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It feels like yesterday that Ben's mother died -- but it's really been a whole year. Still, he misses her so much the sadness keeps him awake at night. Lying in the dark, the only thing that helps Ben sleep is to think about elephants, those magnificent creatures that his mother loved too. Sooner or later, the thought of their awesome grace always calms him in a way that...
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Reynolds Price (1933-2011) was born in Macon, North Carolina. Educated at Duke University and, as a Rhodes Scholar, at Merton College, Oxford University, he taught at Duke beginning in 1958 and was the James B. Duke Professor of English at the time of his death. His first short stories, and many later ones, are published in his Collected Stories. A Long and Happy Life was published in 1962 and won the...
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- PublisherAtheneum Books for Young Readers
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0689830297
- ISBN 13 9780689830297
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages176
- IllustratorSendak Maurice
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. Sendak, Maurice (illustrator). First Edition. First Printing, hardcover. SIGNED by Price on the title page. Heavy crease to front board that runs from top edge near gutter to fore edge and is also visible inside front cover. A good copy only in a fine unflawed dust jacket which is now covered in mylar. Seller Inventory # 3403
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hardcover. Condition: Very Good in Dustjacket. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Sendak, Maurice (illustrator). First Edition. New York. 2000. September 2000. Atheneum Books For Young Readers. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0689830297. 168 pages. hardcover. Jacket illustration by Maurice Sendak. keywords: Children's Books Literature America. DESCRIPTION - 'Ben Barks loved elephants long before he'd seen one. He sometimes wondered how that love started. ' It's been a whole year since Ben's mother died, and nothing has soothed his broken heart - except thinking about elephants, those magnificent creatures his mother loved too. Imagining their awesome grace always calms him in a way that his sad father and closest friends never can. When a one-ring circus comes to Ben's small town, he discovers Sala, an elephant who survived a wicked trainer's abuses. And soon, their powerful bond becomes a miraculous healer - and gives Ben renewed hope for the future. inventory #28249. Seller Inventory # z28249
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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Sendak, Maurice (illustrator). First Edition. This is a nice clean book with light wear and the dust jacket has light wear and is in a high quality Demco protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 050879
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