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• ReadBoston

  Read Boston
  EDUCATOR: Theresa Lynn
  GRADE: 1
  CLASS URL: http://www.swap.com/classroom/readboston-boston-massachusetts-39/
  
  ReadBoston also devotes much time and energy to promoting children's literacy in Boston's elementary schools.

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• Rosie's Walk
  Pat Hutchins
  (Print)
  Rosie the hen goes for a walk around the barnyard, but she's so focused on her destination that she's completely unaware of the fact that a hungry fox is stalking her. Still,...
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• Dear Zoo
  Rod Campbell
  (Print)
  A boy wants a pet, and so he writes to the zoo asking them to send him one. At first the zoo sends him an elephant, but the boy thinks it is too big, so he sends it back....
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• Pet Show
  Ezra Jack Keats
  (Print)
  Peter and his friends all win prizes at the neighborhood pet show. Torn paper collage illustrates the text.
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• The Relatives Came
  Cynthia Rylant
  (Print)
  A family gets a visit from a large family of relatives in an old station wagon.
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• Henry and Mudge in the Green Time
  Cynthia Rylant
  (Print)
  The summertime adventures of Henry and his loveable dog, Mudge. The duo partake in such activities as giving Mudge an outdoors bath, getting stung by a bee, and playing King...
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• Henry and Mudge Under the Yellow Moon
  Cynthia Rylant
  (Print)
  Henry and his dog, Mudge, take part in typical autumn activities such as walking on fallen leaves, trick - or - treating on Halloween, and celebrating Thanksgiving. Watercolor...
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• Henry and Mudge and the Forever Sea
  Cynthia Rylant
  (Print)
  Henry, his dog Mudge, and Henry's father head to the beach for a day of fun and sun. Together, they enjoy hot dogs, building sandcastles, and splashing in the waves. Watercolor...
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• Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch
  Eileen Spinelli
  (Print)
  An anonymous valentine changes the life of the unsociable Mr. Hatch, turning him into a laughing friend who helps and appreciates all his neighbors
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• Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
  Bill Martin
  (Print)
  A rhythmic text and bold collage illustrations combine to introduce children to a variety of animals and colors in this classic book for the very young. The chant-like text...
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• Diary of a Worm
  Doreen Cronin
  (Print)
  Readers are given a unique view into one worm's life via this diary kept by a young baseball cap-wearing worm who lives with his parents, goes to school, and makes friends...
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• Goodnight Moon
  Margaret Wise Brown
  (Print)
  Simple, warm illustrations and a gentle rhyming text combine to tell the story of a sleepy bunny saying goodnight to all the things he can see and hear as he drifts off to...
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• Bread and Jam for Frances
  Russell Hoban
  (Print)
  Dealing with the common childhood issue of picky eating habits, BREAD AND JAM FOR FRANCES tells the story of a young badger named Frances who is not a very adventurous eater....
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• Danny And The Dinosaur
  Syd Hoff
  (Print)
  Syd Hoff's classic I Can Read book is still tremendously popular decades after it was first published in 1958. Flaxen - haired Danny's trip to a museum finds him befriending...
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• Harold and the Purple Crayon
  Crockett Johnson
  (Print)
  Although the text is very matter of fact, this story about a young boy named Harold is full of imagination and adventure. One night, Harold decides to go for a moonlit walk,...
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• The Carrot Seed
  Ruth Krauss
  (Print)
  A little boy plants a carrot seed. His family tells him it will never grow, but the boy doesn't listen. Day by day, he cares for the seed, watering it, and weeding around...
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• Frog and Toad Are Friends
  Arnold Lobel
  (Print)
  Five short vignettes celebrate the wonderful friendship shared by a frog and a toad. In one story Frog attempts to awaken the hibernating Toad so that they can enjoy the...
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• Frog and Toad Together
  Arnold Lobel
  (Print)
  Whether gardening together or baking cookies, Frog and Toad are the best of friends. Five short vignettes about their special friendship are together in this early reader...
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• Days With Frog and Toad
  Arnold Lobel
  (Print)
  <P>Friends every day</P> <P>Good friends like Frog and Toad enjoy spending their days together. They fly kites, celebrate Toad's birthday, and share the shivers when one...
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• If You Give a Moose a Muffin
  Laura Joffe Numeroff
  (Print)
  Giving a hungry moose a muffin sets of a chain of amazing events in this colorful companion to the popular picture book IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIE.
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• What's It Like to Be a Fish?
  Wendy Pfeffer
  (Print)
  Explains how a fish's body, fins, scales, and gills help him to swim and breathe underwater.
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• If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
  Laura Joffe Numeroff
  (Print)
  Giving a mouse a cookie might seem like a nice thing to do, but in this book, it is only the first in a series of interconnected and ever - increasing requests from the mouse....
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• Where the Wild Things Are
  Maurice Sendak
  (Print)
  WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE was one of the first children's books to depict the sometimes subversive inner mind of a child. A seemingly straightforward tale about monsters,...
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• Where the Sidewalk Ends
  Shel Silverstein
  (Print)
  By the early 1970s, the outlandish, outrageous Shel Silverstein was already a prolific folksinger / songwriter, cartoonist, and author of a widely known, much discussed classic...
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• Caps for Sale
  Esphyr Slobodkina
  (Print)
  All the cap peddler's caps are taken by monkeys, who put them on and perch high in a tree. How can the peddler get his merchandise back? Demands and threats don't work, but...
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• Pierre
  Maurice Sendak
  (Print)
  Despite the loving concern and interest of his parents, a young boy named Pierre won't say anything but "I don't care!" When his mother asks him what he wants for breakfast...
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• Biscuit
  Alyssa Satin Capucilli
  (Print)
  A beginning reader book about Biscuit, a lively puppy who refuses to go to bed. Color illustrations accompany the basic text.
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• Harry the Dirty Dog
  Gene Zion
  (Print)
  A classic originally published in 1956, HARRY THE DIRTY DOG is still adored immensely by just about everyone. Harry is a feisty little dog who hates taking a bath. Knowing...
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• The Grouchy Ladybug
  Eric Carle
  (Print)
  The ladybug in this book is as bad-tempered as one can get. Fortunately, she becomes happier and better-behaved before this book is finished!
• copies wanted2

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• The Adventures of Frog & Toad
  Arnold Lobel
  (Print)
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• The Stray Dog
  Marc Simont
  (Print)
  <P>When a little dog appears at a family picnic, the girl and boy play with him all afternoon, and they name him Willy. At day's end they say good-bye. But the dog has won...
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• The Wolves In The Walls
  Neil Gaiman
  (Print)
  A young girl named Lucy is convinced that there are wolves living within the walls of her family's house. Lucy has always feared what will happen on the day that the wolves...
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• Maniac Magee
  Jerry Spinelli
  (Print)
  After his parents are killed in an accident, Jeffrey Lionel Magee is forced to live with his aunt and uncle--a situation he eventually finds so unbearable that he runs away....
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• The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything
  Linda Williams
  (Print)
  In this spooky story, a little old lady goes for a walk in the woods; all is well, but as night falls, she begins to have a series of scary encounters. First she meets up...
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• If You Give a Pig a Pancake
  Laura Joffe Numeroff
  (Print)
  In this cumulative tale, in over-sized format, readers will learn all the trouble they're in for should they ever feed pancakes to a pig. Of course, if you give a pig a pancake,...
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• Sylvester And The Magic Pebble
  William Steig
  (Print)
  Sylvester is a donkey who loves collecting unusual pebbles. One day he finds a most amazing red pebble--one that, when he holds it in his hoof, has the ability to grant his...
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• Madeline
  Ludwig Bemelmans
  (Print)
  With one of the most well known and lovely opening sentences in all of children's literature ("In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines lived twelve little girls...
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• Blueberries for Sal
  Robert McCloskey
  (Print)
  When a young girl named Sal goes blueberry picking with her mother, she does far more eating than collecting. With her mother distracted by her goal of picking enough berries...
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• Make Way for Ducklings
  Robert McCloskey
  (Print)
  MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS combines a perfectly told tale with lovely illustrations to tell the story of how a family of ducks found a home in Boston's Public Garden. After hatching...
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• Corduroy
  Don Freeman
  (Print)
  A gentle stuffed bear who wears a pair of green overalls, Corduroy sits on a shelf in the toy section of a large department store, eagerly awaiting the day that someone will...
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• Snowy Day
  Ezra Jack Keats
  (Print)
  First published in 1962, THE SNOWY DAY was the first full-color picture book to feature an African-American as its main character. One day a boy named Peter wakes up to...
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• Whistle for Willie
  Ezra Jack Keats
  (Print)
  An ode to mastering a new skill, WHISTLE FOR WILLIE tells the story of Peter, a young boy who wants to learn how to whistle so he can summon his dog, Willie. However, try...
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• Miss Rumphius
  Barbara Cooney
  (Print)
  When she was growing up, Miss Alice Rumphius dreamed of many things--of traveling, adventuring, living by the sea in her old age, and making the world a more beautiful place....
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• A Weekend With Wendell
  Kevin Henkes
  (Print)
  Sophie finds her weekend guest, Wendell, much too bossy and prankish for her liking. But then she makes up a game that leaves him speechless - - and wins the day for friendship.
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• Where's Spot?
  Eric Hill
  (Print)
  In this lift - the - flap book, readers can help a dog named Sally search for her playful puppy, Spot, who is hiding somewhere in the house. Could Spot be hiding behind the...
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• I Like Me!
  Nancy L. Carlson
  (Print)
  An exuberant pig declares "I like me!" in this gentle lesson in self-esteem. Color illustrations accompany the text.
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• Sheila Rae, The Brave
  Kevin Henkes
  (Print)
  Sheila Rae, a brave little mouse, finds her courage tested to its limits when she gets lost while walking home
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• Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
  Verna Aardema
  (Print)
  Boldly colored illustrations accompany this retelling of the West African legend that explains the annoying habit of mosquitoes. When a mosquito tells a ridiculous story...
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• Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
  Verna Aardema
  (Print)
  The story of how the rain came to the arid Kapiti plain.
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• The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash
  Trinka Hakes Noble
  (Print)
  A young girl comes home from school and casually reports to her mother that the class trip to the farm was "kind of dull...until the cow started crying." Curious, the girl's...
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• Morris's Disappearing Bag
  Rosemary Wells
  (Print)
  Morris feels left out of his family's holiday fun until he discovers one last, rather interesting present under the tree.
