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When the Sky Is Like Lace

Describes the strange and splendid things that can happen on a night when the sky is like lace, including a party where anyone who knows the secret rules can attend.

By Barbara Cooney (illustrator) and Elinor Horwitz Lander

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9780670059096 | Penguin USA, June 1, 2004, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: Describes the strange and splendid things that can happen on a bimulous night when the sky is like lace.

The Story of Holly and Ivy

Product Description: Ivy, Holly, and Mr. and Mrs. Jones each have one Christmas wish. Ivy, an orphan, wishes for a real home and sets out in search of the grandmother sheÃs sure she can find. Holly, a doll, wishes for a child to bring her to life. And the Joneses wish more than anything for a child to share their holiday...read more

By Barbara Cooney (illustrator) and Rumer Godden

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Paperback:

9780142416839, titled "The Story of Holly & Ivy" | Reprint edition (Puffin, October 14, 2010), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: Ivy, Holly, and Mr.

9780140507232 | Reprint edition (Viking Childrens Books, October 1, 1987), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: Orphaned Ivy finds her Christmas wish fulfilled with the help of a loney couple and a doll named Holly.

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9780670062195, titled "The Story of Holly & Ivy" | Viking Childrens Books, September 14, 2006, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: Orphaned Ivy finds her Christmas wish fulfilled with the help of a lonely couple and a doll named Holly.

9780670806225 | Viking Pr, October 1, 1985, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: Orphaned Ivy finds her Christmas wish fulfilled with the help of a lonely couple and a doll named Holly.

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9780606036573 | Demco Media, October 1, 1987, cover price $12.25 | About this edition: Orphaned Ivy finds her Christmas wish fulfilled with the help of a loney couple and a doll named Holly.

Miss Rumphius

By Barbara Cooney

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Paperback:

9780142413876 | Pap/com un edition (Puffin, May 28, 2009), cover price $9.99

9780140950267 | Pap/cas edition (Puffin, April 1, 1994), cover price $9.99 | About this edition: As a child Great-aunt Alice Rumphius resolved that when she grew up she would go to faraway places, live by the sea in her old age, and do something to make the world more beautiful--and she does all those things, the last being the most difficult of all.

9780140505399 | Reprint edition (Puffin, November 1, 1985), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: As a child Great-aunt Alice Rumphius resolved that when she grew up she would go to faraway places, live by the sea in her old age, and do something to make the world more beautiful--and she does all those things, the last being the most difficult of all.

School and Library:

9780670479580 | Viking Childrens Books, November 1, 1982, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: As a child Great-aunt Alice Rumphius resolved that when she grew up she would go to faraway places, live by the sea in her old age, and do something to make the world more beautiful--and she does all those things, the last being the most difficult of all.

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9780606003452 | Demco Media, November 1, 1985, cover price $15.81 | About this edition: As a child Great-aunt Alice Rumphius resolved that when she grew up she would go to faraway places, live by the sea in her old age, and do something to make the world more beautiful--and she does all those things, the last being the most difficult of all.

Prebinding:

9780808566557 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $18.40 | About this edition: As a child Great-aunt Alice Rumphius resolved that when she grew up she would go to faraway places, live by the sea in her old age, and do something to make the world more beautiful--and she does all those things, the last being the most difficult of all.

Kildee House

When Jerome Kildee, a solitary man, builds a home in a redwood forest in California, he takes in some skunks and raccoons, but as they begin to multiply, Kildee looks to two human neighbors for help

By Barbara Cooney (illustrator)

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Paperback:

9780802773883 | Reprint edition (Walker & Co, September 1, 1993), cover price $8.99 | About this edition: When Jerome Kildee, a solitary man, builds a home in a redwood forest in California, he takes in some skunks and raccoons, but as they begin to multiply, Kildee looks to two human neighbors for help

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9780606058995 | Demco Media, September 1, 1993, cover price $15.60 | About this edition: When Jerome Kildee, a solitary man, builds a home in a redwood forest in California, he takes in some skunks and raccoons, but as they begin to multiply, Kildee looks to two human neighbors for help

Prebinding:

9781435204249 | Paw Prints, June 28, 2007, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: When Jerome Kildee, a solitary man, builds a home in a redwood forest in California, he takes in some skunks and raccoons, but as they begin to multiply, Kildee looks to two human neighbors for help

9780785719489 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $18.40 | About this edition: When Jerome Kildee, a solitary man, builds a home in a redwood forest in California, he takes in some skunks and raccoons, but as they begin to multiply, Kildee looks to two human neighbors for help

How the Hibernators Came to Bethlehem

Waking up the Bear, Raccoon, and Ground Squirrel from hibernation, the star of Bethlehem shouts at them to follow it to a distant manger far away so they can be witness to a most miraculous event, the birth of Jesus Christ.

