Simms Taback

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1) Joseph had a little overcoat

Author

Taback, Simms

Lexile measure

330L

Language

English

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Retelling & Recounting
Story Elements & Structure

Description

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A very old overcoat is recycled numerous times into a variety of garments until nothing remains.

2) There was an old lady who swallowed a fly

Author

Taback, Simms

Lexile measure

AD 320L

Language

English

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Feelings & Senses

Description

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Presents the traditional version of a famous American folk poem first heard in the U.S. in the 1940's with illustrations on die-cut pages that reveal all that the old lady swallows.

3) This is the house that Jack built

Author

Taback, Simms

Pub. Date

2002

Lexile measure

AD 580L

Physical Desc

26 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Language

English

Description

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What happened in the house that Jack built? It all started with the cheese that lay in the house that Jack built. And then came the rat that ate the cheese and the cat who killed the rat. Caldecott Medal winning author and illustrator Simms Taback brings his distinctive humor and creativity to the beloved story of Jack and the house that he built.

4) I miss you every day

Author

Taback, Simms

Pub. Date

2007

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Language

English

Description

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A little girl misses someone so much that she wraps herself up like a package and sends herself through the mail.

5) Simms Taback's big book of words

Author

Taback, Simms

Pub. Date

2004

Edition

1st ed.

Physical Desc

92 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm

Language

English

Description

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Illustrations and text present common toys, articles of clothing, foods and animals.

6) Dinosaurs: a giant fold-out book

Author

Taback, Simms

Pub. Date

2012

Edition

1st ed.

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm

Language

English

7) Simms Taback's farm animals

Author

Taback, Simms

Pub. Date

2011

Edition

1st ed.

Lexile measure

AD 170L

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm

Language

English

Description

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The reader is invited to guess which farm animal is hiding beneath fold-outs that reveal a succession of clues.

8) Kibitzers and fools: tales my zayda (grandfather) told me

Author

Taback, Simms

Pub. Date

2005

Lexile measure

AD 590L

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Language

English

Description

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Thirteen brief, illustrated, traditional Jewish tales, each accompanied by an appropriate saying.

9) Two little witches: a Halloween counting story

Author

Ziefert, Harriet

Pub. Date

1996

Edition

1st ed.

Lexile measure

800L

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm

Language

English

10) When I first came to this land

Author

Ziefert, Harriet

Pub. Date

1998

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 28 cm

Language

English

Description

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Illustrations and words to a traditional song describe the adventures of a pioneer who buys a farm and builds life for himself and his family.

11) Road builders

Author

Hennessy, B. G

Pub. Date

1994

Lexile measure

600L

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Language

English

12) Euphonia and the flood

Author

Calhoun, Mary

Pub. Date

1976

Physical Desc

34 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm

Language

English

13) Too much noise

Author

McGovern, Ann

Pub. Date

1967

Lexile measure

290L

Physical Desc

44 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm

Language

English

14) Who said moo?

Author

Ziefert, Harriet

Pub. Date

1996

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 21 cm

Language

English

15) Sam's Wild West Show

Author

Antle, Nancy

Series

Dial easy-to-read

Pub. Date

1995

Edition

1st ed.

Physical Desc

40 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.

Language

English

Description

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Sam and his Wild West Show entertain the townsfolk and catch two bank robbers before moving on to the next town.

16) There's motion everywhere

Author

Moore, John Travers

Pub. Date

1970

Physical Desc

40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Language

English

17) More science activities: from the Smithsonian Institution

Pub. Date

1988

Physical Desc

91 pages : illustrations ; 22 x 24 cm

Language

English

18) Simms Taback's great big book of spacey, snakey, buggy riddles

Author

Hall, Katy

Pub. Date

2008

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Language

English

Description

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A collection of riddles to make readers laugh -- or groan.

19) Hands-on science: games, puzzles, and toys

Series

Hands-on science

Pub. Date

1993

Physical Desc

48 pages : illustrations 22 x 26 cm.

Language

English

20) Buggy riddles

Author

Hall, Katy

Series

Dial easy-to-read

Pub. Date

1986

Edition

1st ed.

Physical Desc

48 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.

Language

English

Description

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An illustrated collection of insect riddles including "Why do bees hum? They don't know the words!" and "What is the best year for grasshoppers? Leap year!"

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Simms Taback

1) Joseph had a little overcoat

2) There was an old lady who swallowed a fly

3) This is the house that Jack built

4) I miss you every day

5) Simms Taback's big book of words

6) Dinosaurs: a giant fold-out book

7) Simms Taback's farm animals

8) Kibitzers and fools: tales my zayda (grandfather) told me

9) Two little witches: a Halloween counting story

10) When I first came to this land

11) Road builders

12) Euphonia and the flood

13) Too much noise

14) Who said moo?

15) Sam's Wild West Show

16) There's motion everywhere

17) More science activities: from the Smithsonian Institution

18) Simms Taback's great big book of spacey, snakey, buggy riddles

19) Hands-on science: games, puzzles, and toys

20) Buggy riddles