Kristin Kachel
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The covers of my favorite childhood books. A collection created for INFO-5843.
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Item In The Year Of The Boar And Jackie Robinson(HarperCollins Publishers, 1984) Bao Lord, Bette; Simont, MarcIn 1947, a Chinese child comes to Brooklyn, where she starts to feel at home and to make friends when she discovers baseball and the Brooklyn Dodgers.Item Frindle(Aladdin Paperbacks (Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division), 1996) Clements, Andrew; Selznick, BrianWhen he decides to turn his fifth grade teacher's love of the dictionary around on her, clever Nick Allen invents a new word and begins a chain of events that quickly moves beyond his control.Item Matilda(Scholastic Inc., 1988) Dahl, Roald; Blake, QuentinA neglected child prodigy attempts to drive out the abusive headmistress at her school.Item The Kid Who Invented The Popsicle and Other Extraordinary Stories Behind Everyday Things(Puffin Books (Penguin Putnam Inc.), 1997) Wulffson, DonBrief factual stories about how various familiar things were invented, many by accidents, from animal crackers to the zipper.Item The Usborne Book of Fairy Stories(Usborne Publishing Ltd, 1993) Hawthorn, Philip; Cartwright, StephenA collection of short stories about fairies, pixies, and other magical beings.Item Our Solar System(Morrow Junior Books (William Morrow and Company, Inc.), 1992) Simon, SeymourDescribes the origins and characteristics of the sun, planets, moons, asteroids, meteoroids, and comets.Item The Stinky Cheese Man And Other Fairly Stupid Tales(Scholastic Inc., 1992) Scieszka, John; Smith, LaneA collection of fairy tale parodies.Item The Magic School Bus Gets Baked In A Cake: A Book About Kitchen Chemistry(Scholastic Inc., 1995) Beech, Linda; Enik, TedThe students in Ms. Frizzle's class want to throw her a surprise birthday party, but when they realize they're missing a birthday cake, they decide to bake one themselves.Item Monkey-Monkey's Trick(Random House, Inc., 1988) McKissack, Patricia; Meisel, PaulA greedy hyena's tricks on Monkey-Monkey eventually backfire when his victim finds out how he is being deceived.Item Bunny's New Shoes(Western Publishing Company, 1987) Calmenson, Stephanie; McCue Karsten, LisaWhen Maxine outgrows her shoes, she hopes to get a mismatched pair like her favorite TV character.