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Books in Viking Kestrel Picture Books series

  • The Frog Prince, Continued

    Jon Scieszka, Steve Johnson

    Hardcover (Viking Juvenile, May 1, 1991)
    After the frog turns into a prince, he and the Princess do not live happily ever after and the Prince decides to look for a witch to help him remedy the situation.
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  • Shapes

    Gwenda Turner

    Hardcover (Viking Juvenile, Sept. 1, 1991)
    Text and die-cut pages introduce six shapes, from triangle to star.
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  • Teddy Bear's Picnic Cookbook

    Abigail Darling, Alexandra Day

    Hardcover (Viking Juvenile, March 1, 1991)
    Here is a book chock full of delicious ideas. There are "theme" picnics for everything from a rainy day to a birthday, and easy, helpful hints make preparing for the picnic as much fun as having it. Full-color illustrations.
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  • Slinky Malinki

    Lynley Dodd

    Board book (Gardners Books, June 30, 2002)
    None
    K
  • School Days

    B.G. Hennessy, Tracey Campbell Pearson

    Hardcover (Viking Juvenile, Sept. 15, 1990)
    Rhyming text and illustrations describe the familiar faces and objects of a day at school.
    J
  • Like Butter on Pancakes

    Jonathan London, G. Brian Karas

    Hardcover (Viking Juvenile, March 1, 1995)
    A celebration of the simple pleasures of a normal day of living in the country begins with waking up, moves through a typical day, and ends with the night's dreams, all captured in a poetic text and mixed-media illustrations.
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  • The Missing Tarts

    B. G. Hennessy, Tracey Campbell Pearson

    Hardcover (Viking Juvenile, March 1, 1989)
    When the Queen of Hearts discovers that her strawberry tarts have been stolen, she enlists the help of many popular nursery rhyme characters in order to find them.
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  • Maths Curse

    Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith

    Hardcover (Viking Children's Books, Oct. 26, 1995)
    This is the story of a typical child's day with every action related to a mathematical problem or joke. Every lesson at school throws up mathematical puzzles and all the answers are there to find. By the next morning the child has broken the maths curse and can face any problem.
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  • Hector's New Sneakers

    A. Vesey

    Hardcover (Viking Juvenile, May 1, 1993)
    Although he had wanted the same shoes that all the other crocodiles were wearing, Hector learns to be happy with his birthday present.
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  • Half Wild and Half Child

    Lizi Boyd

    Hardcover (Viking Juvenile, March 2, 1989)
    Maddie and Nick, refusing to listen to their parents' requests for them to behave, fall under a spell and become half-wild creatures until they are able to recall how nice it was to be good.
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  • The Man Whose Mother Was a Pirate

    Margaret Mahy

    Hardcover (Viking Books for Young Readers, May 1, 1986)
    When a man accompanies his pirate mother to the sea for the first time, everyone tells him it will not be as wonderful as his mother describes
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  • Henry's Busy Day

    Rod Campbell

    Hardcover (Viking Juvenile, Sept. 28, 1984)
    A mischievous puppy named Henry has a very busy day doing everything he likes and never staying still.
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