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Product Description: Listen to an audio sample online in MP4 format—click here. In July 1845, Henry David Thoreau built a small cottage in the woods near Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts. During the two years and two months he spent there, he began to write Walden, a chronicle of his communion with nature that became one of the most influential and compelling books in American literature...read more
By Lloyd James (narrator), Michael McCurdy (illustrator), Henry David Thoreau and Terry Tempest Williams (foreword by)
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9781590307458 | Har/com re edition (Shambhala Pubns, November 16, 2010), cover price $18.00 | About this edition: Listen to an audio sample online in MP4 format—click here.

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Product Description: Pop-up pictures and brief text present the story of a baby stolen and raised by apes, who eventually becomes their king.
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9780786803842 | Hyperion, June 1, 1999, cover price $15.99 | About this edition: A baby boy, left alone in the African jungle after the deaths of his parents, is adopted by an ape and raised to manhood without ever seeing another human being.

Paperback:

9781438793313 | Intl Business Pubns USA, September 9, 2009, cover price $59.95 | also contains Tarzan | About this edition: Pop-up pictures and brief text present the story of a baby stolen and raised by apes, who eventually becomes their king.

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9780786823345 | Hyperion, June 1, 1999, cover price $16.49 | About this edition: A baby boy, left alone in the African jungle after the deaths of his parents, is adopted by an ape and raised to manhood without ever seeing another human being.

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Offers a profile of all of the men who risked their fortunes, freedoms, and lives to sign this important document that kicked-off the revolution that led to the liberation of the United States from Great Britain. An ALA Notable Children's Book. Reprint.
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9780802777263 | Reprint edition (Walker & Co, February 2, 2013), cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Offers a profile of all of the men who risked their fortunes, freedoms, and lives to sign this important document that kicked-off the revolution that led to the liberation of the United States from Great Britain.

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Product Description: Former Poet Laureate Donald Hall grew up spending his summers on his grandfather Keniston's farm in what was then rural New Hampshire. It was there that his mother, Lucy, and her sister Caroline, had grown up, milking cows, raising sheep and telling stories about their childhood - a time when the July Fourth parade in Danbury was the biggest celebration of the year (complete with flags, speeches and ice cream) and when a trip to Boston, where toys could be bought for a penny apiece, was counted as a major event...read more
By Michael McCurdy (illustrator)
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9781567923483 | David R Godine Pub, April 19, 2008, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Former Poet Laureate Donald Hall grew up spending his summers on his grandfather Keniston's farm in what was then rural New Hampshire.

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9780606135856 | Reprint edition (Demco Media, April 1, 1998), cover price $13.54 | About this edition: For Lucy Wells, who lives on a farm in New Hampshire, the summer of 1910 is filled with helping her mother can fruits and vegetables, enjoying the Fourth of July celebration, and other activities

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Introduces the life, opinions, and accomplishments of Benjamin Franklin through thirteen of the proverbs from his 'Almanacks.'
By Michael McCurdy (illustrator)
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9781568461472 | Creative Co, August 1, 2007, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Introduces the life, opinions, and accomplishments of Benjamin Franklin through thirteen of the proverbs from his 'Almanacks.

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Product Description: For millennia, Mount Katahdin has loomed over the changing landscape we now call Maine's North Woods, inspiring and challenging people, from the Native Americans whose trade routes rounded its base; to Henry David Thoreau and Governor Percival P...read more
By Buzz Caverley (foreword by), Michael McCurdy (illustrator) and John W. Neff
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9781929173624 | 1 edition (Appalachian Mountain Club, June 1, 2006), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: For millennia, Mount Katahdin has loomed over the changing landscape we now call Maine's North Woods, inspiring and challenging people, from the Native Americans whose trade routes rounded its base; to Henry David Thoreau and Governor Percival P.

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Adam provides guidance and wisdom as he and his son Abel engage in a conversation about the mysteries of life, nature, and humankind, in a collection of illustrative stories.
By Michael McCurdy (illustrator) and Daniel Quinn
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9781586420741 | Steerforth Pr, November 1, 2005, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Adam provides guidance and wisdom as he and his son Abel engage in a conversation about the mysteries of life, nature, and humankind, in a collection of illustrative stories.
9781893956407 | Context Books, October 1, 2004, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: A followup to the author's successful novel Ishmael delves deeply into the myth of Genesis, focusing on Adam and his sone Abel, using parables, fables and illustrations to help tell the tale.

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A collection of poems--sorted by the four seasons--introduces youngsters to the drama of New England seasons and the beauty of rural life, enhanced with stunning engravings and woodcuts.
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9781590783382 | Boyds Mills Pr, October 15, 2005, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Sorted by the four seasons, presents a collection of poems describing the beauty of rural life.

