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The story of Jumping Mouse
1950

The Boy of the Three-Year Nap
1988

Big Nate - Game On!
2013

Baseball ballerina
1992

The Little House
1942

The art lesson
1989

The Adventures of Beekle
2014

Sam, Bangs & Moonshine
1966

Frog went a-courtin'
1955

When we were alone
2016

From the Desk of Zoe Washington
2020

Meet Addy
1993

Addy Learns a Lesson
1993

Day of Infamy (Wordsworth Military Library)
1957

The Crane Wife
1920

The Korean war: America's forgotten war
2006

Al Capone does my shirts
2004