Abuelo and the Three Bears

By Jerry Tello, illustrated by Ana Lopez Escriva

What happens when Emilio's Grandfather tells the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears? Goldilocks has long, dark braids instead of golden hair and her name isn't even Goldilocks - it's Trencitas. Grandfather's changes to the familiar tale don't stop there - he changes everything from the food that Trencitas eats to the ending. Enjoy the story in both English and Spanish.

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All About You

By Catherine and Laurence Anholt

Before you read, share some of your favorite things. At a child-care center have everyone bring in one favorite thing to show everyone...

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Alphabeep

Written by Debora Pearson, illustrated by Edward Miller

Alphabeep is a vehicle adventure from ambulance to Zamboni. This book is complete with beeps, zipping, zooming and vrooooooom! Alphabeep is an exciting book reinforcing the A B Cs.

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Amazing Grace

By Mary Hoffman, illustrated by Caroline Binch

Grace loves stories, whether they're in books or in movies or the kind her grandmother tells. She acts out the most exciting parts of all sorts of tales...sometimes as Hiawatha, or Aladdin, or Joan of Arc. There's nothing that Grace enjoys more.

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Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing

By Judi Barrett, illustrated by Ron Barrett

Why shouldn't animals wear clothing? Because it would be ridiculous! Enjoy the full-color drawings and accompanying text showing just why animals shouldn't wear clothing.

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Baa! Moo! What Will We Do?

By A.H. Benjamin & Jane Chapman

A new animal called a kangaroo is arriving at Buttercup Farm and all the animals are very worried. What does a kangaroo do? They are so worried, that they do not notice some of the baby animals wandering off, one by one.

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Bark, George

By Jules Feiffer

Enthusiastic puppy George wants to meow and quack and oink, and that would be fine - except he's a dog!

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Barnyard Banter

By Denise Fleming

Barnyard Banter is an upbeat rhyming story that captures the feel of animals in the farmyard. Animal sounds and movements are used to create the rhymes within the story. The story holds a surprise for the reader. Goose or some part of Goose -- at times only her beak -- is visible within the lively illustrations.

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Bearobics: A Hip Hop Counting Story

By Vic Parker and Emily Bolam

When ONE shaggy bear turns up the volume on his boom box ... let the Bearobics begin!

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Big Red Barn

By Margaret Wise Brown, Illustrated by Felicia Bond

By the big red barn, in the great green field, there was a pink pig, who was learning to squeal. There were horses and sheep and goats and geese - and a jaunty old scarecrow leaning on his hoe. And they all lived together by the big red barn.

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Big Smelly Bear

By Britta Teckentrup

He's big, he's smelly, he never washes, and he never means to~  Until one day he has an itch he cannot scratch and a big fluffy bears offers to help him out—but first she wants him to take a bath!

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A Birthday Basket for Tia

By Pat Mora, illustrated by Cecily Lang

Today is Tía's birthday! Cecilia wants to surprise her great-aunt, her Tía, with a very special present. But what could it be? Could it be Tía's favorite mixing bowl that she and Cecilia use to make delicious bizcochos, cookies? Could it be a ball like the one Tía played with as a little girl in Mexico? With the help of her mischievous cat, Chica, Cecilia plans the perfect surprise. And Tía has a very special surprise for Cecilia, too!

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Book! Book! Book!

Written by Deborah Bruss, illustrated by Tiphanie Beeke

When the children leave the farm to go back to school, the bored barnyard animals head to the library in search of something to do. But their language ("Neigh! Neigh!" and "Moo! Moo!") is only so much noise for the kindly but confused librarian--until a determined hen flaps in and clucks "Book! Book! Book!" Soon, the gang is back on the farm happily having a story hour of their own (the cow even presents a puppet show).

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Can Kittens Take a Catnap

By Claire Palfreman-Bunker and Adam Relf

If kittens take a catnap curled up in a ball, do foals take a horsenap when sleeping in the stall?  Does a cub take a bearnap?  Ducklings take a ducknap? The world's expert nappers will enjoy this repetitive inquiry, even as they learn the names of baby animals.

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The Cat Barked?

By Lydia Monks

What happens when a cat wishes she were a dog? "Silly old cat, if your wish did come true, you'd have to do things you wouldn't want to do."

