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Desperate to provide enough food for himself and his daughter, a poor man sets himself up as Doctor All-Knowing and is soon called upon by a rich man to find a thief.
By Alexandra Boiger (illustrator) and Doris Orgel (other contributor)
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School and Library:

9781416912460 | Atheneum, October 28, 2008, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: Desperate to provide enough food for himself and his daughter, a poor man sets himself up as Doctor All-Knowing and is soon called upon by a rich man to find a thief.

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Product Description: This powerful novel about two friends, one of Nazi influence, the other Jewish, has surprising truths to tell about individual acts of bravery and love in the face of mass betrayal.
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Hardcover:

9780803730489, titled "The Devil in Vienna" | Dial Books for Young Readers, September 1, 2004, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: Inge, a Jewish girl, and Lieselotte, the daughter of a Nazi, have been best friends since they started school, but in 1938 the thirteen-year-olds find their close relationship difficult to maintain.
9780844667973, titled "The Devil in Vienna" | Peter Smith Pub Inc, May 1, 1995, cover price $20.25 | About this edition: This powerful novel about two friends, one of Nazi influence, the other Jewish, has surprising truths to tell about individual acts of bravery and love in the face of mass betrayal.

Paperback:

9780142402368, titled "The Devil in Vienna" | Reissue edition (Speak, September 1, 2004), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Inge, a Jewish girl, and Lieselotte, the daughter of a Nazi, have been best friends since they started school, but in 1938 the thirteen-year-olds find their close relationship difficult to maintain.
9780140325003, titled "The Devil in Vienna" | Reprint edition (Puffin, April 1, 1988), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: A Jewish girl and the daughter of a Nazi have been best friends since they started school, but in 1938 the thirteen-year-olds find their close relationship difficult to maintain.
9780440917779 | Dell Pub Co, January 1, 1980, cover price $1.95 | About this edition: This powerful novel about two friends, one of Nazi influence, the other Jewish, has surprising truths to tell about individual acts of bravery and love in the face of mass betrayal.

Reinforced:

9780606324694 | Demco Media, September 29, 2004, cover price $15.65 | About this edition: Inge Dorenwald and Lieselotte Vessely have been best friends for most of their thirteen years.
9780606035651, titled "The Devil in Vienna" | Demco Media, April 1, 1988, cover price $12.64 | About this edition: A Jewish girl and the daughter of a Nazi have been best friends since they started school, but in 1938 the thirteen-year-olds find their close relationship difficult to maintain.

Prebinding:

9781439516201, titled "The Devil in Vienna" | Reissue edition (Paw Prints, August 11, 2008), cover price $15.99 | About this edition: This powerful novel about two friends, one of Nazi influence, the other Jewish, has surprising truths to tell about individual acts of bravery and love in the face of mass betrayal.
9781417736560 | Reissue edition (Turtleback Books, September 1, 2004), cover price $16.45 | About this edition: Inge, a Jewish girl, and Lieselotte, the daughter of a Nazi, have been best friends since they started school, but in 1938 the thirteen-year-olds find their close relationship difficult to maintain.
9780613134477 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $14.30 | About this edition: A Jewish girl and the daughter of a Nazi have been best friends since they started school, but in 1938 the thirteen-year-olds find their close relationship difficult to maintain.

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Product Description: At the dawn of Hitler's rise to power in Germany in 1933 and a period of the most brutal, aggressive anti-Semitism the world has ever seen, two boys swear eternal brotherhood by slitting their wrists and mingling their blood. Having experienced so much together, even a night in jail after painting a swastika on a wall in the hated Communist section of Hamburg, Daniel and Armin had become the best of friends...read more
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9780606350273 | Demco Media, February 28, 2006, cover price $14.53 | About this edition: At the dawn of Hitler's rise to power in Germany in 1933 and a period of the most brutal, aggressive anti-Semitism the world has ever seen, two boys swear eternal brotherhood by slitting their wrists and mingling their blood.

Prebinding:

9781435273160 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, May 9, 2008), cover price $14.99 | About this edition: At the dawn of Hitler's rise to power in Germany in 1933 and a period of the most brutal, aggressive anti-Semitism the world has ever seen, two boys swear eternal brotherhood by slitting their wrists and mingling their blood.

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Chronicles the meteoric rise and fall of a young pop music star in Germany, as well as the relationships she builds and destroys along the way.
By Doris Orgel (trans)
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Hardcover:

9781416911760 | Italian edition edition (Atheneum, April 8, 2008), cover price $17.99 | About this edition: Chronicles the meteoric rise and fall of a young pop music star in Germany, as well as the relationships she builds and destroys along the way.

