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Title :
The frontier book of children's short stories
Format:
Books
Summary:
"This book is a collection of short stories designed to be used for reading practice and entertainment for home and classroom readers. It consists of 50 mostly fictional stories in several different interest areas. The areas include adults, boys and girls, animals, strange happenings, directions, lifelike objects, humor, and others. Many of these stories contain an introduction of factual information followed by a fictional story. In selected stories, there is another story following it that is related to it in some way."--P. [4] of cover.
Language:
English
ISBN - ISSN:
9781608448043

1608448045
Physical Description:
153 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
General Note:
Local Author Collection.
Contents:
The missing doorknob -- A time to relax -- Annie's big day -- Ester's rainbow -- My favorite sport -- Lost at the zoo -- Vicki learns a lesson -- No pity for Randolph -- A close call -- Crickets in the closet -- Which way is right? -- A narrow escape -- A midnight adventure of Peter Opossum -- Ice skating-real and imagined -- My pet skunk -- Nurse Gotcha -- Tina's first softball game -- The endless tunnel -- The sock box -- Grandmother's attic -- No fish today -- How do I get there? -- A strange backpacking trip -- Superstitious Sam -- A future Tyler Rose Queen -- Timid Tanner Twinkle -- A boy and his dog -- A dog and his boy -- A foiled plot -- Tanya's wish -- Laura's pet pig -- The proud punch bowl -- Corinne returns home -- The talking tree -- A sure winner -- A horrible picnic -- Susan's ferry ride -- Don't be late -- You're too early -- What is magic? -- Just a dream -- My hobby as a philatelist -- My hobby as a numismatist -- A mechanic's nightmare -- Where are you, Snooky? -- The day Homer broke his nose -- A sunny day for Abel -- Oh, no, not rain again! -- Peter Opossum discovers a circus -- The mystery of Ashley's blue eraser -- Glossary.
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