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Giant treasury of Beatrix Potter
Five children's classics from the creator of Peter Rabbit, enhanced by more than 120 of her illustrations in color and black-and-white. Features The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit, The Story of Miss Moppet, The Tale of Tom Kitten, The Tale of Jemima Puddle Duck, The Roly-Poly Pudding.
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- 0517431211
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- 51 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
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Keep the lights burning, Abbie
Abbie was afraid. She had never had to keep the lights burning by herself. But many lives depended on the lighthouse, and Papa was depending on Abbie. This is the exciting true story of Abbie Burgess, who in 1856 single-handedly kept the lighthouse lamps lit during a tremendous storm off the coast of Maine.
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- 059045594X
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- 40 pages : illustration ; 21 cm
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- R
Madlenka
Peeking out through a die-cut window on the jacket, Madlenka invites the reader to enter her world. And what a world it is! On the surface, it looks like an ordinary city block, but as we meet Madlenka's neighbors -- the French baker, the Indian news vendor, the Italian ice-cream man, the Latin American grocer, a retired opera singer from Germany, an African American school friend, and the Asia…
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- 0374399697
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- 44 pages : illustration ; 26 cm
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- SI
Andrew McGroundhog and his shady shadow
A little Scottish groundhog and his shadow share a story about Groundhog Day.
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- 156554711X
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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Telephone Ted
Charlie has started school and poor Ted is left sitting at home. It's not much fun being a teddy on your own and so, when the telephone starts to ring, Ted gets excited - maybe it's someone he can talk to. But no one can understand his gruffly growl until Brenda Bear from across the road calls.
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- 0721496415
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 26 cm
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Making room
John William Smith – barely more than a boy – clears land, builds a one-room house, plants three apple trees, then sits down to sip his tea and watch the sunset. He has everything a young man could want. But after many sunsets alone, John William decides he needs a wife. So he marries the wonderful Annie. As time passes, John William expands their home to accommodate children, an injured co…
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- 088776651X
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- 24 pages : illustration ; 21 cm
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Rosa's famous elbow
Our dog Jenny is famous because she piggybacks our guineapigs around the garden. But i'm only famous for my elbow!
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- 9781863680578
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
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- LE
The fox went out on a chilly night : an old song
A timeless folk song provides inspiration for some of the funniest, brightest drawings Peter Spier has ever produced. In the song, a fox forages for food in the village to bring to his family back in the den. The music is also included so everyone can sing along.
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- 9780440408291
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- 48 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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- F22
Hondo & Fabian
Hondo the dog has a fun day at the beach while Fabian the cat stays home. " Wake up, Hondo. Time to go!" Hondo will have an adventure. Fabian will stay home. A dog named Hondo and his friend Fred are going to the beach for a day of excitement. Fabian the cat is left behind at home to play with the baby. Who will cause more trouble? And who will have more fun? Peter McCarty's exquisite illu…
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- 9780312367473
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- 36 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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- MC
Noah's ark
The bee and the fox, the sheep and the ox--two of each kind trudged aboard Noah's famous vessel. Peter Spier uses his own translation of a seventeenth-century Dutch poem about this most famous menagerie.
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- 0440406935
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- 48 pages : illustration ; 20 cm
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- Caldecott Medal Winners Past
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- F22
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