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• There's a Nightmare in My Closet
  Mercer Mayer
  (Print)
  The young boy in this picture book knows that there is a big, scary nightmare living in his bedroom closet. Each night, before he goes to bed, the boy makes sure that the...
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• When I Was Young in the Mountains
  Cynthia Rylant
  (Print)
  Inspired by the author's childhood experiences in Cool Ridge, West Virginia, WHEN I WAS YOUNG IN THE MOUNTAINS reflects on the simplicities and joys of rural life. Looking...
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• Swamp Angel
  Anne Isaacs
  (Print)
  In the style of a classic tall tale, SWAMP ANGEL brings readers into the amazing pioneer-era life of Angelica Longrider--the greatest woodswoman in all of Tennessee. Although...
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• Cinder-Elly
  Frances Minters
  (Print)
  A contemporary version of the story of "Cinderella". Colorful mixed-media illustrations accompany the text.
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• Goggles!
  Ezra Jack Keats
  (Print)
  Peter and Archie find some motorcycle goggles but bigger boys try to take them away. Who saves the day? Peter's daschund Willie! Torn paper collage illustrates the text.
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• John Henry
  Julius Lester
  (Print)
  Part folktale, part legend, and maybe even partly true, JOHN HENRY is the classic story of the African American hero who was as big and strong as he was wise and gentle....
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• I Did It, I'm Sorry
  Caralyn Buehner
  (Print)
  Quizzes that present a series of moral dilemmas provide a humorous look at proper behavior. For example, after Bucky Beaver gnaws away the legs of the dinning room table...
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• Dinosaur Roar!
  Paul Stickland
  (Print)
  Friendly dinosaurs introduce readers to such opposites as above and below, weak and strong, and fast and slow. Color illustrations accompany the text.
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• Young Cam Jansen and the Lost Tooth
  David A. Adler
  (Print)
  In this beginning reader book, readers can help Cam Jansen solve a mystery when Cam's best friend's tooth falls out and then disappears. Color illustrations accompany the text.
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• Young Cam Jansen and the Library Mystery
  David A. Adler
  (Print)
  When Cam Jansen, her father, and her friend Eric go to the library, Cam finds a mystery to read. But soon, she has a mystery to solve. Her father's shopping list has disappeared....
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• Fanny's Dream
  Caralyn Buehner
  (Print)
  Hardworking Fanny Agnes just knows she has a fairy godmother watching over her. On the night of the mayor's ball, with visions of Cinderella dancing in her head, Fanny waits...
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• Mouse Paint
  Ellen Stoll Walsh
  (Print)
  Young readers are introduced to the concept of colors and color blending via this story of three mice and a hungry cat. At first, the white mice are able to hide from the...
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• Zomo the Rabbit
  Gerald McDermott
  (Print)
  Although Zomo the rabbit is very clever, he longs for something more: he wants to be wise. However, when he asks the Sky God to grant him wisdom, the Sky God informs him...
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• Napping House
  Audrey Wood
  (Print)
  On a gray, rainy day, a snoring grandmother sleeps in a cozy bed. She doesn't awaken, even after she is joined by a dreaming grandchild, a dozing dog, a snoozing cat, and...
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• Wilma Unlimited
  Kathleen Krull
  (Print)
  A picture-book biography of athlete Wilma Rudolph. Born into a family of 21 brothers and sisters, Wilma contracted polio at age four. Doctors said she would never walk again....
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• Countdown to Kindergarten
  Alison McGhee
  (Print)
  A young girl tries to learn how to tie her shoelaces in anticipation of her first day of kindergarten. Color illustrations accompany the text.
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• Roller Coaster
  Marla Frazee
  (Print)
  <DIV><DIV><i> Clickity, clackity.</i><br><i> Clickity, clackity.</i><br><br>Th e roller coaster car is going up, up, up to the highest spot. And at least one of the people...
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• The Secret School
  Avi
  (Print)
  In this story set in 1925 Colorado, a 14-year-old girl named Ida secretly keeps a one-room schoolhouse running, and serves as its new instructor, after the teacher unexpectedly...
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• Over in the Meadow
  John Langstaff
  (Print)
  A picture book version of the well-known counting song. Musical notation is included. Illustrated with colored pencil drawings.
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• Ten, Nine, Eight
  Molly Bang
  (Print)
  In a charming ritual, a young girl and her loving father count backwards from 10 to 1 as she prepares to go to bed for the night. Starting with "10 small toes all washed...
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• Arthur Meets the President
  Marc Brown
  (Print)
  When Arthur's essay, "How I Can Help Make America Great", wins a school contest, he, his family, his teacher, and his classmates are awarded a trip to Washington, D.C. However,...
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• Dancing Dinos
  Margeaux Lucas
  (Print)
  Dinosaurs dance out of the book that a boy is reading and head for mischief.
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• Arthur Writes a Story
  Marc Brown
  (Print)
  Arthur struggles to write a story for his creative writing class. When his younger sister, D.W., yawns her way through his first draft, Arthur worries that his story is boring...
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• Arthur's TV Trouble
  Marc Brown
  (Print)
  Arthur would just love to buy a "Treat Timer" as he knows it would make the perfect gift for his puppy, Pal. Unable to afford the "Treat Timer", the commercial for it torments...
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• Arthur's Eyes
  Marc Brown
  (Print)
  Arthur the aardvark is embarrassed by the fact that he must wear eyeglasses. Will anything help Arthur appreciate his specs? Watercolor and ink illustrations accompany the text.
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• Arthur's Pet Business
  Marc Brown
  (Print)
  Wanting to prove to his parents that he is responsible enough to have his own dog, Arthur the aardvark takes a job as a pet sitter. Watercolor and ink illustrations accompany...
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• Arthur's Teacher Moves in
  Marc Brown
  (Print)
  Arthur thinks that having his teacher stay at his house will be a horrible experience.
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• Maisy Goes Swimming
  Lucy Cousins
  (Print)
  Young readers keep Maisy the mouse on the go in this bright, childlike picture book, full of flaps to lift and tabs to pull.
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• Come Along, Daisy!
  Jane Simmons
  (Print)
  When Daisy the duck ignores her mother's order to "Come along," she winds up alone and lost. Now this little duck has to find her own way home. Color illustrations accompany...
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• My Animals/Mis Animales
  Rebecca Emberley
  (Print)
  Following the great success of her first four bilingual board books, Rebecca Emberley has created another set of brightly colored board books that toddlers and their parents...
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• My Clothes/Mi Ropa
  Rebecca Emberley
  (Print)
  Following the great success of her first four bilingual board books, Rebecca Emberley has created another set of brightly colored board books that toddlers and their parents...
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• My Food/Mi Comida
  Rebecca Emberley
  (Print)
  The vibrant colors and large text in this enchanting collection of bilingual board books make learning easy and fun. Boldly colored construction paper cutouts on stark white...
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• My Opposites / Mis Opuestos
  Rebecca Emberley
  (Print)
  Labelled illustrations introduce various pairs of opposites in English and Spanish.
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• My Colors/Mis Colores
  Rebecca Emberley
  (Print)
  Labelled illustrations introduce colors and their names in English and Spanish, along with the words for various brightly colored objects.
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• My Shapes / Mis Formas
  Rebecca Emberley
  (Print)
  Labelled illustrations introduce various shapes and their names in English and Spanish, along with the words for objects that use different shapes.
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• My House/Mi Casa
  Rebecca Emberley
  (Print)
  Captioned illustrations and Spanish and English text describe things found in a house.
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• Go Away, Big Green Monster!
  Ed Emberley
  (Print)
  There's a big green monster at the end of this picture book, but by turning the die-cut pages, readers can encounter it slowly, in a less-threatening, piece-by-piece manner....
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• Ramona Quimby
  Beverly Cleary
  (Print)
  Now that she's eight years old, Ramona feels quite grown - up - - she takes the bus to school all by herself, she helps her older sister, Beezus, whip up an "interesting"...
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• The Amazing Bone
  William Steig
  (Print)
  Pearl, a piglet, discovers a magic talking bone which saves her from being eaten by a fox.
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• Brave Irene
  William Steig
  (Print)
  Irene, a determined dressmaker's daughter, braves a raging snowstorm to deliver the duchess's newly finished ball gown.
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• Doctor De Soto
  William Steig
  (Print)
  As a dentist who also happens to be a mouse, Doctor De Soto was forced to find a unique way to care for his patients. Small animals sit in a regular dental chair and are...
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• It Could Always Be Worse
  Margot Zemach
  (Print)
  A poor, unfortunate man considers his life difficult because he is forced to live in a tiny hut with his mother, his wife, and his six children. Unable to tolerate the near...
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• Jazzy Miz Mozetta
  Brenda C. Roberts
  (Print)
  On a moonlit night, the elderly Miz Mozetta dons her favorite red dress, her new red hat, and her lovely blue shoes, and decides that she feels like dancing. She meets a...
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• A Color of His Own
  Leo Lionni
  (Print)
  Color concepts, change, and friendship are all addressed in Leo Lionni's A COLOR OF HIS OWN. A young chameleon finds himself changing color wherever he goes, and longs for...
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• Hoot
  Carl Hiaasen
  (Print)
  Middle school student Roy Eberhardt is a new resident to the town of Coconut Grove, Florida. He doesn't have many friends but is intrigued when he notices a barefoot boy...
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• Beezus and Ramona
  Beverly Cleary
  (Print)
  Nine - year - old Beezus Quimby is constantly being humiliated by her four - year - old sister, Ramona. It seems that wherever Beezus goes, Ramona is right behind her doing...
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• Ramona the Pest
  Beverly Cleary
  (Print)
  Ramona Quimby can't wait to get to kindergarten, but when she arrives she finds it incredibly confusing. The teacher tells her to sit in her seat "for the present," but the...
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• Ramona the Brave
  Beverly Cleary
  (Print)
  Six-year-old Ramona tries to cope with an unsympathetic first-grade teacher.
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• Nate the Great and the Monster Mess
  Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
  (Print)
  Boy detective Nate the Great takes up the case of a very important client--his mother. Will Nate and Mudge (his loyal doggy sidekick) be able to find his mother's missing...
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• There's a Wocket in My Pocket
  Dr. Seuss
  (Print)
  A household of unusual creatures help beginning readers recognize common "household" words.
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• Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?
  Dr. Seuss
  (Print)
  Readers are encouraged to try to follow the lead of Mr. Brown--an amazing man who can imitate all sorts of sounds such as bees buzzing, corks popping, rain splashing, an...
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• Hop on Pop
  Dr. Seuss
  (Print)
  This classic beginning reader features lots of simple rhymes, silly situations, and whimsical drawings.