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Cat's Colors

By Jane Cabrera

What's a cat's favorite color? Is it yellow? Is it green?

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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

By John Archambault and Bill Martin, Illustrated by Lois Ehlert

Can you believe it - a, b and c meeting at the top of a coconut tree? The letters keep coming all the way to x, y and z! This story combines rhyme with repetition to create an exciting story of an alphabet adventure. When the letters fall from the tree, who arrives to comfort them? Of course, it's capital A, B and C all the way to X, Y and Z.

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Clap Your Hands

By Lorinda Bryan Cauley

Who needs to move around? You do! Follow these animals as they clap, stomp, wiggle and do all sorts of silly things.

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Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type

By Doreen Cronin, illustrated by Betsy Lewin

"Click Clack Moo" is a silly story about cows and hens. Farmer Brown has a problem with them. His cows like to type. All day long he hears "click, clack, moo. Click, clack, moo. Clickety, clack, moo." The animals negotiate with Farmer Brown for electric blankets, communicating by typing notes on an old typewriter. They go on strike, refusing to give milk and eggs, until Duck mediates a solution.

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Cock-a-Moo-Moo

By Juliet Dallas-Conte, illustrated by Alison Bartlett

Whenever Rooster tries to crow, it comes out like one of his farm animal friends. He doesn't sound at all like a rooster. After averting a near disaster and saving his friends, he finally comes up with Cock-a-Doodle-Doo!

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Cookie's Week

By Cindy Ward, illustrated by Tomie dePaola

This is the story of a week in the life of Cookie, a black and white cat.

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Corduroy

Story and pictures by Don Freeman

This is a classic story of the teddy bear full of adventure at the department store. Join Corduroy on his search for a lost button and a home.

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Cows Can't Fly

By Eric Carle

Cows can't fly - can they? When a boy's drawing inspires a flock of cows to take to the skies, he tries to show everyone the amazing sight. The adults around him are too busy to look up, so the child enjoys the sight on his own.

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Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother, Too?

By Eric Carle

Meet the little joey whose mother carries him in her pouch. See the cygnet riding on the back of the mother swan. Read all about animal babies and their mothers ... Everybody has a mother, "just like me and you."

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Dogs Don't Wear Sneakers

By Laura Numeroff, illustrated by Joe Mathieu

From the author of the best-selling book, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, this is a laugh-out-loud rhyming tale about the wild and wacky things that happen when animals act like people.

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The Doorbell Rang

By Pat Hutchins

This lovely book effectively conveys the concepts of sharing and simple mathematics to kids.

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Duck on a Bike

By David Shannon

One day down on the farm Duck got a wild idea. "I bet I could ride a bike!," he thought. From Sheep to Horse, to Chicken to Goat, everyone in the barnyard has something to say about Duck's zany idea. But what are they really thinking? And what will happen next?

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Engine, Engine, Number Nine

By Stephanie Calmenson, illustrated by Paul Meisel

The Number Nine is rumbling down the rails, picking up lots of eager passengers - Bess and her pet pig, Jake and his prize cow, a gaggle of geese, and a whole marching band! But where is the train heading?

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Feast for 10

By Cathryn Falwell

Count from one to 10 twice. What does it take to make a feast for 10 hungry people? There's shopping, cooking, setting the table. Everyone in the family helps and, as fast as you can count from one to 10, the feasting begins!

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The First Day of Winter

By Denise Fleming

"On the first day of winter, my best friend gave to me a red cap with a gold snap." Along with swirling snow and lots of outdoor fun, the first 10 days of winter bring special gifts for a special friend.

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Fish Is Fish

By Leo Lionni

Tadpole and Minnow are friends. Tadpole grows legs and leaves the pond. He explores the land, then returns and tells Fish about land animals. Fish sees birds with fish bodies and feathers. Fish is lonely without his friend and tries to follow Tadpole.

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¡Fiesta!

By Ginger Foglesong Guy, Illustrated by Rene King Moreno

Horns, airplanes and tops. Whistles, gum and rings! What toys should the children choose? How many candies will they buy? And what will they do with all the things they buy? Count along in English and Spanish!

