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Title	Author	Description
Ounce Dice Trice Ounce Dice Trice	Alastair Reid Reid	Ben Shahn illustrates this notebook of fabulous words: heavy words, squishy words, made up words, names for cats, whales, and houses. Says the author: "All the words here are meant to be said aloud, over and over, for your own delight." Contributors: Ben Shahn
Jenny's Birthday Book Jenny's Birthday Book	Esther Averill Averill	Today is the day, the day of days, the day of Jenny Linsky's birthday!
Jenny Goes To Sea Jenny Goes to Sea	Esther Averill Averill	In Jenny Goes to Sea, our heroine makes her passage on the good ship Sea Queen with her master, Captain Tinker, and her adopted brothers, tiger cat Edward, and black-and-white cat Checkers.
The Hotel Cat Hotel Cat	Esther Averill Averill	One wintry day a lonely stray cat wandered into the Royal Hotel. He chased mice so well that he was given the job of Hotel Cat.
D'Aulaires' Book of Trolls D'Aulaires' Book of Trolls	Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire aulaire	D'Aulaires' Book of Trolls, the spectacularly illustrated and delightfully entertaining companion volume to the much-acclaimed D'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths.
D'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths D'aulaires' Book of Norse Myths	Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire aulaire	The Caldecott medal-winning d'Aulaires once again captivate their young audience with this beautifully illustrated introduction to Norse legends. Contributors: Michael Chabon
Carbonel: The King of the Cats Carbonel	Barbara Sleigh Sleigh	Appearances can be deceiving. Some old ladies are witches, some brooms can fly, and some ordinary-looking cats are Princes of the Royal Blood. Contributors: V. H. Drummond
Captains of the City Streets Captains of the City	Esther Averill Averill	Ready for any challenge, Sinbad and the Duke, the Captains of the City Streets, charm the Cat Club's admirers with their free spirits and "nifty" street smarts, as they grow up and ultimately find friendship and a place where they belong.