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Rabbit has a problem - someone is inside her house and won't let her in.
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9780803795501, titled "Who's in Rabbit's House?: A Masai Tale" | Dial Books for Young Readers, October 1, 1990, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Rabbit has a problem - someone is inside her house and won't let her in.
Paperback:
9780140547245, titled "Who's in Rabbit's House?: A Masai Tale" | Reissue edition (Puffin, October 1, 1990), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Rabbit has a problem--someone is inside her house and won't let her in.
Library:
9780803795518 | Reprint edition (Dial Books for Young Readers, October 1, 1990), cover price $14.89 | About this edition: Rabbit has a problem - someone is inside her house and won't let her in.
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9781439565438, titled "Who's in Rabbit's House?: A Masai Tale" | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, April 9, 2009), cover price $15.99
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9780606012805 | Demco Media, October 1, 1986, cover price $14.70 | also contains The Hundred Penny Box, The Hundred-penny Box | About this edition: Michael's love for his great-great-aunt who lives with them leads him to intercede with his mother, who wants to toss out all her old things.
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9781439516652, titled "The Hundred-penny Box" | Reissue edition (Paw Prints, August 11, 2008), cover price $16.99 | also contains The Hundred-penny Box | About this edition: Michael loves his great-great-aunt Dew, even if she can't always remember his name.
9781417768400 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 2006, cover price $18.40 | also contains The Hundred Penny Box, The Hundred-penny Box | About this edition: Young Michael and his hundred-year-old Great-great-aunt Dew reinforce their love for one another as he counts the one hundred pennies in her special box and she recites for him the year-by-year chronicle of her life.
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9781439527610 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, August 11, 2008), cover price $22.00 | also contains The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales | About this edition: Newbery Medalist Virginia Hamilton tells 24 stories that kept her ancestors' culture alive during slavery, from spirited animal trickster tales and robust tall tales to spine-chilling tales of the supernatural and moving narratives of slaves in search of freedom.
9780833593450 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $24.55 | About this edition: Retold Afro-American folktales of animals, fantasy, the supernatural, and desire for freedom, born of the sorrow of the slaves, but passed on in hope
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9780142407028 | Reissue edition (Puffin, October 5, 2006), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: Young Michael and his hundred-year-old Great-great-aunt Dew reinforce their love for one another as he counts the one hundred pennies in her special box and she recites for him the year-by-year chronicle of her life.
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9780606012805, titled "The Hundred Penny Box" | Demco Media, October 1, 1986, cover price $14.70 | also contains The Hundred Penny Box, The Hundred Penny Box | About this edition: Michael's love for his great-great-aunt who lives with them leads him to intercede with his mother, who wants to toss out all her old things.
Prebinding:
9781439516652 | Reissue edition (Paw Prints, August 11, 2008), cover price $16.99 | also contains The Hundred Penny Box | About this edition: Michael loves his great-great-aunt Dew, even if she can't always remember his name.
9781417768400, titled "The Hundred Penny Box" | Turtleback Books, October 1, 2006, cover price $18.40 | also contains The Hundred Penny Box, The Hundred Penny Box | About this edition: Young Michael and his hundred-year-old Great-great-aunt Dew reinforce their love for one another as he counts the one hundred pennies in her special box and she recites for him the year-by-year chronicle of her life.
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A charming picture book with brilliant illustrations introduces youngsters to Mother Goose and her many tales as a rambunctious cast of numbers play hide-and-seek within her rhymes. 35,000 first printing.
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9780152056766 | Harcourt Childrens Books, October 1, 2007, cover price $17.00 | About this edition: Presents an illustrated collection of twenty-four counting rhymes, from 'Baa, baa black sheep' to 'Wash the dishes, wipe the dishes.
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9780590478939 | Rei/com edition (Blue Sky Pr, September 1, 2007), cover price $16.99 | About this edition: Presents an introduction to jazz along with brief profiles of such famous jazz musicians as Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Max Roach, and Ella Fitzgerald.
