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Books in Aladdin Books series

  • Doctor Coyote: A Native American Aesop's Fables

    John Bierhorst, Wendy Watson

    Paperback (Aladdin, Aug. 1, 1996)
    Twentieth-century illustrations accompany Aztec interpretations of Aesop's fables featuring the trickster Coyote
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  • What Zeesie Saw on Delancey Street

    Elsa Okon Rael, Marjorie Priceman

    Paperback (Aladdin, May 1, 2000)
    It is Zeesie's seventh birthday, and not only does she have an elegant new dress and her own dollar bill, but Papa has decided she is old enough to attend that evening's package party. The party is grand, with great towers of wrapped surprise packages to be auctioned to raise money for other new immigrants to the community. But, as Zeesie soon discovers, not everything and everyplace at the party is meant to be explored. And what she does see that night on Delancy Street leaves her with a new knowledge of what giving is all about.
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  • Hello, Red Fox

    Eric Carle

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, June 1, 2001)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Mama Frog gets a big surprise when the guests arrive for Little Frog's birthday party: Red Fox looks green to her! Orange Cat looks blue! What has gone wrong?
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  • Daddies At Work

    Eve Merriam, Eugenie Fernandes

    Paperback (Little Simon, April 1, 1996)
    Portrays daddies in different jobs, including sailor daddies, tailor daddies, and lawyer daddies with egg salad in their briefcases
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  • The BUFFALO NICKEL BLUES BAND

    Angell

    Paperback (Aladdin, Oct. 30, 1991)
    Eddie Levy relates how he and his four friends who are involved in a blues band change as their music does
  • Mrs. Cole on an Onion Roll

    Kalli Dakos, Joann Adinolfi

    Paperback (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, Aug. 1, 1999)
    Complete with lively full-color illustrations throughout, this book offers beginning readers an amusing collection of more than thirty poems relating to everyday school events and happenings. Reprint.
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  • Rabbit and the Moon

    Douglas Wood, Leslie Baker

    Paperback (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, June 1, 2001)
    Introduces young readers to the Cree legend about the rabbit who wished he could travel to the moon, the crane who offered to help him, and their great adventure that followed. Reprint.
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  • Strega Nona

    Tomie dePaola

    Library Binding (Perfection Learning, Sept. 1, 1979)
    In his Caldecott Honor book, dePaolo tells the story of Strega Nona, who is the source for potions, cures, magic, and comfort in her Calabrian town. When Strega Nona leaves him alone with her magic pasta pot, Big Anthony is determined to show the townspeople how it works.
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  • The MAGGIE B

    Irene Haas

    Paperback (Aladdin, June 1, 1997)
    A little girl's wish to sail for a day on a boat named for her "with someone nice for company" comes true
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  • Climbing Kansas Mountains

    George Shannon, Thomas B. Allen

    Paperback (Aladdin, May 1, 1996)
    A young boy and his father share the magic of climbing the "Kansas mountains"
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  • What a Morning!: The Christmas Story in Black Spirituals

    John Langstaff, Ashley Bryan

    Paperback (Aladdin, Oct. 1, 1996)
    Five illustrated spirituals dealing with the birth of Christ on the first Christmas morning. Includes printed music for voice and piano.
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  • BUDGIE AND THE BLIZZARD

    Sarah Ferguson

    Paperback (Simon Spotlight, Feb. 1, 1996)
    Budgie the helicopter braves a fierce winter blizzard to rescue Mr. and Mrs. Fairweather
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