New York: Scholastic Book Services, 1968 TX616 - Short tales from all corners of the earth. Twenty stories, including The Voice of the Bell, The Three Aunts, The Laughing Merman, The Magic Ring, The Magic Fife, The Haunted Forest, and so on. There is minor wear at the spine ends, but the book is somewhat brittle. 160 pages, no marks or tears, but the pages are tanned with age. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.... more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Grosset & Dunlap, 1998 Very Good, Paperback, pushed/warped, 211 pages . Paperback. Very Good. ... more information

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Boston, MA: Little Brown and Company, 1975 A Weekly Reader book. A young girl learns that winning and getting along with people are often more than a matter of luck. The binding has wear at the corners and slight edge wear at the bottom.135 pages, slightly yellowed but no marks or tears noted. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.... more information

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Racine, WI: Western Publishing Company, 1975 1928;1956 c.; 1975 illustrations."B" A Golden Tell-a-Tale book, which is for preschoolers just ready to read. Owl's house is blown down in a storm and Eeyore promises to find him a new one. He does, but unfortunately it is already occupied by another one of the Thousand Acres inhabitants! Top corners and spine ends have very light wear. The price is blacked out. Pages are fine, no marks, no wear. The endpapers are decorated.... more information

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New York: Random House, 1966 This is a Random House picture book with glossy boards. There are three stories included: The Emperor's New Clothes, The Valiant Little Tailor, and Rapunzel. All stories are illustrated in color and black & white. The binding is worn at the corners on the front, with minor wear on the back. The spine bottom is worn and pushed in a bit, and there is one scratch on the laminated cover. Unpaginated, oversized book. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.... more information

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New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1964 A Weekly Reader Club book. The story is written in first person as a young boy about eight or nine. They live in Canada on a small dairy farm. Most of all Bebert wants an accordian for Christmas, and writes a letter to Santa asking for one. The binding is worn at the corners and lightly worn along the edges. The spine ends are worn; there is a tear in the spine side and a two small tears on the vertical edge. The cover is bright. 116 pages, no marks or tears. On ... more information

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Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.: Univ of Hawaii Pr, 1993 The twenty stories that comprise this collection reflect some of the ethnic diversity of China. Through a cast of familiar animals we get a glimpse of the cultures from which the stories emanate, and we see that the world is interconnected and the planet quite small. The tales show that our similarities are much greater than our differences. Besides their literary value, these tales convey moral instruction. The second part of the book gives background infor... more information

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New York: Union of American Hebrew Congregations, 1968 This is a book that was written to help Jewish children understand their heritage and their religion in a fun way. This book focuses mostly on customs and holidays. 19 short short stories are included. They are: Let's Make Up, Building a Suko, The Dreidel That Ran Away, A Visit to Ain Hashofet, The Shalach Monos Plate, Lag Bo-omer in Meron, Brotherly Love, Purim in Israel, Fighting the Elephants, A Yom Kippur Surprise, and 9 more. The corners have v... more information

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New York: Harper & Row. Very Good in Very Good dust wrapper. 1987. First US Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0060157550. 180 pages; Edges dusty, front board slightly flared; dust wrapper rubbed. ; Basis for movie of the same name. . Catalogs: Short Stories. Keywords: Movie, Fiction. ... more information

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New York: Harper & Row, 1972 Papa, we are all in bed now," said the boys. "Please tell us a tale." "I wil do better than that," said Papa. "I will tell you seven tales - one for each of you - if you promise to go right to sleep when I am done." "Oh yes, we will," said the boys. So seven tales are included in this wonderfully-illustrated I Can Read Book. The print is large with simple words for beginning readers. 64 pages with a pictorial cover. The corners an... more information

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Hammersmith, London: HarperCollins Publishers Canada, Limited, 2001 Little Grey Rabbit lives with Squirrel and Hare in a little house on the edge of a wood. Not far away lives Rat, whose days are quite miserable since Squirrel tied a big knot in his tail to teach him a lesson. Now Rat can't thieve or hunt without his tail clumping behind him and giving him away. Then something quite out of the ordinary happens - and no one is more surprised than Rat! The end papers are decorated and the illustrations ar... more information

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Delacorte Press, 1997 For ages 10 and older. Protective cover over dust jacket. Bar code sticker on back of last page, otherwise fine. No marks. Four stories: The Spring, Touch and Go, Checkers, and The Lion Tamer's Daughter. 298 pages, no marks or tears.... more information

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Chicago, IL: M. A. Donohue & Company Illustrated by Myrtle I. Sheldon. Book is quite old but has no date. HB, no DJ. Lightly worn on edges, some discoloration on front. Spine discolored on inside front; pp. 8-9 damaged on top but readable. Pages somewhat age-yellowed. Includes other stories - The Invisible Prince, Prince Cherry, the Prince with the Nose, The Frog-Prince, Clever Alice. 222 pages. Green cover with black lettering and black starburst on front; spine decorated.... more information

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Palmer Lake: The Filter Press, 1997. Reprint of 1944 BIA original, Filter Press:1977. Illus. by Kabotie. Wrappers. Dual text/English & Hopi. . Reprint. Stapled Wrappers. Very Good. Illus. by Kabotie, Fred. Oblong 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ... more information

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New York: Derrydale Books, 1992. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter. Fine/No Jacket. ISBN: 0-517-07246-7. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Reprint. 235 pp. Fifth printing thus. Keywords: Fiction - Children's. ... more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Joanna Cotler Books, 2005 For ages 10 and up. Forty-three stories feature such characters as guardian angels who run away from their charges, witches who use the Internet to stalk their victims, and pandas who work as assassins. All is written with a healthy dose of humor. Even the binding is goofy - it's upside down and backwards! 183 pages. Some stories are as short as two to five pages, a few as long as nine pages. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.... more information

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Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.: Univ of Hawaii Pr, 1997 South of the clouds, in the land of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, dwell the descendants of a once pastoral people, the Nakhi. Today there are still Nakhi who follow their ancient traditions, and Nakhi folktales reflect their beliefs. In the legends presented here we discover why the Sun - hot-tempered and impetuous, is unpleasant to look at, while the graceful Moon attracts us with her silvery light; why the azalea, for all her beauty, lives the shortest an... more information

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La Jolla, CA: A Star & Elephant Book; Green Tiger Pr, 1982 Every year this publisher receives thousands of manuscripts and illustrations from writers and artists hoping to have them published. Although most cannot be used, a few they make into books. Others deserving manuscripts are too small to make into a book. These excellent short writings have been gathered into this Caravan. The publisher has added drawings, games and puzzles from Saint Nicholas (1873 - 1939), the greatest of children's magazi... more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Delacorte Pr, 1998. New, hc, no DJ, 35pp. . Hard Cover. New/no Dust Jacket. Illus. by Matje, Martin [illustrator]. ... more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Random House, Incorporated, 1996 From the author of 'Anne of Green Gables' comes this beautiful novel. Sara Stanley, "The Story Girl" weaves her stories about friendship, life, and love, while illuminating the lives and traditions of the people on Prince Edward Island. 231 pages, no marks or tears. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.... more information

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