• copies wanted1

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• If I Ran the Zoo
  Dr. Seuss
  (Print)
  A young boy imagines the kind of zookeeper he would be. First, he would get rid of all the "old - fashioned" animals like lions and tigers, then he would stock his zoo with...
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• Horton Hatches the Egg
  Dr. Seuss
  (Print)
  Mayzie is a flighty bird who just wants to have fun, so it's not that surprising that she finds sitting on an egg in her nest quite dull. Fed up with waiting for her egg...
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• The Lorax
  Dr. Seuss
  (Print)
  A mysterious creature known as the Once-ler describes how his greed and lack of ecological concern caused a serious pollution problem. When the Once-ler ignores the warning...
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• Frederick
  Leo Lionni
  (Print)
  Frederick daydreams while the other mice are gathering food for the winter. But when cold weather comes, it is Frederick the poet who warms his friends and cheers their spirits....
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• Swimmy
  Leo Lionni
  (Print)
  Swimmy is the only small black fish in a school of small red fish. One terrible day, the school is attacked by a big, hungry tuna fish--only Swimmy manages to survive. Now...
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• McElligot's Pool
  Dr. Seuss
  (Print)
  A young boy imagines all the fantastic and amazing fish he might catch if he just patiently bides his time while fishing at McElligot's Pool. Despite a passerby's claim that...
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• Sneetches and Other Stories
  Dr. Seuss
  (Print)
  A collection of four short vignettes that teach moral lessons. For example, the title explores the folly of prejudice.
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• The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant
  Jean De Brunhoff
  (Print)
  Translated from the original French, this is the first in a series of picture books that take readers into the life of a wise and good elephant king. Babar is a young elephant...
• copies wanted1

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• Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse
  Leo Lionni
  (Print)
  Alexander, a little mouse who most definitely is not wanted in the house, envies the cuddling and affection a toy mouse receives. Is there room for friendship to blossom?...
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• The Foot Book
  Dr. Seuss
  (Print)
  A pictorial encounter with many, many different feet
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• Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?
  Dr. Seuss
  (Print)
  Compared to the problems of some of the creatures the old man describes, the boy is really quite lucky.
• copies wanted2

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• Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
  Simms Taback
  (Print)
  Joseph, an amazing and resourceful tailor, turns his old and worn-out coat into different pieces of clothing that he can wear. With rich color illustrations throughout. A...
• copies wanted2

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• The Butter Battle Book
  Dr. Seuss
  (Print)
  This picture book illustrates the futility of war by dramatizing the escalating conflicts between the Yooks (who eat their bread butter side up) and the Zooks (who eat their...
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• Lyle, Lyle Crocodile
  Bernard Waber
  (Print)
  This sequel to THE HOUSE ON EAST 88TH STREET finds Lyle the friendly crocodile happily ensconced in the Primm family's comfortable Upper East Side brownstone. Everyone in...
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• Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
  Virginia Lee Burton
  (Print)
  Over the years Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel, Mary Anne, have worked together digging out countless basements, canals, and tunnels. However, as Mary Anne grows older,...
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• The Little House
  Virginia Lee Burton
  (Print)
  The little house was built in the beautiful country, but then the city moved closer and closer until, thanks to 'progress', it wasn't a pretty country house any more. Can...
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• Miss Nelson Is Missing
  Harry Allard
  (Print)
  The rowdy kids in Miss Nelson's class spend their school days throwing spitballs, giggling, and refusing to do their assignments - - basically taking full advantage of their...
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• Henny Penny
  Paul Galdone
  (Print)
  Convinced the sky is falling, Henny Penny and a band of gullible friends march off to tell the king, only to meet their end at the hands of a wily fox.
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• The Monkey and the Crocodile
  Paul Galdone
  (Print)
  A monkey must outwit a hungry crocodile who wants to eat him for dinner. Is the monkey clever enough to fool the crocodile not once, but twice? Illustrated with color drawings.
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• The Mysteries of Harris Burdick
  Chris Van Allsburg
  (Print)
  Are those birds on the wallpaper really flying out the window? How did the ocean liner get onto city streets? Make up your own story from the 14 thought - provoking pictures...
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• Faithful Elephants
  Yukio Tsuchiya
  (Print)
  The true story of three performing elephants at Tokyo's Uneo Zoo who became victims of World War II.
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• Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree
  Eileen Christelow
  (Print)
  Five little monkeys sitting in a tree discover, one by one, that it is unwise to tease Mr. Crocodile
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• Tuesday
  David Wiesner
  (Print)
  It's around 8:00 on a Tuesday evening when something odd happens down at the pond. To the amazement of a sleepy turtle and a small school of fish, a group of frogs suddenly...
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• Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
  Eileen Christelow
  (Print)
  Bed jumping is a sacred evening ritual for children, and that includes monkeys. Five cute little brown monkeys, all decked out in their pjs, are so wrapped up in the joys...
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• Martha Speaks
  Susan Meddaugh
  (Print)
  When Helen Finney feeds alphabet soup to her dog, Martha, the letters in the soup travel directly to Martha's brain and she develops the ability to speak. At first, Helen...
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• The Giver
  Lois Lowry
  (Print)
  Set in a completely controlled, soothingly pleasant society, THE GIVER takes readers into a world free of such things as conflict, hate, and disappointment. At age 12 all...
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• Martha Calling
  Susan Meddaugh
  (Print)
  When she wins a call-in radio contest, Martha the talking dog and her family go for a vacation and manage to change the "no dogs allowed" policy
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• Five Little Monkeys With Nothing to Do
  Eileen Christelow
  (Print)
  When five little monkeys complain to their mother that they are bored, she suggests they clean the house because their Grandma Bessie is coming for lunch. The five little...
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• Martha Blah Blah
  Susan Meddaugh
  (Print)
  When the current owner of the soup company breaks the founder's promise to have every letter of the alphabet in every can of soup, Martha, the talking dog, takes action
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• What Do You Do When Something Wants to Eat You?
  Steve Jenkins
  (Print)
  Cut-paper collages illustrate this look at how various members of the animal kingdom protect themselves from predators.
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• Animal Dads
  Sneed B. Collard
  (Print)
  Illustrations and simple text describe how the males of different species help take care of their young
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• Martha Walks the Dog
  Susan Meddaugh
  (Print)
  While on one of her beloved walks, Martha investigates a recently sold house down the street, only to find a big, mean blustering tough-dog named Bob, and Martha must keep...
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• Henry Hikes to Fitchburg
  Donald B. Johnson
  (Print)
  Based on an excerpt from Thoreau's WALDEN, this picture book tells the story of two bears who make a bet to see which one of them can make it to the town of Fitchburg first:...
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• The Legend of the Bluebonnet
  Tomie De Paola
  (Print)
  This picture book retelling of a Texas folk tale tells of how a young Comanche girl sacrifices her most prized possession in order to bring about the end of a devastating...
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• The Very Busy Spider
  Eric Carle
  (Print)
  In collage artist Eric Carle's charming book for very young children, a diligent spider resists the temptation to take a break from spinning her web. A cow, an owl, and other...
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• Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile
  Tomie De Paola
  (Print)
  This sequel to BILL AND PETE reintroduces readers to Bill the crocodile and his symbiotic best friend (and toothbrush), Pete the bird. As part of their studies of the geography...
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• The Wolf's Chicken Stew
  Keiko Kasza
  (Print)
  A hungry wolf's attempts to fatten a chicken for his stewpot have unexpected results.
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• The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush
  Tomie De Paola
  (Print)
  In this picture book retelling of a folk legend, a Native American artist sets out to create a painting that is as beautiful as the sunset. Color illustrations accompany the text.
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• Lon Po Po
  Ed Young
  (Print)
  A Chinese folk tale similar to the story of "Little Red Riding Hood". Here a mother leaves her three daughters, Shang, Tao, and Paotze, at home while she visits their grandmother....
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• Eric Carle's Animals Animals
  Eric Carle
  (Print)
  An illustrated collection of poems by a variety of authors describing the peculiarities of pets and wild and domestic animals
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• Rough-Face Girl
  Rafe Martin
  (Print)
  Every woman in the tribe wishes to marry the being who lives by the lake, but it is only the Rough-Face Girl--her face scarred from tending fires--who has the knowledge to win him
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• The Bee Tree
  Patricia Polacco
  (Print)
  When Mary Ellen announces that she is bored, her grandfather and the people of his town take her on an exciting hunt for a bee tree to collect fresh honey. Color illustrations...
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• Chicken Sunday
  Patricia Polacco
  (Print)
  To thank Miss Eula for her wonderful Sunday chicken dinners, three children sell decorated eggs to buy her a beautiful Easter hat.
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• Seven Blind Mice
  Ed Young
  (Print)
  This picture-book version of the Indian fable tells of seven blind mice and their individual encounters with a mysterious "Something." For example, Red Mouse thinks he's...
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• Strega Nona
  Tomie De Paola
  (Print)
  This picture book take readers into the childhood of the friendly "grandmother witch" who appears in such books as STREGA NONA MEETS HER MATCH and STREGA NONA'S MAGIC LESSONS....
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• Little Cloud
  Eric Carle
  (Print)
  A little cloud spends his day changing into different shapes, including a sheep, an airplane, a shark, and a clown. Collage illustrations accompany the text.
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• Millions of Cats
  Wanda Gag
  (Print)
  A very old man and a very old woman live in a tidy little house that is surrounded by flowers. They should be happy, but they aren't because they are lonely. Hoping to cure...
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• My Lucky Day
  Keiko Kasza
  (Print)
  When a young pig knocks on a fox's door, Mr. Fox thinks dinner has arrived, but the pig has other plans, in a funny trickster tale with a surprise ending.
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• Bossy Gallito/El Gallo De Bodas
  Lucia M. Gonzalez
  (Print)
  A bilingual retelling of the popular Cuban folktale about a bossy little rooster. Includes a glossary and notes from the author and illustrator about characters and Cuban...
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• Hey You! C'Mere
  Elizabeth Swados
  (Print)
  A group of children sling, zing, and fling poem after poem as they slap together a poetry slam. This celebration of poetry moves through an urban landscape backdropped by...
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• Mrs. Katz and Tush
  Patricia Polacco
  (Print)
  Feeling sorry for his elderly, widowed neighbor Mrs. Katz, a boy named Larnel brings her a kitten to help ease her loneliness. Mrs. Katz agrees to keep the kitten only if...
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• I Knew You Could!
