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Books in Dial easy-to-read series

  • Mummy Riddles

    Katy Hall, Lisa Eisenberg, Nicole Rubel

    Hardcover (Dial, Sept. 1, 1997)
    Beginning and reluctant young readers will thoroughly enjoy a collection of forty-two easy-to-read and fun-to-share riddles about mummies, accompanied by lively, goofy illustrations.
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  • The Horrible Holidays

    Audrey Wood

    Library Binding (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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  • Lionel at Large

    Stephen Krensky

    Hardcover (Dial, April 14, 1986)
    Lionel faces such ordeals as having to eat green beans, going to the doctor, and looking for the snake his sister lost in his room.
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  • One Saturday Morning

    Barbara Baker, Kate Duke

    Hardcover (Dutton Juvenile, Oct. 1, 1994)
    The author of Staying with Grandmother presents an easy-to-read chapter book about loving family of boisterous bears as they prepare for a busy Saturday together.
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  • Quick Chick: 2

    Julia Hoban, Lillian Hoban

    Hardcover (Dutton Juvenile, March 21, 1989)
    Although he seems much slower than the other chicks, Jenny Hen's youngest chick finally earns his name--Quick Chick.
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  • Sheepish Riddles

    Katy Hall, Lisa Eisenberg

    Hardcover (Dial, April 1, 1996)
    Provides silly jokes, riddles, and puns that focus on everyone's favorite woolly friends and include such side-ticklers as "What is a sheep's favorite tale? Ali Baaa Baaa and the 40 thieves!"
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  • 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
  • Little Vampire and the Midnight Bear

    Mary DeBall Kwitz

    Hardcover (Dial, Sept. 1, 1995)
    Disappointed that he did not get any good presents for his birthday, Little Vampire then gets a chance to save the day when the creepy Midnight Bear creeps into Baby Vampira's playpen. Reading Level 2.3.
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  • Sue Patch and the Crazy Clocks

    Ann Tompert

    Library Binding (Dial Books, Oct. 31, 1989)
    Book by Tompert, Ann
  • Oliver, Amanda, and Grandmother Pig

    Jean Van Leeuwen, Ann Schweninger

    Hardcover (Dial, Oct. 30, 1987)
    When Grandmother Pig comes for a visit, Oliver and Amanda learn just how much fun it is to have a grandmother in the house
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  • Swamp Monsters

    Mary Blount Christian, Marc Brown

    Paperback (Puffin, March 28, 1983)
    A duo of young swamp monsters who are convinced that children are make-believe find themselves in a school with real children and a substitute teacher.
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  • Oliver and Amanda and the Big Snow

    Jean Van Leeuwen, Ann Schweninger

    Hardcover (Dial, Nov. 1, 1995)
    Oliver Pig and his sister Amanda enjoy all of the thrills of a beautiful snowy winter in a delightful and profusely illustrated collection of four fun-filled and surprising tales for beginning readers.
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