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Books in Nancy Carlson's Neighborhood series

  • My Best Friend Moved Away

    Nancy Carlson

    Paperback (Carolrhoda Books ®, Jan. 1, 2012)
    From building forts to sharing secrets to sitting together on the bus, best friends do everything together. So what do you do when your best friend moves away? Will you ever have fun again? Or will you be bored and lonely for the rest of your life? Perfect for coping with those best-friend-moved-away-blues, Nancy Carlson's wise and heartfelt story eases the pain of saying goodbye, while reassuring young readers that they can make new friends even as they keep the old ones close to heart.
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  • Louanne Pig in the Perfect Family

    Nancy L. Carlson

    Hardcover (Carolrhoda Books, July 1, 1985)
    Louanne thinks she wants to be part of a big family until she spends a weekend with her friend George and his five sisters and four brothers.
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  • Louanne Pig in Witch Lady

    Nancy L. Carlson

    Hardcover (Carolrhoda Books, July 1, 2006)
    Louanne Pig is befriended by the old woman she always believed to be a witch.
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  • Harriet and the Roller Coaster

    Nancy L. Carlson

    Hardcover (Carolrhoda Books, Sept. 1, 2003)
    Harriet accepts her friend George's challenge to ride the frightening roller coaster and finds out that she is the brave one.
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  • Henry's Show and Tell

    Nancy Carlson

    Paperback (Carolrhoda Books ®, Jan. 1, 2012)
    Henry likes kindergarten. He gets to paint pictures, sing songs, and learn his letters and numbers. But there's one thing Henry doesn't like: show and tell! His legs get all shaky and he's too shy to speak. Just in time, Henry's kind teacher, Ms. Bradley, comes to the rescue with a great plan for helping him overcome his fears.
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  • The Talent Show

    Nancy L. Carlson

    Paperback (Carolrhoda Books, Sept. 1, 1985)
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  • Louanne Pig in Witch Lady

    Nancy Carlson

    Paperback (Carolrhoda Books ®, Aug. 1, 2006)
    Louanne trips and sprains her ankle as she and her friends cut through the yard of the spooky house on the top of the hill. Suddenly the witch lady appears and yells, "Scat!" Harriet, George, and Arnie run for their lives. But Louanne is caught! Does the witch lady put kids in cages to fatten them up? Or is Louanne's imagination running wild? Readers will chuckle as Louanne discovers what the witch lady is REALLY like.
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  • Loudmouth George and the Big Race

    Nancy L. Carlson

    Paperback (Carolrhoda Books, May 15, 1999)
    Book by Carlson, Nancy L.
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  • Louanne Pig in the Perfect Family

    Nancy L. Carlson

    Paperback (First Avenue Editions, Oct. 6, 1994)
    Glossy pictorial paperback. 1985. 8.00 x 6.40 x 0.10 FOR ALL AGE FANNY STORY.M3 We ship daily
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  • What If It Never Stops Raining?

    Nancy Carlson

    Paperback (Carolrhoda Books ®, Jan. 1, 2012)
    Tim is always worrying about something, but things never turn out as badly as he thinks they will.
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  • It's Going to Be Perfect!

    Nancy Carlson

    Paperback (Carolrhoda Books ®, Jan. 1, 2012)
    There's something for every parent and child to enjoy in this delightfully fresh picture book that takes playful aim at the art of parenting―and all the hopeful, nail-biting expectations that go with it. What's a parent to think when raising a child doesn't happen quite the way it's expected to?
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  • Snowden

    Nancy Carlson

    Paperback (Carolrhoda Books ®, Jan. 1, 2012)
    Kelly can't ice skate. To make matters worse, the neighborhood kids tease her about it. BUt when Kelly hangs a special pair of ice skates around an ordinary snowman, things suddenly start to look a little brighter. Magic and skating go hand in hand in this lively tale about a very special friendship.
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