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Young Daniel Kraushaar and his friends dream of joining the Hitler Youth in 1930s Germany, but when Daniel learns his mother is Jewish his connections to the Nazis will have fateful consequences.
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Hardcover:

9780689857478 | Italian edition edition (Atheneum, October 12, 2004), cover price $18.99 | About this edition: In 1933, best friends Daniel and Armin admire Hitler, but as anti-Semitism buoys Hitler to power, Daniel learns he is half Jewish, threatening the friendship even as life in their beloved Hamburg, Germany, is becoming nightmarish.

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A collection of six tales from the Brothers Grimm, all featuring animal characters, is brought to life for contemporary audiences. By the creators of The Lion and the Mouse and Other Aesop's Fables.
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9781596430105 | Roaring Brook, October 1, 2004, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: A collection of six tales from the Brothers Grimm, all featuring animal characters, is brought to life for contemporary audiences.

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Told in the words of four goddesses--Leto, Artemis, Demeter, and Persephone--a thought-provoking collection of stories examines the mother-daughter relationships of these powerful women, all of which bear a striking resemblance to modern mother-daughter relationships.
By Peter Malone, Peter Mandel (illustrator) and Doris Orgel
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School and Library:

9780761316930 | Roaring Brook, March 1, 2003, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Four Greek goddesses, Leto and her daughter Artemis, and Demeter and her daughter Persephone, relate their individual experiences as mothers and daughters.

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Told in the words of four goddesses--Leto, Artemis, Demeter, and Persephone--a thought-provoking collection of stories examines the mother-daughter relationships of these powerful women, all of which bear a striking resemblance to modern mother-daughter relationships.
By Peter Mandel (illustrator) and Doris Orgel
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Library:

9780761328087 | 1 edition (Roaring Brook, March 1, 2003), cover price $24.90 | About this edition: Four Greek goddesses, Leto and her daughter Artemis, and Demeter and her daughter Persephone, relate their individual experiences as mothers and daughters.

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Shrimp must decide whether to befriend the new boy in his neighborhood, who is a Croatian American, or to join the kids who make fun of his name and his accent.
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Prebinding:

9780613094740, titled "Don't Call Me Slobo" | Turtleback Books, March 1, 2001, cover price $11.80 | About this edition: Shrimp must decide whether to befriend the new boy in his neighborhood, who is a Croatian American, or to join the kids who make fun of his name and his accent.

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Presents twelve brief animal tales with specific morals which are accompanied by expressive, detailed illustrations and interesting facts about Aesop and his time--more than 2,600 years ago. (view table of contents)
By Bert Kitchen (illustrator) and Doris Orgel
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Hardcover:

9780789426659 | Dk Ink, September 1, 2000, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Presents twelve brief animal tales with specific morals which are attributed to a wise Greek slave.

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The classic Greek myths, retold from the female point of view of, specifically, the Goddesses Athena, Aphrodite and Hera, allows a different perspective on familiar events like the Trojan War. 10,000 first printing.
By Marilee Heyer (illustrator) and Doris Orgel
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Hardcover:

9780789425867 | Dk Ink, October 1, 1999, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: Three Greek goddesses, Athena, Aphrodite, and Hera, tell their own stories and present information about Greek society and religion

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Retells the Old Testament story in which Sheba visits Solomon to test his wisdom and recounts the traditional explanation in which he passes her final test with the aid of a bee
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Hardcover:

9780553090413 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, February 1, 1994, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Retells the Old Testament story in which Sheba visits Solomon to test his wisdom and recounts the traditional explanation in which he passes her final test with the aid of a bee

Paperback:

9780553372359 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, February 1, 1994, cover price $4.50 | About this edition: Retells the Old Testament story in which Sheba visits Solomon to test his wisdom and recounts the traditional explanation in which he passes her final test with the aid of a bee

Library:

9780836816938 | Gareth Stevens Pub, January 1, 1997, cover price $22.60 | About this edition: Retells the Old Testament story in which Sheba visits Solomon to test his wisdom

Prebinding:

9780785725756 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $12.60 | About this edition: Retells the Old Testament story in which Sheba visits Solomon to test his wisdom and recounts the traditional explanation in which he passes her final test with the aid of a bee

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Two crows, one big and one small, count things they see from one to ten and then back down again
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Hardcover:

9780553097412 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, September 1, 1995, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Two crows, one big and one small, count things they see from one to ten and then back down again

Paperback:

9780553375732 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, September 1, 1995, cover price $4.50 | About this edition: Two crows, one big and one small, count things they see from one to ten and then back down again

Library:

9780836816174 | Gareth Stevens Pub, September 1, 1996, cover price $23.93 | About this edition: Two crows, one big and one small, count things they see from one to ten and then back down again

Prebinding:

9780785771760 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $12.40 | About this edition: Two crows, one big and one small, count things they see from one to ten and then back down again

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Product Description: A modern retelling of the familiar classic, Stone Soup, relates the gentle and relatable tale of a lonely child who decides to overcome loneliness and is accompanied by colorful illustrations that follow an autumnal theme.
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Hardcover:

9780553090451 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, July 1, 1994, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: In a modern retelling of the familiar classic, 'Stone Soup,' Rag-Tag Meg shows the neighborhood how to make a delicious pot of soup while starting with only water and an old wooden button

Paperback:

9780553373417 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, July 1, 1994, cover price $4.50 | About this edition: In a modern retelling of the familiar classic, 'Stone Soup,' Rag-Tag Meg shows the neighborhood how to make a delicious pot of soup while starting with only water and an old wooden button

Prebinding:

9780785730453 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $12.15 | About this edition: A modern retelling of the familiar classic, Stone Soup, relates the gentle and relatable tale of a lonely child who decides to overcome loneliness and is accompanied by colorful illustrations that follow an autumnal theme.

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Product Description: Every book in the Bank Street Ready-to-Read series is targeted at the individual abilities of children ages three to eight as they develop reading skills.Level 2 (Grades 1-3) books are written especially for children who are on their way to reading independently but who may need help...read more
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Hardcover:

9780553090529, titled "The Spaghetti Party" | Bantam Dell Pub Group, March 1, 1995, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Annie tells her friends to 'come as you are'--and they do

Paperback:

9780553375718, titled "The Spaghetti Party" | Bantam Dell Pub Group, March 1, 1995, cover price $4.50 | About this edition: Annie tells her friends to 'come as you are'--and they do

Library:

9780836817805, titled "The Spaghetti Party" | Gareth Stevens Pub, January 1, 1999, cover price $22.60 | About this edition: When Annie's friends accept her invitation to come as they are to her party, everyone has a good time

Prebinding:

9780785751601 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $11.70 | About this edition: Every book in the Bank Street Ready-to-Read series is targeted at the individual abilities of children ages three to eight as they develop reading skills.

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In this modern version of the French folktale 'Stone Soup,' Rag-Tag Meg shows the neighborhood how to make a delicious pot of soup starting with only water and an old wooden button
By Pau Estrada (illustrator) and Doris Orgel
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Library:

9780836817614 | Gareth Stevens Pub, January 1, 1998, cover price $23.93 | About this edition: In this modern version of the French folktale 'Stone Soup,' Rag-Tag Meg shows the neighborhood how to make a delicious pot of soup starting with only water and an old wooden button

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Princess Psyche's beauty incurs the wrath of the goddess Venus who sends her son Cupid to seek revenge
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Hardcover:

9780531095164, titled "The Princess and the God" | Orchard Books, April 1, 1996, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: A retelling of the myth of Cupid and Psyche describes how the jealousy of Psyche's older sisters and of the goddess Venus drives her to marry a mysterious 'dragon-bridegroom' and how true love conquers pain and seperation

Paperback:

9780440226918, titled "The Princess and the God" | Reprint edition (Laurel Leaf, December 1, 1997), cover price $4.50 | About this edition: Princess Psyche's beauty incurs the wrath of the goddess Venus who sends her son Cupid to seek revenge

School and Library:

9780531088661, titled "The Princess and the God" | Orchard Books, April 1, 1996, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: A retelling of the myth of Cupid and Psyche describes how the jealousy of Psyche's older sisters and of the goddess Venus drives her to marry a mysterious 'dragon-bridegroom' and how true love conquers pain and seperation

Reinforced:

9780606137232, titled "The Princess and the God" | Reprint edition (Demco Media, December 1, 1997), cover price $11.76 | About this edition: Princess Psyche's beauty incurs the wrath of the goddess Venus who sends her son Cupid to seek revenge

Prebinding:

9780613085854 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $12.40 | About this edition: Princess Psyche's beauty incurs the wrath of the goddess Venus who sends her son Cupid to seek revenge

