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Product Description: Caldecott Medal winner Jerry Pinkney brings a beloved fairy tale to new lifeJerry Pinkney, one of the country's most celebrated picture book creators, is a master at reimagining classic tales. Now he has turned his talents to Puss in Boots, and he is at his best with this lively, cinematic version...read more
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Hardcover:

9780803716421 | Dial Books for Young Readers, November 13, 2012, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: Caldecott Medal winner Jerry Pinkney brings a beloved fairy tale to new lifeJerry Pinkney, one of the country's most celebrated picture book creators, is a master at reimagining classic tales.

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Describes the causes and effects of tornadoes, blizzards, hurricanes, and thunderstorms and looks at the efforts of scientists to predict and lessen the severity of dangerous storms
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Paperback:

9780316203456 | Little Brown & Co, November 6, 2012, cover price $3.99 | About this edition: Describes the causes and effects of tornadoes, blizzards, hurricanes, and thunderstorms and looks at the efforts of scientists to predict and lessen the severity of dangerous storms

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Product Description: In West Africa, children love to listen to stories about Spider. He is a clever and crafty character. He loves to eat and he hates to work, and he plays tricks that get him into trouble. But he tries to be good as much as he can, and he is always lots of fun! Spider stars in three short tales in this collaboration between Joyce Cooper Arkhurst and Caldecott-winning artist Jerry Pinkney, now abridged and redesigned for early readers (Passport to Reading, Level 4)...read more
By Joyce Cooper Arkhurst (other contributor) and Jerry Pinkney (illustrator)
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Paperback:

9780316203814 | Little Brown & Co, May 1, 2012, cover price $3.99 | About this edition: In West Africa, children love to listen to stories about Spider.

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Product Description: "My cave is big enough for two!" a bear declares to a rabbit, inviting his small friend to share his den through the longest, coldest season. The rabbit readily accepts the bear's offer, but no sooner have the two curled up than the lively rabbit jumps up to wonder: Wouldn't it be better to be out in the crisp winter air, free to leap through the starlight and the sparkling snow?In this paperback reissue of a long out-of-print winter tale (originally titled A Starlit Somersault Downhill), Caldecott Medal winner Jerry Pinkney's rich watercolors create a cozy winter world that perfectly complements Newbery Medal winner Nancy Willard's charming poetry...read more
By Jerry Pinkney (illustrator)
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Paperback:

9780316183666 | Reprint edition (Little Brown & Co, November 7, 2011), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: "My cave is big enough for two!

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Product Description: One of the most acclaimed children's book illustrators of our time now takes his legendary skill with watercolor to new heights in this lavish visual adventure. As a curious little chipmunk leaves his nest to greet the twilight, he gazes at the glittering sky above him...read more
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School and Library:

9780316056960 | Little Brown & Co, October 3, 2011, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: One of the most acclaimed children's book illustrators of our time now takes his legendary skill with watercolor to new heights in this lavish visual adventure.

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Product Description: What do a trapeze artist, an Arctic explorer, and a soccer player have in common? Meet the fifteen kids and adults profiled in That s Like Me!, a collection of first-person accounts of successful people who learn differently. Whether it was reading, math, writing, or speech problems, each person shares his or her inspiring story of facing the challenge of school, while pursuing important goals...read more
By Jill Lauren and Jerry Pinkney (foreword by)
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Hardcover:

9781595722072 | Star Bright Books, September 1, 2009, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: What do a trapeze artist, an Arctic explorer, and a soccer player have in common?

Paperback:

9781595722089 | Star Bright Books, September 1, 2009, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: What do a trapeze artist, an Arctic explorer, and a soccer player have in common?

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Product Description: In award-winning artist Jerry Pinkney's wordless adaptation of one of Aesop's most beloved fables, an unlikely pair learn that no act of kindness is ever wasted. After a ferocious lion spares a cowering mouse that he'd planned to eat, the mouse later comes to his rescue, freeing him from a poacher's trap...read more
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School and Library:

9780316013567 | Little Brown & Co, September 1, 2009, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: In award-winning artist Jerry Pinkney's wordless adaptation of one of Aesop's most beloved fables, an unlikely pair learn that no act of kindness is ever wasted.