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A companion volume to The Signers looks at how the delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies met in Philadelphia in the summer of 1787 to create, debate, and eventually sign the United States Constitution.
By Dennis B. Fradin and Michael McCurdy (illustrator)
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Hardcover:

9780802789723 | Walker & Co, September 21, 2005, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: A companion volume to 'The Signers' looks at how the delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies met in Philadelphia in the summer of 1787, to create, debate, and eventually sign the United States Constitution.

Library:

9780802789730 | Walker & Co, September 21, 2005, cover price $23.85 | About this edition: A companion volume to 'The Signers' looks at how the delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies met in Philadelphia in the summer of 1787, to create, debate, and eventually sign the United States Constitution.

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The Pit and the Pendulum and The Cask of Amontillado are two of the six tales included in this compilation of classic Poe tales for young adult readers, enhanced with illustrations and CD.
By Michael McCurdy (illustrator) and Edgar Allan Poe
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Hardcover:

9780375833052 | Har/com edition (Alfred a Knopf Inc, August 23, 2005), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: A compilation of classic Poe tales for young adult readers, including 'The Pit and the Pendulum' and 'The Cask of Amontillado.

Library:

9780375933059 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, August 23, 2005, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: A compilation of classic Poe tales for young adult readers, including 'The Pit and the Pendulum' and 'The Cask of Amontillado.

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An illustrated version of the familiar song about riding on a train called the City of New Orleans.
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9781591129042 | Har/com edition (Live Oak Media, May 1, 2005), cover price $28.95 | About this edition: An illustrated version of the familiar song about riding on a train called the City of New Orleans.
9781591129004 | Har/cas edition (Live Oak Media, May 24, 2004), cover price $25.95 | About this edition: Good morning, America, how are you?

School and Library:

9780399238536 | Putnam Pub Group, June 1, 2003, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: An illustrated version of the familiar song about riding on a train called the City of New Orleans.

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Offers a profile of all of the men who risked their fortunes, freedoms, and lives to sign this important document that kicked-off the revolution that led to the liberation of the United States from Great Britain. (view table of contents)
By Dennis B. Fradin and Michael McCurdy (illustrator)
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9780802788498 | Walker & Co, October 1, 2002, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: Profiles each of the fifty-six men who signed the Declaration of Independence, giving historical information about the colonies they represented, and includes the text of the Declaration and its history.

Library:

9780802788504 | Walker & Co, January 1, 2003, cover price $23.85 | About this edition: Profiles each of the fifty-six men who signed the Declaration of Independence, giving historical information about the colonies they represented, and includes the text of the Declaration and its history.

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Describes the events of the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition when, after being trapped in a frozen sea for nine months, the Endurance was crushed, creating the need to travel across the ocean to safety.
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9780802784384 | Walker & Co, August 1, 1997, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Describes the events of the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition when, after being trapped in a frozen sea for nine months, the expedition ship, the Endurance, was finally crushed and Shackleton and his men made the very long and perilous journey across ice and stormy seas to reach inhabited land.

Paperback:

9780802776334, titled "Trapped by the Ice!: Shackleton's Amazing Antarctic Adventure" | Reprint edition (Walker & Co, May 1, 2002), cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Describes the events of the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition when, after being trapped in a frozen sea for nine months, the Endurance was crushed, creating the need to travel across the ocean to safety.

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9780802784391 | Walker & Co, August 1, 1997, cover price $17.85 | About this edition: Describes the events of the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition when, after being trapped in a frozen sea for nine months, the expedition ship, the Endurance, was finally crushed and Shackleton and his men made the very long and perilous journey across ice and stormy seas to reach inhabited land.

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9780606278270 | Demco Media, June 1, 2002, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: Describes the events of the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition when, after being trapped in a frozen sea for nine months, the Endurance was crushed, creating the need to travel across the ocean to safety.

Prebinding:

9780613754934 | Turtleback Books, May 1, 2002, cover price $19.60 | About this edition: Describes the events of the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition when, after being trapped in a frozen sea for nine months, the Endurance was crushed, creating the need to travel across the ocean to safety.

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Starting his career in the U.S. Navy at the age of ten, David Farragut performed his tasks so well that he was fighting aboard a ship during the War of 1812 and put in command of his own ship by the age of twelve where he ruled over men twice his age.
By Michael McCurdy (illustrator), Connie Roop and Peter Roop
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9780689830228 | Atheneum, April 1, 2002, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Starting his career in the U.

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Product Description: An unforgettable tale of love and repression, appearing in book form for the first time. Beautifully produced and hauntingly illustrated, this unknown work by Iris Murdoch (1918-1999) is something very special indeed. Previously unpublished but for an excerpt in a 1950s anthology, this is a bittersweet, haunting story...read more
By Michael McCurdy (illustrator)
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9780393335217 | W W Norton & Co Inc, November 30, 2000, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: An unforgettable tale of love and repression, appearing in book form for the first time.

