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Books in Dial easy-to-read series

  • Lionel's Birthday

    Stephen Krensky, Susanna Natti

    Hardcover (Dial, Sept. 29, 2003)
    Lionel counts down the days to his birthday party by making a time capsule and by letting his sister know what he wants for a present.
    K
  • Three Sisters

    Audrey Wood

    Hardcover (Dial Books, Oct. 30, 1986)
    A frolicsome trio of sisters twirl their way through three escapades involving speaking "French," dancing lessons, and their uncle's annoying cigars.
    L
  • Horrible Holidays

    Audrey Wood

    Hardcover (Dial Books, Oct. 30, 1988)
    Alf finds it hard to look forward to Christmas and New Year's after his bossy cousin Mert spoils his Thanksgiving, but Alf has a plan to turn the tables on her
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  • Why Do Horses Neigh?

    Joan Holub, Anna DiVito

    Hardcover (Dial, Jan. 27, 2003)
    Questions and answers present information about the behavior and characteristics of horses and their interactions with humans, in a fun, easy-to-read fact-filled book. Simultaneous.
    K
  • Bunny Riddles

    Lisa Eisenberg, Katy Hall

    Hardcover (Dial, Feb. 1, 1997)
    Forty-two riddles about rabbits including, "Do bunnies use combs? No, they use hare brushes"
    K
  • Stinky Riddles

    Katy Hall, Lisa Eisenberg

    Hardcover (Dial, Oct. 5, 2005)
    This latest installment in the highly popular series is filled with rib-tickling, stomach-grabbing jokes and puns about skunks that will leave readers sniffing for more.
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  • Sam's Wild West Show

    Nancy Antle, Simms Taback

    Hardcover (Dial, May 1, 1995)
    Right after Sam's Wild West Show puts on their rootin' tootin' performance, two mean, ugly outlaws ride into town, scaring everyone off the streets, except for Sam.
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  • Joey on His Own

    Schick

    Hardcover (Dial, Jan. 1, 1982)
    Joey goes shopping by himself for the first time when his mother sends him out to buy a loaf of bread.
  • Leo, Zack, and Emmie Together Again

    Amy Ehrlich, Steven Kellogg

    Hardcover (Dial, Oct. 30, 1987)
    A trio of friends spend the winter of their second grade making snowballs and Valentine cards, going to a Christmas party, and fighting a bout with chicken pox.
    K
  • Lionel in Winter

    Stephen Krensky

    Hardcover (Dial, Jan. 3, 1994)
    Winter is Lionel's favorite season, and while his sister, Louise, bundles up, he transforms himself into the adventurous Arctic dogsledder Lord Lionel Snowshoe. Reading Level, 1.9.
    K
  • Perrywinkle and the Book of Magic Spells

    Ross Martin Madsen, Dirk Zimmer

    Paperback (Puffin, April 30, 1988)
    A seven-year-old boy, with the help of his talking crow, learns to be a wizard like his father.
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  • Blue Sun Ben

    Jean Marzollo

    Library Binding (Dial Books, March 26, 1984)
    In a world of two suns, Ben, who is a boy during Red Sun and a chipmunk during Blue Sun, falls into the clutches of the Animal Singer, an evil man who changes people and animals into shapes to suit his own purposes.
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