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Another illustrated collection of primarily traditional or anonymous verses, most of which are humorous and easily memorized.
Another illustrated collection of primarily traditional and anonymous verses, in such categories as "Wordplay," "Food," "Impossible Doings," and "Bad Kids."
69) Beyond the ridge
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At her death an elderly Plains Indian woman experiences the afterlife believed in by her people, while the surviving family members prepare her body according to their custom.
71) Aesop's fables
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A collection of the brief animal tales with specific morals which are attributed to a wise Greek slave. Includes The Fox and the Grapes, The Crow and the Pitcher, The Dog in the Manger, and The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf, among many others.
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In this retelling of an old Scottish ballad, a Scottish lass, on the Halloween after her sixteenth birthday, reclaims her family home which has been held for years by the fairies, and at the same time effects the release of Tam Lin, a human held captive by the Queen of the Fey.
73) The wave
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Biblioteca bibliografica italica volume 26, 28
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There seems no way to save four hundred villagers from imminent and unsuspecting death; then the wise old man high on the mountain knows what he must do.
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Presents an illustrated version of the simpleton's misadventures. Hidden in the story are characters from sixteen nursery rhymes. Conover embellishes the story of Simple Simon, who met a pieman going to the fair, with a festival of distractions. It is almost impossible to follow the rhyming story from beginning to end, as a caravan of animals-storybook characters-descends on the fair by foot, camel, and ship. Many small subplots are hatched, and readers...
80) But no candy
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While her Uncle Ted is off fighting in World War II, Lee watches the candy gradually disappear from the shelves of her family's store and realizes that her entire world has changed.
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