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Books in Greenwillow Read-Alone series

  • The White Stallion

    Ms. Elizabeth C. Shub, Rachel Isadora

    Hardcover (Greenwillow Books, Sept. 1, 1982)
    On their way across Texas in a Conestoga wagon, Gretchen falls asleep, and when she awakens, she is in the middle of a band of wild horses. "Isadora's drawings are among the most splendid she has created in her illustrious career."--Publishers Weekly
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  • The big hello

    Janet Schulman

    Hardcover (Greenwillow Books, Jan. 1, 1976)
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  • Water: What It Is, What It Does

    Judith S. Seixas, Tom Huffman

    Hardcover (Greenwillow, Sept. 1, 1987)
    A simple introduction to water, describing its properties, uses, and interaction with people and the environment. Includes five basic experiments
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  • Old Turtles Baseball Stories

    Leonard Kessler

    Hardcover (William Morrow & Co, March 1, 1982)
    Old Turtle narrates stories about such great baseball players as Randy Squirrel, Cleo Octopus, Melvin Moose, and Carlo Kangaroo
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  • How the forest grew

    William Jaspersohn

    Hardcover (Greenwillow Books, Aug. 16, 1980)
    This book could be about any forest because most forests grow the same way. First, the land is open and green. Then, the changes begin."Careful explanation, an elegant, reverent style, and beautiful illustrations highlight this chronology of a forest's growth." -- Booklist.
  • Truck and Loader

    Helen R. Haddad, Donald Carrick

    Library Binding (William Morrow & Co, March 1, 1982)
    Discusses the many uses of dump trucks and front-end loaders and shows how they work together as a team in the construction of roads and ponds
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  • The crow and Mrs. Gaddy

    Wilson Gage

    Hardcover (Greenwillow Books, March 15, 1984)
    A crow and a farmer spend all their time playing tricks on each other and get nothing else done.
  • Pretzels

    Arthur Dorros

    Hardcover (William Morrow & Co, Oct. 1, 1981)
    Includes three episodes about the ship "Bungle" and its crew: "How Pretzels Were Invented," "The Jungle," and "A New Land."
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  • It's Thanksgiving

    Jack Prelutsky, Marylin Hafner

    Library Binding (Greenwillow, March 1, 1982)
    Here are Thanksgiving poems that are good every day of hte year!Twelve sprightly poems about Thanksgiving, including "When Daddy Carves the Turkey," "I Ate Too Much," and "If Turkeys Thought." A "delightful collection...that everyone can relate to."--Childhood Education.
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  • Its Thanksgiving

    Jack Prelutsky, Marylin Hafner

    Hardcover (William Morrow & Co, March 1, 1982)
    Contains a dozen humorous Thanksgiving poems which cover subjects including the Macy Parade, the school pageant, the Super Bowl, and turkey
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  • It's Not My Fault

    Franz Brandenberg, Aliki

    Hardcover (William Morrow & Co, March 1, 1980)
    Mother and Father Fieldmouse and their children have disagreements all day, and no one wants to take the blame for the continual quarreling
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  • The Tale of Thomas Mead

    Pat Hutchins

    Hardcover (William Morrow & Co, Oct. 1, 1980)
    Thomas refuses to learn to read and gets into trouble when he fails to read signs like "Exit," "Danger," and "Ladies."
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