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But everything works out in the end–although our youngprotagonist might want to take a few baths after he is rescued.]]></dc:description><dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format><dc:date>1969-12-31T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winter Woes]]></title><link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781559333061</link><description><![CDATA[In bestselling author-illustrator Marty Kelley\'s newest seasonal soap opera, a young worrywart with a vivid imagination takes his fears to extremes--with hilarious results. What if he slips on the snow? What if he falls through the ice? What if he\'s frozen--til spring ? ?  The silliness builds like a snowball rolling downhill as our hero posits all the things could possibly go wrong in the winter wonderland outside his house.]]></description><dc:title><![CDATA[Winter Woes]]></dc:title><dc:creator><![CDATA[By Marty Kelley]]></dc:creator><dc:publisher><![CDATA[Zino Press Children\'s Books]]></dc:publisher><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781559333061]]></dc:identifier><dc:description><![CDATA[In bestselling author-illustrator Marty Kelley\'s newest seasonal soap opera, a young worrywart with a vivid imagination takes his fears to extremes--with hilarious results. What if he slips on the snow? What if he falls through the ice? What if he\'s frozen--til spring ? ?  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