Eric A. Kimmel
22) Medio Pollito
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Medio Pollito discovers that even though he is a half chick, he has a whole heart.
29) Pumpkinhead
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Pumpkinhead sets out to see if the rest of the world is the same as Pumpkintown, but because of some tricky squirrels, neither he nor the rest of his town finds out.
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Anansi books volume 4
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It's a fine bright day, and all the animals are working--all except Anansi, that is! He's sleeping, as usual. Warthog, Lion, and Zebra laugh so hard at his messy house that they wake him up. Anansi stomps off in a huff--right into an amazing secret! Hyena has a magic stick that follows his orders. If Anansi steals the stick, he'll never have to work again, and his home will be the neatest one in town. Is the magic stick his secret for success? Or...
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Anansi books volume 5
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When Anansi the spider invites Turtle to a party just to play a trick on him, Turtle gets revenge at a party of his own.
33) Cactus soup
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During the Mexican Revolution, when a troop of hungry soldiers comes to a town where all the food has been hidden, they charm the townspeople into helping make a soup from water and a cactus thorn.
36) Gabriel's horn
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"A mysterious soldier appears at the door hands Gabriel a tarnished horn. As the years go by, Gabriel's family prospers and they, in turn, help their neighbors. Could their good luck have something to do with the horn?"--Amazon website.
38) A horn for Louis
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How did famous New Orleans jazz trumpet player Louis Armstrong get his first horn?
Seven-year-old Louis Armstrong was too poor to buy a real instrument. He didn’t even go to school. To help his mother pay the rent, every day he rode a junk wagon through the streets of New Orleans, playing a tin horn and collecting stuff people didn’t want. Then one day, the junk wagon passed a pawn shop with a gleaming brass