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Little Women (Signet Classics)Little Women (Signet Classics) by Louisa May Alcott
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The Birds' Christmas Carol (Dodo Press)The Birds' Christmas Carol (Dodo Press) by Kate Douglas Wiggin
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Growing Up with Dick and Jane: Learning and Living the American DreamGrowing Up with Dick and Jane: Learning and Living the American Dream by Carole Kismaric
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Yiddish with Dick and JaneYiddish with Dick and Jane by Ellis Weiner
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Sally realizes that Mother & Father did not teach her to live in the real world and tries unsuccessfully to bring Mother into the 21st Century: "The world is not like this People are not nice. They are mean. I am on MatchMeIfYouCan.com and every man I meet is a shlemiel. I am lonely, frustrated, bored, and overweight. My boss is a putz and I hate my hair."
My Little Red Story Book Revised EditionMy Little Red Story Book Revised Edition by Ginn
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I never really wanted a pony, but maybe this explains why so many kids did: Ride, Tom, ride. Ride Pony Fast...Come here, Pony. Come and get the apple. See Pony get the apple.
My Little Red Story BookMy Little Red Story Book by Odille & Russell, David H. Ousley
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MY LITTLE BLUE STORY BOOK REVISED EDITIONMY LITTLE BLUE STORY BOOK REVISED EDITION by Odille and David H. Russell Ousley
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Trick - or - treating, picking apples, raking leaves: our little reading group pals did all these things in a safe, orderly autumnal world complete with big old trees, sidewalks, harvest - time flower beds, and pumpkins on the porches!
My Little Green Story BookMy Little Green Story Book by Odille and David H. Russell Ousley
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What I always admired most about Mother was her set of glass mixing bowls, one in each color: green, yellow, blue, red! Wow! Where did she get those?
COME WITH USCOME WITH US by ousley odille
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Unlike the rest of us, Betty and Susan always had matching coats and dresses, sweater sets, or a new set of play clothes, never corduroy hand - me - downs!
The Little White House: The Ginn Basic ReadersThe Little White House: The Ginn Basic Readers by Odille; Russell, David H Ousley
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The Ginn Basic Readers: The Little White HouseThe Ginn Basic Readers: The Little White House by Odille Ousley and David H Russell
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ON CHERRY STREETON CHERRY STREET by ousley odille
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An Old-Fashioned Girl (Puffin Classics)An Old-Fashioned Girl (Puffin Classics) by Louisa May Alcott
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The Saturdays (The Melendy Quartet)The Saturdays (The Melendy Quartet) by Elizabeth Enright
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The Four-Story Mistake (The Melendy Quartet)The Four-Story Mistake (The Melendy Quartet) by Elizabeth Enright
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Spiderweb for Two: A Melendy Maze (The Melendy Quartet)Spiderweb for Two: A Melendy Maze (The Melendy Quartet) by Elizabeth Enright
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Then There Were Five (The Melendy Quartet)Then There Were Five (The Melendy Quartet) by Elizabeth Enright
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Gone-Away Lake (Gone-Away Lake Books)Gone-Away Lake (Gone-Away Lake Books) by Elizabeth Enright
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Return to Gone-AwayReturn to Gone-Away by Elizabeth Enright
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Me and CalebMe and Caleb by Franklyn M. Meyer
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Me and Caleb AgainMe and Caleb Again
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The ExilesThe Exiles by Hilary McKay
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The Exiles At HomeThe Exiles At Home by Hilary McKay
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The Exiles At Home (Little Women for Today's Readers)The Exiles At Home (Little Women for Today's Readers) by Hilary McKay
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The Exiles In LoveThe Exiles In Love by Hilary McKay
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Saffy's AngelSaffy's Angel by Hilary McKay
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Indigo's StarIndigo's Star by Hilary McKay
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Permanent RosePermanent Rose by Hilary McKay
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Caddy Ever AfterCaddy Ever After by Hilary McKay
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Forever RoseForever Rose by Hilary McKay
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Forever RoseForever Rose by Hilary McKay
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From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. FrankweilerFrom the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
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The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler PlaceThe Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place by E.L. Konigsburg
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Silent to the BoneSilent to the Bone by E.L. Konigsburg
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All-of-a-kind FamilyAll-of-a-kind Family by Sydney Taylor
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Cheaper by the DozenCheaper by the Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth
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Belles on Their ToesBelles on Their Toes by Frank B. Gilbreth
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The Radiant WayThe Radiant Way by Margaret Drabble
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See 165, 302-03, 366-68 for references to a television talk show (fictional), ironically named "The Radiant Way," afer the British primary school reading books from the 1930s - 50s, "The Radiant Way, First Step." There was "Mother sitting young and decorous in an armchair...Mother kisses the children goodnight...And where was Father?" (366)
Notes from a Small IslandNotes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
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See 103-04 for Bryson's enchanting description of Ladybird children's books (1950s - 60s), in which llustrations by J.H. Wingfield portray "a prosperous, contented, litter-free Britain in which the sun always shone, shopkeepers smiled, and children...derived happiness and pleasure from innocent pastimes (103).
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A MemoirThe Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir by Bill Bryson
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See 145-48 for winsome commentary on Dick & Jane's "interestingly strange family...so wonderfully, fascinatingly different from my own family...There was just one very odd thing...Whenever any of the characters spoke, they didn't sound like humans" (146-47)