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Author
Series
Mouse books (Judy Cox) volume 1
Publisher
Holiday House
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
On Thanksgiving Day while everyone naps, Mouse spots one pea, a perfect feast, but he cannot help adding all of the fixings--until Cat spots him.
Author
Series
Pig the pug volume 3
Language
English
Description
Told in rhyming text, Pig is a greedy pug, who insists on always winning, and throws a tantrum if anything thwarts him--until one day he swallows not only all his food, but his bowl as well and when his friend Trevor saves him he learns a valuable lesson on sharing.
5) Sport
Author
Series
Harriet the spy volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
When his grandfather dies, eleven-year-old Sport worries that he will be forced to live with his wealthy and greedy mother rather than remain with his kind father and new stepmother.
8) Pig the elf
Author
Series
Pig the pug volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
No one loves Christmas more than Pig. And the world's greediest Pug will stay up all night to get his presents!
10) Grim Tuesday
Author
Series
Keys to the kingdom volume 2
Language
English
Description
Arthur must retrieve the Second Key from his enemy Grim Tuesday in order to save the world. Arthur doesn't think he will ever have to return to the strange house that nearly killed him on Monday -- the house that contains an entire world. But Tuesday brings new challenges -- in the form of an enemy named Grim Tuesday, who threatens the well-being of both Arthur's family and his world. Arthur must retrieve the Second Key from Grim Tuesday in order...
11) Humble pie
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
28 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm
Language
English
Description
A naughty boy gets his just "desserts."
12) Gold!
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Instead of making friends, seven-year-old Max Midas decides to make millions and spend it on what he loves best, gold, but one day things get lonely inside his shiny castle and Max finally learns that gold is not worth anything without friends and family by your side. The author and illustrator of No, David!, is back with a rioutous retelling of the Midas myth that's sure to delight young readers and be read aloud again and again.
16) The shade tree
Author
Series
Publisher
Greystone Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Villagers like to come to rest and cool down in the shade of a huge, old tree. But when a young traveler decides to join them one day, a rich man on whose land the tree stands demands they leave because he owns the tree and therefore its shade. Thinking fast, the traveler strikes a deal: one that will enable him to outsmart the rich man--and ensure that the villagers will always have access to the shade tree's shade, wherever it may fall.
Author
Series
Betty Bunny books volume 2
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Betty Bunny's mother takes her and her siblings to a toy store where each is allowed to pick out one item, but Betty refuses to choose just one and throws a tantrum when she learns the alternative is to get nothing.
18) Barker's crime
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
[1996]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
28 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
A hungry stray dog steals the aroma of a greedy man's food and a just punishment is handed down.
19) The greedy goat
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Goat is tired of eating grass. First she tries the dog's breakfast washed down with some of the cat's milk. As Goat becomes more adventurous in her eating, the family notices that things have gone missing-- including Goat herself, who begins to feel colorfully unwell.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Gruntly is a real hog, and the other animals are tired of his greediness, but when he gets mixed up on a treasure hunt and is the last to reach the prize, Gruntly begins to realize the value of kindness and sharing.
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