  Craig Dorfman
  (Print)
  Celebrate life-'s journeys with The Little Engine That Could! Selling over 60,000 copies in the first two months on sale, <I>I Knew You Could!</I> provides familiar comfort...
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• The Wheels on the Bus
  Paul O. Zelinsky
  (Print)
  This is a pop-up version of the popular child's song, full of animation and color.
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• Tikki Tikki Tembo
  Arlene Mosel
  (Print)
  Many years ago, Chinese parents gave their firstborn sons long and honorable first names--this folktale explains why that practice was stopped. In a small mountain town,...
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• Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
  John Steptoe
  (Print)
  A picture book retelling of an African folktale (which is reminiscent of the fairy tale CINDERELLA), MUFARO'S BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS is the story of two beautiful sisters: the...
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• The Big Orange Splot
  Daniel Pinkwater
  (Print)
  Mr. Plumbean decides to paint his house every color of the rainbow - - much to the neighbors' dismay - - in this comic tribute to individuality.
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• An Extraordinary Egg
  Leo Lionni
  (Print)
  Jessica the frog and her friends are certain the egg she's found belongs to a chicken. So when the egg hatches and a baby alligator comes out, the frogs think it must be...
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• Night of the Ninjas
  Pope Mary Osborne
  (Print)
  Jack and Annie are delighted to see the tree house reappear, but when they are taken to feudal Japan, the pair must outwit dangerous samurai in order to find out precious...
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• Chrysanthemum
  Kevin Henkes
  (Print)
  Chrysanthemum experiences the kindergarten nightmare of being made fun of, only to have the last word. The little white mouse loves and adores her name until the first day...
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• The Empty Pot
  Demi
  (Print)
  Ping is an excellent gardener who can make almost any plant flourish and bloom. Needing a successor, the Emperor, who also enjoys gardening, comes up with a contest. He distributes...
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• Sunset of the Sabertooth
  Pope Mary Osborne
  (Print)
  Jack and Annie travel back to prehistoric times via their magic tree house. What will this modern-day duo think of such things as sabertooth tigers, woolly mammoths, and...
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• Julius, the Baby of the World
  Kevin Henkes
  (Print)
  Although she eagerly anticipated his birth, Lilly the mouse is unhappy about the actual arrival of her new baby brother, Julius. Wondering why her parents are making such...
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• Lunch
  Denise Fleming
  (Print)
  Combining two of the most favorite subjects of young children, LUNCH introduces readers to a variety of colors and foods. A hungry mouse devours a meal consisting of such...
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• In the Small, Small Pond
  Denise Fleming
  (Print)
  A frog's-eye view of life in a tiny pond follows a little green frog from springtime, through the warmth of summer, to fall and the coming of winter, as the little frog burrows...
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• The Tiny Seed
  Eric Carle
  (Print)
  The life cycle of a flower via the story of a small seed. Collage illustrations accompany the text.
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• Henry and Mudge and the Starry Night
  Cynthia Rylant
  (Print)
  Bound for Big Bear Lake, Henry and his wonderful dog Mudge are taken by the boy's parents on an exciting overnight camping trip. But will there actually be bears? Color illustrations...
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• Komodo
  Peter Sis
  (Print)
  Factual information about the Komodo dragon is gracefully woven into this story about a boy's trip to the Indonesian island of Komodo. The boy imagines that when he travels...
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• Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
  Bill Martin
  (Print)
  Bright, bold, and rhythmic, CHICKA CHICKA BOOM BOOM is an imaginative and fun introduction to the letters of the alphabet. Like excited children, the lowercase letters of...
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• The Bat Boy & His Violin
  Gavin Curtis
  (Print)
  <P> <I>"Is -- Reginald -- at -- it -- again?" Papa shouts between notes.</I> <P> <I>"Hush up," Mama says, "I just love this one."</I> <P> <I>Papa sometimes comes home in...
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• First Day Jitters
  Julie Danneberg
  (Print)
  A clever picture book with a humorous twist ending focuses on the first - day - of - school nervousness of one Sarah Jane Hartwell. Throughout the morning, Sarah Jane is...
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• There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
  Simms Taback
  (Print)
  The die-cut pages in this illustrated version of the popular song let readers take a look inside the stomach of this tormented woman, and see exactly what happens after she...
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• Happy Birthday, Moon
  Frank Asch
  (Print)
  Thinking about birthdays because his own is coming up, Bear decides to buy the moon a birthday present. When Bear talks to the moon, he unknowingly hears the echo of his...
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• We're Going on a Bear Hunt
  Michael Rosen
  (Print)
  Four brave children, accompanied by their intrepid father and the family dog, go out on a bear hunt. Along the way they encounter such obstacles as a deep, cold river; thick,...
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• I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
  Glen Rounds
  (Print)
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• A Chair for My Mother
  Vera B. Williams
  (Print)
  After their home is destroyed by fire, Rosa, her mother, and grandmother save and save in order to buy a comfortable chair for all to enjoy. The family's life together is...
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• Mummies in the Morning
  Pope Mary Osborne
  (Print)
  Annie and Jack find themselves transported back in time to ancient Egypt, where they encounter a dead queen and her thousand - year - old mummy. Reading Level, 2.0. Simultaneous.
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• Afternoon on the Amazon
  Pope Mary Osborne
  (Print)
  Jack and Annie journey back in time to a South American rain forest to search for new clues to the whereabouts of Morgan le Fay. Simultaneous.
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• Stone Soup
  Marcia Brown
  (Print)
  It's been a long and hard war, and three soldiers are making their way back home. Tired and hungry, the soldiers come across a small village, but the residents there, worried...
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• Round Trip
  Ann Jonas
  (Print)
  Amazing B&W illustrations enhance a simple story about a trip from the country to the city. Early in the morning, a group of travelers leave their quiet home in the country...
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• Is It Red? Is It Yellow? Is It Blue?
  Tana Hoban
  (Print)
  Featuring brightly colored photographs of everyday scenes (a girl riding a bicycle, a jack - o - lantern, a selection of flowerpots), this nearly wordless book introduces...
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• Ben's Trumpet
  Rachel Isadora
  (Print)
  Art deco-style B&W drawings illustrate this story about Ben, a young boy growing up during the 1920s who dreams of becoming a trumpet player. Ben lives in an apartment building...
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• Owen
  Kevin Henkes
  (Print)
  Dealing with a common childhood trauma, OWEN is the story of a toddler-aged mouse who is quite attached to Fuzzy, his yellow security blanket. Owen does everything with Fuzzy,...
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• Inch by Inch
  Leo Lionni
  (Print)
  An inchworm uses his measuring ability to avoid being eaten by hungry birds. For example, the inchworm measures the tail of a robin, the neck of a flamingo, the beak of a...
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• Little Blue and Little Yellow
  Leo Lionni
  (Print)
  Originally written to entertain his grandchildren during a train trip, LITTLE BLUE AND LITTLE YELLOW is the story that began Leo Lionni's career as a writer and illustrator...
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• Olivia
  Ian Falconer
  (Print)
  Olivia the pig has to do many things during the day including: painting on the walls, playing dress up, singing songs, and (maybe) even taking a nap. The charcoal drawings...
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• Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me
  Eric Carle
  (Print)
  Monica is a young girl who wants to play with the moon and, luckily for her, her father is determined to make that wish come true. Using a long, long ladder, the father climbs...
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• A House for Hermit Crab
  Eric Carle
  (Print)
  A hermit crab moves into a new home but is a little bit lonely. He invites some of his friends to move in with him and they all live happily together. Unfortunately, with...
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• The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
  Mordicai Gerstein
  (Print)
  The true story of street performer Philippe Petit's 1974 high wire walk between the two towers of New York City's World Trade Center. Color ink-and-oil illustrations accompany...
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• Because of Winn-dixie Plush
  Kate DiCamillo
  (Print)
  This slipcased, hardcover gift edition of the book features a new cover illustration and copper metallic stamping of the title on the spine.
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• Billy's Bucket
  Kes Gray
  (Print)
  It's Billy's birthday and all he wants is a bucket--and that is exactly what he gets. However, Billy's parents don't believe Billy when he says his bucket is magical and...
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• Old Black Fly
  Jim Aylesworth
  (Print)
  A listing of the many annoying activities of an old black fly (who always seems to be exactly where he shouldn't be) serves to introduce young readers to the letters of the...
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• In the Tall, Tall Grass
  Denise Fleming
  (Print)
  <div>If you were a fuzzy caterpillar crawling through the tall, tall grass on a sunny afternoon, what would you see?<br><br>To find out, just follow the tiny tour guide as...
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• Farmer Duck
  Martin Waddell
  (Print)
  Duck is a hardworking fowl lives on a farm owned by a very lazy man. All day long the farmer lies about in bed, eating chocolates, reading the newspaper, and occasionally...
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• Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus
  Mo Willems
  (Print)
  As this picture book begins, a bus driver is just about to leave for his break, but before he does he asks readers to keep a nearby pigeon from driving off with his vehicle....
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• Storm Is Coming!
  Heather Tekavec
  (Print)
  This suspenseful story for the beginning reader chronicles the coming of a storm from the point of view of barnyard animals. With full-color illustrations.
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• Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?
  Bill Martin
  (Print)
  An exploration of sound in a zoo setting. A polar bear hears a lion roaring, who hears a hippopotamus snorting, and so on. Collage illustrations accompany the text.
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• Do Pirates Take Baths?
  Kathy Tucker
  (Print)
  Humorous rhyming answers to eleven questions about the life of pirates.
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• Rapunzel
  Lynn Roberts
  (Print)
  This retelling of the Rapunzel story sets the tale in the late 1970s. Color illustrations accompany the text.
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• The Kissing Hand
  Audrey Penn
  (Print)
  Young Chester Raccoon is nervous about leaving his mother and going off to school for the first time. Luckily, Chester's mother knows a secret and wonderful way to assure...
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• The Library Dragon
  Carmen Agra Deedy
  (Print)
  Miss Lotta Scales is a dragon who believes her job is to protect the school's library books from the children, but when she finally realizes that books are meant to be read,...
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• Something's Not Quite Right
  Guy Billout
  (Print)
  A collection of thirty-three paintings, each of which challenges the viewer to find something wrong.
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• Dr. Desoto Goes to Africa
  Unknown
  (Print)
  The further adventures of Dr. De Soto, the gentle mouse who works as a dentist. In this story Dr. De Soto and his wife / assistant, Deborah, travel to Africa to help an elephant...
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• We All Went on Safari
  Laurie Krebs
  (Print)
  Follows a Tanzanian family through the African grasslands as they count the animals they see, from one leopard to ten elephants; includes information about Tanzania and Swahili...