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Froggy Bakes a Cake

By Jonathan London, Illustrated by Frank Remkiewicz

It's Froggy's mother's birthday, and Froggy wants to bake her birthday cake all by himself. He gathers the chocolate, sugar, eggs, flour, and pretty soon, Froggy has all the ingredients he needs to make a big mess!

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Froggy Goes to School

Written and illustrated by Lois Ehlert

In this beautiful and bright book, a father and child plant seeds, and take care of a garden. The two show pride in their work by using the vegetables they have grown to make a delicious vegetable soup.

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Groundhog Gets a Say

As told to Pamela Curtis Swallow, illustrated by Denise Brunkus

"I am more than a shadow." It's Feb. 3, and Groundhog is fed up. There ought to be a Groundhog Appreciation Month!

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Grow Flower, Grow

By Lisa Bruce

How do you make a flower grow? Spaghetti, pizza, and ice cream don't seem to work.  When Fran gives up and tosses the flower pot outside, it gets rain, wind, and sunshine…and Fran gets a big, beautiful flower

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Growing Vegetable Soup 

Written and illustrated by Lois Ehlert

In this beautiful and bright book, a father and child plant seeds, and take care of a garden. The two show pride in their work by using the vegetables they have grown to make a delicious vegetable soup.

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Grumpy Bird

By Gene Zion

A grumpy and grumbling Bird is so out of sorts he doesn't even feel like flying. So he walks.  And as he does, other animals join him, each asking what he’s doing.  Finally, Bird stops and realizes he’s got a bunch of friends who just want to do what he is doing! And he starts to enjoy himself!

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Harry, the Dirty Dog

By Gene Zion

The tale of Harry, who is a white dog with black spots—who loves everything ... except baths.

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A House for Hermit Crab

By Eric Carle

Hermit Crab's problem is that he keeps outgrowing things. When he outgrows his first shell-house, he's a bit scared. The next one he finds is big enough - but depressingly bare. To his happy surprise, all sorts of beautiful and useful undersea neighbors come to his aid and decorate and protect his home. Finally, the new house is perfect but now it, too, has become too small! Once again, Hermit Crab must move on.

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I Know a Rhino

By Charles Fuge

Have you ever sipped tea with a rhino, blown bubbles in the bath with a giraffe, or had messy mud fights with a pig? Join in with the fun and let your imagination run wild!

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I Know It's Autumn

By Eileen Spinelli, illustrated by Nancy Hayashi

I know it's autumn when we rake the leaves in piles, when doorstep jack-o-lanterns wear their crooked smile ...

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I Love You the Purplest

By Barbara M. Joosse, illustrated by Mary Whyte

Award-winning author Barbara M. Joosse and artist Mary Whyte have teamed up to create a beautiful story of two brothers and their mother. As the family spends the day fishing, the two boys vie for attention. They ask their Mama who is best fisherman and ultimately, "Who do you love best?"

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If You Give a Pig a Pancake

By Laura Numeroff, Illustrated by Felicia Bond

If you give a pig a pancake, she'll want some syrup to go with it. You'll give her some of your favorite maple syrup. She'll probably get all sticky, so she'll want to take a bath. She'll ask you for some bubbles. When you give her the bubbles....

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If You're Happy and You Know It!

By Jane Cabrera

In this version of the popular children's song, various animals demonstrate the motions for the many verses. Monkey claps his hands, elephant stamps his feet, while giraffe nods his head. Concluding pages have a Hollywood Square montage of all nine animals who all cry at once "If you're happy and you know it, shout…We are!"

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Imogene's Antlers

By David Small

When Imogene wakes up on Thursday morning, she discovers she has grown antlers. Follow Imogene's adventures as she makes the best of her antlers; as birdfeeders, a clothes dryer and even a candelabra. ("What fun you'll be to decorate, come Christmas!" says Mrs. Perkins, the cook, to Imogene.)

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Is Your Mama a Llama?

By Deborah Guarino, illustrated by Steven Kellogg

Whimsically rhyming riddles help Lloyd the baby llama guess what kind of animal everyone's mama is.

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Jessica

By Kevin Henkes

"Can your best friend be imaginary?" Ruthie spends all of her time with her invisible friend, Jessica. She eats with her, plays with her and gets into trouble with her. This quiet, comforting story reveals the extent to which a little girl will go to have a best friend. And the surprising moment when it comes true.

