Yolo County Library
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10 Books to READ ALOUDMay 2015
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Adventure and Explorations
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Hot air: the (mostly) true story of the first hot-air balloon ride
by Marjorie Priceman
With a captive audience gathered, including such important figures as Marie Antoinette and Ben Franklin, a duck, sheep, and rooster take their places in the basket for the history-making, aeronautical event of the season as the first passengers ever to ride in a hot-air balloon!
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Special delivery
by Philip Christian Stead
A little girl goes on a long journey to deliver an elephant to her great aunt. Very special delivery indeed.
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The mysterious tadpole
by Steven Kellogg
When it becomes clear that Louis's pet tadpole is not turning into an ordinary frog, he must find a way to keep his friend from being sent to the zoo. (Also available in French and as an audiobook!)
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Louise, the adventures of a chicken
by Kate DiCamillo
Longing for adventure, intrepid Louise leaves her comfortable nest and ventures out into the great, wide world where she encounters a vast array of colorful characters. The author is a two-time Newbery award winner.
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Curious George flies a kite
by Margret Rey
A little monkey needs to be rescued when he tries to fly a kite. (Also available in Spanish and as an audiobook!)
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The adventures of Sir Lancelot the Great
by Gerald Morris
A hilarious collection of loosely connected stories about Sir Lancelot, King Arthur's most honorable, dashing, and chivalrous Knight of the Round Table, brings to life King Arthur's time for new readers. (Also available as an audiobook!)
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Draw! by Raúl ColónBased on his own childhood, an award-winning artist presents a wordless book about the limitless nature of creativity through the story of a boy named Leonardo, who begins to imagine, then draw, a world crafted through the sheer power of his imagination.
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Abel's island
by William Steig
Castaway on an uninhabited island, Abel, a very civilized mouse, finds his resourcefulness and endurance tested to the limit as he struggles to survive and return to his home. A beautiful classic. (Also available in Spanish.)
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Flora's very windy day
by Jeanne Birdsall
When a big wind blows away her annoying little brother Crispin, Flora decides to save him despite the many tempting offers she gets for him from, among others, a cloud, an eagle, the man in the moon and the wind itself.
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Hilda and the troll
by Luke Pearson
While sketching a mountain troll near her home, Hilda falls asleep, waking to find herself caught in a snowstorm and befriends a lonely wooden man on the way home
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