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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
A Tale of Two Cities [adaptation]	Patricia Krapesh	Retells in simple vocabulary the classic tale of the young Englishman who gives up his life during the French Revolution to save the husband of the woman he loves.	OL14869595W
Feelings to Share from A to Z (My Favorites)	Todd Snow	Knowing how to describe our feelings is important to our emotional health. So is knowing it's okay to talk about our feelings with others. In rhyming poems and illustrations, this book helps children…	OL15049241W
Adventures of an Aluminum Can	Alison Inches	Peek into this diary of an aluminum can as it goes on a journey from the manufacturing line to the store shelf to a little girl's home to a garbage can and finally to a recycling plant, where it emer…	OL15690930W
Big City Bees	Maggie De Vries	For city kids like Sophie and Matthew, growing pumpkins is a big thrill. But they're worried. They know they need bees to make their pumpkins grow, but will the bees find their garden? Are there even…	OL16796274W
Howard B Wigglebottom Learns About Sportsmanship Winning Isnt Everything	Susan F. Cornelison	Howard B. Wigglebottom likes to win, but he learns that nobody wins all the time. Howard learns how to become a teamplayer when his soccer team makes it to finals.	OL17423814W
Sea Otter Cove A Relaxation Story	Max Stasuyk	Sea Otter Cove is a story that teaches children how to use diaphragmatic breathing to calm down, lower stress, and control anger. Children love to experience belly breathing with the playful sea otte…	OL17503976W
Shivers Wishes and Wolves Graphic Spin Quality Paper	Beth Bracken	Five of the world''s greatest fairy tales, retold in the popular and attractive graphic novel format. Fresh, bold illustrations give these timeless tales a modern edge. The stories include Red Riding…	OL17538405W
Dear as salt	Rafe Martin	Based on an old Italian folktale, a daughter teaches her father, the King, the meaning of her love for him.	OL1810133W
A Prairie Year	Jo Bannatyne-Cugnet	The year begins with hockey, icefishing, and a snowmobile race. Spring brings renewal: the arrival of piglets, baby chicks in the farm kitchen; and outside, the fields are seeded. In summer, there’s …	OL2015298W
Being Me	Yvonne Cathcart,Rosemary McCarney	Rosie is wearing her red cape, sitting up in her thinking tree wondering what she'll be when she grows up. She's not old enough to be a pilot, or a paramedic, or a dog groomer. But she does believe t…	OL20982048W
Goldilocks and the Three Bears	Gerry Embleton,Ian Robinson	While three bears are away from home, Goldilocks ventures inside their house, tastes their porridge, tries their chairs, and finally falls asleep in Baby Bear's bed.	OL21648181W
The Rewindable Clock	Aaron Starmer	The unthinkable happens. Keisha forgets to do her science homework! The morning it's due, she rushes to Locker 37 and the locker gives her a clock. Not just any clock, mind you. It's a time-travel de…	OL26432727W
Franklin's Neighborhood (Franklin)	Paulette Bourgeois,Brenda Clark,Sharon Jennings	In this Franklin Classic Storybook, Franklin's first school project is to create a picture of what he likes best about his neighborhood. Franklin can't decide what to draw. Beaver chooses the library…	OL3686445W
Tatterhood	Robin Muller	Retelling of an old fairy tale about adventures of a wise and heroic daughter of a Queen. After victorious trouncing of the witches she wins yet another victory. She, who looks unattractive, is final…	OL3689560W
Alone Together	Jim Boulden	Buddy relates his experience of growing up alone with his dad.	OL4232042W
The Alphabet War	Diane Burton Robb	Learning to read is a great struggle for Adam, but with expert help, hard work, and belief in himself, he wins "The Alphabet War." Includes information about dyslexia.	OL4490252W
Naya, the Inuit Cinderella	Brittany Marceau-Chenkie	Written when the author was ten-years-old, a tale set in the Arctic tells the story of a young girl who chooses to live a traditional Inuit life with her grandfather, instead of the modern town life …	OL9247454W
Fearless Jake	Margaret Haffner	Jake promises his mother that he will go straight to school, but as his imagination begins to race, he must leap over the canyon lying in front of his driveway, cross a river, ward off some hungary v…	OL9293634W
Brewster Rooster	Berny Lucas	Brewster is proud of his new cock-a-doodle-doo and he crows all day and night, keeping the barnyard awake and making the farmer very angry. But when a thunderstorm threatens to flood the farm, Brewst…	OL9504565W
Have Courage My Love	Lisa Hewitt-Savelli	Have Courage My Love - A Brave Encounter with a Bully is a story about feelings, personal strength, and having courage to believe in yourself. Have Courage My Love helps young children communicate th…	OL9512478W