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  • Just Grandma And Me

    Mercer Mayer

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback, March 21, 2001)
    A trip to the beach with Grandma provides lots of fun and surprises. Turtleback binding is a highly durable alternative to a hardcover or paperback book. The comprehensive cover reinforcement process will drastically combat wear and tear, keeping your favorite books in great condition for years to come! Turtleback books are ideal for any reader, or for use in schools or libraries.
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  • Edward the EMU

    Sheena Knowles, Rod Clement

    Hardcover (Turtleback, April 4, 1998)
    A whimsically illustrated companion to Edwina the Emu finds Edward, tired of being an emu and trying to be something else for a change, therefore swimming with seals, lounging with lions, and slithering with snakes. Turtleback binding is a highly durable alternative to a hardcover or paperback book. The comprehensive cover reinforcement process will drastically combat wear and tear, keeping your favorite books in great condition for years to come! Turtleback books are ideal for any reader, or for use in schools or libraries.
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  • Chasing Redbird

    Sharon Creech, Marc Burckhardt

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, April 24, 2012)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. In an attempt to find some peace from her noisy siblings, Zinny heads to the woods, but while she is cleaning up the path in the woods behind her house, she uncovers special family treasures.
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  • The Iron Giant

    Ted Hughes, Andrew Davidson

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, July 20, 1999)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The fearsome iron giant becomes a hero when he challenges a huge space monster.
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  • Death Of A Salesman

    Arthur Miller

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Oct. 28, 1976)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. An unsuccessful traveling salesman finally confronts, in his early sixties, his shattered dreams.
  • Bird & Squirrel On Ice

    James Burks

    Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Sept. 30, 2014)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. After Bird and Squirrel crash land in the South Pole during a raging blizzard, a penguin named Sakari thinks Bird has come to rid her village of a hungry Killer Whale. But when Squirrel finds out that Bird will actually be fed to the Killer Whale as a sacrifice, they hatch a crazy plan to escape. With a good timing, a little luck, and help from Sakari, they just might make it out alive. Or they might end up as whale food!
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  • A Long Walk To Water

    Linda Sue Park

    Library Binding (Turtleback, Oct. 4, 2011)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A Long Walk to Water begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about a girl in Sudan in 2008 and a boy in Sudan in 1985. The girl, Nya, is fetching water from a pond that is two hours' walk from her home: she makes two trips to the pond every day. The boy, Salva, becomes one of the ""lost boys"" of Sudan, refugees who cover the African continent on foot as they search for their families and for a safe place to stay. Enduring every hardship from loneliness to attack by armed rebels to contact with killer lions and crocodiles, Salva is a survivor, and his story goes on to intersect with Nya's in an astonishing and moving way.
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  • Possum Come A-Knockin'

    Nancy Van Laan, George Booth

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Aug. 25, 1992)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A cumulative tale in verse about a mysterious stranger that interrupts a family's daily routine.
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  • Laika

    Nick Abadzis

    Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Sept. 30, 2014)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. From the dog's point of view, follows the adventures of the dog sent into space by the Soviet Union.
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  • A Mouse Called Wolf

    Dick King-Smith, Jon Goodell

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, March 16, 1999)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A mouse with an unusual name shares his musical gift with a widowed concert pianist.
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  • Mr. George Baker

    Amy Hest, Jon J. Muth

    Library Binding (Turtleback Books, June 12, 2007)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. While waiting on the porch for the school bus with an elderly musician named George, Harry is surprised to discover that he has many things in common with the 100 year-old man. Harry is happy when their daily meetings turn into a friendship.
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  • The Fire Within

    Chris D'Lacey

    Library Binding (Turtleback Books, March 1, 2007)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. When David moves in with Elizabeth Pennykettle and her eleven-year-old daughter, Lucy, he discovers a collection of clay dragons that comes to life.
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