Leave That Cricket Be, Alan Lee


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One night as he was going to bed, Alan Lee heard an unfamiliar sound --- cree, cree, cree. "It's just a cricket singing," his mother said. When his uncle told him that in China merchants sold special cages in which to keep crickets as pets, Alan Lee was determined to catch the cricket.




Books Kids Will Sit Still For 3: A Read-Aloud Guide


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An updated compilation which offers criteria for selecting good read-alouds, indexing over 1,700 books for children by author/illustrator, title, and a wide range of subjects; it includes strategies for book selection, recommendations for struggling readers, and annotations with related titles.




American Book Publishing Record Cumulative 1993


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Cited in BCL3, Sheehy, and Walford . Compiled from the 12 monthly issues of the ABPR, this edition of the annual cumulation lists by Dewey sequence some 41,700 titles for books published or distributed in the US. Entry information is derived from MARC II tapes and books submitted to R.R. Bowker, an




Children's Book Review Service


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No Surrender


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The unauthorised biography of the world's most entertaining - and Britain's most successful - cricketing all-rounder In his prime, year in, year out, Ian Botham provided the most memorable moments of the cricketing season. Yet there has always been more to Botham than just cricket, and this biography examines why he inspires both admiration and fury in his fans. Primarily a celebration of Botham and cricket, NO SURRENDER explores the life and times of the most important cricketer of the past quarter century.










Contemporary Authors


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Your students and users will find biographical information on approximately 300 modern writers in this volume of Contemporary AuthorsĀ®. Authors in this volume include: John Denver Alfred Adler Haing S. Ngor Simone Weil




Contemporary Authors


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