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Books in Windy Edge series

  • Bumper To Bumper

    Jakki Wood

    Paperback (Lincoln Children's Books, Aug. 10, 1998)
    Where do you find a sports car, a horsebox, a caravan, and a cement mixer -- more than 30 vehicles -- all together? Where else but bumper to bumper in a traffic jam? This book features pictures of vehicles which children can learn to spot and name. Jakki Wood is also the author of the popular book, Animal Parade.
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  • 15 Ways to Go to Bed

    Kathy Henderson

    Paperback (Lincoln Children's Books, Oct. 10, 1989)
    A collection of poems and pictures that highlight the daily pantomimes of getting ready for bed. They range from Aunt Mary in her wildly frilly nightgown to Sarah covered with spots.
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  • Earth Story

    Eric Maddern, Leo Duff

    Paperback (Frances Lincoln Children's Books, June 10, 1998)
    The story of the origins of the Earth. Eric Maddern takes the reader on a journey from the enormous bang at the beginning of the universe, through to the very first forms of life on our planet.
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  • What Am I?

    Debbie MacKinnon, Anthea Sieveking

    Paperback (Lincoln Children's Books, March 10, 1999)
    A busy, bouncy group of toddlers take on a whole variety of roles, from firefighter to astronaut, and from doctor to clown.
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  • Elsie's War

    Frank Dabba Smith, Elsie Kuhn-Leitz, Henri Cartier-Bresson

    Hardcover (Lincoln Children's Books, Jan. 10, 2003)
    A follow-up to My Secret Camera, this photographic testimony for children is the inspiring story of Elsie Kuhn-Leitz, a member of the wealthy "Leica camera" family, who risked everything in order to help those who were being persecuted by the Nazis during World War II. The Gestapo found out about Elsie's activities, then she was torn from her children and imprisoned in dreadful conditions. The book tells a story of courage and self-sacrifice in a time of great adversity, illustrated with photographs from the Leica archives and from Elsie's own family collection.
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  • Enchanted Forest

    Rosalind Kerven, Alan Marks

    Paperback (Lincoln Children's Books, Oct. 10, 2000)
    Nobody goes inside the enchanted forest, until one day Janna, a wild sort of girl, squeezes under a fence and enters the eerie place. Beside a rose-clad, ruined well, she meets Tam Lin, whose grey eyes smolder with strange, secret mists -- and at once the two fall in love.
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  • Almost Famous Daisy

    David Kidd

    Paperback (Lincoln Children's Books, Feb. 10, 1997)
    This story introduces children to key works by Van Gogh, Monet, Chagall, Gauguin, and Jackson Pollock. When Daisy decides to enter a painting competition, she sets off around the world traveling in the footsteps of great artists in search of inspiration.
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  • Seven Ways to Catch the Moon

    M. P. Robertson, M.P. Robertson

    Paperback (Lincoln Children's Books, Oct. 10, 2000)
    This poetic picture book explores seven marvelous ways of catching the moon. Equipped with a butterfly net, a little girl tries hitching with a witch, riding on a dragon's back, and floating in a hot-air balloon, until finally the moon is discovered.
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  • Best of Friends!

    Shen Roddie, Sally Ann Lamb

    Paperback (Frances Lincoln Children's Bks, Feb. 10, 2004)
    Hippo and Pig are neighbors as well as great friends. Then, one day, Hippo decides to do a good deed for Pig, and cuts down the hedge between them so that they can see into each other's houses. Learn what happens in Best of Friends!.
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  • Mozart

    Catherine Brighton

    Paperback (Frances Lincoln Childrens Books, April 10, 2000)
    When the composer Mozart was a child he was known as the "miracle boy". Accompanied by his parents and his older sister, Nannerl, he traveled to Europe to perform concerts in the grandest places. Seen through the eyes of Nannerl, this is a story of achievement, excitement and hard work.
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  • In the Dark Dark Wood

    Jessica Souhami

    Hardcover (Lincoln Children's Books, Oct. 10, 2001)
    There's something really spooky in the dark, dark wood. Where is it hiding? What can it be? This lively re-telling of a traditional rhyme has vibrant illustrations, lift-up flaps revealing spooky creatures, and a special pop-up surprise at the end.
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  • Mouse and Apple

    Stephen J. Butler

    Paperback (Lincoln Children's Books, March 10, 1994)
    Mouse is sitting expectantly under a tree where a fine, ripe apple hangs. One by one hen, goose, goat, and cow come up to look at the apple, and each tries to make it fall. Their efforts fail and so they all go home, but mouse's patience is rewarded.
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