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The Cow Who Climbed a Tree

Gemma Merino · 32 pages

Tina the cow is curious and always going out and having adventures but her sisters think the things she says are ridiculous and can't possibly be true. One day they follow her but they find that all the things she was telling them are true and they join in with Tina in her exciting adventurous life.

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No Bears

Meg McKinlay

Ruby is in charge of this book. And she'll tell you something right now. There are NO BEARS in it. Not even one. Ella wants to tell you a story - a story with absolutely no bears. You don't need bears for a book. You need pretty things like fairies and princesses and castles and maybe funny things and exciting things. In Ella's kind of story, there are no bears in the village or the castle or the

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Cinderella Skeleton

Robert D. San Souci · 32 pages

This book is a rhyming retelling of the story of a young woman who finds her prince at a Halloween ball despite the efforts of her wicked stepmother. The main characters are skeletons. Meet Cinderella Skeleton, as sweetly foul as only a ghoul can be. Poor Cinderella has no one to help her hang the cobwebs and arrange dead flowers -- certainly not her evil stepsisters. But the Halloween Ball is jus

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A Pet for Petunia

Paul Schmid

Petunia so desperately wants a pet skunk that she refuses to believe her parents when they say skunks stink.

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Olivia the Spy

Ian Falconer

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The Princess in Black and the Hungry Bunny Horde

Shannon Hale, Dean Hale · 90 pages

Princess Magnolia and her unicorn, Frimplepants, are on their way to have brunch with Princess Sneezewort, an occasion Frimplepants enjoys more than anything in the world. But just when he can smell the freshly baked bread and the heaping platters of sugar-dusted doughnuts, Princess Magnolia’s glitter-stone ring rings. The monster alarm! After a quick change in the secret cave, Princess Magnolia a

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Are We There Yet?

Dan Santat · 40 pages

Let's face it: everyone knows that car rides can be boring. And when things get boring, time slows down. In this book, a boy feels time slowing down so much that it starts going backward--into the time of pirates! Of princesses! Of dinosaurs! The boy was just trying to get to his grandmother's birthday party, but instead he's traveling through Ancient Egypt and rubbing shoulders with Ben Franklin.

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Mommy?

Maurice Sendak, Arthur Yorinks

In search of his mother a young boy encounters a variety of monsters, each in its own pop-up scene.

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The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip

George Saunders · 90 pages

Gappers will get your goat. Literally. If You don't brush them off and return them to the ocean, whence they arrive every day, these bright orange, many eyead creatutes will cover your goats, and the goats will stop giving milk. In a village called Frip, goat's milk was the entire economy. Three families lived there — the Romos, the Ronsens, and a little girl named Capable and her widowed fathe

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The Little Red Cat Who Ran Away and Learned His ABC's

Patrick McDonnell

Bestselling and award-winning artist Patrick McDonnell uses the ABC's to tell a hilarious, high-energy alphabetical adventure. It starts with an ALLIGATOR and a BEAR chasing a CAT. When a DRAGON (and a chicken and an egg!) join in pursuit, things start to get REALLY interesting. A wild and wacky chase through snow and ice, and to jungles and over mountaintops, leads the whole crew to a wonderful r

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Fraidyzoo

Thyra Heder · 40 pages

Little T remembers that she was frightened last time her family visited the zoo but not why, so her creative family helps by imitating animals from A to Z until she recalls exactly what caused her fear.

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Ten Apples Up On Top!

Theo LeSieg · 64 pages

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365 Penguins

Jean-Luc Fromental · 48 pages

When a box containing a penguin arrives anonymously on New Year's Day, a family of four is puzzled, but as they continue to receive one penguin each day their problems--and food budget, and storage issues--are multiplied.

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The Very Fairy Princess

Julie Andrews Edwards, Emma Walton Hamilton

Despite her scabby knees and dirty fingernails, Geraldine knows that she is a princess inside and shows it through her behavior at home and in school.

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The Lady with the Alligator Purse

Nadine Bernard Westcott

A familiar melody with uproariously funny new lyrics are presented in this picture book that includes music, stories, and games. Full color.

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How This Book Was Made

Mac Barnett · 42 pages

Presents the journey of a book's creation, from its initial writing and illustrating to its misadventures with pirates and an angry tiger.

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The Magic Hat

Mem Fox · 32 pages

A wizard's hat blows into town, changing people into different animals when it lands on their heads.

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The Pencil

Allan Ahlberg · 48 pages

A lonely pencil timidly draws a boy, a dog, and other items but soon faces a problem as his creations begin demanding changes, and when he draws an eraser to make them happy, the real trouble begins.

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Hello Ninja

N.D. Wilson · 32 pages

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Winnie the Witch

Valerie Thomas · 32 pages

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Dr. Seuss's ABC

Dr. Seuss · 63 pages

It is Dr. Seuss again with this handy books for parents to make their children learn the basic ABCs with this funny and whimsical mind of Dr. Seuss in this very colour-illustrated children book. Parents would love using this book to teach their children.

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Mr. Messy

Roger Hargreaves · 36 pages

Mr. Messy, a very disorganized man, is paid a visit by Mr. Neat and Mr. Tidy who help Mr. Messy clean his yard, house, and himself.

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Babushka's Doll

Patricia Polacco · 33 pages

A little girl gets a doll that turns out to be twice as rambunctious as her owner.

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