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Product Description: Nothing can stop John Henry-no boulder, no mountain, and definitely no steam drill.  Newbery Honor winner Julius Lester writes with such power that this African-American folk hero becomes as awesome as a natural phenomenon.  Jerry Pinkney received a Caldecott Honor for his exuberant, glowing watercolor paintings of the hero...read more
By Jerry Pinkney (illustrator)
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Hardcover:

9780788206825 | Har/cas edition (Weston Woods, June 1, 1998), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Nothing can stop John Henry-no boulder, no mountain, and definitely no steam drill.

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780788200861 | Weston Woods, June 1, 1998, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Nothing can stop John Henry-no boulder, no mountain, and definitely no steam drill.

Reinforced:

9780606174183 | Demco Media, September 1, 1999, cover price $16.95 | also contains John Henry | About this edition: Retells the life of the legendary African American hero who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain

Prebinding:

9781442007147 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, April 9, 2009), cover price $16.99 | also contains John Henry | About this edition: Nothing can stop John Henry-no boulder, no mountain, and definitely no steam drill.

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Product Description: Nothing can stop John Henry-no boulder, no mountain, and definitely no steam drill.  Newbery Honor winner Julius Lester writes with such power that this African-American folk hero becomes as awesome as a natural phenomenon.  Jerry Pinkney received a Caldecott Honor for his exuberant, glowing watercolor paintings of the hero...read more
By Julius Lester and Jerry Pinkney (illustrator)
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Paperback:

9780140566222 | Puffin, December 1, 1999, cover price $7.99 | About this edition: Retells the life of the legendary African American hero who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain

School and Library:

9780803716063 | Dial Books for Young Readers, October 1, 1994, cover price $18.99 | About this edition: Retells the life of the legendary African American hero who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain

Library:

9780803716070 | Dial Books for Young Readers, September 1, 1994, cover price $16.89 | About this edition: Retells the life of the legendary African American hero who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain

Reinforced:

9780606174183 | Demco Media, September 1, 1999, cover price $16.95 | also contains John Henry | About this edition: Retells the life of the legendary African American hero who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain

Prebinding:

9781442007147 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, April 9, 2009), cover price $16.99 | also contains John Henry | About this edition: Nothing can stop John Henry-no boulder, no mountain, and definitely no steam drill.

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Product Description: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A girl's journey to the one integrated public building in town, the library, poignantly captures the experience of racism through a child's eyes.
By Jerry Pinkney (illustrator)
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School and Library:

9780689818851 | Atheneum, September 1, 2001, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: In segregated 1950s Nashville, a young African American girl braves a series of indignities and obstacles to get to one of the few integrated places in town: the public library.

Prebinding:

9781439593745 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, April 9, 2009), cover price $15.99 | also contains Goin' Someplace Special, Goin' Someplace Special | About this edition: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.
9780606121668 | Turtleback Books, January 6, 2009, cover price $17.20 | also contains Goin' Someplace Special | About this edition: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.

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A sweet little girl meets a hungry wolf in the forest while on her way to visit her grandmother.
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Miscellaneous:

9780316055161 | Little Brown & Co, December 14, 2008, cover price $9.99

School and Library:

9780316013550 | Little Brown & Co, October 1, 2007, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: A sweet little girl meets a hungry wolf in the forest while on her way to visit her grandmother.

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Product Description: With the depression bearing down on her family and food in short supply, Cassie Logan isn't sure where her next meal will come from.  But there is one thing that she knows will always be there-the whispering trees outside her window...read more
By Jerry Pinkney (illustrator)
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Prebinding:

9781439578001 | Reissue edition (Paw Prints, November 25, 2008), cover price $14.99 | About this edition: With the depression bearing down on her family and food in short supply, Cassie Logan isn't sure where her next meal will come from.

