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11) All by myself
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All the many things a young child can do independently are demonstrated (tying shoes, riding bike, kicking ball), but there is one thing one cannot do alone.
17) The pushcart war
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The outbreak of a war between truck drivers and pushcart peddlers brings the mounting problems of traffic to the attention of both the city of New York and the world.
18) Fables
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Twenty original fables about an array of animal characters from crocodile to ostrich.
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Eve is haunted by her dead cats, Willie is not content to turn a blind eye to suffering, and Maria carries on lengthy conversations with a silent caller. Theirs are the odd, but strangely realistic stories you will find in this collection. Avi's stories address real concerns in a way young people can relate to. Always entertaining, they broach difficult topics like divorce, teenage runaways, adolescent cruelty, and homelessness. Here even "bad" kids...