title: Animal Inn 3-Books-in-1!: A Furry Fiasco; Treasure Hunt; The Bow-wow Bus
author: Paul DuBois Jacobs
description: Paul DuBois Jacobs and Jennifer Swender are a husband and wife writing team, authors of many books for children, including <i>Count 1,2,3</i>; <i>Subway Ride</i>; and <i>My Taxi Ride</i>. Paul has also cowritten four books with legendary folk musician, Pete Seeger, including <i>Abiyoyo Returns</i> and <i>The Deaf Musicians</i>. Paul and Jennifer have appeared at Lincoln Center, The Children&rsquo;s Museum of Manhattan, The Brooklyn Botanic Garden, The Virginia Festival of the Book, as well as countless schools, libraries, and museums. They live in Massachusetts.<BR> <BR>Stephanie Laberis is a freelance illustrator and character designer for animation. Originally from New England, she now lives in Northern California with her wonderful partner, a couple of felines, and a handful of rodents. Her love for art is rivaled only by her love for animals, and she spends her spare time as a volunteer wildlife rehabber. She loves painting, needle felting, and losing herself in a good video game.
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  Italo Calvino
  
  DIFFICULT LOVES
  
  _Translated from the Italian by_
  
  _WILLIAM_ WEAVER _and_
  
  _ARCHIBALD COLQUHOUN and PEGGY WRIGHT_
  
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  Copyright 1985
  
  ISBN: 0-15-125610-1
  
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  **CONTENTS**
  
  RIVIERA STORIES 1
  
  Adam, One Afternoon 3
  
  The Enchanted Garden 16
  
  A Goatherd at Luncheon 22
  
  The House of the Beehives 31
  
  Big Fish, Little Fish 36
  
  A Ship Loaded with Crabs 47
  
  Man in the Wasteland 54
  
  Lazy Sons 61
  
  WARTIME STORIES 69
  
  Fear on the Footpath 71
  
  Hunger at Bévera 79
  
  Going to Headquarters 87
  
  The Crow Comes Last 95
  
  One of the Three Is Still Alive 102
  
  Animal Woods 112
  
  Mine Field 122
  
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  POSTWAR STORIES 129
  
  Theft in a Pastry Shop 131
  
  Dollars and the Demimondaine 141
  
  Sleeping like Dogs 15 5
  
  Desire in November 164
  
  Transit Bed 174
  
  STORIES OF LOVE AND LONELINESS 183
  
  The Adventure of a Soldier 185
  
  The Adventure of a Bather 197
  
  The Adventure of a Clerk 209
  
  The Adventure of a Photographer 220
  
  The Adventure of a Traveler 236
  
  The Adventure of a Reader 254
  
  The Adv