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Sequel to the Newbery Honor Book! In this second installment in beloved author Tomie dePaola's autobiographical 26 Fairmount Avenue series, young Tomie and his family are setting into their new house. Charming and lively, with dePaola's trademark illustrations, this is a wonderful addition to the series.
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- 0439305799
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- 67 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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Nana upstairs & Nana downstairs
Tommy is four years old, and he loves visiting the home of his grandmother, Nana Downstairs, and his great-grandmother, Nana Upstairs. But one day Tommy's mother tells him Nana Upstairs won't be there anymore, and Tommy must struggle with saying good-bye to someone he loves. Updated with new, full-color illustrations, this classic story will continue to win the hearts of readers of all ages."Ch…
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- 0698118367
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
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- F66
The cloud book
Tomie dePaola--best-selling author of Strega Nona, Quiet, and many others--knows a lot about clouds. He also knows a lot about what people think of them. Some people see animals and pictures in clouds. The ancient Greeks believed that Hermes, the messenger of the gods, once stole the sun's cattle, which were clouds. In this unique picture book, Tomie introduces some of the most common typ…
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- 059008531X
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- 30 pages : illustration ; 21 cm
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- 551.5 DEP
26 Fairmount Avenue
Tomie's family starts building their new house at 26 Fairmount Avenue in 1938, just as a hurricane hits town, starting off a busy, crazy year. Tomie has many adventures all his own, including eating chocolate with his Nana Upstairs, only to find out--the hard way--that they have eaten chocolate laxative. He tries to skip kindergarten when he finds out he won't learn to read until first grade. "…
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- 0439173159
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- 56 pages : illustration ; 21 cm
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- 928 DEP
The knight and the dragon
What happens when a sheepish knight and a not-so-fierce dragon fight for the very first time? Well, it?s no ordinary battle since the knight has to go to the castle library to learn about dragon-fighting and the dragon must dig through his ancestor?s things to find out how to fight a knight!?Spontaneity of line and feeling are backed by zesty colors and a jovial, tongue-in-cheek tone to which c…
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- 9780698116238
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 20 cm
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Big Anthony and the magic ring
In this sequel to Caldecott Honor winner Strega Nona, “Big Anthony romps through a case of spring fever with an ill-gotten magic ring, against the architectural background and blue skies of la bella Italia.”
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- 0156119072
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
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The art lesson
Tommy knows he wants to be an artist when he grows up. He can't wait to get to school and have real art lessons. When Tommy gets to school and finds out that the art lessons are full of "rules", he is surprised and dismayed. How the wise art teacher finds a way to give Tommy the freedom to create and stay within the "rules" makes a wonderfully perceptive picture book about growing up and keepin…
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- 0590367951
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
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Jingle, the Christmas clown
The village couldn't afford the traditional Christmas-eve circus performance one year, but Jingle and his baby animals came up with a show no one will ever forget. "The Italian setting dePaola depicts so beautifully takes on a special glow in this holiday story that shines with the spirit of giving....A celebration for young and old alike." -- "Booklist" (starred review) "The magic of Christmas…
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- 9780868969824
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- 40 pages : illustration ; 30 cm
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"Charlie needs a cloak"
A shepherd shears his sheep, cards and spins the wool, weaves and dyes the cloth, and sews a beautiful new red cloak.
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- 9780671664671
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 21 cm
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- 646.4 DEP
Adelita : a Mexican Cinderella story
Hace mucho tiempo?a long time ago?there lived a beautiful young woman named Adelita. So begins the age-old tale of a kind-hearted young woman, her jealous stepmother, two hateful stepsisters, and a young man in search of a wife. The young man, Javier, falls madly in love with beautiful Adelita, but she disappears from his fiesta at midnight, leaving him with only one clue to her hidden identity…
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- 051488006992
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- 33 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
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- F06
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