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9780803703575 | Dial Books for Young Readers, January 1, 1977, cover price $21.99 | About this edition: Drawings prepared in pastels, watercolors, and acrylics highlight a collection of informative vignettes describing a variety of customs and traditions practiced by different African peoples
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9780606020251 | Demco Media, September 1, 1980, cover price $15.81 | also contains Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions | About this edition: Drawings prepared in pastels, watercolors, and acrylics highlight a collection of informative vignettes describing a variety of customs and traditions practiced by different African peoples
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9781435200647 | Paw Prints, June 28, 2007, cover price $15.99 | also contains Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions | About this edition: Drawings prepared in pastels, watercolors, and acrylics highlight a collection of informative vignettes describing a variety of customs and traditions practiced by different African peoples
9780881038644 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $17.20 | About this edition: Drawings prepared in pastels, watercolors, and acrylics highlight a collection of informative vignettes describing a variety of customs and traditions practiced by different African peoples
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9780756786618 | Diane Pub Co, December 30, 1975, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: "In this Caldecott Medal winner, Mosquito tells a story that causes a jungle disaster.
9780803760899, titled "Why Mosquitoes Buzz in Peoples Ears: A West African Tale" | Dial Books for Young Readers, December 1, 1975, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: A mosquito's lie sets off a series of reactions in the jungle that results in the owl's refusal to wake the sun and the lion's decision to call a meeting of the animals
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9780140545890 | Reprint edition (Puffin, January 1, 1993), cover price $19.99 | About this edition: A mosquito's lie sets off a series of reactions in the jungle that results in the owl's refusal to wake the sun and the lion's decision to call a meeting of the animals.
9780803760882 | Dial Books for Young Readers, June 1, 1978, cover price $4.95 | About this edition: A mosquito's lie sets off a series of reactions in the jungle that results in the owl's refusal to wake the sun and the lion's decision to call a meeting of the animals
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9780606018845 | Demco Media, October 1, 1978, cover price $15.81 | also contains Why Mosquitoes Buzz in Peoples Ears: A West African Tale | About this edition: A mosquito's lie sets off a series of reactions in the jungle that results in the owl's refusal to wake the sun and the lion's decision to call a meeting of the animals
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9781435209022, titled "Why Mosquitoes Buzz in Peoples Ears: A West African Tale" | Paw Prints, June 28, 2007, cover price $16.99 | also contains Why Mosquitoes Buzz in Peoples Ears: A West African Tale | About this edition: A mosquito's lie sets off a series of reactions in the jungle that results in the owl's refusal to wake the sun and the lion's decision to call a meeting of the animals
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9781596871731 | Milk & Cookies Pr, March 28, 2006, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: A collection of poems, explaining the elements of nature, from various American Indian tribes including Iroquois, Micmac, and Shoshoni.
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9781595193698 | Har/com edition (Live Oak Media, October 5, 2005), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: In illustrations and rhyme describes the dancing of Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson, one of the most famous tap dancers of all time.
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In illustrations and rhyme describes the dancing of Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson, one of the most famous tap dancers of all time.
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9781595193650 | Har/cas edition (Live Oak Media, October 5, 2005), cover price $25.95 | About this edition: In illustrations and rhyme describes the dancing of Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson, one of the most famous tap dancers of all time.
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9780802789921 | Walker & Co, August 25, 2005, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Portrays a day in the life of Earth Mother who, as she tends plants and animals around the world, meets three of her creations with advice on how to make the world more perfect.
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9780802789938 | Walker & Co, September 17, 2005, cover price $17.85 | About this edition: Portrays a day in the life of Earth Mother who, as she tends plants and animals around the world, meets three of her creations with advice on how to make the world more perfect.
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9780142404584, titled "One Winters Night" | Reprint edition (Puffin, September 15, 2005), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: A lonely cow about to give birth on a cold winter's night finds shelter in a deserted shed with a man and a woman who are also having a baby.
