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Note: Books from the Beginner Books and Bright and
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Cat and Dog
by Else Holmelund
Minarik
Pictures by Fritz Siebel
An "Early I Can
Read" book
c. 1960
Harper & Row
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Who Will Be
My Friends?
by Syd Hoff
An Early I Can Read Book
c. 1960
Harper & Row
(1985 Harper Trophy edition)
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Oliver
Story and Pictures
by Syd Hoff
An "I Can Read" book
c. 1960
Harper & Row
(a Firefly Book/Readers
Digest
paperback edition)
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B-13
One Fish Two Fish
Red Fish Blue Fish
by Dr. Seuss
A
"Beginner Book" c.
1960
Random House
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Plenty of Fish
by Millicent Selsam
Illustrations by
Erik Blegvad
A "Science I Can Read" book
c. 1960
Harper & Row
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The Fire Cat
Story and Pictures
by Esther Averill
An "I Can Read" book
c. 1960
Harper & Row
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B-16
Green Eggs
and Ham
by Dr. Seuss A
"Beginner Book" c.
1960
Random House
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B-17
Put Me
In the Zoo
by Robert Lopshire
A "Beginner Book"
c. 1960
Random House
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B-18
Are You
My Mother?
by P. D. Eastman
a "Beginner Book"
c. 1960
Random House
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Little Bear's
Friend
by Else Holmelund
Minarik
Pictures by
Maurice Sendak
An "I Can Read" book
c. 1960
Harper & Row Publishers
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Harry and the
Lady Next Door
by Gene Zion
Pictures by
Margaret Bloy Graham
An "I Can Read" book
c. 1960
Harper & Row
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Little Black Puppy
and other
Animal Stories
by Charlotte Zolotow, Patricia Scarry,
Gertrude Crampton and Seymour Reit
Illustrations by Lilian Obligado,
Richard Scarry, John P. Miller,
and Erik Blegvad
A Read It Yourself Book
c. 1960, 1961
Golden Press
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Belling the Cat
and Other Stories
Retold
by Leland R. Jacobs
Illustrated by
Harold Berson
c. 1960
Golden Press
Special Scott Foresman and Co.
Edition for the Invitations to
Personal Reading Program
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Albert
the Albatross
Story and pictures
by Syd Hoff
An Early I Can Read Book
c. 1961
Harper & Row
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Little Black,
a Pony
by Walter Farley
Illustrated by
James Schucker
An "Beginner Book"
c. 1961
Random House
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B-19
Ten Apples
Up On Top
by Theo. LeSieg
Illustrated by Roy McKie
A "Beginner Book"
c. 1961
Random House
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B-20
Go, Dog. Go!
by P. D. Eastman
A Beginner Book"
c. 1961
Random House
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Chester
Story and Pictures
by Syd Hoff
An "I Can Read" book
c. 1961
Harper & Row
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*Little Bear's Visit
by Else Holmelund
Minarik
Pictures by
Maurice Sendak
An "I Can Read" book
c. 1961
Harper & Row Publishers
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Hurry Up,
Slowpoke
Story and Pictures
by Crosby Newell
A Wonder Books
Easy Reader
c. 1961
Wonder Books/
Grosset & Dunlap
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Where's Willie
by Seymour Reit
Illustrated by Erik Blegvad
A Golden Beginning Reader
c. 1961
Golden Press/
Western Publishing
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B-23
A Fish
Out of Water
by Helen Palmer
Illustrated by P. D. Eastman
a "Beginner Book"
c. 1961
Random House
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Tony's Birds
by Millicent E. Selsam
Illustrated by Kurt Werth
A "Science I Can Read" book
c. 1961
Harper & Row
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Tell Me
Some More
Story by
Crosby Newell Bonsall
Pictures by Fritz Siebel
An "I Can Read" book
c. 1961
Harper & Row
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Will You Come
to My Party?