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Product Description: In July 1969, the world witnessed an awe-inspiring historical achievement when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on the moon. For the young protagonist of this lyrical and hopeful picture book, that landing is something that inspires her to make one giant step toward all of the possibilities that life has to offer...read more
By Dianna Hutts Aston and Jerry Pinkney (illustrator)
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School and Library:

9780803731073 | Dial Books for Young Readers, October 16, 2008, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: In July 1969, the world witnessed an awe-inspiring historical achievement when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on the moon.

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Product Description: Even though eight-year-old Ernestine lives with her family up North, "back home" is Lumberton, North Carolina, the place where she was born and where her mama grew up. From the moment she steps off the train, Ernestine feels right at home in the lush, green countryside, working on the family farm, and spending time with her aunt, uncle, and cousins...read more
By Jerry Pinkney (illustrator)
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Hardcover:

9780803711686 | Dial Books for Young Readers, September 1, 1992, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: Eight-year-old Ernestine returns to visit relatives on the North Carolina farm where she was born

Paperback:

9780140565478 | Puffin, June 1, 1999, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Eight-year-old Ernestine returns to visit relatives on the North Carolina farm where she was born

Library:

9780803711693 | Dial Books for Young Readers, September 1, 1992, cover price $14.89 | About this edition: Eight-year-old Ernestine returns to visit relatives on the North Carolina farm where she was born

Reinforced:

9780606167734 | Demco Media, April 1, 1999, cover price $15.85 | About this edition: Eight-year-old Ernestine returns to visit relatives on the North Carolina farm where she was born

Prebinding:

9781439555378 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, October 1, 2008), cover price $15.99 | About this edition: Even though eight-year-old Ernestine lives with her family up North, "back home" is Lumberton, North Carolina, the place where she was born and where her mama grew up.

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Young Harriet Tubman, whose childhood name was Minty, dreams of escaping slavery on the Brodas plantation in the late 1820s.
By Jerry Pinkney (illustrator) and Alan Schroeder
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Prebinding:

9781439553985 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, April 9, 2009), cover price $15.99 | also contains Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman, Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman
9780613337120 | Turtleback Books, March 1, 2001, cover price $17.20 | About this edition: Young Harriet Tubman, whose childhood name was Minty, dreams of escaping slavery on the Brodas plantation in the late 1820s.

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Young Harriet Tubman, whose childhood name was Minty, dreams of escaping slavery on the Brodas plantation in the late 1820s
By Jerry Pinkney (illustrator)
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Hardcover:

9780803718883 | Dial Books for Young Readers, May 1, 1996, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: Young Harriet Tubman, whose childhood name was Minty, dreams of escaping slavery on the Brodas plantation in the late 1820s

Paperback:

9780140561968 | Reprint edition (Puffin, December 1, 2000), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Young Harriet Tubman, whose childhood name was Minty, dreams of escaping slavery on the Brodas plantation in the late 1820s.

Library:

9780803718890 | Dial Books for Young Readers, May 1, 1996, cover price $16.89 | About this edition: Young Harriet Tubman, whose childhood name was Minty, dreams of escaping slavery on the Brodas plantation in the late 1820s

Reinforced:

9780606203654 | Demco Media, February 1, 2002, cover price $15.85 | also contains Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman | About this edition: Young Harriet Tubman, whose childhood name was Minty, dreams of escaping slavery on the Brodas plantation in the late 1820s.

Prebinding:

9781439553985 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, April 9, 2009), cover price $15.99 | also contains Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman, Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman

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Young Harriet Tubman, whose childhood name was Minty, dreams of escaping slavery on the Brodas plantation in the late 1820s.
By Jerry Pinkney (illustrator)
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Reinforced:

9780606203654 | Demco Media, February 1, 2002, cover price $15.85 | also contains Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman | About this edition: Young Harriet Tubman, whose childhood name was Minty, dreams of escaping slavery on the Brodas plantation in the late 1820s.

