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Jabberwocky

Lewis Carroll · 32 pages

The illustrations set the classic nonsense poem taken from "Through the Looking Glass" in medieval times.

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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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If I Ran the Zoo

Dr. Seuss · 64 pages

Gerald McGrew imagines the myriad of animals he’d have in his very own zoo, and the adventures he’ll have to go on in order to gather them all. Featuring everything from a lion with ten feet to a Fizza-ma-Wizza-ma-Dill.

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Please Try to Remember the First of Octember!

Theo LeSieg · 41 pages

Every wish is fulfilled on the First of Octember.

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Instructions

Neil Gaiman · 40 pages

This advice for travelling through a fairytale landscape might just save you from being eaten by wolves or being lost for ever, but it is also a charming metaphor for living courageously and taking risks.

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Science Verse

Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith · 40 pages

When the teacher tells his class that they can hear the poetry of science in everything, a student is struck with a curse and begins hearing nothing but science verses that sound very much like some well-known poems.

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The Night Before Christmas

Clement Clarke Moore · 32 pages

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Flower Fairies of the Autumn

Cicely Mary Barker · 53 pages

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The Owl and the Pussycat

Edward Lear · 32 pages

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On the Night You Were Born

Nancy Tillman · 32 pages

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The Moomins and the Great Flood

Tove Jansson · 64 pages

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The Sandman: The Story of Sanderson Mansnoozie

William Joyce

Provides the background, history, and life of Sanderson Mansnoozie, better known as the Sandman, who helps the Man in the Moon keep children safe at night by bringing them sweet dreams.

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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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A Midsummer Night's Faery Tale

Terri Windling · 52 pages

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The Minpins

Roald Dahl · 80 pages

Little Billy enters the Forest of Sin and meets the Minpins, matchstick-sized people who live in tree cities besieged by the Smoke-Belching Gruncher whom Billy vows to destroy.

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The Adventures of Harold and the Purple Crayon

Crockett Johnson · 256 pages

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Chicken Soup with Rice: A Book of Months

Maurice Sendak · 32 pages

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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Bill Martin Jr., John Archambault · 40 pages

An alphabet rhyme/chant that relates what happens when the whole alphabet tries to climb a coconut tree.

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Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reverso Poems

Marilyn Singer · 32 pages

A collection of short poems which, when reversed, provide new perspectives on the fairy tale characters they feature.

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What To Do With a Box

Jane Yolen

"Jane Yolen poetically reminds young readers that a simple box can be a child's most imaginative plaything as artist Chris Sheban illustrates its myriad and magical uses"--

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Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

Alison Jay

A board book adaptation of Lewis Carroll's classic pairs illustrations of the story's iconic moments with descriptive verbs.

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The Polar Express

Chris Van Allsburg · 32 pages

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