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• The Boy on Fairfield Street
  Kathleen Krull
  (Print)
  From his parents and problems to his childhood quirks and natural talents, an illustrated biography offers an in-depth look at the first twenty-two years of the life of this...
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• That New Animal
  Emily Jenkins
  (Print)
  The family dogs, FudgeFudge and Marshmallow, are deeply displeased when a new animal appears in their home. "Did you smell that new animal smell?" grouses FudgeFudge. Everyone...
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• If You Give a Pig a Party
  Laura Joffe Numeroff
  (Print)
  The pancake - loving pig is back, and this time she's ready for a party. But first, she's got to have bunches of colorful balloons. After the balloons, a party dress is in...
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• The Curse of the Cheese Pyramid
  Geronimo Stilton
  (Print)
  Geronimo travels to Egypt to interview Professor Alrat Spitfur and learns the secret of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient Mouse World.
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• A Bad Case of Stripes
  David Shannon
  (Print)
  Camilla Cream loves lima beans, but she never eats them. Why? Because the other kids in her school don''t like them. And Camilla Cream is very, very worried about what other...
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• Magic School Bus The Wild Leaf Ride
  Judith Stamper
  (Print)
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• Chicken Bedtime Is Really Early
  Erica S. Perl
  (Print)
  Rhyming text describes how different animal mothers and fathers get their young ones ready for bed on the farm.
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• Sunny Boy!
  Candace Fleming
  (Print)
  An imaginative narrative from the only tortoise to ever go over Niagara Falls in a barrel, Sunny Boy is an easy-going fellow who enjoys "the quiet life." After decades spent...
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• Circles Of Hope
  Karen Lynn Williams
  (Print)
  After many futile attempts to plant a tree in honor of his new baby sister, a young Haitian boy discovers the perfect solution.
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• Five Little Monkeys Bake A Birthday Cake
  Eileen Christelow
  (Print)
  Five little monkeys try to bake a cake for their mother's birthday without waking her up.
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• Knuffle Bunny
  Mo Willems
  (Print)
  Evocative black - and - white photographs of Brooklyn form an imaginative background for the exuberantly expressive color cartoons of these wildly funny characters. Daddy's...
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• I Stink!
  Kate McMullan
  (Print)
  While New York City sleeps, something zips around the streets eating trash. This playful romp chronicles the life and times of a wry--and stinky--garbage truck. Accompanied...
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• Henry And Mudge And The Funny Lunch
  Cynthia Rylant
  (Print)
  Mudge looks forward to the Mother's Day surprise that Henry and his father cook up for Henry's mother.
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• We're Sailing To Galapagos
  Laurie Krebs
  (Print)
  Travel along with granny as she flies on her magic carpet, counting the treasures she aquires from all of her journies to different countries!
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• Punk Farm
  Jarrett Krosoczka
  (Print)
  At the end of the day, while Farmer Joe gets ready for bed, his animals tune their instruments to perform in a big concert as a rock band called Punk Farm.
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• Shipwreck On The Pirate Islands
  Geronimo Stilton
  (Print)
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• Magic School Bus Sleeps for the Winter
  Eva Moore
  (Print)
  Ms. Frizzle takes her class on a cool trip, but when the bus turns into a bear, it's hibernation time, in a title for younger Magic School Bus fans that shows them all about...
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• Hi, Fly Guy!
  Tedd Arnold
  (Print)
  When Buzz captures a fly to enter in The Amazing Pet Show, his parents and the judges tell him that a fly cannot be a pet, but Fly Guy proves them wrong.
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• Prehistoric Actual Size
  Steve Jenkins
  (Print)
  Profiles primary characteristics of primitive creatures, such as the giant millipede and terror bird, including dinosaurs such as the velociraptor.
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• My Name Is Stilton, Geronimo Stilton
  Geronimo Stilton
  (Print)
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• Fancy Nancy
  Jane O'Connor
  (Print)
  Beribboned, fuchsia - loving, feather - wearing Nancy absolutely adores being fancy, and wants her very plain family to take part in the pleasure of frills too. After posting...
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• Martha And Skits
  Susan Meddaugh
  (Print)
  Martha watches as the new dog her family brings home grows through all the troublesome phases of being a puppy, and even though he does not develop Martha's ability to speak,...
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• Igor the Bird Who Couldn't Sing
  Satoshi Kitamura
  (Print)
  After being teased by the other birds about his horrible singing, Igor vows to never sing again and travels the globe looking for a place where there is no music, but upon...
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• This Jazz Man
  Karen Ehrhardt
  (Print)
  Whimsically set to the tune of "This Old Man," this wonderful gem of a picture book follows a succession of famous jazz artists through with bright collage illustrations....
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• The Clever Boy And the Terrible Dangerous Animal
  Idries Shah
  (Print)
  A Sufi teaching tale of a boy who visits another village and helps the townspeople deal with their fear of something that they have mistaken for a terrible, dangerous animal.
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• Russell And the Lost Treasure
  Rob Scotton
  (Print)
  Russell, of the bestselling picture book RUSSELL THE SHEEP, is back, and instead of snoozing, he's looking to find the Lost Treasure of Frogsbottom. One day, while he's casually...
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• I'm Dirty!
  Kate McMullan
  (Print)
  The life and times of a backhoe loader who loves working in the mud and shoveling refuse is chronicled in this fun companion to the garbage truck's story in I STINK! Filled...
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• Off We Go to Mexico!
  Laurie Krebs
  (Print)
  In rhyming text, describes various sights and activities that tourists would enjoy in Mexico, and includes vocabulary words in Spanish and English.
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• Queen of the Scene
  Latifah
  (Print)
  Hip-Hop star and actress Queen Latifah’s first picture book highlights the importance of self esteem, following a bright, bouncy little African American girl who absolutely...
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• The Magic School Bus Has a Heart
  Anne Capeci
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  Ms. Frizzle's class is learning about the heart as they board the Magic School Bus to see a movie but the class ends up traveling through Keesha's circulatory system to learn...
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• Up on Daddy's Shoulders
  Matthew Berry
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  Sitting on his father's shoulders, a little boy experiences a delightful world where he's taller than ever before. So high off the ground that he's taller than a giraffe...
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• Dizzy
  Jonah Winter
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  Breaking all the rules of jazz, Dizzy Gillespie found a way to make his mark in music using his instincts and talents in order to survive a difficult childhood and become...
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• Winners Never Quit!
  Mia Hamm
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  Soccer star and Olympic gold medalist Mia Hamm tells the story of how Mia, a competitive child in a large family, learns to be part of a team and work together with her six...
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• An Island Grows
  Lola M. Schaefer
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  An island is born and as it grows, lava flows, waves pound, sands mound, and life thrives.
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• Scaredy Squirrel
  Melanie Watt
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  Scaredy Squirrel is so busy hiding out in his tree, waiting for a killer bee to fly by or a Martian to land, that he doesn't realize the something that is very unique and...
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• The Magic School Bus Gets Crabby
  Kristin Earhart
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  When Ms. Frizzle takes her class to a tide pool, the bus and the students change into hermit crabs and they learn hands-on about crabs and plant life.
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• Fletcher And the Falling Leaves
  Julia Rawlinson
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  Fletcher, a little red fox, becomes very worried when the leaves start falling off his favorite tree. Even though his mother explains that it's autumn, Fletcher decides that...
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• Boris And Bella
  Carolyn Crimi
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  Bella Legrossi and Boris Kleanitoff, the messiest and cleanest monsters in Booville respectively, do nothing but argue until the night of Harry Beastie's Halloween party.
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• Is There Really a Human Race?
  Jamie Lee Curtis
  (Print)
  From Jamie Lee Curtis, one of the few celebrity authors who create meaningful picture books, comes a riff about success being all about the process, not the outcome. A red...
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• I'd Really like to Eat a Child
  Sylviane Donnio
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  Achilles the young crocodile decides that eating a child would be a most delicious treat. His horrified parents try to tempt the adventurous fellow with cake and sausages,...
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• Henry's Freedom Box
  Ellen Levine
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  The sad and happy story of Henry "Box" Brown, a slave who escaped from Virginia to Philadelphia through the mail in the mid-19th century, is told with care in this intense...
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• Captain Underpants And the Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People
  Dav Pilkey
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  George and Harold, along with Sulu and Crackers, are experiencing an entirely new set of problems when they are trapped in a world filled with opposites. Just imagine the...
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• Edwina, the Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct
  Mo Willems
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  Edwina, a sweet, cookie - baking dinosaur that everyone adores, finds her very existence being questioned by one Reginald Von Hoobie - Doobie, a disgruntled kid. The author...
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• Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
  Bill Martin Jr
  (Print)
  Bright, bold, and rhythmic, CHICKA CHICKA BOOM BOOM is an imaginative and fun introduction to the letters of the alphabet. Like excited children, the lowercase letters of...
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• New Socks
  Bob Shea
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  Something new can change the way you look; it can change the way you feel; and, in the case of new socks, it can change the way you walk - - especially if you're a chicken....
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• Daisy's Day Out
  Jane Simmons
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  Follows the favorite activities of Daisy, a duckling, as she takes a trip to see Granny.
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• Mushroom in the Rain
  Ginsburg Mirra
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  How can an ant, butterfly, mouse, sparrow, and rabbit all take shelter from the rain under the same mushroom when, at first, there was only room for the ant?
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• Choose Your Own Adventure 27
  Anson Montgomery
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  The reader receives an invitation to explore a UFO, but when the alien spaceship lands, three sinister robots approach, and only the reader's choice determines what happens next.
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• Choose Your Own Adventure No. 2
  Unknown
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• Julius
  Angela Johnson
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  Maya's life changes forever when her grandfather brings her a very special surprise--a pig named Julius. Her parents are clearly unhappy over Julius's arrival, but Maya instantly...
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• Choose Your Own Adventure Skylark 3
  Unknown
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• Go to Sleep, Daisy
  Jane Simmons
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  Night noises such as fluttering moths and hooting owls keep Daisy wide awake ... until Moon comes out. Color illustrations throughout.
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• Daisy Says Coo!
  Jane Simmons
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  Follows the favorite activities of Daisy, a duckling, as she meets and talks to other animals.
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• Cyberhacker
  Anson Montgomery
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  You are a computer hacker of the future, and the future is really different. You are able to perform virtual reality "dives" into the computer itself--the Cyberverse--and...
