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Books in Concept Books/Level 2 series

  • Words in Our Hands

    Ada B. Litchfield, Helen Cogancherry

    Hardcover (Albert Whitman & Co, Aug. 1, 1980)
    Nine-year-old Harold attends a performance of the Theater of the Deaf and explains the bonuses and burdens of life with his deaf parents
    Z+
  • Nobody's Perfect: Not Even My Mother

    Norma Simon, Dora Leder

    Hardcover (Albert Whitman & Co, July 1, 1981)
    A young child learns that nobody's perfect, yet people can be wonderful just the same.
    L
  • Grandma's Wheelchair

    Lorraine Henriod, Christa Chevalier

    Library Binding (Albert Whitman & Co, Feb. 1, 1982)
    Four-year old Thomas spends his mornings helping his grandmother who is in a wheelchair.
    M
  • You Were Born on Your Very First Birthday

    Linda Walvoord Girard, Linda Walvoord, Christa Kieffer

    Library Binding (Albert Whitman & Co, Jan. 1, 1983)
    Describes the life of a tiny baby in his safe, warm, floating place during the nine months before he is born.
    M
  • Who's Afraid of the Dark

    Muriel Stanek, Helen Cogancherry

    Library Binding (Albert Whitman & Co, Nov. 1, 1980)
    Kenny knows that there are no monsters waiting in dark rooms for him, but he is still afraid of the dark until the rest of the family tries to help him overcome his fear
    S
  • The Best Mom in the World

    Judy Delton, Elaine Knox-Wagner, John Frink Faulkner

    Library Binding (Albert Whitman & Co, July 1, 1979)
    A youngster feels angry and betrayed when his doting mother begins asking him to do things for himself.
    O
  • My Brother Is Afraid of Just About Everything

    Lois Osborn, Jennie Williams

    Library Binding (Albert Whitman & Co, May 1, 1982)
    A boy discovers that everybody is afraid of something, when the large dog that frightened him is embraced by his little scaredy-cat brother
    L
  • My Dad Is Really Something

    Lois Osborn, Rodney Pate

    Library Binding (Albert Whitman & Co, Sept. 1, 1983)
    When Harry George discovers that Ron's father--whom Ron has described proudly as a war hero and jet pilot--is really dead, he comes to realize that a fantasy father serves some real needs for his friend
    D
  • The Oldest Kid

    Elaine Knox-Wagner, Gail Owens

    Library Binding (Albert Whitman & Co, )
    None
    K
  • My Little Foster Sister

    Muriel Stanek, Judith Cheng

    Library Binding (Albert Whitman & Co, Jan. 1, 1982)
    An only child first rejects and then grows to accept and love her foster sister.
    M
  • My Friends Live in Many Places

    Dorka Raynor

    Library Binding (Albert Whitman & Co, July 1, 1980)
    Photographs record the activities of children in many different countries.
  • My Mother Lost Her Job Today

    Judy Delton, Irene Trivas

    Library Binding (Albert Whitman & Co, Oct. 1, 1980)
    When a little girl's mother loses her job, the girl worries that there will be no more Christmas or birthday celebrations and asks her mother if she can quit school to work
    O