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The alphabet tree
When a fierce wind threatens to blow all the little letters out of the alphabet tree, they must band together in words—and then sentences—to create a message that’s even stronger than the wind: peace on earth. With their newfound knowledge, there's nothing the letters can't do in this gentle parable about the power of the written word.
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- 9780679808350
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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Fish is fish
Two best friends, a minnow and a tadpole, are practically inseparable until the tadpole grows legs and decides to explore the world beyond the pond. When the tadpole, now a frog, returns to tell his friend of the extraordinary things he’s seen, the minnow, now a fish, tries to follow in his footsteps, but quickly finds that land is not what he expected. Friendship truly saves the day in this …
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- 9780590400060
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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Cornelius : a fable
From inside front flap of dust jacket: "Cornelius was different from other crocodiles. He walked upright and could see things no other corcodile had ever seen before. He could see the fishes from above; he could see beyond the bushes. But others were not impressed... In this delightful tale Lionni tells us the story of an irresistible young crocodile whose opean-hearted, open-minded outlook on …
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- 9780679860402
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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Pezzettino
Pezzettino lives in a world in which everyone is big and does daring and wonderful things. But he is small, just a “little piece,” which is the meaning of pezzettino in Italian. “I must be a piece of somebody. I must belong to someone else,” he thinks. How Pezzettino learns that he belongs to no one but himself is the joyous and satisfying conclusion to this beautiful mosaic style pictu…
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- 039483156X
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- 33 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
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- F66
Fish is fish
Two best friends, a minnow and a tadpole, are practically inseparable until the tadpole grows legs and decides to explore the world beyond the pond. When the tadpole, now a frog, returns to tell his friend of the extraordinary things he’s seen, the minnow, now a fish, tries to follow in his footsteps, but quickly finds that land is not what he expected. Friendship truly saves the day in this …
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- 0394827996
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- 30 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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- F71
Tillie and the wall
All her life Tillie the mouse has wondered what lies on the other side of the wall. Imagining all sorts of fantastic possibilities, she digs a tunnel to get to the other side, where she discovers . . . other mice, just like her! Together, Tillie and her friends work to bring down the wall and unite mouse-kind. Written just before the fall of the Berlin wall, this seemingly simple fable has a po…
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- 9780679813576
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- 30 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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- F71
On my beach there are many pebbles
Take a look. And another. And another. Are those ordinary pebbles you see, lying on an ordinary beach? Or are they hearts and gift-wrapped packages, numbers, letters, and the faces of friends? Take a look. And another.
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- 9780688132842
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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Inch by inch
This favorite classic picture book introduces children to a winning, winsome inchworm who can measure anything under the sun, from a robin’s tail to a toucan’s beak. When a hungry nightingale threatens to eat him for breakfast unless he can measure her song, the inchworm will have to cleverly solve the dilemma. This is a whimsical and sweet picture book that asks, “Can a song be measured?…
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- 0590479911
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
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