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• Good Night, Gorilla
  Peggy Rathmann
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  A zoo keeper makes his late-night rounds of the zoo, saying good night to all the animals before he heads for home. However, unbeknownst to him, the gorilla has stolen his...
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• Choose Your Own Adventure, No 4
  Unknown
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• The Beeman
  Laurie Krebs
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  In rhyming text, a child describes the work Grandpa does to take care of honeybees and harvest the honey they make.
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• Snowboard Racer
  Anson Montgomery
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  Your rippin' snowboarding style has won you a spot on your school's racing team. The insanely cut courses and hellacious half-pipes are tough enough. But when a mysterious...
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• Daisy's Favorite Things
  Jane Simmons
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  Daisy the duckling likes playing with butterflies and chasing fish through the reeds, but best of all, Daisy likes to snuggle up to her mother, just like any baby. Color...
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• Splish, Splash Daisy
  Jane Simmons
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• We're Going on a Lion Hunt
  David Axtell
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  One hot day, two sisters who live in Africa decide to go look for a lion. As they make their way across the tall grass, they have many adventures. Will they find the big...
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• The Three Robbers
  Tomi Ungerer
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  Three fierce robbers, who disguise themselves in tall black hats and large black capes, spend their nights robbing travelers and terrifying villagers. Their secret hideout...
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• Moon Quest #167
  Anson Montgomery
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• Jazz on a Saturday Night
  Leo Dillon
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  A thrilling jazz journey in picture book format, this stunningly illustrated picture book shares the joys of jazz with children. Accompanied by a CD, this is a 2008 Coretta...
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• Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm
  Jerdine Nolan
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  A child ventures out in the middle of the night to see how Harvey Potter grows his wonderful balloons
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• The Random House Book of Mother Goose
  Arnold Lobel
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  Considered by many to be the definitive collection of children's nursery rhymes, THE RANDOM HOUSE BOOK OF MOTHER GOOSE contains over 300 short verses. Readers will encounter...
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• Grandma's Records
  Eric Velasquez
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  The narrator shares childhood memories of spending his summers in Spanish Harlem with his Puerto Rican grandmother. As the grandmother introduces the boy to her record collection,...
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• I'll Always Love You
  Paeony Lewis
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  When he accidentally breaks his mother's favorite bowl, Alex the bear worries that she will no longer love him.
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• A Hen, A Chick And A String Guitar
  Margaret Read MacDonald
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  A cumulative tale from Chile that begins with a hen and ends with sixteen different animals and a guitar.
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• Choose Your Own Adventure 1
  Unknown
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• The Night Before Kindergarten
  Natasha Wing
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  In this poem inspired by Clement C. Moore's THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, a group of excited but nervous children prepare for their first real day of kindergarten. Carefully...
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• Cyberhacker #183
  Anson Montgomery
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• Jumanji
  Chris Van Allsburg
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  Two bored and restless kids find more excitement than they bargained for in a mysterious jungle - adventure board game. Illustrated with detailed b&w pencil drawings. Winner...
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• Choose Your Own Adventure 28
  R. A. Montgomery
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  Readers decide their own destiny in this adventure in which they visit a nearby island for a day, only to be stranded on it by a violent storm.
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• Cam Jansen and the Mystery at the Monkey House
  David A. Adler
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  While visiting the zoo, pre-teen detective Cam Jansen uses her sleuthing skills and photographic memory to foil the plans of an evil monkey smuggler. Occasional b&w illustrations...
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• A Splendid Friend Indeed
  Suzanne Bloom
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  When a studious polar bear meets an inquisitive goose, they learn to be friends.
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• Henry And Mudge And the Big Sleepover
  Cynthia Rylant
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  A gaggle of little boys and their pooches get together for a fun-filled sleepover at Patrick's house. Snacks, movies, and more entertain the boys before everyone settles...
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• Diary of a Wimpy Kid
  Jeff Kinney
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  Originally a web comic, DIARY OF A WIMPY KID follows 7th-grader Greg Heffley through the ups and downs of junior high through words and pictures. The dilemmas of popularity,...
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• Ready, Set, School!
  Jacquelyn Mitchard
  (Print)
  After Rory the raccoon conquers his fear of spending an entire night away from home, he is prepared to tackle the challenge of starting school just one week later, whether...
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• First the Egg
  Laura Vaccaro Seeger
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  This cumulative picture book follows how things grow with very simple text and clever illustrations. An egg hatches and becomes a chicken, while a seed soon becomes a flower,...
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• Class Two at the Zoo
  Julia Jarman
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  It's a field trip to the zoo! The teacher and students see parrots squabbling and cheetahs running. What they don?t see is the crafty anaconda that slithers out of its pond....
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• Leo the Late Bloomer
  Robert Kraus
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• Get Red!
  Tony Porto
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  A boy's red crayon is very helpful at school, providing him with interesting facts about red things in the world, but as it gets stubbier with use it stops cooperating and...
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• Dr. Pompo's Nose
  Saxton Freymann
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  Doctor Pompo believes that he has found a nose lying on the ground, but everyone he meets identifies the mysterious object in a different way.
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• An Ant's Day Off
  Bonny Becker
  (Print)
  Having taken a day off from his job moving sand inside the nest, Bart the ant ventures into the outside world, meets other animals, and experiences both danger and fun.
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• If You Give a Cat a Cupcake
  Laura Joffe Numeroff
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  Continuing with her very popular picture book series If You Give A..., author Laura Numeroff shares the adventures of a kitten and a cupcake. Giving a cat a cupcake begins...
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• Ella Sarah Gets Dressed
  Margaret Chodos-Irvine
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  Despite the influence of her parents and her older sister, a freethinking young girl named Ellah Sarah selects an outfit that reflects her own personal style. Color illustrations...
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• Grandfather's Journey
  Allen Say
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  Inspired by memories of his grandfather, author / illustrator Allen Say presents the true story of his family's ties to two very different countries. Beginning with his grandfather's...
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• The Widow's Broom
  Chris Van Allsburg
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  In this story, a witch on a broom falls from the sky into a widow's garden.
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• The Sweetest Fig
  Chris Van Allsburg
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  In this story, a cold-hearted dentist receives two magic figs that can make his dreams come true. But his dog is also interested in the delicious fruit.
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• Pink and Say
  Patricia Polacco
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  A story about friendship, slavery, family and courage, set in the American Civil War.
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• Thank You, Mr. Falker
  Patricia Polacco
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  Based on the memories of the author's own childhood, THANK YOU, MR. FALKER tells the story of Trisha, a gifted young artist who is having trouble learning how to read. Teased...
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• Mr. Lincoln's Way
  Patricia Polacco
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  A kind school principal named Mr. Lincoln reaches out to a bullying student and attempts to help him correct his racist attitudes. Color illustrations accompany the text
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• Duck on a Bike
  David Shannon
  (Print)
  One day a duck finds a bicycle in the barnyard and decides to take it for a spin. He travels the yard, greeting all the other animals--but what will they think about a duck...
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• Giraffes Can't Dance
  Giles Andreae
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  Gerald is a giraffe who simply can't dance. Try as he may, his long, spindly legs buckle whenever he starts to boogie. Every year he dreads going to the Great jungle Dance,...
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• Frida
  Jonah Winter
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  The companion to the author's book, <IT>Diego <RO>identifies the tragedies and suffering that Frida Kahlo overcame throughout her life by using her skill as a artist to express...
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• Beautiful Warrior
  Emily Arnold McCully
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  From the Caldecott Medal - winning author / illustrator of "Mirette on the Highwire" comes this dramatic, multi - layered story of two legendary women warriors, Wu Mei, the...
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• No, David
  David Shannon
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  When author and artist David Shannon was five years old, he wrote a semi - autobiographic- al story of a little kid who broke all his mother's rules. He chewed with his mouth...
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• A Bird About to Sing
  Laura Nyman Montenegro
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  Natalie loves writing poetry, but when she is asked to read her work aloud she faces a severe case of stage fright. Will Natalie find the courage she needs to share her poetry,...
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• Olivia Saves the Circus
  Ian Falconer
  (Print)
  Olivia remembers her trip to the circus very well. The performers were out sick, so she had to do everything. She...<P><ul type=circle><li>rode on a unicycle<li>jumpe d...
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• Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type
  Doreen Cronin
  (Print)
  When the cows decide that they have had enough, they prepare to go on strike and soon start leaving notes for the farmer demanding better working conditions in this funfilled,...
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• Uncle Peter's Amazing Chinese Wedding
  Lenore Look
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  This fun, low-key primer about Chinese wedding rituals also takes a look at a little girl's sad feelings about no longer being Uncle Peter's "special girl." Jenny is pretty...
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• Precious and the Boo Hag
  Pat McKissack
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  When Precious is left home alone with a stomachache, she's got nothing but a warning from Mama -- <I>"Don't let nothing or nobody into this house"</I> -- to keep her company....
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• Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?
  Bill Martin Jr
  (Print)
  This charming companion to the classic children's concept delight BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE re-teams author Bill Martin, Jr. with illustrator Eric Carle as...
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• Two of Everything
  Lily Toy Hong
  (Print)
  Mr. Haktak is a poor but happy farmer who lives a good life with his kindhearted wife. One day, while working in his garden, Mr. Haktak digs up a large, ancient brass pot....
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• How I Became a Pirate
  Melinda Long
  (Print)
  While playing at the beach, a young boy is taken in by a band of pirates who request that he use his extraordinary sand shoveling skills to help them bury their treasure....
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• The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog
  Mo Willems
  (Print)
  The feisty avian star of DON'T LET THE PIGEON DRIVE THE BUS returns in this picture book--this time, the proud "finder/keeper" of a hot dog. However, just as the pigeon is...
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• Perfectly Martha
  Susan Meddaugh
  (Print)
  Martha, the amazing talking dog from such books as MARTHA SPEAKS and MARTHA CALLING, exposes an evil plot launched by a dog training academy. Ink - and - watercolor illustrations...
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• Lu and the Swamp Ghost
  James Carville
  (Print)
  During the Depression in the Louisiana bayou, a curious young girl helps the &quot;Swamp Ghost&quot; that her cousins warned her about and finds herself with one good friend.
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• Anno's Spain
  Mitsumasa Anno
  (Print)
  This wordless picture book takes readers on a tour of Spain. Sharp-eyed readers can search for the self-portrait of the book's author/illustrator that is hidden in each...
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• Detective Larue
  Mark Teague
  (Print)
  This sequel to DEAR MRS. LARUE find Mrs. LaRue's beloved dog, Ike, being held in police custody - - wrongly accused of playing a part in the disappearance of his neighbor's...
