Hurray for Ali Baba Bernstein

114 Pages·2003·4.31 MB·English

by  Hurwitz Johanna

HURRAY FOR
ALI BABA
BERNSTEIN

HURRAY FOR
ALI BABA
BERNSTEIN
BY
JOHANNA HURWITZ
ILLUSTRATED BY GAIL OWENS
Starwalk Kids Media
New York
Hurray for my friends
Helen and David Stephenson
Chapter 6, “Ali Baba and the Mystery of the Missing Circus Tickets,”
originally appeared in a different version as “Rosie Relkin’s Raincoat” in
In Another World and Other Stories, edited by Mark W. Aulls, Ed.D., and
Michael F. Graves, Ph.D. Copyright © 1985 by Scholastic Inc. Reprinted
with permission.
Text copyright © 2013, 1989 by Johanna Hurwitz
Illustrations copyright © 2013, 1989 by Gail Owens
All rights reserved.
Published by StarWalk Kids Media
(Printed edition originally published in 1989 by
William Morrow and Company.)
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articles, no part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner
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ISBN 978-1-62334-660-7
CONTENTS
1. Ali Baba Breaks the Rules 1
2. Ali Baba and the Case of Kelly’s Deli 21
3. Ali Baba Bernstein, King for a Day 41
4. Ali Baba Meets Santa Claus 58
5. Ali Baba on His Own 75
6. Ali Baba and the Mystery of the Missing
Circus Tickets 90

1. ALI BABA
BREAKS THE RULES
L
ast year when David Bernstein
was in third grade, there had
been three other boys named David in his
class. There were David Katz, David Rodri-
guez, and David Shapiro. David Bernstein did
not like that a bit. It was much too confus-
ing. Then, one day when he was reading a
book called The Arabian Nights, he discov-
ered a wonderful name: Ali Baba. There were
no other Ali Babas in his class. And as far as
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Hurray for Ali Baba Bernstein
David Bernstein knew, there were no other Ali
Babas in his school. It was the perfect new
name for a boy who wanted to be different.
David Bernstein had told his parents, his
teacher, and his classmates to call him Ali
Baba. His teacher had been surprised by this
name changing in the midst of the school
year. However, there was no rule about it,
and so with time, she did.
Now Ali Baba Bernstein was nine years,
four months, and seven days old. His mother
said he was old enough to act his age and
accept the name he had been given when he
was born. That was easy for her to say. She
didn’t sit in a fourth-grade classroom from
Monday to Friday and hear other people
being called her name over and over again.
Even though David Katz had moved during
the summer, there were still four Davids in
the class. Now there was a new boy named
David Lee, who had transferred from another
school.
Ali Baba Bernstein was determined that if
he ever changed schools, he would have his
parents investigate the names of his new
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