Story by Sara Asheron
Pictures by Susanne Suba
A Wonder Books
Easy Reader
c. 1961
Wonder Books/
Grosset & Dunlap
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Little Chief
Story and Pictures
by Syd Hoff
An "I Can Read" book
c. 1961
Harper & Row
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Miss Polly's
Animal School
Story by Mary Elting
Pictures by Lisl Weil
A Wonder Books
Easy Reader
c. 1961
Wonder Books
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The Secret Cat
Story by Tamara Kitt
Pictures by William Russell
A Wonder Books
Easy Reader
c. 1961
Wonder Books
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How Big is a Foot
Written and Illustrated
by Rolf Myller
A Young Yearling Book
c. 1962
Bantam Doubleday Dell
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Come and
Have Fun
by Edith Thacher Hurd
Pictures by Clement Hurd
An Early I Can Read Book
c. 1962
Harper & Row
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Terry and the
Caterpillars
by Millicent E. Selsam
Pictures by Arnold Lobel
A Science I Can Read Book
c. 1962
Harper & Row
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This Is the House
Where Jack Lives
by Joan Heilbroner
Illustrated by Aliki
An I Can Read Book
c. 1962
Harper & Row
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The Happy
Birthday Present
by Joan Heilbroner
Pictures by Mary Chalmers
An I Can Read Book
c. 1962
Harper & Row
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Little Runner
of the Longhouse
by Betty Baker
Pictures by Arnold Lobel
An I Can Read Book
c. 1962
Harper & Row
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The No-Bark Dog
by Stan Williamson
Illustrations by Tom O'Sullivan
A Beginning-to-Read Book
c. 1962
Follett Publishing Co.
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B-25
Robert
the Rose Horse
by Joan Heilbroner
Illustrated by P. D. Eastman
a 'Beginner Book"
c. 1962
Random House
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B-27
Snow
by Roy McKie and
P. D. Eastman
A "Beginner Book"
c. 1962
Random House
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B-28
The Big Honey Hunt
by Stanley and Janice Beranstain
A "beginner Book"
c. 1962
Random House
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The Monkey
in the Rocket
Story by Jean Bethell
Pictures by Sergio Leone
A Wonder Books
Easy Reader
c. 1962
Wonder Books/
Grosset & Dunlap
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Billy Brown
the Baby Sitter
Story by Tamara Kitt
Pictures by
Rosalind Welcher
A Wonder Books
Easy Reader
c. 1962
Wonder Books/
Grosset & Dunlap
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Fly-Away
at the Air Show
Story by Leone Adelson Pictures
by Andree Golbin
A Wonder Books
Easy Reader
c. 1962
Wonder Books/
Grosset & Dunlap
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Arty the Smarty
Story by Faith McNulty
Pictures by Albert
Aquino
A Wonder Books
Easy Reader
c. 1962
Wonder Books/
Grosset & Dunlap
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Barney Beagle
Story by Jean Bethell
Pictures by Ruth Wood
A Wonder Books
Easy Reader
c. 1962
Wonder Books/
Grosset & Dunlap
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A Train for Tommy
Story by Edith Tarcov
Pictures
by William Russell
A Wonder Books
Easy Reader
c. 1962
Wonder Books/
Grosset & Dunlap
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Greg's Microscope
by Millicent E. Selsam
Pictures
by Arnold Lobel
A "Science I Can
Read" book
c. 1963
Harper & Row
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Amelia Bedelia
by Peggy Parish
Pictures by Fritz Siebel
An I Can Read Book
Reading 2 With Help
c. 1963
HarperCollins
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Grizzwold
Story and Pictures
by Syd Hoff
An "I Can Read" book
c. 1963
Harper & Row
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What Spot?
by Crosby Bonsall
An "I Can Read" book
c. 1963
Harper & Row
First Edition
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The Case of the
Hungry Stranger
by Crosby Bonsall
An "I Can Read" Mystery
c. 1963
Harper & Row
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B-29
Hop On Pop
Dr. Seuss
A "Beginner Book"
c. 1963
Random House
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B-30
Dr. Seuss's
ABC
A "Beginner Book"
c. 1963
Random House
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B-32
Summer
by Alice Low
With Roy McKie Pictures
A "Beginner Book"
c. 1963
Random House
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Prove It!
by Rose Wyler
and Gerald Ames
Pictures
by Talivaldis Stubis
A Science I can Read Book
c. 1963
Harper & Row
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The Clumsy
Cowboy
Story by Jean Bethell
Pictures by
Shel and Jan Haber
A Wonder Books
Easy Reader
c. 1963
Wonder Books
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Question and
Answer Book
Written by Mary Elting Pictures
by Elizabeth Dauber
A Wonder Books
Easy Reader
c. 1963
Wonder Books/
Grosset & Dunlap
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The Boy Who
Fooled the Giant
Story by Tamara Kitt
Pictures
by William Russell
A Wonder Books
Easy Reader
c. 1963
Wonder Books
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The Surprise
in the Storybook
Story by Sara Asheron
Pictures by
Claudine Nankivel
A Wonder Books
Easy Reader
c. 1963
Wonderbooks
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The Day Joe
Went To the Supermarket
Story by
Dorothy Levenson
Pictures
by Jessica Zemsky
A Wonder Books
Easy Reader
c. 1963
Wonder Books
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Tuggy
by Clara G. Stratemeyer
and Henry Lee Smith, Jr.