By Barbara Cooney (illustrator) and Norma Farber

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Hardcover:

9780802796103 | Walker & Co, October 17, 2006, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Many of the winter-sleeping animals, including Bear, Bat, Badger, and others, are awakened on a December night and led by a light to a manger in Bethlehem.

9780802783134 | Walker & Co, September 1, 1994, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: Many of the winter-sleeping animals, including Bear, Bat, Badger, and others, are awakened on a December night and led by a light to a manger in Bethlehem

9780802763525 | Walker & Co, September 1, 1980, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Many of the winter-sleeping animals, including Bear, Bat, Badger, and others, are awakened on a December night and led by a light to a manger in Bethlehem

Library:

9780802796110 | Walker & Co, October 17, 2006, cover price $10.85 | About this edition: Many of the winter-sleeping animals, including Bear, Bat, Badger, and others, are awakened on a December night and led by a light to a manger in Bethlehem.

The Kellyhorns

Pam and Penny Kellyhorn are eleven-year-old twins, one living with an aunt, the other with their father and cousin, in small towns in Maine and have just met, but it doesn't take them long to learn to be sisters as together they help bring an arsonist tojustice, and try to rekindle the romance between Aunt Ivory and Puppa.Eleven-year-old Pam and Penny Kellyhorn are twins who have just met, but it doesn't take them long to learn to be sisters as they try to rekindle the romance between Aunt Ivory and Puppa.

By Barbara Cooney

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Hardcover:

9780786815234 | Hyperion, March 1, 2002, cover price $4.99 | About this edition: Pam and Penny Kellyhorn are eleven-year-old twins, one living with an aunt, the other with their father and cousin, in small towns in Maine and have just met, but it doesn't take them long to learn to be sisters as together they help bring an arsonist tojustice, and try to rekindle the romance between Aunt Ivory and Puppa.

Paperback:

9780786815227 | Volo, June 1, 2001, cover price $1.99 | About this edition: Pam and Penny Kellyhorn are eleven-year-old twins, one living with an aunt, the other with their father and cousin, in small towns in Maine and have just met, but it doesn't take them long to learn to be sisters as together they help bring an arsonist tojustice, and try to rekindle the romance between Aunt Ivory and Puppa.

El Nino Espiritu: Una Historia De LA Natividad

A tale first published in 1984 and available for the first time in Spanish retells the story of the first Christmas in the terms Spanish missionaries used to tell the Aztecs about the birth of Jesus. An ALA Notable Children's Book. Simultaneous.

By Francisco Gonzalez Aramburu (trans), John Bierhorst (trans), Barbara Cooney (illustrator) and Bernardino De Sahagun

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Hardcover:

9781587170898 | Seastar Books, August 1, 2001, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: A Spanish translation of the Aztec version of the birth of Jesus Christ told in 1583.

Spirit Child: A Story of the Nativity

A tale first published in 1984 retells the story of the first Christmas in the terms Spanish missionaries used to tell the Aztecs about the birth of Jesus. An ALA Notable Children's Book. Simultaneous.

By Barbara Cooney (illustrator) and Bernardino De Sahagun

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Paperback:

9781587170881 | Seastar Books, August 1, 2001, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: An English translation of the Aztec version of the birth of Jesus Christ told in 1583.

El Nino Espiritu: Una Historia De LA Natividad

By Francisco Gonzalez Aramburu (trans), John Bierhorst, Barbara Cooney (illustrator), Francisco Gonalez Aramburu and Bernardino De Sahagun

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Paperback:

9781587170904 | Seastar Books, August 1, 2001, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: A Spanish translation of the Aztec version of the birth of Jesus Christ told in 1583.

Spirit Child: A Story of the Nativity

By John Bierhorst (trans), Barbara Cooney (illustrator) and Bernardino De Sahagun

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Hardcover:

9781587170874 | Seastar Books, August 1, 2001, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: An English translation of the Aztec version of the birth of Jesus Christ told in 1583.

Miss Rumphius and Island Boy

Product Description: Winners of numerous awards and honors since they were published, Island Boy and Miss Rumphius have become mainstays of children's bookshelves everywhere.

By Barbara Cooney and Tracy Lord (narrator)

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CD/Spoken Word:

9781883332662 | Unabridged edition (Audio Bookshelf, January 1, 2001), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Winners of numerous awards and honors since they were published, Island Boy and Miss Rumphius have become mainstays of children's bookshelves everywhere.

Eleanor, Hattie and the Wild Waves

In the tradition of her award-winning Emily, two-time Caldecott winner Barbara cooney presents a lively, moving portrait of one of our most beloved First Ladies. With meticulous research and clarity of vision, Cooney recreates the worlds that shaped the life of Eleanor Roosevelt, from the daunting grandeur of a 19th century ballroom to the simple humanity revealed at a Christmas dinner for the poor. Full color.

