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The rumor
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Monique Félix |
News travels quickly through a small village when a wolf is seen in the hills, compelling animal friends to warn one another and, in the process, turn hearsay into an increasingly inaccurate rumor. |
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A is for aarrgh!
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William J. Brooke |
Mog, a young boy living during the Stone Age, discovers words and language and teaches his fellow cave dwellers how to talk, thus altering the course of history. |
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Hello ((hello))
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Matthew Cordell |
A child seeks a way to communicate with parents and a brother who are busy with their electronic devices. |
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Life happens next
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Terry Trueman |
Shawn McDaniel, almost fifteen, cannot speak and has no control over his body due to severe cerebral palsy, but he forms a strong connection with his mother's cousin Debi, who has Down Syndrome, and … |
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Jumping to conclusions
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Wanda E. Brunstetter |
Lovable and outrageously rambunctious eleven-year-old Rachel Yoder learns an important lesson about gossip and eavesdropping. |
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The worm whisperer
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Betty Hicks |
Ellison Ellis Coffey, a lonely fifth-grader, discovers he might have the special gift of talking to bugs and decides to use his ability to win his town's annual Woolly Worm Race. |
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The Aliens are coming!
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Lisa Thiesing |
Peggy becomes very worried when she hears that the Aliens are coming, but then she learns that they are a rock band. |
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Did you hear about Jake?
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Louise Vitellaro Tidd |
Jake tells his friend Hank that he's learning to bake, but Hank misunderstands and begins a chain of misinformation that spreads throughout school. |
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A is for aarrgh!
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William J. Brooke |
Mog, a young boy living during the Stone Age, discovers words and language and teaches his fellow cave dwellers how to talk, thus altering the course of history. |
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The big hello
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Janet Schulman |
A little girl adjusts to her new life in California with the help of her doll. |
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Up, up, and away
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Ruth Heller |
Rhyming text and illustrations introduce adverbs and their uses. |
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Telephone
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Mac Barnett |
A mother bird gives the bird next to her a message for little Peter. But passing messages on a telephone line isn't as simple as it sounds. Each subsequent bird understands Mama's message according t… |
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My mouth is a volcano!
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Julia Cook |
This book teaches children to manage their thoughts and words without interrupting. |
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The wonder of us
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Kim A. Culbertson |
Riya and Abby were best friends in their small California town, but Riya and her family moved to Berlin for Riya's junior year and it was hard to stay in touch; so now that the year has passed, Riya … |
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Gerald McBoing Boing
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Mel Crawford |
Gerald McCloy is sent home from school because he can only speak in sounds and not in words. |
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Words are like faces
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Edith Baer |
Rhyming text points out the many uses of words and the different emotions and concepts they can convey. |
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Tell-a-bunny
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Nancy Elizabeth Wallace |
As one bunny passes the message on to the next, Sunny's plans for a surprise birthday party for Earl undergo some changes. |
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Sparkle and spin
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Ann Rand,Paul Rand |
Summary, Text and illustrations introduce the magic of words. |
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Mr. Wheatfield's loft
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Isabel Langis Cusack,Richard Egielski |
Developing an interest in homing pigeons leads to a significant change in the life of 11-year-old Ellis Hampton who has been mute since he witnessed his father's death. |
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Buck fever
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Cynthia Chapman Willis |
Through the points of view of twelve-year-old Joey and his fifteen-year-old sister Philly, tells of a family already strained by the mother's extended travel, pushed further apart by the father's dis… |
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