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Only the person who gave us Tuesday could have devised this fantastic Caldecott Honor-winning tale, which begins with a school trip to the Empire State Building. There a boy makes friends with a mischievous little cloud, who whisks him away to the Cloud Dispatch Center for Sector 7 (the region that includes New York City). The clouds are bored with their everyday shapes, so the boy obligingly s…
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- 9780395746561
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- 48 pages : illustration ; 28 cm
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- F22
Seven blind mice
It's a pillar, says one. It's a fan, says another. One by one, the seven blind mice investigate the strange Something by the pond. And one by one, they come back with a different theory. It's only when the seventh mouse goes out-and explores the whole Something-that the mice see the whole truth. Based on a classic Indian tale, Ed Young's beautifully rendered version is a treasure to enjoy again…
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- 0698118952
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- 38 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
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- F69
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
John Henry
With his two sledgehammers pulverizing boulders, John Henry races a steam drill tunneling through a mountain. It's a deadly contest of man-vs-machine written with such power that this African-American folk hero becomes as awesome as a force of nature, yet as familiar as an older brother. Pinkney's stunning art shows John Henry's energy bursting from nature. Full color.
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- 0140566228
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- 40 pages : illustration ; 28 cm
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- F68
The happy day
It's snowing. All the animals are sleeping in their homes. They wake up. They open their eyes. They smell. They run. What will they find? A tale of forest animals as they wake up from their winter slumber, start running through the forest, and it happens to a magical discovery, a beautiful yellow flower that sprouts from the snow.
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- 9780064431910
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 29 cm
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- K
Baseball saved us
Shorty and his family, along with thousands of Japanese Americans, are sent to an internment camp after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Fighting the heat and dust of the desert, Shorty and his father decide to build a baseball diamond and form a league in order to boost the spirits of the internees. Shorty quickly learns that he is playing not only to win, but to gain dignity and self-respect as we…
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- 9781880000199
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 20 cm
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- M
The snowy day
No book has captured the magic and sense of possibility of the first snowfall better than The Snowy Day. Universal in its appeal, the story has become a favorite of millions, as it reveals a child's wonder at a new world, and the hope of capturing and keeping that wonder forever. The adventures of a little boy in the city on a very snowy day. "Keats's sparse collage illustrations capture the …
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- 0590030310
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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- KE
Drummer Hoff
Ed Emberley won the 1968 Caldecott Medal for his bold illustrations for Barbara Emberley’s jaunty adaptation of the cumulative folk song about soldiers who build a magnificent cannon and Drummer Hoff, who fires it off.
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- 9780671662493
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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- 782.4 EMB
Zen shorts
"Michael," said Karl. "There's a really big bear in the backyard." This is how three children meet Stillwater, a giant panda who moves into the neighborhood and tells amazing tales. To Addy he tells a story about the value of material goods. To Michael he pushes the boundaries of good and bad. And to Karl he demonstrates what it means to hold on to frustration. With graceful art and simple stor…
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- 9780439339117
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- 40 pages : illustration ; 28 cm
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- F61
The funny little woman
In this Caldecott Medal-winning tale set in Old Japan, a lively little woman who loves to laugh pursues her runaway dumpling—and must outwit the wicked three-eyed oni when she lands in their clutches.
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- 9780140547535
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- 40 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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- 398 MOS
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