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Be careful, Mr. Frumble!
Illus. in full color. Mr. Frumble's leisurely walk through town becomes a fast-paced chase for his hat in this funny 48-word story. Includes a page of cut-out mini learning cards.
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- 0679805664
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- 24 pages : illustration ; 20 cm
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The composition
Winner of the UNESCO Tolerance Awarda and the Jane Addams Children's Book Award, and an Americas Award Commended Title Life is simple for Pedro -- he goes to school, does his homework and, most importantly, plays soccer. But when the soldiers come and take his friend Daniel's father away, things suddenly become much more complicated. Why, for instance, do Pedro's parents secretly listen t…
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- 9780888995506
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- 36 pages : illustration ; 20 cm
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Home to medicine mountain
In the 1930s two young brothers are sent to a government-run Indian residential school -- an experience shared by generations of Native American children. At these schools, children are forbidden to speak their native tongue and are taught to abandon their Indian ways. Native American artist Judith Lowry's illustrations are inspired by the stories she heard from her father and uncle. The lyr…
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- 9780892391769
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- 30 pages : illustration ; 21 cm
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Raising sweetness
The lovable heroine of Saving Sweetness is back, and she's spunkier than ever! Fed up with the kindhearted sheriff's bumbling attempts to make a home for them, Sweetness and the other orphans decide that it's time to find the sheriff a wife. And when a mysterious letter arrives one day, Sweetness thinks it might hold the solution to their problems. Only problem is, none of them can read the let…
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- 0698119622
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
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Duck on a bike
One day down on the farm, Duck got a wild idea. "I bet I could ride a bike," he thought. He waddled over to where the boy parked his bike, climbed on and began to ride. At first he rode slowly and he wobbled a lot, but it was fun! Duck rode past Cow and waved to her. "Hello, Cow!" said Duck. "Moo," said Cow. But what she thought was, "A duck on a bike? That's the silliest thing I've ever seen!"…
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- 0439622778
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
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Pirates don't change diapers
When the pirate crew turns up at Jeremy Jacob's house and accidentally wakes his baby sister, that wee scallywag howls louder than a storm on the high seas. Sure, there's buried treasure to be found, but nobody's digging up anything until Bonney Anne quits her caterwauling. So, quicker than you can say "scurvy dog," Braid Beard and his swashbuckling pirates become . . . babysitters? Blimey! …
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- 9780545081061
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- 40 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
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It looked like spilt milk
The white shape silhouetted against a blue background changes on every page. Is it a rabbit, a bird, or just spilt milk? In this childhood classic, kids are kept guessing until the surprise ending and they're encouraged to improvise similar games of their own. This beloved classic picture book teaches that, with a little imagination, something ordinary could become something extraordinary. S…
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- 9780064431590
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
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Memory bottles
Nobody knows what Mr McAllistair keeps in the colourful bottles which fill the shelves of his shed and sparkle with hidden secrets. Step inside as a magical mystery is uncorked.
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- 1904511627
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- 28 pages : illustration ; 23 cm
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A bad case of stripes
"What we have here is a bad case of stripes. One of the worst I've ever seen!" Camilla Cream loves lima beans, but she never eats them. Why? Because the other kids in her school don't like them. And Camilla Cream is very, very worried about what other people think of her. In fact, she's so worried that she's about to break out in...a bad case of stripes!
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- 9780439598385
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
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Sheep in a jeep
“Shaw demonstrates a promising capacity for creating nonsense rhymes. . . . Apple's whimsical portraits of the sheep bring the story to life. Pleasing and lighthearted, this has much appeal for young readers.” —Publishers Weekly “The bright-colored pencil drawings and lean text make this a great choice for preschool storytimes, as well as for beginning readers who want a funny sto…
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