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  • The Complete Father Brown Mysteries

    G. K. Chesterton

    eBook (Joust Books, July 1, 2010)
    This beautifully-produced digital edition contains twenty-four short stories and novellas featuring G. K. Chesterton's legendary detective, Father Brown.This edition contains a linked table of contents that helps you navigate easily among the stories.This edition has been spell-corrected and formatted especially for the Kindle. It contains easy-to-read chapter headings and accurate line breaks and pagination.The Father Brown Mysteries digital edition contains the following stories by G. K. Chesterton:The Blue CrossThe Secret GardenThe Queer FeetThe Flying StarsThe Invisible ManThe Honor of Israel GowThe Wrong ShapeThe Sins of Prince SaradineThe Hammer of GodThe Eye of ApolloThe Sign of the Broken SwordThe Three Tools of DeathThe Absence of Mr. GlassThe Paradise of ThievesThe Duel of Dr. HirschThe Man in the PassageThe Mistake of the MachineThe Head of CaesarThe Purple WigThe Perishing of the PendragonsThe God of the GongsThe Salad of Colonel CrayThe Strange Crime of John BoulnoisThe Fairy Tale of Father Brown
  • The Lady With the Alligator Purse

    Nadine Bernard Westcott

    Library Binding (Joy st Books, April 1, 1988)
    A quixotic adaptation of the well-known jump-rope rhyme with illustrations that are just as humorous as the unexpected results of a well-meaning experiment
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  • The Amazing Amos and the Greatest Couch on Earth

    Susan Seligson, Howie Schneider

    Hardcover (Joy st Books, April 1, 1989)
    Amos the dog and his motorized couch cross paths with the cast of a traveling circus and end up in the center ring, much to the surprise of Amos's owners, the Bobsons
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  • An Owl in the House: A Naturalist's Diary

    Bernd Heinrich

    Hardcover (Joy st Books, April 1, 1990)
    A field journal tracking the development of a great horned owlet, rescued in the wild, as it grows into an independent hunter able to survive in its own habitat.
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  • Amos: The Story of an Old Dog and His Couch

    Susan Seligson, Howie Schneider

    Paperback (Joy st Books, April 1, 1992)
    Amos, an old dog who never stirs from his spot on the Bobsons' couch, discovers that, with a slap of his paw on the cushions, he can magically maneuver the couch around the house
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  • The Adventures of Isabel

    Ogden Nash, James Marshall

    Library Binding (Joy st Books, Sept. 1, 1991)
    The feisty Isabel defeats giants, wishes, and other threatening creatures with ease
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  • Amos Camps Out: A Couch Adventure in the Woods

    Susan Seligson, Howie Schneider

    Library Binding (Joy st Books, Sept. 1, 1992)
    When a suburban dog gets lost in the woods on a camping trip with no streets or sidewalks to help him get home, he calls on his canine instincts and his couch to get back to the campsite.
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  • Something Special

    David McPhail

    Library Binding (Joy st Books, Oct. 1, 1988)
    Surrounded by parents and siblings with remarkable talents, Sam yearns to be good at something himself, and finds his own special niche when he discovers the pleasures of painting.
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  • The Family Read-aloud Holiday Treasury

    Alice Low, Marc Tolon Brown

    Hardcover (Joy st Books, Oct. 1, 1991)
    Seventy-two works of well-loved poets and authors compose this holiday collection.
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  • The Hippopotamus Song: A Muddy Love Story

    Michael Flanders, Donald Swann, Nadine Bernard Westcott

    Library Binding (Joy st Books, Sept. 1, 1991)
    Lovestruck hippos and their muddy escapades provide inspiration for a humorous song. Music included with book.
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  • Lost!

    David McPhail

    Library Binding (Joy st Books, April 1, 1990)
    Everyone knows how scary it is to be lost, but a little boy helps a big bear make the best of things while they search for the animal's forest home
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  • This Is the Bear and the Picnic Lunch

    Sarah Hayes, Helen Craig

    Hardcover (Joy st Books, March 1, 1989)
    A little boy ill-advisedly leaves his brave but sleepy bear to stand guard over a delicious picnic lunch, when a hungry mutt comes ambling along
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