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• Clifford, the Big Red Dog

  Bridwell, Norman,

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  For Pre-Readers. Emily Elizabeth loves her huge dog Clifford even though he is far from perfect.

• Clifford the Big Red Dog

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  Rated PG. When middle-schooler Emily Elizabeth meets a magical animal rescuer who gifts her a little, red puppy, she never anticipated waking up to find a giant ten-foot hound in her small New York City apartment.

• Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile

  Waber, Bernard

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  For Pre-Readers. Lyle is perfectly happy living with the Primms on East 88th St. until irritable Mr. Grumps next door changes all that.

• Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile

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  Rated PG. Feature film based on the children's book about a crocodile that lives in New York City.

• The Lorax

  Seuss, Dr

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  For Pre-Readers. The Once-ler describes the cause and results of the local pollution problem.

• The Lorax

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  Rated PG. In a place where the brown Bar-ba-loots frisk and the Humming-Fish splash around, you will find the Lorax. The Lorax speaks of the trees, which the Once-ler is chopping down as fast as he pleases. Will the Once-ler change his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Where the Wild Things Are

  Sendak, Maurice

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  For Pre-Readers. A naughty little boy, sent to bed without his supper, sails to the land of the wild things where he becomes their king.

• Where the Wild Things Are

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  Rated PG. Max has an active imagination, who will throw a fit if others don't go along with what he wants. Following an incident with his sister Claire and her friends, Max throws a tantrum when his mother pays more attention to her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

  Barrett, Judi,

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  For Pre-Readers. Life is delicious in the town of Chewandswallow where it rains soup and juice, snows mashed potatoes, and blows storms of hamburgers--until the weather takes a turn for the worse.

• Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

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  Rated PG. Flint Lockwood is a young inventor who dreams of creating something that will improve everyone's life. Sam Sparks is a weathergirl covering the town's weather phenomenon, but chooses to hide her intelligence behind a perky…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Little Mermaid

  Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875

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  For Pre-Readers and Readers. A little sea princess, longing to be human, trades her mermaid's tail for legs, hoping to win the love of a prince and earn an immortal soul for herself.

• The Little Mermaid

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  Rated PG. The youngest of King Triton's daughters, and the most defiant, Ariel longs to find out more about the world beyond the sea, and while visiting the surface, falls for the dashing Prince Eric. While mermaids are forbidden to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Tale of Peter Rabbit

  Potter, Beatrix, 1866-1943

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  For Pre-Readers and Readers. Peter disobeys his mother by going into Mr. McGregor's garden and almost gets caught.

• Peter Rabbit

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  Rated PG. Peter Rabbit and his sisters resist a farmer's attempts to drive them out of his vegetable garden.

• Dog Man

  Pilkey, Dav, 1966-

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  For Readers. Dog Man, a crimefighter with the head of a police dog and the body of a policeman, faces off against his archnemesis Petey the Cat.

• Dog Man

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  Rated PG. When a faithful police dog and his human police officer owner are injured together on the job, a harebrained surgery fuses the two of them together and Dog Man is born! As he embraces his new identity and strives to impress his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Bad Guys

  Blabey, Aaron,

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  For Readers. The Bad Guys, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Shark, Mr. Snake, and Mr. Piranha, want to be heroes, and they decide that the way to do it is free the 200 dogs in the city dog pound--but their plan soon goes awry.

• The Bad Guys

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  Rated PG. The criminal crew of Mr. Wolf, Mr. Snake, Mr. Piranha, Mr. Shark, and Ms. Tarantula are about to attempt their most challenging con yet: becoming model citizens.

• The House With a Clock in Its Walls

  Bellairs, John

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  For Readers. A boy goes to live with his magician uncle in a mansion that has a clock hidden in the walls which is ticking off the minutes until doomsday.

• The House With a Clock in Its Walls

  Blanchett, Cate

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  Rated PG. After losing his parents, Lewis Barnavelt goes to live with his uncle Jonathan and discovers that not only is his uncle a warlock, but they must find a clock hidden in the house by an evil wizard that is counting down to the end…Read moreRead more of this annotation