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Brawls, Burps and Business: Come to the Castle (A Visit to a Castle in Thirteenth-Century England)

Just One More Book!! — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 06:00:44 +0000

Author: Linda Ashman (on JOMB)
Illustrator: S. D. Schindler (on JOMB)
Published: 2009 Roaring Brook Press (on JOMB)
ISBN: 1596431555

Humour, grimaces, gluttony and grime cleverly deliver a bonanza of not-soon forgotten feudal facts in this rhyming rundown of Medieval careers.

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Sometimes Siblinghood Stinks: When I Was King

Just One More Book!! — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 06:00:18 +0000

Author: Linda Ashman (on JOMB)
Illustrator: David McPhail (on JOMB)
Published: 2008 Harper Collins (on JOMB)
ISBN: 006029051X

When we feel better about ourselves, we feel better about everything.

Shadowy, Sendakian illustrations and spot-on, multiply paced rhyming text take us for one spin around the familiar first-born cycle of resentment, rage, worry, the relief of being understood, warm fuzziness and back to the joy of siblinghood in this reassuring glimpse inside a shared spotlight.

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A Dog’s Eye View: Stella, Unleashed

Just One More Book!! — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 05:01:16 +0000

Author: Linda Ashman (on JOMB)
Illustrator: Paul Meisel (on JOMB)
Published: 2008 Sterling Publishing (on JOMB)
ISBN: 1402739877

Unabashed autobiographical poems and hilariously expressive illustrations provide the observations and opinions of a straight-shooting canine in this irresistible pooch-hood memoir.

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Oh, Theodore! (Guinea Pig Poems)

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