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The pig in the pond
Pigs don't swim, or so it's said. But on one of the hottest days of the summer, the pig on Neligan's farm sits by the pond feeling envious of the ducks and the geese floating in the cool water. Finally, when she can endure the heat no longer—splash!—this sweltering pig takes a dive, throwing the entire farm into an uproar. It isn't long, however, before the refreshing idea catches on, and t…
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- 9781406310986
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
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Owl babies
"I want my mommy!" Three baby owls awake one night to find their mother gone, and they can’t help but wonder where she is. What is she doing? When will she be back? What scary things move all around them? Stunning illustrations from striking perspectives capture the anxious little owls as they worry. Not surprisingly, joyous flapping and dancing and bouncing greet the mother’s return, lendi…
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- 9780763617103
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- 32 pages : illustration : 21 cm
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Owl babies
A gentle tale of three baby owls reassures young children that Mummy will always come home. A gentle tale of three baby owls reassures young children that Mummy will always come home. Three baby owls, Sarah, Percy and Bill, wake up one night in their hole in a tree to find that their mother has gone. So they sit on a branch and wait... Darkness gathers and the owls grow anxious, wondering when …
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- 9780744531671
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 21 cm
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The toymaker : a story in two parts
Mary yearns to play with the children she sees outside each day, but she is too sick to join them. In order to give Mary comfort and contentment, her father, the toy-maker, fashions three dolls that look like the children outdoors. Many years later, Mary and her granddaughter return to the toy shop and discover that her father's gifts live on!
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- 0744530180
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 23 cm
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Farmer duck
Farmer Duck is no ordinary duck. He cooks and cleans, tends the fields, and cares for the other animals on the farm — all because the farm owner is too lazy to do these things himself. But when Farmer Duck finally collapses from exhaustion, sleepy and weepy and tired, his farmyard friends come to the rescue.
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- 9781406303667
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- 40 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
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The tough princess
Outrageously funny illustrations and a clever text tell the story of an extraordinarily uncompromising and amusingly unconventional princess. A spunky princess with a mind of her own resists her parents' plans to ensnare a prince for her and rides forth to adventures of her choosing.
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- 0744594138
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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Sam Vole and his brothers
Little Sam Vole dreams of voling in the meadow by himself, but his brothers always seem to follow him, and when he finally gets a free moment, he realizes that voling alone is not all it is cracked up to be. A young vole wants to do things all alone, but when he finally gets the chance, something is wrong.
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- 0744521807
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- 31 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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