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The Kissing Hand

Written by Audrey Penn, illustrated by Ruth E. Harper and Nancy M. Leak

Chester Raccoon doesn't want to go to school - he wants to stay home with his mother. But she has a special secret that's been in the family for years - the Kissing Hand. This secret will make school seem as cozy as home.

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The Letters Are Lost

By Lisa Campbell Ernst

The premise is that the wooden blocks, with one letter to a block, were once together in their box. But now they've all gone astray. Where are they? Well, the A is in an airplane, the B has tumbled into the bath, and the L has landed in a pile of leaves. Each block is prominently featured in the framed paintings that show simple shapes and situations, which are, for the most part, easily identifiable to young ones.

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Little Blue and Little Yellow

By Leo Lionni

Little Blue and Little Yellow are best friends. One day they hug and make green! They play all over town and when they come home, their parents don't recognize them. Then they cry yellow and blue tears until they are just themselves again.

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Little Cloud

By Eric Carle

An imaginative little cloud passes the time by changing into shapes and sizes he has seen around him in the world until he rejoins the other clouds to make a rainstorm.

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Lola at the Library

By Anna McQuinn

Lola loves Tuesdays because that is the day she and her mother go to the library. Everything about the trip is an exciting adventure–from packing her backpack with books and her all-important library card, to storytimes and singing, to choosing new books and the walk home, when they always stop for a special treat. But the best time of all is when Mommy reads her a story at bedtime.

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Me and My Dad

By Alison Ritchie, Illustrated by Alison Edgson

Little bear and his dad do wonderful things—exploring high in the mountains, swimming in the rain, and telling stories as the stars come out.  Best of all, they do everything together!

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Millie Waits for the Mail

By Alexander Steffensmeier

Millie is unlike most other cows. She chews her cud and grazes in the fields with the others, but she doesn’t enjoy that nearly as much as she loves scaring the mail carrier. It’s too bad the mail carrier doesn’t have as much fun each time Millie comes up with a new way to surprise him. Who knew delivering the mail was going to be such a difficult job?

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The Missing Mitten Mystery

By Steven Kellogg

Annie has lost five mittens this winter, and she's in trouble. She and her dog, Oscar, set out to retrace her steps, through the deep, deep snow. As Annie and Oscar return to where they went sledding and built snow castles, the day's high jinks appear inset in boxes. They follow a bird, and the boxed action becomes Annie's imaginings: the bird has used her mitten for its nest; a mouse is using it for a sleeping bag. Annie wonders if it might be easier to grow new mittens; she thinks about planting her remaining mitten so she'll have a mitten tree next summer with enough mittens to give away on holidays. But when the sun comes out, and the snowman she has made begins melting, the mitten makes its appearance as a snowman's heart.

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Mouse Mess

By Linnea Riley

There's a mouse in the house, and when he wakes up he's going to be hungry for a snack. From cookies and crackers to olives, cheese and sticky jam, Mouse munches his way through the kitchen and makes a big mess!

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My Crayons Talk

By Patricia Hubbard

What do your crayons say to you? Every crayon in this box has something to say! Enjoy what each crayon has to say about its color.

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Naughty Little Monkeys

By Jim Aylesworth, Illustrated by Henry Cole

While human parents are away, their 26 monkey children will play. Naughty Little Monkeys tells in rhyming verse about the alphabetical mischief starting with Andy's paper airplanes and going all the way to Yate's yo-yos and ending with a trip to the zoo.

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New Shoes for Silvia

By Johanna Hurwitz, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney

Silvia can't wait to try on her present from Tía Rosita: new shoes as red as the inside of a watermelon. The shoes are too big for Silvia to wear - but that doesn't stop her from finding lots of ways to enjoy them while she waits for her feet to grow.

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No Jumping on the Bed!

By Tedd Arnold

"If I've told you once, I've told you a million times, no jumping on the bed!" But Walter just can't resist. Higher and higher he bounces. But when he lands back on the bed - thump, creak, crack - it crashes right through the floor! Suddenly Walter finds himself visiting all the downstairs neighbors in his apartment building in a most unusual way!

