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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
A Tree Is Nice A Tree Is Nice Janice May Udry Briefly describes the value of a tree. OL114926W
Arrorró, mi niño Arrorró, mi niño Lulu Delacre An illustrated collection of nursery rhymes, finger play games, and lullabies from the major Latino groups living in the United States today. Includes some music. OL16063636W
A Piece of Home A Piece of Home Jeri Hanel Watts When Hee Jun’s family moves from Korea to West Virginia, he struggles to adjust to his new home. His eyes are not big and round like his classmates’, and he can’t understand anything the teacher says… OL17336079W
Tar Beach Tar Beach 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… OL1859174W
A pig, a fox, and a box A pig, a fox, and a box Jonathan Fenske Jonathan Fenske tells three humorous stories of two friends, Pig and Fox, and their shenanigans with a cardboard box (all of which involved Pig accidentally crushing Fox in the box). With comic art a… OL20011962W
Why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears Why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears Verna Aardema A retelling of a traditional West African tale that reveals how the mosquito developed its annoying habit. OL2654553W
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers The Man Who Walked Between the Towers Mordicai Gerstein A lyrical evocation of Philippe Petit's 1974 tightrope walk between the World Trade Center towers. OL2673218W
A Chair for My Mother A Chair for My Mother Vera B. Williams,Susan Rybin A child, her waitress mother, and her grandmother save dimes to buy a comfortable armchair after all their furniture is lost in a fire. OL3243597W
One fine day One fine day Nonny Hogrogian After the old woman cuts off his tail when he steals her milk, the fox must go through a long series of transactions before she will sew it back on again OL3351167W
Elizabeti's Doll Elizabeti's Doll Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen,Esther Sarfatti When a young Tanzanian girl gets a new baby brother, she finds a rock, which she names Eva, and makes it her baby doll. OL59235W
Henry and Mudge and the great grandpas Henry and Mudge and the great grandpas Cynthia Rylant When Henry and his dog Mudge go with Henry's parents to visit Great-Grandpa Bill in the home with lots of other grandpas, they lead them all on a wonderful adventure. OL64039W
Duffy and the devil Duffy and the devil Harve Zemach,Margot Zemach The spinning and knitting the devil agrees to do for her win Duffy the Squire's name and a carefree life until it comes time for her to guess the devil's name. OL6581249W