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Books in Henry Holt Big Books series

  • In the Tall, Tall Grass

    Denise Fleming

    Paperback (Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), Oct. 15, 1993)
    If you were a fuzzy caterpillar crawling through the tall, tall grass on a sunny afternoon, what would you see?To find out, just follow the tiny tour guide as he inches his way through the pages of this book. You'll see ants and bees and birds--hip-hopping bunnies too. You'll even hear the sounds some of them make.Crunch, munch,caterpillars lunch...Crack, snap, wings flap...Beginning as the sun is high in the sky and ending as fireflies blink and the moon rises above, this backyard tour is one no child will want to miss.Denise Fleming's In the Tall, Tall Grass has been named:1992 Boston Globe - Horn Book Award Honor Book for Picture BooksAn ALA Notable BookA School Library Journal Best BookAn American Bookseller Pick of the ListsA Booklist Editors' Choice
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  • Tikki Tikki Tembo

    Arlene Mosel, Blair Lent

    Paperback (Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), Nov. 15, 1992)
    Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo!Three decades and more than one million copies later children still love hearing about the boy with the long name who fell down the well. Arlene Mosel and Blair Lent's classic re-creation of an ancient Chinese folktale has hooked legions of children, teachers, and parents, who return, generation after generation, to learn about the danger of having such an honorable name as Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo.
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  • Knots on a Counting Rope

    John Archambault, Ted Rand, Bill Martin Jr.

    Paperback (Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), Oct. 15, 1993)
    In this poignant story, the counting rope is a metaphor for the passage of time and for a boy’s emerging confidence in facing his blindness.
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