Prebinding:

9781439553985 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, April 9, 2009), cover price $15.99 | also contains Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman, Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman

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Complete with a CD of Billie Holiday's classic song, this picture book tells the tale of a struggling family's move from the rural South to the urban North during the 1930s Great Migration era through accessible text and detailed illustrations for young readers of all ages.
By Billie Holiday and Jerry Pinkney (illustrator)
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Hardcover:

9780060287979 | Har/com edition (Amistad Pr, December 1, 2003), cover price $18.99 | About this edition: A swing spiritual based on the proverb 'God blessed the child that's got his own.

Library:

9780060294878 | Amistad Pr, January 1, 2004, cover price $17.89 | About this edition: A swing spiritual based on the proverb 'God blessed the child that's got his own.

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An ugly duckling spends an unhappy year ostracized by the other animals before he grows into a beautiful swan.
By Jerry Pinkney (adapted by) and Maria Candelaria Posada (trans)
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Paperback:

9780061117275 | Rayo, September 1, 2007, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: An ugly duckling spends an unhappy year ostracized by the other animals before he grows into a beautiful swan.

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Paperback:

9788431671648, titled "Fabulas de Esopo / Aesop's Fables" | Rep tra edition (Vicens-Vives Editorial S.A., June 30, 2007), cover price $12.95

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This inspirational story, told by a grandfather to his granddaughter, weaves together the past and the present by detailing Orleans Finger's experience on the Underground Railroad, which forever changed his life. 25,000 first printing.
By Ann Grifalconi and Jerry Pinkney (illustrator)
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School and Library:

9780786818570 | Jump at the Sun, April 1, 2007, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: A little girl's grandfather recalls how he escaped from slavery with the help of a man who was a member of the Underground Railroad and how he planted an apple orchard in remembrance.

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By Crescent Dragonwagon and Jerry Pinkney (illustrator)
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Hardcover:

9780689826672 | Simon & Schuster, September 30, 2006, cover price $16.00

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A timeless classic, illustrated by Sydney-based artist Kilmeny Niland. Ages 3+.
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Hardcover:

9781921049415 | Pop brdbk edition (Little Hare Books, May 31, 2006), cover price $10.70 | also contains The Ugly Duckling, The Ugly Duckling, The Ugly Duckling, The Ugly Duckling, The Ugly Duckling, The Ugly Duckling, The Ugly Duckling, The Ugly Duckling, The Ugly Duckling, The Ugly Duckling, The Ugly Duckling, Ugly Duckling | About this edition: A timeless classic, illustrated by Sydney-based artist Kilmeny Niland.

Reinforced:

9780606036948 | Demco Media, May 1, 1989, cover price $15.37 | also contains The Ugly Duckling, The Ugly Duckling, The Ugly Duckling, The Ugly Duckling, The Ugly Duckling, The Ugly Duckling, The Ugly Duckling, The Ugly Duckling, The Ugly Duckling, The Ugly Duckling, Ugly Duckling | About this edition: An ugly duckling spends an unhappy year ostracized by the other animals in the barnyard before he grows into a beautiful swan.

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Award-winning artists, using hilarious illustrations, present their own verison of the classic joke, from Mo Willems's chicken who confesses his motives to a police officer, to Marle Frazee's chicken who is searching for a luxury 'coop.'
By Jon Agee (illustrator), Tedd Arnold, Marla Frazee (editor) and Jerry Pinkney (illustrator)
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Hardcover:

9780803732032 | Dial Books for Young Readers, May 30, 2006, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: We all know the joke.

School and Library:

9780803730946 | 1 edition (Dial Books for Young Readers, September 21, 2006), cover price $16.99 | About this edition: A collection of pictures drawn by different artists.

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A Caldecott Honor winner presents a newly illustrated edition of the classic fable of the hen who is forced to do all the work of baking bread and of the animals who learn a bitter lesson from it.
By Jerry Pinkney (illustrator)
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School and Library:

9780803729353 | Dial Books for Young Readers, May 18, 2006, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: A newly illustrated edition of the classic fable of the hen who is forced to do all the work of baking bread and of the animals who learn a bitter lesson from it.

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