greed

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greed

The great white man-eating shark

a cautionary tale
1989
Greedy to have the cove where he swims all to himself, Norvin, who looks a bit like a shark, pretends to be one, scaring off the other swimmers and leaving him in happy aquatic solitude--until he is discovered by an amorous female shark.

A penny a look

an old story
1989
Two brothers set out to capture a one-eyed man to display in the marketplace.

Bushbaby

1998
Above all else Bushbaby loves figs and must find a way to outwit Monitor, the fierce lizard that guards the tree where the most delicious ones grow.

Playhouse

2002
Rene asks her father and mother to build her a playhouse, a play barn, a play cow, and more, until finally her parents decide that they'd like to have a play Rene.

Humble pie

2002
Theo, spoiled rotten by his mother and father, is sealed into a pie by his grandmother and begins to learn the error of his naughty ways.

The greedy python

2012
A greedy python swallows ten animals whole, and feeling a bit ill coughs them out, leaving him hungry again.

It was Halloween night

a scary math story--with tangrams!
2001
Angry about being giving a tangram puzzle instead of candy, trick-or-treater Greedy Pete smashes it and finds it pursuing him as it rearranges itself into various animals. Includes related math activities.

The hungry black bag

1999
Meeting several animals on their way to market, greedy Ole Goat takes their wares for his hungry black bag, but he suffers an unfortunate fate when he tries to take Bear's hat.

Barker's crime

1996
A hungry stray dog steals the aroma of a greedy man's food and a just punishment is handed down.

The boy who spoke colors

1993
When a greedy king kidnaps Felix, a boy who can only speak in colors, and tries to exploit that gift, the king encompasses his own doom.

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