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Noisy Nora

By Rosemary Wells

Nora always has to wait. Baby brother Jack needs constant care. Older sister Kate gets to do all the fun things. No one has time to pay attention to Nora. And she's not going to stand for it anymore!

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Officer Buckle and Gloria

By Peggy Rathmann

Officer Buckle knows more about safety than anyone in the town of Napville. But whenever he tries to share his safety tips, nobody listens. Until, that is, the Napville Police Department buys a police dog named Gloria.

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A Pocket Full of Kisses

By Audrey Penn, illustrated by Barbara Leonard Gibson

It's not easy being a big brother! Chester wants his mother to give back his baby brother. He swings on Chester's swing, plays with his toys and reads his books. Now he has taken Chester's special "kissing hand" that his mother gave him when he was a small raccoon. Chester is filled with sadness. Mrs. Raccoon has Chester tuck a "kissing hand" kiss into his pocket. Chester learns that his mother's kisses are never ending even when shared with a younger brother.

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Polar Bear Night

By Lauren Thompson, illustrated by Stephen Savage

On a keen, clear night, a polar bear cub wakes inside her warm den. Something in the moonlit stillness quietly beckons. What is it?

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Quick as a Cricket

By Don & Audrey Wood

"I'm as quick as a cricket, I'm as slow as a snail. I'm as small as an ant, I'm as large as a whale."

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Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf

By Lois Ehlert

This is the story of a sugar maple tree and the child who planted it. They are friends, growing up together. Share in their relationship - and see what a good friend a tree can be.

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The Relatives Came

By Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Stephen Gammeli

The Relatives Came describes a large group of relatives driving a long distance from Virginia to visit their family on summer vacation. There are hugs and more hugs among the family members.

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Rooster's Off to See the World

By Eric Carle

One fine morning a rooster decides he wants to travel. As he travels, two cats, three frogs, four turtles and five fish join him.

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The Seals on the Bus

By Lenny Hort, illustrated by G. Brian Karas

The bus goes "all around the town." When two children and their parents board a bus driven by a tiger, it gradually fills with groups of seals, geese, rabbits, monkeys, vipers, sheep and skunks.

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Silly Sally

By Audrey Wood

"Silly Sally went to town, walking backwards, upside down." A hilarious story with predictable rhyming text about a silly woman and all the characters she meets on her way home.

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Snowmen at Night

By Caralyn Buehner, Illustrated by Mark Buehner

When the snowman he built the day before looks droopy and disheveled, a boy imagines what happened during the night.

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Taking a Walk/Caminando

By Rebecca Emberley

Two feet in tennies take a walk from home to school to town and further. Sights along the way are named in both English and Spanish. Simple illustrations feature geometric shapes.

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These Hands

By Hope Lynne Price, illustrated by Bryan Collier

Read about all the things a child can do with her hands, from morning to night. It is a positive message for children to see the power they have in their hands.

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Too Many Frogs

By Sandy Asher, illustrated by Keith Graves

Rabbit lives alone and he likes it that way -- no fuss, no clutter. But when story time rolls around, something is missing ...

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Under My Hood I Have a Hat

Written by Karla Kuskin, illustrated by Fumi Kosaka

Winter is here and it's time to put on your gloves and mittens, and scarf and hat ...

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We All Went on a Safari: A Counting Journey Through Tanzania

By Laurie Krebs and Julia Cairns

Join Arusha, Mosi, Tumpe and their Maasai friends as they embark on an exciting counting adventure through the grasslands of Tanzania! Children will discover different African animals -- lions, hippos, warthogs and monkeys -- as they learn to count from one to 10 in both English and Swahili.

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Wemberly Worried

By Kevin Henkes

Wemberly is a worrier who worries about everything! Starting school has Wemberly especially worried. What if no one else has spots, wears stripes or brings a doll to school? Wemberly's worries are somewhat lessened when she meets a new friend at school. Wemberly still worried, but she worried no more than usual and sometimes even less. If you ever worry or know someone who does, this book is for you.

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The Wind Blew

The Wind Blew By Pat Hutchins

The wind blew, and blew, and blew! It blew so hard, it took everything with it: Mr. White's umbrella, Priscilla's balloon, the twins' scarves, even the wig on the judge's head. But just when the wind was about to carry everything out to sea, it changed its mind.

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