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• The Wide-mouthed Frog

  a Pop-up Book

  Faulkner, Keith

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  A wide-mouthed frog is interested in what other animals eat--until he meets a creature that eats only wide-mouthed frogs!

• Quackers

  Wong, Liz,

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  "Quackers has always believed that he is a duck, but when he meets new friends who look like him and call themselves cats, he has to find a way to combine the best of both worlds"-- Provided by publisher.

• My Garden

  Henkes, Kevin

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  After helping her mother weed, water, and chase the rabbits from their garden, a young girl imagines her dream garden complete with jellybean bushes, chocolate rabbits, and tomatoes the size of beach balls.

• Flower Garden

  Bunting, Eve, 1928-

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  Helped by her father, a young girl prepares a flower garden as a birthday surprise for her mother.

• Cornelius P. Mud, Are You Ready for Bed?

  Saltzberg, Barney

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  Cornelius the pig has his own style when preparing for bed, but he does not really feel ready until he gets a hug.

• The Wolf's Chicken Stew

  Kasza, Keiko

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  A hungry wolf's attempts to fatten a chicken for his stewpot have unexpected results.

• Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

  Martin, Bill, 1916-2004

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  Children see a variety of animals, each one a different color, and a teacher looking at them.

• Pete the Cat

  I Love My White Shoes

  Litwin, Eric

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  As he walks down the street, Pete the cat sings about his brand new white shoes as they change from red to blue to brown to wet.

• Maybe Something Beautiful

  How Art Transformed a Neighborhood

  Campoy, F. Isabel,

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  "Mira lives in a gray and hopeless urban community until a muralist arrives and, along with his paints and brushes, brings color, joy, and togetherness to Mira and her neighbors"-- Provided by publisher.

• Miss Spider's Tea Party

  Kirk, David, 1955-

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  When lonely Miss Spider tries to host a tea party, the other bugs refuse to come for fear of being eaten!

• Daddy Is My Hero

  Richards, Dawn (Children's fiction writer),

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  A small child lovingly observes his imperfect and hard-working dad while imagining how his father captures outlaws, battles dragons and puts monsters to sleep with a magic spell.

• The Sheep Fairy

  Symes, Ruth, 1962-

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  A fairy helps Wendy Woolcoat, a sheep who is usually happy just to eat and sleep, realize her secret dream of flying.

• The Way Home for Wolf

  Bright, Rachel,

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  Wolf cub Wolf is convinced that he has what it takes to lead the pack, but the adults just laugh--and when he falls behind and finds himself alone in the dark of the Arctic night, he discovers that it is really important to have friends who will…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• This Little Chick

  Lawrence, John, 1933-

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  A little chick shows that he can make the sounds of the animals in his neighborhood.

• A Mother for Choco

  Kasza, Keiko

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  A lonely little bird named Choco goes in search of a mother.

• 10 Hungry Rabbits

  Counting & Color Concepts

  Lobel, Anita

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  Ten rabbits are hungry for supper but Mama Rabbit has nothing to put in her soup pot, so Papa sends the little ones to the garden where they discover increasing numbers of foods in many different colors.

• The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear

  Wood, Don, 1945-

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  Little Mouse worries that the big, hungry bear will take his freshly picked, ripe, red strawberry for himself.

• A Parade of Elephants

  Henkes, Kevin,

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  Illustrations and easy-to-read text introduce such basic concepts as adjectives, adverbs, daytime, and nighttime as they follow five elephants marching from dawn to dusk.

• Spunky Little Monkey

  Martin, Bill, 1916-2004,

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  Little monkey will not get out of bed, so the doctor prescribes some exercise, and monkey learns to dance.

• Giraffes Can't Dance

  Andreae, Giles, 1966-

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  Gerald the giraffe is too clumsy to dance with all the other animals at the Jungle Dance, until he finds the right music.