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Books in An on My Own Book series

  • Old Ruff and Life on the Farm

    Vesta Seek, Nancy Munger

    Paperback (Chariot Family Pub, Feb. 1, 1995)
    With God's help, Janie trains Ruff to be a good dog and refrain from chasing the cows on her farm.
  • Old Ruff and the Mother Bird

    Vesta Seek, Deborah G. Wilson

    Paperback (Chariot Family Pub, Jan. 1, 1991)
    Janie prays for the opportunity to see the offspring of an unusual bird whose babies often move to a new location after hatching from their eggs.
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  • Mrs. Rosey-Posey and the Treasure Hunt

    Robin Jones Gunn, Bill Duca

    Paperback (Chariot Family Pub, Jan. 1, 1991)
    A treasure hunt in and around Mrs. Rosey-Posey's house leads Ross, Jacob, and Adam to their own copies of the Bible, the greatest treasure of all time.
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  • Mrs. Rosey Posey and the Chocolate Cherry Treat

    Robin Jones Gunn

    Paperback (Chariot Family Pub, Jan. 1, 1991)
    Book by Gunn, Robin Jones
  • Uncle Alphonso and the puffy proud dinosaurs

    Jack Pearson

    Paperback (D. C. Cook Pub, March 15, 1992)
    Nathan and Anna's uncle Alph helps them to understand that false pride should not be allowed to determine who will be invited to their joint birthday party.
  • Cornstalks and Cannonballs

    Barbara Mitchell, Karen Ritz

    Hardcover (Carol R Hoda Books, June 1, 1980)
    Relates how the citizens of Lewes, Delaware, outwitted the British Navy during the War of 1812.
  • Uncle Alphonso and the greedy green dinosaur

    Jack Pearson

    Paperback (Chariot Books, March 15, 1992)
    Uncle Alphonso explains to Anna and Nathan how the greed of the dinosaurs known as Greedogoldfusses, and their lack of faith in God, led to the downfall of the entire species.
  • Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express

    Margaret K. Wetterer, Karen Ritz

    Library Binding (Carolrhoda Books, Sept. 1, 1990)
    When the Des Moines River valley floods in the summer of 1881, the bridge over Honey Creek collapses and Kate Shelley courageously rescues two locomotive crewmen from the creek's swirling waters
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  • Columbus Day

    Vicki Liestman, Rick Hanson

    Library Binding (Carolrhoda Books, May 1, 1991)
    Relates the story of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus and gives the history of Columbus Day
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  • The Man Who Tried to Save Time

    Phyllis Krasilovsky, Marcia Sewall

    Hardcover (Doubleday, Oct. 1, 1983)
    A man drastically reorganizes his daily routines to save time, only to come to a startling realization.
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  • Deborah Sampson Goes to War

    Bryna Stevens, Florence Hill

    Hardcover (Carolrhoda Books, June 1, 1984)
    A biography of the woman who served in the army during the Revolutionary War under the name Robert Shurtleff and who later lectured about her experiences.
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  • Danger at the Breaker

    Catherine A. Welch, Andrea Shine

    Library Binding (Carolrhoda Books, March 1, 1992)
    Because of family need, an eight-year-old coal miner's son in 1885 leaves school to work at the mines, where he learns about the dangers of a coal mine on his first day on the job
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