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Set in Dublin in the 1950s, this haunting, previously unpublished story follows Yvonne, a young Irish woman, who becomes convinced that there is more to life than marriage to Sam, the dutiful Jewish young man who is courting her, in a beautifully illustrated tale of love and repression. 15,000 first printing. (view table of contents)
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9780393050073 | W W Norton & Co Inc, November 1, 2000, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: A story set in Dublin in the 1950s follows Yvonne, a young Irish woman, who becomes convinced that there is more to life than marriage to Sam, the dutiful young Jewish man who is courting her.

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Brings to life the seasonal cycles of work, play, and survival as experienced by the Northern Algonquians of pre-colonial America, from the icy cold of January's Hard Times Moon through the fertile autumn harvest moons.
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9780618007059 | Houghton Mifflin, September 26, 2000, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Describes the life of the Algonquian Indians, month by month, as it would have been before the arrival of white settlers.

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A celebration of nineteenth-century American life is told through a history of the patchwork quilt that explains the origins of several patterns and the role of quiltmaking in families and communities.
By Michael McCurdy (illustrator) and Ann Whitford Paul
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9780152021078 | Reprint edition (Sandpiper, March 1, 2000), cover price $7.00 | About this edition: A celebration of nineteenth-century American life is told through a history of the patchwork quilt that explains the origins of several patterns and the role of quiltmaking in families and communities.

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9780152769185 | Harcourt Childrens Books, April 1, 1996, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: A celebration of nineteenth-century American life is told through a history of the patchwork quilt that explains the origins of several patterns and the role of quiltmaking in families and communities

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Recounts the disappearance of the great pines two hundred years ago, focusing on the skill and ingenuity required to chop down and ship the trees to England
By Diana Appelbaum and Michael McCurdy (illustrator)
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Paperback:

9780618033058 | Reprint edition (Sandpiper, March 27, 2000), cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Describes how giant pine trees in New England were cut down during the colonial days to make massive wooden ships for the King's Navy.

School and Library:

9780395647202 | Houghton Mifflin, September 27, 1993, cover price $17.00 | About this edition: Describes how giant pine trees in New England were cut down during the colonial days to make massive wooden ships for the King's Navy.

Prebinding:

9780613948036 | Turtleback Books, March 1, 2000, cover price $17.15 | About this edition: Describes how giant pine trees in New England were cut down during the colonial days to make massive wooden ships for the King's Navy.

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Product Description: A compelling story of a simple man who eases his grief over the loss of his family by planting enough acorns to create a forest in a barren area of France.
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9780930031787 | Spi crds edition (Chelsea Green Pub Co, January 1, 2000), cover price $8.95 | About this edition: A compelling story of a simple man who eases his grief over the loss of his family by planting enough acorns to create a forest in a barren area of France.

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After a cyclone transports her to the land of Oz, Dorothy must seek out the great wizard to return home to Kansas, in a one-hundredth anniversary edition of a classic tale which includes a foreword by Ray Bradbury and new illustrations. (view table of contents)
By L. Frank Baum and Michael McCurdy (illustrator)
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9780700609857 | Univ Pr of Kansas, October 1, 1999, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: After a cyclone transports her to the land of Oz, Dorothy must seek out the great Wizard in order to return to Kansas.
9780700609864 | Univ Pr of Kansas, October 1, 1999, cover price $100.00 | About this edition: After a cyclone transports her to the land of Oz, Dorothy must seek out the great Wizard in order to return to Kansas.

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On the day before Christmas Eve, Rag Man Henry and his son help an injured dog and receive a wonderful gift in return.
By Michael McCurdy (illustrator) and Jan Wahl
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9781568461656 | Creative Co, July 1, 1999, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: On the day before Christmas Eve, Rag Man Henry and his son help an injured dog and receive a wonderful gift in return.

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Looks back in time to the nineteenth-century days when workers had to blast though rocks and sleep in tents while building the original Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads.
By Verla Kay and Michael McCurdy (illustrator)
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9780399231193 | Putnam Pub Group, April 30, 1999, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: Illustrations and simple rhyming text depict the race to construct railroads across the country during the second half of the nineteenth century

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An adaptation of a diary of Amelia Stewart Knight written while she, her husband, and seven children journeyed from Iowa to the Oregon Territory in 1853.
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9780606163255 | Demco Media, April 1, 1999, cover price $14.81 | About this edition: An adaptation of a diary of Amelia Stewart Knight written while she, her husband, and seven children journeyed from Iowa to the Oregon Territory in 1853.

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After deciding to start a new life on the western frontier, a pioneer family in 1853 begins their journey across the country and must do all they can to help one another through difficult times to make it safely to their final destination. Reprint. K.
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9780689825804 | Reprint edition (Aladdin Paperbacks, July 1, 1999), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: An adaptation of a diary of Amelia Stewart Knight written while she, her husband, and seven children journeyed from Iowa to the Oregon Territory in 1853.

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