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A ball for Daisy
by Christopher Raschka
A poignant, wordless tale features an endearing young dog that is heartbroken when a bigger dog destroys a favorite toy.
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The egg tree
by Katherine Milhous
Describes the tradition of the Easter Egg Tree in a story that will persuade readers to make their own Egg Tree for Easter.
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The hello, goodbye window
by Norton Juster
A little girl loves going to her Nanna and Poppy's house because their kitchen window is a magical portal to a world of discovery and imagination, in a delightful story that celebrates childhood and the love of family.
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Hey, Al
by Arthur Yorinks
A city janitor and his treasured canine companion are transported by a large colorful bird to an island in the sky, where their comfortable paradise existence threatens to turn them into birds as well
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The house in the night
by Susan Marie Swanson
Illustrations and easy-to-read text explore the light that makes a house in the night a home filled with light, in a bedtime book for youngsters that names nighttime things, such as a bed and the moon.
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Jumanji
by Chris Van Allsburg
Left on their own for an afternoon, two bored and restless children find more excitement than they bargained for in a mysterious and mystical jungle adventure board game.
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Kitten's first full moon
by Kevin Henkes
When Kitten mistakes the full moon for a bowl of milk, she ends up tired, wet, and hungry trying to reach it, but her adventure eventually leads her back home where something special is waiting just for her.
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The little island
by Golden MacDonald
Relates the ways in which the changing seasons affect a tiny island and its plant and animal life.
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Madeline's rescue
by Ludwig Bemelmans
A hound rescues a schoolgirl from the Seine, becomes a beloved school pet, is chased away by the trustees, and returns with a surprise.
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Make way for ducklings,
by Robert McCloskey
After raising her ducklings on a secluded island, Mrs. Mallard leads them to the Boston Public Garden to eat peanuts.
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Noah's ark
by Peter Spier
A translation of a seventeenth-century Dutch poem on Noah retells how a pair of every manner of creature climbed on board Noah's ark and thereby survived the Flood.
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One fine day
by Nonny Hogrogian
After the old woman cuts off his tail when he steals her milk, the fox must go through a long series of transactions before she will sew it back on again.
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Owl moon
by Jane Yolen
On a winter's night under a full moon, a father and daughter trek into the woods to see the Great Horned Owl.
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The Polar Express
by Chris Van Allsburg
A magical train ride on Christmas Eve takes a boy to the North Pole to receive a special gift from Santa Claus.
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A sick day for Amos McGee
by Philip Christian Stead
Amos, who spends time with the animals at the zoo everyday, learns the true meaning of friendship when he is too sick to make it to the zoo and the animals come calling to cheer him up.
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The snowy day
by Ezra Jack Keats
Vivid full-color illustrations capture a young boy's delight in the first snowfall of the year.
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Song of the swallows
by Leo Politi
Sad when the swallows leave for the winter, young Juan prepares to welcome them back to the old California Mission at Capistrano on St. Joseph's Day the next spring.
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This is not my hat
by J. Klassen
A follow-up to the award-winning I Want My Hat Back follows the antics of a tiny fish who wears a perfectly fitting round blue hat while trying to avoid an enormous sleeping fish.
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Time of wonder
by Robert McCloskey
Follows the activities of two children spending their summer vacation on an island off the coast of Maine.
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A tree is nice
by Janice May Udry
Both amusing and factual, this is a joyous account of what trees can mean to a child.
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Tuesday
by David Wiesner
A whimsical, hilarious look at the events that unfold on a particular Tuesday, on which outlandish things begin to happen.
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Where the wild things are
by Maurice Sendak
When Max dons his wolf suit, his imagination carries him to a land filled with lovable monsters.
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White snow, bright snow
by Alvin Tresselt
When it begins to look, feel, and smell like snow, everyone prepares for a winter blizzard.
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Finding Winnie : the true story of the world's most famous bear
by Lindsay Mattick
A picture book adaptation of the story of the real bear who inspired Winnie-the-Pooh describes how the author's great-grandfather, a veterinarian from Winnipeg, rescued a bear cub and took her with him to an English army base during World War I.
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The funny little woman
by Arlene Mosel
While chasing a dumpling, a little lady is captured by wicked creatures from whom she escapes with the magic for becoming the richest woman in Japan.
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The lion & the mouse
by Jerry Pinkney
Vibrant illustrations bring to life this wordless adaptation of this classic Aesop fable about a merciful lion who spared a mouse's life and the unexpected reward he received for his good deed from the tiny hero.
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Radiant child : the story of young artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
by Javaka Steptoe
Presents the life of the artist, who was inspired as a child by a book of anatomy given to him by his mother after being injured in a car crash and who went on to become a celebrity in the art world before his early death at twenty-eight.
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Hello Lighthouse
by Sophie Blackall
Explores the life of one lighthouse as it beams its message out to sea through shifting seasons, changeable weather, and the tenure of its final keeper.
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Wolf in the snow
by Matthew Cordell
When a wolf cub and little girl are lost in a snowstorm they must find their way home.
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