Illustrated by
Lucy Hawkinson
The Linguistic Readers
A Basic Reading program
Preprimer 2
c. 1963
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Tuggy
by Clara G. Stratemeyer
and Henry Lee Smith, Jr.
Illustrated by
Lucy Hawkinson
The Linguistic Readers
A Basic Reading program
Paperback edition
c. 1963
Harper & Row
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Pepper
by Clara G. Stratemeyer
and Henry Lee Smith, Jr.
The Linguistic Readers
A Basic Reading program
c. 1963
Harper & Row
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Frog Fun
by Clara G. Stratemeyer
and Henry Lee Smith, Jr.
The Linguistic Readers
A Basic Reading program
c. 1963
Harper & Row
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How the Animals
Get To the Zoo
Story by Mary Elting
Pictures by Stefan Martin
A Wonder Books
Easy Reader
c. 1964
Wonder Books/
Grosset & Dunlap
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B-36
The Bike Lesson
by Stan and Jan Berenstain
A "Beginner Book"
c. 1964
Random House
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Pins and Pans
Drawings by
Carol Andrews Moore
A Sullivan Assoc. Reader
c. 1964
McGraw-Hill Book Co.
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The Elf in the
Singing Tree
by Sara Bulette
Illustrated by
Tom Dunnington
A "Beginning-to-Read" Book"
c. 1964
Follett Publishing Co.
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Red Fox and
His Canoe
by Nathaniel Benchley
Pictures by Arnold Lobel
c. 1964
Harper & Row
Scholastic
paperback edition
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Animals Do the
Strangest Things
by Leonora and Arthur Hornblow
Illustrations by
Michael K. Frith
A Step-up Book
c. 1964
Random House
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Who Will Milk
My Cow
by Janet Jackson
Illustrated by
Audean Johnson
A Follett
Beginning-to-Read Book
c. 1964
Follett Publishing Co.
2nd printing
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The Case of the
Cat's Meow
by Crosby Bonsall
An "I Can Read" book
c. 1965
Harper & Row
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Let's Get Turtles
by Millicent E. Selsam
Drawings Arnold Lobel
A Science I Can Read Book
c. 1965
Harper & Row
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Little Raccoon and
the Outside World
by Lillian Moore
Pictuper res by
Gioia Fiammenghi
c. 1965
McGraw Hill
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I Should Have
Stayed in Bed
by Joan M. Lexau
Pictures by Syd Hoff
c. 1965
Harper & Row
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B-38
Fox in Socks
by Dr. Seuss
A "Beginner Book"
c. 1965
Random House
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Here Comes
the Strike Out
by Leonard Kessler
An "I Can Read" book
Level 2 Grades 1-3
c. 1965
Harper & Row
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Johnny Lion's Book
by Edith Thatcher Hurd
Pictures by
Clement Hurd
An "I Can Read" book
c. 1965
Harper & Row
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B-40
I Wish That I Had
Duck Feet
by Theo LeSieg
Illustrated by B. Tobey
A "beginner Book"
c. 1965
Random House
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The World's Greatest Detective!
Big Max
by Kin Platt
with pictures by
Robert Lopshire
An I can Read Mystery
c. 1965
Harper & Row
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Mr. Pines
Purple House
Story and Pictures by Leonard Kessler
A Wonder Books
Easy Reader
c. 1965
Wonder Books/
Troll Associates
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Three To
Get Ready
by Betty Boegehold
Pictures by Mary Chalmers
An I Can Read Book
c. 1965
Harper & Row
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Coming Soon
Birds Do The
Strangest Things
by Leonora and Arthur Hornblow
Illustrations by Michael Frith
A Step-Up Book
c. 1965
Random House
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Dumb Bells
by Crosby Bonsall
An "I Can Read" Mystery
C. 1966
Harper & Row
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Oscar Otter
by Nathan Benchley
Illustrations by Arnold Lobel
An I Can Read Book
c. 1966
Harper & Row
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Benny's Animals
and How He
Put Them In order
by Millicent E. Selsam
Pictures by Arnold Lobel
A Science I can Read Book
C. 1966
Harper & Row
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The Homework Caper
by Joan M. Lexau
Pictures by Syd Hoff
An I can Read Mystery
c. 1966
Harper & Row
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The Witch's Spell
by Ida DeLage
Illustrated by Gil Miret
C. 1966
Garrard Publishing Co.
