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  • The Gigantic Turnip

    Aleksei Tolstoy, Niamh Sharkey

    Hardcover (Barefoot Books, Feb. 1, 1999)
    This hilarious retelling of the classic Russian tale about a farmer whose turnip is impossible to pull from the ground uses simple vocabulary and is ideal for reading aloud. Its cumulative theme will soon have young readers gleefully joining in, and Irish artist Niamh Sharkey s wonderfully quirky illustrations will delight and fascinate all ages.
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  • One Moose, Twenty Mice

    Clare Beaton

    Paperback (Barefoot Books, March 1, 2000)
    Many first number books teach pre-school children how to count to ten. This energetic hide-and-seek book goes one step further, helping young readers to count a menagerie of brightly colored felt animals, from one moose to twenty mice. Children will love meeting ladybugs, monkeys, dolphins, and tigers, and there is the added challenge of finding the mischievous ginger cat hiding on every page.
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  • The Little Red Hen and the Ear of Wheat

    Mary Finch, Elizabeth Bell

    Hardcover (Barefoot Books, April 1, 1999)
    Little red hen asks her friends to help her plant, water, and harvest the grain of wheat she found, and they refuse, but they are more than eager to eat the bread she made from it.
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  • Norma No Friends

    Paula Metcalf

    Hardcover (Barefoot Books, May 1, 1999)
    Norma No Friends is very shy about her middle name and because of her timidness, she has no friends, but when she runs away to the top of a faraway hill, she hears a sobbing that changes her life completely.
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  • The Little Red Hen and the Ear of Wheat

    Mary Finch, Elisabeth Bell

    Paperback (Barefoot Books Ltd, July 31, 1999)
    The little red hen lives in the countryside in a small brown house, with a cock and a mouse for company. One day, the little hen decides to make some bread. She asks her friends for help, but they refuse. Can they learn to be more helpful?

  • Night Time Numbers: A Scary Counting Book

    Susan L. Roth

    Hardcover (Barefoot Books, Oct. 1, 1999)
    A child spots one monster, two dragons, and increasing numbers of other scary creatures while getting ready for bed
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  • One Moose, Twenty Mice

    Clare Beaton

    Hardcover (Barefoot Books, Feb. 1, 1999)
    While counting from one to twenty animals. young readers are asked to find the find the orange cat hiding in the felt applique illustrations
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  • The Golden Goose: The Brothers Grimm

    Uri Shulevitz

    Hardcover (Barefoot Books Ltd, Sept. 30, 1995)
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  • The Barefoot Book of Stories from the Opera

    Shahrukh Husain, James Mayhew

    Hardcover (Gardners Books, Aug. 31, 1999)
    The author's rewriting of opera stories from seven different composers combined with illustrations and a select discography, introduces to children some of the great operatic themes of the last 200 years.

  • Castles

    Emma Helbrough, Colin King, Adam Larcum

    Paperback (Usborne Pub Ltd, June 1, 2003)
    Describes the origins, main features, and destruction of medieval castles, and discusses the way of life of the people who lived in them, knighthood, and sieges.
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  • The Emperor Who Forgot His Birthday

    Jim Edmiston

    Hardcover (Barefoot Books, Sept. 1, 1999)
    An enchanting hide-and-seek story about a forgetful emperor who can't remember that it is his own birthday lets children find and count the letters, presents, and toys that are being brought to the palace for his special day.
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  • The Emperor Who Hated Yellow: A Hide-And-Seek Picture Book

    Jim Edmiston

    Hardcover (Barefoot Books, March 1, 1999)
    When his beloved yellow cat, Mustard, disappears, the emperor cannot bear to see anything that is yellow
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