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9780399234187 | Philomel Books, September 1, 2003, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: A lonely cow about to give birth on a cold winter's night finds shelter in a deserted shed with a man and a woman who are also having a baby.
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9780606346214 | Demco Media, September 15, 2005, cover price $14.70 | About this edition: It is a cold winter’s night, and Martha is looking for shelter.
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9780375806087 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, August 1, 2000, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A lonely little boy who is afraid of the dark discovers a whole new world when he meets a little girl named Dark.
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9780375906084 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, August 1, 2000, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: A lonely little boy who is afraid of the dark discovers a whole new world when he meets a little girl named Dark.
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9780375845536 | Har/com re edition (Alfred a Knopf Inc, September 11, 2007), cover price $17.99 | About this edition: A group of slaves dreams that they have the ability to fly back to their native land where a life of freedom and dignity await them amidst the people they know and love, in a re-release of an award-winning title that includes a CD narrated by James Earl Jones and the author.
9780375824050 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, November 1, 2004, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: In this retelling of a folktale, a group of slaves, unable to bear their sadness and starvation any longer, calls upon the African magic that allows them to fly away.
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9780375924057 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, November 1, 2004, cover price $18.99 | About this edition: In this retelling of a folktale, a group of slaves, unable to bear their sadness and starvation any longer, calls upon the African magic that allows them to fly away.
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9781896232041 | Communication Project, October 31, 2004, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Presents a collection of short readings and illustrations that help readers think about their hopes and dreams.
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9780152019822 | Harcourt Childrens Books, October 1, 2004, cover price $22.00 | About this edition: A collection of folktales from around the world, all of which have a bird as a main character.
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9780439321075 | Scholastic, April 1, 2004, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: A collection of prose retellings of ten familiar Shakespeare plays, each illustrated by a well-known artist or artists.
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9780590107648 | Scholastic, January 1, 2003, cover price $19.99 | About this edition: Uses slave narratives, letters, diaries, military orders, and other documents to chronicle the various stages leading to the emancipation of slaves in the United States.
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9780152003753 | Harcourt Childrens Books, October 1, 2001, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: A fictional account of the nomadic wanderings of the boy who grew up to become Mali's great fourteenth-century leader, Mansa Musa.
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9780590473781 | Blue Sky Pr, September 1, 2000, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: In this African American retelling of 'Rumpelstiltskin,' Lit'mahn spins thread into gold cloth for the king's new bride.
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9780060249045 | Harpercollins, May 1, 1999, cover price $15.89 | About this edition: Unaware of her unusual parentage, Resshie grows up restless and longing to know the secrets of the wind and she uses her extraordinary ability as a weaver to help her achieve her dream
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9780590478878 | Blue Sky Pr, October 1, 1998, cover price $18.99 | About this edition: Presents that selection from Ecclesiastes which relates that everything in life has its own time and season
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9780803722989 | Dial Books for Young Readers, March 1, 1998, cover price $18.99 | About this edition: A mosquito's lie sets off a series of reactions that results in the owl's refusal to wake the sun
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Recounts the journey of Black slaves to freedom via the underground railroad, an extended group of people who helped fugitive slaves in many ways.
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9780394828732 | Random House Childrens Books, January 1, 1993, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: Recounts the journey of Black slaves to freedom via the underground railroad, an extended group of people who helped fugitive slaves in many ways
Paperback:
9780679879367 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, November 1, 1995, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Portrays the harsh reality of slavery and chronicles the dramatic journeys toward freedom undertaken by African Americans
Library:
9780394928739 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, January 1, 1993, cover price $18.99 | About this edition: Recounts the journey of Black slaves to freedom via the underground railroad, an extended group of people who helped fugitive slaves in many ways
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9780606124140, titled "Many Thousand Gone: African-Americans from Slavery to Freedom" | Demco Media, November 1, 1997, cover price $19.33 | About this edition: Portrays the harsh reality of slavery and chronicles the dramatic journeys toward freedom undertaken by African Americans
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