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• Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3
  Bill Martin
  (Print)
  This companion to the classic alphabet book CHICKA CHICKA BOOM BOOM introduces readers to numbers and counting. Here the numbers 0-20 (and then by tens up to 100) have a...
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• Five Little Monkeys Play Hide And Seek
  Eileen Christelow
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  The five little monkeys try to avoid going to bed by playing hide and seek with the babysitter.
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• On the Way to Kindergarten
  Virginia L Kroll
  (Print)
  A mother describes the increasing accomplishments of her five - year - old, from crying and sleeping, to riding a tricycle, then preparing for school.
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• Little Pea
  Amy Krouse Rosenthal
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  This picture book, in which peas are people, is a funny, topsy-turvy look at children's food struggles. In a world where sweets are dinner food, Little Pea longs for his...
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• Stanley Mows The Lawn
  Craig Frazier
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  While mowing his lawn, Stanley meets Hank, a snake who prefers the grass long.
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• Carrot Soup
  John Segal
  (Print)
  Take one rabbit, patiently growing carrots. Add his friends -- Mole, Dog, Cat, Duck, and Pig. Mix all ingredients together for a superdelicious surprise!<P>But be careful:...
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• Not Norman
  Kelly Bennett
  (Print)
  As a boy attempts to convince someone else to take his disappointing pet, he learns to love Norman the goldfish himself.
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• The Hello, Goodbye Window
  Norton Juster
  (Print)
  For an excited, imaginative little girl, an overnight visit with her beloved grandparents, Nanna and Poppy, is filled with delights and enchanted moments. Among them are...
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• Rosa
  Nikki Giovanni
  (Print)
  This gorgeous, sophisticated 2006 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award winner and 2006 Caldecott Honor Book focuses on Civil Rights activist Rosa Parks's bold refusal to...
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• Shiver Me Letters
  June Sobel
  (Print)
  Having decided that R is not enough for them, a bumbling band of pirates sets sail on a quest to capture the rest of the alphabet.
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• Good Boy, Fergus!
  David Shannon
  (Print)
  Fergus, an infectiously energetic, bouncy pooch is the star of this great read-aloud picture book for very young children. With a lively narrative that reads as if the narrator...
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• Super Fly Guy
  Tedd Arnold
  (Print)
  Fly Guy visits the school cafeteria and gets the lunch lady fired.
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• Please, Puppy, Please
  Spike Lee
  (Print)
  The winning team of director Spike Lee and his wife, producer Tonya Lewis Lee, has created an adorable, wry picture book featuring the hilarious antics of a pair of African...
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• Leonardo The Terrible Monster
  Mo Willems
  (Print)
  Leonardo, a dainty little monster, is having a really difficult time scaring anyone. So small that he's practically boy-sized, Leonardo has round, blue eyes, diminutive horns,...
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• Charlie And Lola
  Lauren Child
  (Print)
  Lola's all-time most favorite book, BEETLES, BUGS, AND BUTTERFLIES, is checked out by someone else at the library, and she is absolutely beside herself. Now it's up to older...
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• If I Had a Dragon
  Amanda Ellery
  (Print)
  <b>Morton's brother is too little to be any fun -- but if he were a dragon, playtime would be great...wouldn't it?</b>
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• John, Paul, George & Ben
  Lane Smith
  (Print)
  With a nod toward the Beatles, popular children's author and illustrator Lane Smith has created a tongue - in - cheek look at the childhood foibles of John Hancock, Paul...
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• Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late
  Mo Willems
  (Print)
  Bestselling author and illustrator Mo Willems's pesky rapscallion, the Pigeon, is back, this time insisting he can handle a late night. Using all the excuses in the book,...
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• Wolves
  Emily Gravett
  (Print)
  Humorous and unusual, this sparely illustrated picture book pokes fun at the relationship between wolves and rabbits. Unsuspecting Rabbit is reading a big red book about...
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• Shoo, Fly Guy!
  Tedd Arnold
  (Print)
  A pet fly searches for his favorite brown, oozy, lumpy, smelly food.
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• The Runaway Dinner
  Allan Ahlberg
  (Print)
  Banjo sits down to dinner one night only to end up chasing his entire meal, starting with Melvin the sausage, in a cheery poem that takes bits and pieces from nursery rhymes....
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• Olivia Forms a Band
  Ian Falconer
  (Print)
  Olivia, the pluckiest little piglet in children's picture-book history, creates a stunning one-pig band out of a range of deeply amusing household items and toys. Upon discovering...
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• Doreen Cronin
  Not Available
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  Offers eight previously published adventures featuring the mischievous Duck, Farmer Brown and his cows, and other farm animal friends.
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• My Buddy, Slug
  Jarrett Krosoczka
  (Print)
  When Alex hurts his best friend's feelings, he learns that sometimes staying friends means apologizing. Alex and Slug are best friends. They do everything together - - morning,...
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• One More Sheep
  Mij Kelly
  (Print)
  On a wild windy night in a thunderstor, Sam fetched home his sheep and tucked them up warm, with woolly socks on their toes and woolly hats their heads, all safe and snug...
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• Penguin
  Polly Dunbar
  (Print)
  <b>A quirky new tale from a rising talent &#8212; in which a bossy little boy receives a surprising comeuppance.</b><br><br>When Ben rips open his present, he finds a penguin...
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• The Incredible Book Eating Boy
  Oliver Jeffers
  (Print)
  Henry is a boy who eats books. Literally. His voracious, insatiable appetite (especially for the red ones) does make him much smarter, but soon, the books stop going down...
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• The Magic School Bus Takes a Moonwalk
  Joanna Cole
  (Print)
  Ms. Frizzle's class is taking a special nighttime hayride to learn about the moon, but when a cloudy sky spoils the trip, everyone piles onto the Magic School Bus for a better...
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• Choose Your Own Adventure 26
  R. A. Montgomery
  (Print)
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• The Jewel Box Ballerinas
  Monique De Varennes
  (Print)
  A rich woman purchases a magic jewel box and sets out to make the two tiny ballerinas within it smile again.
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• Me and My Dad!
  Alison Ritchie
  (Print)
  This Father's Day confection follows the fun times of a little bear and his dad. Affection, enjoying a dip in the river, and risking the bees' anger with a visit to the honey...
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• Elena's Serenade
  Campbell Geeslin
  (Print)
  In this book set in Mexico, a young girl named Elena declares her desire to become a glassblower. Her father, however, insists this is not an appropriate profession for a...
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• I Love My Mama
  Peter Kavanagh
  (Print)
  An affectionate look at the loving relationship of a mother and baby elephant. During the course of their day, the mother and her baby do such fun things as compare the sizes...
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• A Visitor for Bear
  Bonny Becker
  (Print)
  Bear, a grumpy, particular creature, finds himself confronted with a demanding little mouse who wants to be friends. In spite of Bear's front door proclamation - - "No Visitors...
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• Those Shoes
  Maribeth Boelts
  (Print)
  Jeremy, who longs to have the black high tops that everyone at school seems to have but his grandmother cannot afford, is excited when he sees them for sale in a thrift shop...
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• Vulture View
  April Pulley Sayre
  (Print)
  <DIV><DIV><DIV>Turkey vultures soar on the balmy air, looking for their next stinky feast. These birds don&#8217;t hunt&#8212;they like their food to be already dead, and...
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• Martina the Beautiful Cockroach
  Carmen Agra Deedy
  (Print)
  Martina Josephina Catalina Cucaracha is a beautiful cockroach. When she is old enough to be married, her mother gives her a manitilla (a lace shawl) and her father gives...
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• Knuffle Bunny Too
  Mo Willems
  (Print)
  Is it possible that there are two Knuffle Bunnies?! Yes, and Trixie is not very happy about it in Mo Willems's delightful, stunningly illustrated follow-up to the award-winning...
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• Five Little Monkeys Go Shopping
  Eileen Christelow
  (Print)
  Five little monkeys go shopping for school clothes with their mama, but in spite of her warnings about not wandering off, things quickly get complicated.
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• Grace for President
  Kelly Dipucchio
  (Print)
  The machinations of political life and electoral politics are at the heart of this colorful picture book. After finding out that no women have ever been president of the...
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• How I Learned Geography
  Uri Shulevitz
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  Based on his own childhood experience leaving Poland in 1939 and going to Turkestan, author and illustrator Uri Shulevitz tells the bittersweet story of a displaced family...
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• The Secret Olivia Told Me
  N. Joy
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  Focused on friends and secret - keeping, this picture book is about what happens when Olivia shares an amazing secret with her best friend and things go awry. With lush illustrations,...
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• Cam Jansen and the Secret Service Mystery
  David Adler
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  Cam and her friend Danny help solve the mystery of a stolen pearl necklace when the governor comes to visit their school for the dedication of the new library.
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• Mama's Little Duckling
  Marjorie Parker
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  Exploring the pond on his own and visiting his friends - - Dragonfly, Little Polliwog, and the Centipedes - - Dandelion Duckling keeps his ears open for his mother's quacks...
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• Running Shoes
  Frederick Lipp
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  Sophy, a determined young girl living in an impoverished Cambodian village, fulfills her dream of going to school--with the help of a pair of running shoes.
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• Rodrick Rules
  Jeff Kinney
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  The second book in the bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series continues the hilarious and true to life story of middle schooler Greg Heffley. Greg's summer was rotten, and...
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• The Pigeon Wants a Puppy!
  Mo Willems
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  Bestselling author and illustrator Mo Willems has added another very silly, very funny Pigeon book to the popular series. This time, the Pigeon is very interested in having...
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• The Very Hungry Caterpillar
  Eric Carle
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  On Sunday a caterpillar hatches from his egg. On Monday he eats an apple. On Tuesday he eats two pears. On Wednesday he eats three plums. The hungry caterpillar eats more...
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• Can You See What I See?
  Walter Wick
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  Aimed at early readers, this book is filled with crisp color photographs filled with all sorts of things for children to identify. Part of the Can You See What I See? series.
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• Noodles The Puppy
  Hans Wilhelm
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  Offers two books in one featuring lovable Noodle the pup who discovers the joy of sharing with friends in one charming tale and then overcomes his fear of lightning after...
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• From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
  E. L. Konigsburg
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  Part adventure story, part mystery, FROM THE MIXED-UP FILES OF MRS. BASIL E. FRANKWEILER tells of a sister and brother's amazing sojourn in New York City. Fed up with life...
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• Magic School Bus Flies from the Nest
  Joanna Cole
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  When Ms. Frizzle takes her class on the magic bus, it turns into a nest and teaches them all about birds.
