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- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company2015 Hardback I own Thing Explainer, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 2015 Log in to want this
- Hodder & Stoughton2015 Other I own Thing Explainer, Hodder & Stoughton 2015 Log in to want this
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We track 2 editions of Thing Explainer. Each has its own page with how to identify it.