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Nero lives on a farm somewhere in Italy and has supreme reign over every other animal on the farm, until he visits a young German couple high on the hill who treats him like a king, but when he moves in with the new family he becomes the neighborhood bully all over again.
By Quint Buchholz (illustrator), Elke Heidenreich and Doris Orgel (trans)
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Hardcover:

9780670873951 | Viking Childrens Books, October 1, 1997, cover price $15.99 | About this edition: A bold and self-serving tom cat reigns supreme both in the farmyard in Italy where he was born and later in the comfortable home in Germany to which a vacationing couple takes him and his helpless sister

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Katie is unhappy after she and her mother move in with her very proper grandmother, until she makes friends with Luz Mendes
By Bob Dorsey (illustrator) and Doris Orgel
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Paperback:

9780786810451 | Hyperion, September 1, 1996, cover price $3.95 | About this edition: Katie is unhappy after she and her mother move in with her very proper grandmother, until she makes friends with Luz Mendes

Reinforced:

9780606103596 | Demco Media, September 1, 1996, cover price $10.47 | About this edition: Katie is unhappy after she and her mother move in with her very proper grandmother, until she makes friends with Luz Mendes

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Friendship grows between new-kid-on-the-block Katie and rollerblading Luz as they work together to help Pony, the doorman, get his job back and assist cranky Mr. Coleman when he gets locked in his bathroom.
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Library:

9780786820870 | Hyperion, September 1, 1996, cover price $13.89 | About this edition: Katie is unhappy after she and her mother move in with her very proper grandmother, until she makes friends with Luz Mendes

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Having been the center for jokes by all due to his size, Shrimp is initially relieved when Slobodan moves into town and becomes the new joke, until he comes to realize that Slobodan does not deserve the abuse either and they begin to form a special friendship. Simultaneous. (view table of contents)
By Bob Dorsey (illustrator) and Doris Orgel
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Paperback:

9780786810444 | Hyperion, May 1, 1996, cover price $3.95 | About this edition: Shrimp must decide whether to befriend the new boy in his neighborhood, who is a Croatian American, or to join the kids who make fun of his name and his accent.

Library:

9780786820863 | Hyperion Pr, April 1, 1996, cover price $14.49 | About this edition: Shrimp must decide whether to befriend the new boy in his neighborhood, who is a Croatian American, or to join the kids who make fun of his name and his accent.

Reinforced:

9780606100380 | Demco Media, May 1, 1996, cover price $11.43 | About this edition: Shrimp must decide whether to befriend the new boy in his neighborhood, who is a Croatian American, or to join the kids who make fun of his name and his accent.

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Ariadne, Minos's daughter and the Minotaur's half-sister, learns love's price after falling for her father's handsome prisoner, Theseus, in an evocative, beautifully illustrated retelling of an ancient myth.
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School and Library:

9780670851584 | Viking Pr, April 1, 1994, cover price $15.99 | About this edition: Fourteen-year-old Ariadne, princess of Crete, helps her beloved Theseus escape death in the labyrinth of the monstrous Minotaur

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Fifth graders Laura, Janet, and Vero will do anything to be popular until they realize that the price they might have to pay is their self-respect and friendship
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Hardcover:

9780670827541, titled "Nobodies and Somebodies" | Viking Pr, September 1, 1991, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Laura must choose between her new friend Janet and membership in a secret girls' club run by the three most popular girls in the class

Paperback:

9780140340983 | Reprint edition (Puffin, July 1, 1993), cover price $3.99 | About this edition: Fifth graders Laura, Janet, and Vero will do anything to be popular until they realize that the price they might have to pay is their self-respect and friendship

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In attempting to follow his mother's instructions, a good-hearted boy always does the right thing at the wrong time
By Betsy Day (illustrator) and Doris Orgel
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Paperback:

9780553371475 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, June 1, 1993, cover price $3.50 | About this edition: In attempting to follow his mother's instructions, a good-hearted boy always does the right thing at the wrong time

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Children who are just beginning to read by themselves will learn the tale of the mouse who searched far and wide for a husband and found the perfect mate in an unlikely place.
By Holly Hannon (illustrator) and Doris Orgel
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Hardcover:

9780553092356 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, June 1, 1993, cover price $9.99 | About this edition: After asking the sun, a cloud, the wind, and a wall to marry her, a mouse finds just the right husband

Paperback:

9780553371437 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, June 1, 1993, cover price $3.99 | About this edition: After asking the sun, a cloud, the wind, and a wall to marry her, a mouse finds just the right husband

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