They're hankerin' for a porky polka rhythm--plus a piggy rigadoon, a piggy roundelay, and, of course, a piggy mosh pit! Energetic illustrations and rhythmic rhymes introduce musical styles and instruments to the youngest readers, and the charming cast of piggies is simply irresistible. This bouncing barn dance is the place to be--so grab your piggy partner and join in!
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  • Bedknob and Broomstick

    Mary Norton, Mary; Morton

    Hardcover (Harcourt Childrens Books, March 15, 1971)
    Bedknob and Broomstick [Hardcover] [Jan 01, 1971] NORTON, MARY
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  • Sailing to Cythera: And Other Anatole Stories

    Nancy Willard

    Paperback (Harcourt Childrens Books, Nov. 1, 1985)
    A triology relating the magical adventures of a boy and his cat
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  • You Shouldn't Have to Say Good-Bye

    Patricia Hermes

    Hardcover (Harcourt Childrens Books, Feb. 1, 1984)
    During the autumn of the year, thirteen-year-old Sarah learns her mother is dying of cancer.
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  • Out of the Ark: Stories from the World's Religions

    Anita Ganeri, Jackie Morris

    Hardcover (Harcourt Childrens Books, March 1, 1996)
    A collection of religious stories from around the world highlights the often striking similarities in the beliefs of different cultures with tales of the Incan Viracocha, Buddha, the Aborigine's Baime, and the Christian and Jewish God.
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