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The Yellow Boat
by Margaret Hillert
Illustrated by Ed Young A
Just Beginning to Read Book c.
1966
Follett Publishing
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Kick, Pass, and
Run
by Leonard Kessler
A Sports I Can Read Book
c. 1966
Harper & Row
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Petey
the Peanut Man
Story by Jean Bethell
Pictures by Mae Gerhard
A Wonder Books
Easy Reader
c. 1966
Wonder Books/
Grosset & Dunlap
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B-41
The Bears' Picnic
by Stan and Jan
Berenstain
a "Beginner Book"
c. 1966
Random House
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B-42
Don and Donna
Go To Bat
by All Perkins
Illustrated by B. Tobey
A "Beginner Book"
c. 1966
Random House
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B-44
Come Over
To My House
by Theo LeSieg
Illustrated by Richard Erdos
A "Beginner Book"
c. 1966
Random House
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Coming Soon
Fish Do The
Strangest Things
by Leonora and Arthur Hornblow
Illustrations by Michael Frith
A Step-Up Book
c. 1966
Random House
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B-46
The Bear Scouts
by Stan and Jan Berenstain A
"Beginner Book"
c. 1967
Random House
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B-47
The Digging-est
Dog
by Al Perkins
Illustrated by Eric Gurney
a "Beginner Book"
c. 1967
Random House
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The Strange Disappearance
of Arthur Cluck
by Nathaniel Benchley
Pictures by Arnold Lobel
An I Can Read Mystery
C. 1967
Harper & Row
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Noggin and the
Moon Mouse
by Oliver Postgate
and Peter Firmin
c. 1967
Young Readers Press
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1968
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B-49
Hugh Lofting's
Doctor Dolittle
and the Pirates
Adapted by Al Perkins
Illustrated by Philip Wende
A "Beginner Book"
c. 1968
Random House
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A Kiss for Little Bear
by Else Holmelund
Minarik
Pictures by
Maurice Sendak
An "I Can Read" book
c. 1968
Harper & Row Publishers
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A Ghost Named
Fred
by Nathaniel Benchley
Pictures by Ben Shecter
An I Can Read Mystery
c. 1968
Harper & Row
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Little Popcorn
Story by Sara Asheron
Pictures by Susan Perl
c. 1968
Grosset & Dunlap
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Danny's
Glider Ride
by Don E. Snyder
Illustrated by
Tak Murakami
A Beginning-to-Read Book
c. 1968
Follett Publishing Co.
First Printing
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I Am Better
Than You!
by Robert Lopshire
An I Can Read Book
c. 1968
Harper & Row
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B-52
The Bears' Vacation
by Stan and Jan Berenstain
A "Beginner Book"
c. 1968
Random House
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Story of Chitty Chitty
Bang Bang
by Ian Fleming
A "Beginner Book"
c. 1968
Randome House
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Spooky Tricks
by Rose Wyler and
Gerald Ames
Pictures by
Talivaldis Stubis
An i Can Read Book
c. 1968
Harper & Row
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BE-1
The Foot Book
by Dr. Seuss
A "Bright and Early" Book
c. 1968
Random House
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BE-2
The Ear Book
by Dr. Seuss
A "Bright and Early" Book
c. 1968
Random House
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BE-3
The Eye Book
by Dr. Seuss
A "Bright and Early" Book
c. 1968
Random House
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BE-4
Inside Outside Upside Down
by Dr. Seuss
A "Bright and Early" Book
c. 1968
Random House
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Sam
the Minuteman
by Nathaniel Benchley
Pictures by Arnild Lobel
An I Can Read Book
c. 1969
Harper & Row
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Circus Fun
by Margaret Hillert
Illustrated by Elaine Raphael
Beginning To Read Series
c. 1969
Modern Curriculum Press
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It's Magic
by Robert Lopshire
c. 1969
Macmillan
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BE-5
Hand, Hand,
Fingers, Thumb
by Al Perkins
Illustrated by
Eric Gurney
A 'Bright and Early Book'
c. 1969
Random House
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Sweet as a Rose
by Lawrence F. Lowery and Albert B. Carr
c. 1969
Holt, Rinehart and Winston
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BE-6
Bears On Wheels
by Stan and Jan Berenstain
A Bright and Early Book
c. 1969
Random House
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