By Barbara Cooney

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CD/Spoken Word:

9781883332679, titled "Eleanor: Hattie & the Wild Waves" | Unabridged edition (Audio Bookshelf, January 1, 2001), cover price $15.95

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781883332310 | Audio Bookshelf, March 1, 1997, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: In the tradition of her award-winning Emily, two-time Caldecott winner Barbara cooney presents a lively, moving portrait of one of our most beloved First Ladies.

Tortillitas Para Mama: And Other Nursery Rhymes

Collects, illustrates, and provides English translations for the most popular Spanish nursery rhymes from the Spanish communities of the Americas

By Betsy L. Bucks, Barbara Cooney (illustrator), Sharon S. Gilbert, Margot Griego and Laurel H. Kimball

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9780808593294 | Bilingual edition (Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999), cover price $18.40 | About this edition: A collection of nursery rhymes, each in both English and Spanish, collected from the Spanish community in the Americas, many with instructions for accompanying finger plays or other activities.

Senorita Runfio/Miss Rumphius

As a child Great-aunt Alice Rumphius resolved that when she grew up she would go to faraway places, live by the sea in her old age, and do something to make the world more beautiful--and she does all those things, the last being the most difficult of all. Great-Aunt Alicia Runfio wants to do just what her grandfather did, travel the world and live by the sea, but she also must perform a very special task after she completes her journey

By Barbara Cooney

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9780613028370 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $18.40 | About this edition: As a child Great-aunt Alice Rumphius resolved that when she grew up she would go to faraway places, live by the sea in her old age, and do something to make the world more beautiful--and she does all those things, the last being the most difficult of all.

Story of Christmas

Product Description: A Time To CelebrateFor Christmas all over the world, Christmas is a special day, full of wonder. And while the story of Jesus' birth is at the heart of the celebration, the traditions surrounding it are varied and diverse.In this classic text, Barbra Cooney offers readers a retelling of the timeless Christmas story with a beautiful explanation of the origins of many cherished and beloved customs from around the world...read more

By Barbara Cooney

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9780613121569 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $13.35 | About this edition: A Time To CelebrateFor Christmas all over the world, Christmas is a special day, full of wonder.

Chanticleer and the Fox

A story about the proud rooster and the sly fox who try to outwit each other

By Barbara Cooney

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Hardcover:

9780690185614 | Harpercollins Childrens Books, June 1, 1958, cover price $18.99 | About this edition: A sly fox tries to outwit a proud rooster through the use of flattery.

Paperback:

9780064430876 | Harpercollins Childrens Books, February 1, 1989, cover price $7.99 | About this edition: A sly fox tries to outwit a proud rooster through the use of flattery.

Library:

9780690185621 | Harpercollins, June 1, 1961, cover price $17.89 | About this edition: A sly fox tries to outwit a proud rooster through the use of flattery.

Prebinding:

9780808531142 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $18.40 | About this edition: A sly fox tries to outwit a proud rooster through the use of flattery.

The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree

With her father called off to war, it is up to Ruthie and her Mama to fulfill Papa's promise--to give the town its traditional Christmas tree

By Barbara Cooney (illustrator) and Gloria Houston

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9780613011938 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $17.20 | About this edition: Ruthie and her mother wonder how they will fulfill their obligation of getting the perfect Christmas tree to the town for the holiday celebration, since Papa has left the Appalachian area to go to war.

Hattie and the Wild Waves

Young Hattie dreams of becoming an artist as she spends her childhood split between a New York mansion, a summer home on Far Rockaway beach, a Long Island estate, and a Brooklyn hotel

By Barbara Cooney

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9780670830565 | Viking Pr, October 1, 1990, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: A young girl from Brooklyn, New York, enjoys her summer at the beach where she can paint and listen to the wild waves

Prebinding:

9780785708278 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $17.20 | About this edition: A young girl from Brooklyn, New York, enjoys her summer at the beach where she can paint and listen to the wild waves.

Basket Moon

Disturbed by taunts of 'hillbilly' and 'bushwhacker' while selling homemade baskets on his first trip to the big city market, a young boy begins to question his heritage, his future, and his admiration for his father's craftmanship. 25,000 first printing.

By Barbara Cooney (illustrator) and Mary Lyn Ray

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9780316735216 | Little Brown & Co, September 1, 1999, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: After hearing some men call his father and him hillbillies on his first trip into the nearby town of Hudson, a young boy is not so sure he still wants to become a basket maker

Eleanor

Presents the childhood of Eleanor Roosevelt, who married a man who became president of the United States and became known as a great humanitarian.

