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In the Small, Small Pond
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Denise Fleming |
Illustrations and rhyming text describe the activities of animals living in and near a small pond as spring progresses to autumn. |
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A Tree Is Nice
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Janice May Udry |
Briefly describes the value of a tree. |
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Shadow
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Blaise Cendrars,Marcia Brown |
Free verse evocation of the eerie, shifting images of Shadow which represents the beliefs and ghosts of the past and is brought to life wherever there is light, fire, and a storyteller. |
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Once a Mouse
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Marcia Brown |
As it changes from mouse, to cat, to dog, to tiger, a hermit's pet also becomes increasingly vain. |
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Tar Beach
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Faith Ringgold |
Cassie Louise Lightfoot, eight years old in 1939, has a dream: to be free to go wherever she wants for the rest of her life. One night, up on "tar beach" --the rooftop of her family's Harlem apartmen… |
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Grandfather's journey
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Allen Say |
A Japanese American man recounts his grandfather's journey to America which he later also undertakes, and the feelings of being torn by a love for two different countries. |
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Fables
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Arnold Lobel |
Twenty original fables about an array of animal characters from crocodile to ostrich. |
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The fool of the world and the flying ship
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Arthur Ransome,Arthur/shu Ransome,Arthur Michell Ransome |
When the Czar proclaims that he will marry his daughter to the man who brings him a flying ship, the Fool of the World sets out to try his luck and meets some unusual companions on the way. |
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Snowflake Bentley
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Jacqueline Briggs Martin |
A biography of a self-taught scientist who photographed thousands of individual snowflakes in order to study their unique formations. |
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The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
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Mordicai Gerstein |
A lyrical evocation of Philippe Petit's 1974 tightrope walk between the World Trade Center towers. |
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The Rooster Crows
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Miska Petersham,Maud Fuller Petersham |
1946 Caldecott Medal winner. |
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Flotsam
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David Wiesner |
When a young boy discovers a camera on the beach and develops the film, he finds with his microscope many layers of pictures within the photographs. |
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The three pigs
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David Wiesner |
The three pigs escape the wolf by going into another world where they meet the cat and the fiddle, the cow that jumped over the moon, and a dragon. |
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"More more more" said the baby
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Vera B. Williams |
Three babies are caught up in the air and given loving attention by a father, grandmother, and mother. |
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It Could Always Be Worse
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Margot Zemach |
When a peasant complains to his rabbi about his family's cramped house, he's told to bring his farm animals inside. |
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They Were Strong and Good
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Robert Lawson |
They Were Strong and Good is a book by Robert Lawson that won the Caldecott Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1941. It tells the story of Lawson's family: where they came from… |
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Hide and Seek Fog
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Alvin Tresselt |
The worst fog in 20 years rolls in and clouds the seaside village. The boats head back to shore, the sea birds return to their roosts and the people pack up and leave the beach. For three days, every… |
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Abraham Lincoln
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Ingri Parin D'Aulaire,Edgar Parin D'Aulaire |
Text and illustrations present the life of the boy born on the Kentucky frontier who became the sixteenth president of the United States. |
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The Red Book
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Barbara Lehman |
This book is about a book. A magical red book without any words. When you turn the pages you’ll experience a new kind of adventure through the power of story. Winning a Caldecott Honor for its illust… |
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Seven Simeons
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Boris Artzybasheff |
C.1 GIFT. 03-01-2011. $12.95. |
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