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After their first gingerbread disaster, the lonely old woman and the lonely old man gather their courage to bake again. They decide to make a girl this time, figuring she will be too sweet to leave home. But when they open the oven, it’s all too familiar: "I’ll run and I’ll run/With a leap and a twirl./You can’t catch me,/I’m the Gingerbread GIRL!" You see, this smart cookie overheard the old woman and man talking about that dastardly fox, and she has a plan. Will it work? Let’s just say that the ending is sweet for everyone....
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Joan is eager to surprise her little brother on a snowy day—until a surprise finds her! ...
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The rivalry between Zinnia and Dot--two plump, self-satisfied hens who bicker constantly over the superior quality of their eggs--rages until a weasel steals all but one of their eggs and the two must join forces to protect the survivor....
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Once upon a time, all the letters of the alphabet were together. But now they're lost! One showed up in the Bath. There was one under a Hat, another one on a Quilt, and even one in the Sandbox. Where are the rest? Readers will delight in finding out in this vibrant, charming introduction to the alphabet. "Inviting and stimulating." — Publishers Weekly ...
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Joan is eager to surprise her little brother on a snowy day—until a surprise finds her! ...
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Is it a meatball? A basketball? A pearl? As the round hole through the pages of this book grows larger, readers will come closer and closer to guessing the identity of the object that's round like a ball, hot and cold, every color, always moving, and home to us all. With a simple text and glorious collage artwork, Lisa Campbell Ernst offers a gentle tribute to our planet and a timely reminder that we all need to take care of it....
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When Sam Johnson inadvertently discovers how much fun sewing can be, he tries to join the Rosedale Women's Quilting Club. "Don't be silly," the club president says. "We can't have a man here bungling everything!" But Sam Johnson won't take no for an answer. He organizes a rival sewing circle -- and no women need apply....
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In turn-of-the-century Rosedale, a quilting farmer is an unacceptable oddity, so Sam Johnson challenges the women in the town to a blue-ribbon quilting contest to set matters right. Ernst is "an original and beguiling author."--Publishers Weekly...
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At every turn these letters are full of surprises. Imagine! What other things can you discover hiding in the alphabet?...
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A feisty, bike-riding heroine, her tractor-driving grandmother, and a wolf with a hankering for Grandma's award-winning wheat berry muffins -- this is not your grandmother's Little Red Riding Hood!...
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Ever since she snooped around the house of the three bears, Goldilocks (now Goldi) has been feeling guilty. She wants to do something nice for the bears. What if she stops by one day, replaces the icky porridge with Rutabega Breakfast Bars and all her favorite foods, fixes Baby Bear's broken chair, and cleans the house until it gleams? Perfect! When the bears return home, they'll hardly recognize their home! They'll LOVE it! (Or will they?)...
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It's Stella Louella's library due date, but aghast! She can't find the book anywhere. Almost everyone in town joins in on the frantic search, and the wild book chase begins. Full color....
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It's Stella Louella's library due date, but aghast! She can't find the book anywhere. Almost everyone in town joins in on the frantic search, and the wild book chase begins. Full color....
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