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• Young Cam Jansen and the Substitute Mystery
  David A. Adler
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  Although their substitute teacher is known for his forgetfulness, his students begin to wonder if something mysterious is happening after his cell phone and car keys go missing,...
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• Henry and Mudge and the Tumbling Trip
  Cynthia Rylant
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  Henry, his parents, and his dog Mudge take a vacation out West, where they enjoy tumbleweeds, desert animals, souvenirs, and the wide open spaces.
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• What's That, Mittens?
  Lola M. Schaefer
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  <p> A big yard can be a lonely place for a little kitten. So when Mittens hears a scratching noise behind the fence, he <i>has</i> to see what is on the other side. It may...
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• Fabulous Fishes
  Susan Stockdale
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  Introduces a variety of familiar and exotic fishes using simple, rhyming text, including round fish, striped fish, and fish that leap and glide.
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• What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?
  Robin Page
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  In this interactive guessing book, readers will learn about amazing animals who do such things as use their noses for digging, their ears for seeing, and their eyes for squirting...
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• Thump, Quack, Moo
  Doreen Cronin
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  The Corn Maze Festival is coming up soon, and Farmer Brown has the whole farmyard in an uproar. Everyone's hard at work, chickens on fence - building duty, and the cows refreshing...
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• Wolfsnail
  Sarah C. Campbell
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  The wolfsnail is not the harmless, pokey creature that comes to mind with the word "snail," but a vicious, fast-moving cannibal with a craving for its lesser, vegetarian...
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• Young Cam Jansen and the Molly Shoe Mystery
  David Adler
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  When Cam, her father, and friend Eric Shelton go to the airport to meet Cam's Aunt Molly, they help her find her missing high heel shoes.
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• We're Sailing Down the Nile
  Laurie Krebs
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  As the riverboat sails down the Nile River, remnants of Egypt's long history and aspects of its present culture are revealed on its banks.
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• Geronimo Stilton, Secret Agent
  Geronimo Stilton
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  Geronimo Stilton finds himself on a mission to locate an important document, after secret agent Kornelius von Kickpay, his old friend from elementary school, shows up in...
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• Into the Hollow Earth
  Anson Montgomery
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  Readers may select from a range of plot alternatives that determine the outcome of the story in which three teenagers journey into the hollow Earth on a quest to find their...
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• Quinito, Day and Night / Quinito, Dia Y Noche
  Ina Cumpiano
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  In both English and Spanish, this delightful bilingual picture book explores opposites with a little boy named Quinito. His sister Clara gets up early, while older brother...
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• We're Going on a Lion Hunt
  Margery Cuyler
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  A class of kindergarteners sets out bravely in search of a lion, going through mud, long grass, and other obstacles before the inevitable encounter with the lion forces a...
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• 10 Things I Can Do to Help My World
  Melanie Walsh
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  Produced on 100% recycled paper, this picture book lesson in how children can effect environmental change has ten simple, easy to do lessons. With clever pages cut into different...
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• Those Darn Squirrels!
  Adam Rubin
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  When grumpy Old Man Fookwire builds feeders to try to keep birds--the only creatures he likes--from leaving for the winter, he finds himself in a battle with clever, crafty...
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• Bee-wigged
  Cece Bell
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  Jerry, a large bee who longs to have friends, finds that by putting on a wig he can pass for a boy, until one day while he is leading the annual school parade the wind starts...
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• Wangari's Trees of Peace
  Jeanette Winter
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  This true story of Wangari Maathai, environmentali- st and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, is a shining example of how one woman's passion, vision, and determination inspired...
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• George and Martha
  James Marshall
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  James Marshall's fabulous and funny stories about two gregarious hippos, George and Martha, are collected together here, interspersed with fond appreciations and remembrances...
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• Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do-it-yourself Book
  Jeff Kinney
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  Encouraging children to create their own version of Greg Heffley's diary, this companion to the bestselling series is filled with thought - provoking questions and scads...
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• Ballyhoo Bay
  Judy Sierra
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  As a devoted art teacher to the local residents and sea animals of Ballyhoo Bay, Mira Bella is saddened when she learns that developers are planning to build directly on...
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• There Was an Old Monster!
  Rebecca Emberley
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  An amusing rhyming tale featuring a silly monster whose great appetite makes him eat just about anything and everything in sight, including ticks, bats, and a large bear,...
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• Mouse and the Motorcycle
  Beverly Cleary
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• The Magic School Bus Rides the Wind
  Unknown
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• The Last Straw
  Jeff Kinney
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  The third book in Jeff Kinney's wildly popular Diary of a Wimpy Kid series finds Greg Heffley desperately trying not to get sent to military school by his father. Coping...
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• Burned By the Inner Sun
  Anson Montgomery
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  Readers may select from a range of plot alternatives that determine the outcome of the story in which three teenagers journey into the hollow Earth on a quest to find their...
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• The Crocodaddy
  Kim Norman
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  <DIV><DIV><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso - layout - grid - align: none">Celebrate the imagination - and the love between father and son - with a fun, rhyming, and totally...
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• Chicken Little
  Rebecca Emberley
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  This retelling of the classic "Chicken Little" is filled with humor, sarcasm, and a witty text. Chicken Little experiences an acorn falling as the end of the world, and begins...
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• Nate the Great
  Unknown
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• Goldilicious
  Victoria Kann
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  A unicorn who not only roller skates but can fly kites, Goldilicious is the awesome pet of Pinkalicious. This sassy beast stands beside Pinkalicious as she fights off the...
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• Yes Day!
  Amy Krouse Rosenthal
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  A young boy celebrates his favorite holiday--Yes Day. On this day, adults have to say "yes" to every request made by a child. How does the boy celebrate this very special...
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• Paying the Ferryman
  Anson Montgomery
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• How Do Dinosaurs Say I Love You?
  Jane Yolen
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  Even when dinosaurs wake up grumpy or make a mess in the bathroom, their parents still love them. Musing on unconditional love and naughty dinosaurs, with lots of playfulness,...
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• Ready for Anything!
  Keiko Kasza
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  Initially quite excited about going on a picnic with his friend Duck, Raccoon begins to consider all the terrible things that could happen, like getting stung by bees or...
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• Cool Dog, School Dog
  Deborah Heiligman
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  When Tinka the dog follows her owner to school and creates havoc, the children discover a way to let her stay in the classroom and help.
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• Hot Rod Hamster
  Cynthia Lord
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  A hamster, with the help of a canine junkyard dealer and his mouse assistants, builts a hot rod and drives it in a race against some very large dogs.
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• Princess Pigtoria and the Pea
  Henry Cole
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  To make her pigsty of a palace picturesque again, penniless Princess Pigtoria tries to get the pompous porker Prince Proudfoot to propose marriage.
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• Leo the Snow Leopard
  Craig Hatkoff
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  Documents the survival story of a Pakistan snow leopard that was rescued as an orphaned cub at two months of age and subsequently taken in by scientists from the Wildlife...
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• Shark Vs. Train
  Chris Barton
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  When two boys boisterously pit their toys against each other, total craziness ensues! Shark and Train vie for winning all sorts of nutty contesting, including burping, bowling,...
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• Welcome to My Neighborhood!
  Shino Arihara
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  A young girl takes a walk through her urban neighborhood, observing items representing every letter of the alphabet, from her abuela to loud, zooming cars.
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• One Drowsy Dragon
  Ethan Long
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  As one dragon tries to take a nap, his ten little dragons, in increasing numbers, disturb his sleep by making milk shakes, screaming at scary movies, and playing loud games.
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• There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves!
  Lucille Colandro
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  <DIV>That wild old lady is back swallowing fall-themed items. What can you make from leaves, clothes, a pumpkin, and rope? That's right, a scarecrow! <p> <p>Perfect for back...
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• Charlie's Superhero Underpants
  Paul Bright
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  When a gusting wind blows the laundry off the clothesline, Charlie travels the world searching for his favorite scarlet superhero underpants.
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• Mad at Mommy
  Komako Sakai
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  A little bunny is furious with his mother, and he has no problem sharing his feelings. Not only does she rush him, but she never gets up early on Saturdays, won't allow him...
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• The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
  Jon Scieszka
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  The wolf gives his own outlandish version of what really happened when he tangled with the three little pigs
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• The Odious Ogre
  Jules Feiffer
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  Striking fear into the hearts of all who dwell in the forest, a truly loathsome, positively gargantuan ogre awakens from a nap, ready for a human meal. But one very brave...
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• Your Grandparents Are Zombies
  Anson Montgomery
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  The reader has a potion that can make their grandparents do whatever they want them to - you get to choose from 8 different endings.
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• Tony Baloney
  Pam Munoz Ryan
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  <DIV>Bestselling author Pam Mu&#241;oz Ryan and virtuosic new talent Edwin Fotheringham show off their funny sides as they introduce the mischievous, lovable, utterly relatable...
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• Splat the Cat Sings Flat
  Rob Scotton
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  Splat the cat is very nervous when his class prepares to sing on Parents' Night.
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• The Ugly Truth
  Jeff Kinney
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  Eighth grader Greg Heffley has a whole new set of problems to deal with, and the horrors of puberty are the least of his worries. Is his friendship with Rowley over? How...
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• Bulldog's Big Day
  Kate McMullan
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  <DIV>Award - winning author Kate McMullan tells the story of Bulldog, a lovable pup who is searching for a job, with the help of his friends. <p>Everyone is on their way...
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• Where's Walrus?
  Stephen Savage
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  An enterprising walrus flees the zoo and finds adventure in the city in this wordless picture book. With the bewildered zookeep in hot pursuit, the walrus finds a variety...
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• Larue Across America
  Mark Teague
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  All set to enjoy a cruise with Mrs. LaRue, her dog Ike is horrified when their plans are dramatically transformed. Their Snort City neighbor, Mrs. Hibbins, is in the hospital...
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• Monday Is One Day
  Arthur Levine
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  A rhyming countdown of the days of the week as a father and child find ways to spend time together while waiting for the weekend.
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• Three Little Mermaids
  Mara Van Fleet
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  Have a tea party undersea and practice counting with <I>Three Little Mermaids</I>, this sparkling touch and feel and pull tab novelty book by bestselling creator Mara Van Fleet!
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• Jumanji
  Chris Van Allsburg
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  <I>&#160;&#160;</I>&#160; The 30th anniversay edition of <I>Jumanji&#160;</I>celebrate s this timeless tale as a New York Times Best Illustrated Book and winner of the 1982...
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