Education
Cole attended Kenyon College where he earned a Bachelor"s degree in English in 1960 and then the University of Minnesota where he earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy in 1972.
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Alpha and the Dirty Baby
( After Alpha's parents have a spat, two devil's imps tur...)
After Alpha's parents have a spat, two devil's imps turn Papa and Mama into a lump of coal and an egg, and move in, along with their dirty baby, and cause chaos. But they're no match for clever Alpha!
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The Winter Wren by Brock Cole (1988-09-01)
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Fair Monaco
( When Maggie, Kate, and little Nora go to stay with thei...)
When Maggie, Kate, and little Nora go to stay with their grandmother in the city, they beg her to let them play outside, but she's too afraid. Her back is bad, her feet are bad, and her head is full of worries. That night when the girls find their way into their grandmother's dreams, they realize they can do something to make the worries go away.
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The King at the Door
(A poorly dressed old man appears at an inn and declares h...)
A poorly dressed old man appears at an inn and declares he is really the king, but only a servant believes him.
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No more baths
(A little girl with a particular aversion to taking baths ...)
A little girl with a particular aversion to taking baths decides to run away the next time her mother tells her to take one.
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Alfa y el bebe sucio / Alpha and the Dirty Baby (Mirasol) (Spanish Edition)
(After turning Alpha's parents into a lump of coal and an ...)
After turning Alpha's parents into a lump of coal and an egg, two wicked impstry to trick Alpha into caring for their baby by impersonating her mother andfather.
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The king at the door: Words and pictures
(A beggar arrives at the inn declaring he is a king but on...)
A beggar arrives at the inn declaring he is a king but only manages to convince Little Baggit, the servant.
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The Winter Wren
(When his village suffers from a hard winter, Simon, whose...)
When his village suffers from a hard winter, Simon, whose mother laughs at his foolishness, goes in search of spring.
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Alfa y el bebe sucio / Alpha and the Dirty Baby (Mirasol) (Spanish Edition) by Brock Cole (1991-09-03)
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Alpha and the Dirty Baby by Brock Cole (1995-09-30)
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- Nothing but a Pig (Seeking a more refined life, Preston the pig leaves his h...)
Brock Cole
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He is an award-winning author and illustrator of pictures books for children as well as a writer of novels and novellas for young adult readers. The subject matter of his juvenile fiction is perhaps more controversial than that of his peers, landing him on the American Library Association 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books 1990-2000. Though some of his books have been challenged for content, he has become well known for his style and form.
Born in Charlotte, Michigan Cole spent most of his childhood moving around the Midwest with his family, as his father was a dentist in the army during World World War World War II Before becoming an author Cole was a philosophy professor at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
Cole is married to the Classicist Susan Guettel Cole, who taught at the University of Illinois at Chicago from 1975-1992 and the University at Buffalo from 1992-2008. (From Buttons)
"I shall dress in my finest clothes and walk up and down the Palace Bridge.
But I will say, "Number! I can never be yours! Not unless you first give me all your buttons!""
"Many buttons were lost or destroyed in the process, but who could think of buttons at a time like this?".
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book
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Alpha and the Dirty Baby
( After Alpha's parents have a spat, two devil's imps tur...)
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Alfa y el bebe sucio / Alpha and the Dirty Baby (Mirasol) (Spanish Edition)
(After turning Alpha's parents into a lump of coal and an ...)
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Nothing but a Pig
(Seeking a more refined life, Preston the pig leaves his h...)
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Fair Monaco
( When Maggie, Kate, and little Nora go to stay with thei...)
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No more baths
(A little girl with a particular aversion to taking baths ...)
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The Winter Wren
(When his village suffers from a hard winter, Simon, whose...)
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The King at the Door
(A poorly dressed old man appears at an inn and declares h...)
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The king at the door: Words and pictures
(A beggar arrives at the inn declaring he is a king but on...)
- The Winter Wren by Brock Cole (1988-09-01)
- Alfa y el bebe sucio / Alpha and the Dirty Baby (Mirasol) (Spanish Edition) by Brock Cole (1991-09-03)
- Alpha and the Dirty Baby by Brock Cole (1995-09-30)
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Alpha and the Dirty Baby
