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Let Me Hold You Longer

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Love You Forever

Robert Munsch · 32 pages

The story details the cycle of life by chronicling the experiences of a young son and his mother throughout the course of the boy's life, and describing the exasperating behaviour exhibited by him throughout his youth. In spite of her occasional aggravation caused by her son's behaviour, the mother nonetheless visits his bedroom nightly to cradle him in her arms, and sing a brief lullaby promising

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The Little Prince & Letter to a Hostage

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs

Tomie dePaola · 32 pages

An autobiographical picture book that gently introduces young readers to the concept of grief. Tommy, a young child who regularly visits his grandmother and great-grandmother one day finds that his great-grandmother is no longer there. He must then learn to say good-bye.

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The Velveteen Rabbit

Margery Williams Bianco · 40 pages

In the nursery, only the toys that are old and wise truly understand what it means to be Real. The Velveteen Rabbit, a newcomer to the nursery, asks one of the most knowledgeable toys, the Skin Horse, what being real means.

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Twelve Kinds of Ice

Ellen Bryan Obed

From the first ice, a thin skin on a bucket of water, through thickly-iced fields, streams, and gardens, a girl, her family, and friends anticipate and enjoy a winter of skating, ending with an ice show complete with costumes, refreshments, and clowns.

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A Family Treasury of Little Golden Books

Ellen L. Buell · 192 pages

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A Little House Birthday

Laura Ingalls Wilder · 40 pages

After a long and somber Sunday, a little pioneer girl celebrates her fifth birthday in the Big Woods of Wisconsin.

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My Great-Aunt Arizona

Gloria Houston · 32 pages

An Appalachian girl, Arizona Houston Hughes, grows up to become a teacher who influences generations of schoolchildren.

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In Our Mothers' House

Patricia Polacco

Three young children experience the joys and challenges of being raised by two mothers.

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Christmas in Noisy Village

Astrid Lindgren · 30 pages

The noisy children of three neighboring families have a gay time at Christmas baking cookies, cutting and decorating trees, eating fruitcake and tarts, and opening Christmas gifts.

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Now We Are Six

A.A. Milne · 103 pages

A collection of poems reflecting the experiences of a little English boy growing up in the early part of the twentieth century.

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The Giving Tree

Shel Silverstein · 57 pages

From Shel Silverstein, New York Times bestselling author of Where the Sidewalk Ends and A Light in the Attic, comes a poignant picture book about love and acceptance, cherished for over fifty years. This classic is perfect for both young readers and lifelong fans. "Once there was a tree...and she loved a little boy." So begins a story of unforgettable perception, beautifully written and illu

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A Time to Keep

Tasha Tudor · 61 pages

Describes traditional holiday celebrations throughout the year in a New England household.

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The Mouse and the Motorcycle

Beverly Cleary · 158 pages

The Mouse and the Motorcycle is a children's novel written by Beverly Cleary and published in 1965. It is the first in a trilogy featuring Ralph S. Mouse, a house mouse who can speak to humans (though typically only children), goes on adventures riding his miniature motorcycle, and who longs for excitement and independence while living with his family in a run-down hotel. The book was released

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The Polar Express

Chris Van Allsburg · 32 pages

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The Night Before Christmas

Clement C. Moore · 32 pages

A well-known poem about an important Christmas Eve visitor.

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Guess How Much I Love You

Sam McBratney, Anita Jeram · 32 pages

Welcome the family classic with an elegant, refreshed cover — the quintessential picture book, just waiting to be shared. Sometimes, when you love someone very, very much, you want to find a way of describing how much you treasure them. But, as Little Nutbrown Hare and Big Nutbrown Hare discover, love is not an easy thing to measure! For two decades, Sam McBratney’s timelessly endearing story,

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The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

Kate DiCamillo · 228 pages

Once, in a house on Egypt Street, there lived a china rabbit named Edward Tulane. The rabbit was very pleased with himself, and for good reason: he was owned by a girl named Abilene, who adored him completely. And then, one day, he was lost...Kate DiCamillo takes us on an extraordinary journey, from the depths of the ocean to the net of a fisherman, from the bedside of an ailing child to the bustl

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The Snowman

Raymond Briggs · 32 pages

When his snowman comes to life, a little boy invites him home and in return is taken on a flight high above the countryside.

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Charlotte's Web

E.B. White · 184 pages

Charlotte's Web is a book of children's literature by American author E. B. White and illustrated by Garth Williams; it was published on October 15, 1952, by Harper & Brothers. The novel tells the story of a livestock pig named Wilbur and his friendship with a barn spider named Charlotte. When Wilbur is in danger of being slaughtered by the farmer, Charlotte writes messages praising Wilbur (such a

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Rabbit Hill

Robert Lawson · 127 pages

New folks are coming to live in the Big House. The animals of Rabbbit Hill wonder if they will plant a garden and thus be good providers

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The Night Before Christmas

Clement Clarke Moore · 32 pages

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The Essential Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury

Bill Watterson · 254 pages

Beginning with the day Hobbes sprang into Calvin's tuna fish trap, the first two Calvin and Hobbes collections, Calvin and Hobbes and Something Under The Bed Is Drooling, are brought together in this treasury. Including black-and-white dailies and color Sundays, The Essential Calvin and Hobbes also features an original full-color 16-page story. Perhaps the most brilliant comic strip ever create

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This Is the Rope: A Story From the Great Migration

Jacqueline Woodson · 31 pages

A rope passed down through the generations frames an African American family's story as they journey north during the time of the Great Migration.

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