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Hardcover : $16.00 Buy	Little Country Town Jandelyn Southwell and Kay Chorao Henry Holt and Co. The sights, sounds and smells of an idyllic country evening make this an ideal bed-time book. In a quiet country town, by a dusty little road, there's a...

Trade Paperback : $7.95 Buy	Louella Mae, She's Run Away! Karen Beaumont Alarcón; Illustrated by Rosanne Litzinger Henry Holt and Co. A playful story with a surprise ending! "Louella Mae, she's run away! Look in the cornfields! Look in the hay! Where, oh where, is Louella...

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Barn Dance!

Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault; Illustrated by Ted Rand Henry Holt and Co.

In an old farmhouse, bathed in the light of a full moon, a young boy creeps to his bedroom window and looks outside. Was that a voice he just heard, or the...

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Lassie Come-Home

Rosemary Wells and Susan Jeffers Square Fish

Eric Knight’s heartfelt tale of the noble collie Lassie, first published in 1938, receives a worthy new incarnation as a picture book in this splendid...

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Over the River

Sharelle Byars Moranville Henry Holt and Co.

A young girl comes to terms with the father she thought didn’t love her. “Your daddy isn’t a bad man,” Aunty Rose said. “He...

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Winnie Finn, Worm Farmer

Carol Brendler; Pictures by Ard Hoyt Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Winnie Finn is crazy about earthworms and knows everything about them. When spring arrives in Quincy County, all she can think about is the county fair coming...

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When Zachary Beaver Came to Town

Kimberly Willis Holt Square Fish

The red words painted on the trailer caused quite a buzz around town and before an hour was up, half of Antler was standing in line with two dollars clutched...

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Hardcover : $17.95 Buy	Country Kid, City Kid Julie Cummins, illustrated by Ted Rand Henry Holt and Co. Ben and Jody may be miles apart, but they are two of a kind. Ben is a country kid. He lives on a quiet farm, where he wakes to the peaceful sounds of cows...

Hardcover : $15.95 Buy	Little Farm by the Sea Kay Chorao; Illustrated by the Author Henry Holt and Co. The little farm by the sea is a bustling place, filled with animals to keep track of and visitors to attend to. All year-round Farmer Brown and his family are...

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The Name Quilt

Phyllis Root; Pictures by Margot Apple Farrar, Straus and Giroux

A family history in patches and stories Summer evenings at Grandma’s house always end just the way Sadie likes – with Grandma tucking her in with the name...

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Hardcover : $16.95 Buy	The Naked Lady Ian Wallace; Illustrated by the author Roaring Brook Press Ian Wallace is one of Canada's most honored picture book artists. His recent work includes Boy of the Deeps, Duncan's Way, and The True Story of Trapper Jack's...

Hardcover : $13.99 Buy	Carl's Summer Vacation Carl Alexandra Day; Illustrated by the author Farrar, Straus and Giroux Carl and Madeleine are supposed to be napping while Mom and Dad get the summer cabin ready for company, but this lovable canine and his charge have better...

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Hogwood Steps Out

A Good, Good Pig Story

by Howard Mansfield, illustrated by Barry Moser A Neal Porter Book

THE GOOD, GOOD PIG GETS HIS OWN PICTURE BOOK, PERFECT FOR YOUNG READERS. Christopher Hogwood is definitely a pig with personality! He’s bright, curious, and...

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Lassie Come-Home

Eric Knight; Illustrated by Marguerite Kirmse Square Fish

The quintessential boy and his dog story. A time-tested favorite.

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Clever Duck

Dick King-Smith, illustrated by Nick Bruel Roaring Brook Press

FEATHERS FLY when one smart duck decides to teach the farmyard know-it-alls a lesson. Damaris is a duck. Not the ordinary, silly, jumping-inpuddles kind of...

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Peter Peter Picks a Pumpkin House

Christine Graham; illustrated by Susan Boase Henry Holt and Co.

Peter Peter and Wanda love to watch their pumpkins grow fat in the field. Life is lovely, until the rains come and make their mud hut sad and soggy. When...

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Thimble Summer

Elizabeth Enright; Illustrated by the author Square Fish

A silver thimble and a new friend make a girl’s summer magical.

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Hardcover : $15.95 Buy	The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Kingfisher Classics Mark Twain; Claire Fletcher; Katherine Paterson Kingfisher Tom Sawyer has an eye for adventure and is always getting into scrapes with his friends and partners in crime, Huck Finn and Joe Harper. His escapades often...

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Never Cry "Arp!" and Other Great Adventures

Patrick F. McManus Henry Holt and Co.

America's best-selling outdoor humorist for adults has a secret following: middle-grade and young-adult readers. Never Cry "Arp!" is a lively collection of...

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Hardcover : $18.95 Buy	Understood Betsy Dorothy Canfield Fisher; Illustrated by Kimberly Bulcken Root; Introduction and afterword by Eden Ross Lipson Henry Holt and Co. For all of her nine years, fragile Elizabeth Ann has heard her Aunt Frances refer in whispers to her "horrid Putney cousins." But when her aunt can no longer...

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Coyote School News

Joan Sandin Henry Holt and Co.

A blending of rich Mexican and American cultural traditions "My name is Ramón Ernesto Ramírez, but everybody calls me Monchi. I live on a...

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Hardcover : $16.00 Buy	Stink Soup Jill Esbaum; Pictures by Roger Roth Farrar, Straus and Giroux A summer trip abounding in tomatoes and mischief Annabelle and her little brother, Willie, are spending the week at Granny's. Annabelle, who has promised to...

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Little Audrey

Ruth White Farrar, Straus and Giroux

“What else would you wish for?” Daddy says. “If you could have anything in the world, what would you wish for?” I shrug. “Oh, I don’t know. Maybe . . .”...

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Trade Paperback : $7.99 Buy	The Four-Story Mistake The Melendy Quartet (#2 of 4) Elizabeth Enright; Illustrated by the author Square Fish The second book in Elizabeth Enright's Melendy Quartet, in which the Melendys move from their New York City brownstone to the country.

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