By Barbara Cooney

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Paperback:

9780140555837 | Puffin, September 1, 1999, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: A retelling of Eleanor Roosevelt's childhood profiles her as an orphan, stifled by her extended family, whose natural charm and intelligence emerged in the hands of a kind headmistress at an English boarding school

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780788742293 | Unabridged edition (Recorded Books, June 1, 2000), cover price $11.00 | About this edition: In the tradition of her award-winning Emily, two-time Caldecott winner Barbara cooney presents a lively, moving portrait of one of our most beloved First Ladies.

School and Library:

9780670861590 | Viking Childrens Books, October 1, 1996, cover price $15.99 | About this edition: A retelling of Eleanor Roosevelt's childhood profiles her as an orphan, stifled by her extended family, whose natural charm and intelligence emerged in the hands of a kind headmistress at an English boarding school

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9780606172554 | Demco Media, September 1, 1999, cover price $15.85 | About this edition: A retelling of Eleanor Roosevelt's childhood profiles her as an orphan, stifled by her extended family, whose natural charm and intelligence emerged in the hands of a kind headmistress at an English boarding school

Prebinding:

9780785712947 | Turtleback Books, March 1, 2001, cover price $17.20 | About this edition: A retelling of Eleanor Roosevelt's childhood profiles her as an orphan, stifled by her extended family, whose natural charm and intelligence emerged in the hands of a kind headmistress at an English boarding school

The Remarkable Christmas of the Cobbler's Sons

A poor cobbler and his three sons worry about having food for their Christmas feast, until a playful goblin king pays them a visit

By Barbara Cooney (illustrator)

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9780670849222 | Penguin USA, October 1, 1994, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: A poor cobbler and his three sons worry about having food for their Christmas feast, until a playful goblin king pays them a visit

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9780606127974 | Reprint edition (Demco Media, October 1, 1997), cover price $13.53 | About this edition: A poor cobbler and his three sons worry about having food for their Christmas feast, until a playful goblin king pays them a visit

Senorita Runfio/Miss Rumphius

By Barbara Cooney

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9780606115445, titled "LA Senorita Runfio/Miss Rumphius" | Reprint edition (Demco Media, July 1, 1997), cover price $14.70 | also contains LA Senorita Runfio/Miss Rumphius | About this edition: As a child Great-aunt Alice Rumphius resolved that when she grew up she would go to faraway places, live by the sea in her old age, and do something to make the world more beautiful--and she does all those things, the last being the most difficult of all.

Only Opal: The Diary of a Young Girl

A lyrical adaptation of the writings of Opal Whiteley, a young girl growing up in the early twentieth century, describes Opal's love of nature and her life in an Oregon lumber camp at the turn of the century. Reprint. AB. K.

By Jane Boulton, Barbara Cooney (illustrator) and Opal Stanley Whiteley

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9780698115644 | Reprint edition (Puffin, June 1, 1997), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: A lyrical adaptation of the writings of Opal Whiteley, in which she describes her love of nature and her life in an Oregon lumber camp at the turn of the century.

The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree: An Appalachian Story

With her father called off to war, it is up to Ruthie and her Mama to fulfill Papa's promise--to give the town its traditional Christmas tree

By Barbara Cooney (illustrator) and Gloria Houston

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Paperback:

9780140558777 | Reprint edition (Puffin, October 1, 1996), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Ruthie and her mother wonder how they will fulfill their obligation of getting the perfect Christmas tree to the town for the holiday celebration, since Papa has left the Appalachian area to go to war.

School and Library:

9780803702998 | Dial Books for Young Readers, September 1, 1988, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: Ruthie and her mother wonder how they will fulfill their obligation of getting the perfect Christmas tree to the town for the holiday celebration, since Papa has left the Appalachian area to go to war.

Library:

9780803703001 | Dial Books for Young Readers, September 1, 1988, cover price $14.89 | About this edition: Ruthie and her mother wonder how they will fulfill their obligation of getting the perfect Christmas tree to the town for the holiday celebration, since Papa has left the Appalachian area to go to war.

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9780606103732 | Demco Media, October 1, 1996, cover price $15.85 | About this edition: Ruthie and her mother wonder how they will fulfill their obligation of getting the perfect Christmas tree to the town for the holiday celebration, since Papa has left the Appalachian area to go to war.

LA Senorita Runfio

Vowing to make the world a more beautiful place, a young girl grows up to become the Lupine Lady, in a story that follows the transitions and legacy of an artist.

By Barbara Cooney and Phoebe Ann Porter

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9780670868315 | Viking Childrens Books, March 1, 1996, cover price $15.99 | About this edition: As a child Great-aunt Alice Rumphius resolved that when she grew up she would go to faraway places, live by the sea in her old age, and do something to make the world more beautiful--and she does all those things, the last being the most difficult of all.

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