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Llama Llama Home with Mama

Anna Dewdney · 33 pages

Llama Llama's mother takes good care of him when he has to stay home from school because he is sick, but when Mama Llama begins to feel sick, too, Llama Llama knows how to take care of her.

Mother and DaughterTalking AnimalsChildren'sIllustrated Book
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The Kissing Hand

Audrey Penn · 32 pages

When Chester the raccoon is reluctant to go to kindergarten for the first time, his mother teaches him a secret way to carry her love with him.

Mother and DaughterTalking AnimalsChildren'sIllustrated Book
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Stellaluna

Janell Cannon · 48 pages

After she falls headfirst into a bird's nest, a baby bat is raised like a bird until she is reunited with her mother.

Talking AnimalsMother and DaughterChildren'sIllustrated Book
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Mama, Do You Love Me?

Barbara Joosse

Mother and DaughterChildren'sIllustrated BookHeartwarming
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Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See?

Bill Martin Jr. · 31 pages

Illustrations and rhyming text portray a young bear searching for its mother and meeting many North American animals along the way in this easy-reader version of the 2007 tale. Includes note to parents and teachers, as well as activities.

Talking AnimalsChildren'sMother and DaughterIllustrated Book
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The Runaway Bunny

Margaret Wise Brown · 40 pages

A little rabbit who wants to run away tells his mother how he will escape, but she is always right behind him.

Talking AnimalsMother and DaughterChildren'sIllustrated Book
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The Berenstain Bears and Too Much TV

Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain · 32 pages

Concerned that the family is spending too much time in front of the television and neglecting other activities, Mama Bear decides that there will be no television watching for one week.

Talking AnimalsChildren'sIllustrated BookHeartwarming
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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,

Talking AnimalsChildren'sIllustrated BookHeartwarming
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A Chair for My Mother

Vera B. Williams · 32 pages

Mother and DaughterChildren'sIllustrated BookHeartwarming
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Giraffes Can't Dance

Giles Andreae · 31 pages

Gerald the giraffe is too clumsy to dance with all the other animals at the Jungle Dance, until he finds the right music.

Talking AnimalsChildren'sIllustrated BookHeartwarming
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Zen Shorts

Jon J. Muth

When Stillwater the giant panda moves into the neighborhood, the stories he tells to three siblings teach them to look at the world in new ways. Includes factual note on Zen.

Talking AnimalsChildren'sIllustrated BookHeartwarming
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Can't You Sleep, Little Bear?

Martin Waddell · 32 pages

Afraid of the dark, Little Bear is unable to get to sleep until Big Bear helps him overcome his fears

Talking AnimalsChildren'sIllustrated BookHeartwarming
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The Lion and the Mouse

Jerry Pinkney · 40 pages

In this wordless retelling of an Aesop fable set in the African Serengeti, an adventuresome mouse proves that even small creatures are capable of great deeds when she rescues the King of the Jungle.

Talking AnimalsChildren'sIllustrated BookHeartwarming
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Little Bear

Else Holmelund Minarik · 63 pages

Celebrate the timeless warmth of a mother's love with the very first ever I Can Read book! Meet Little Bear, a friend to millions of children. And meet Mother Bear, who is there whenever Little Bear needs her. When it is cold and snowy outside, she finds just the right outfit for Little Bear to play in. When he goes to the moon, she has a hot lunch waiting for him on his return. And, of course

Talking AnimalsChildren'sIllustrated BookHeartwarming
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Chrysanthemum

Kevin Henkes · 32 pages

Chrysanthemum loves her name, until she starts going to school and the other children make fun of it.

Talking AnimalsChildren'sIllustrated BookHeartwarming
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If You Plant a Seed

Kadir Nelson

While planting seeds in their garden, two animals learn the value of kindness.

Children'sTalking AnimalsIllustrated BookHeartwarming
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The Lion Inside

Rachel Bright · 30 pages

"Het is niet altijd makkelijk om klein zijn, maar ook de Aller kleinste muis kan zo dapper zijn als een leeuw"--Page [4] of cover.

Talking AnimalsChildren'sIllustrated BookHeartwarming
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The Rainbow Fish

Marcus Pfister · 32 pages

Rainbow Fish has a disagreement with Little Blue because Little Blue has a sea glass which Rainbow Fish thinks he lost.

Talking AnimalsChildren'sIllustrated BookHeartwarming
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Where's My Mom?

Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler · 32 pages

Monkey Puzzle tells the tale of a young monkey who has lost his mummy. He searches through the jungle for her with the help of a friendly butterfly. The tale unfolds in rhythmical rhyming verse with bright coloured, fun illustrations.

Talking AnimalsChildren'sMother and DaughterIllustrated Book
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Frog and Toad All Year

Arnold Lobel · 64 pages

Frog and Toad All Year is an American picture book written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel, published by Harper & Row in 1976. It is the third book in the Frog and Toad series, whose four books completed by Lobel comprise five easy-to-read short stories each. ---------- Also contained in: [The Frog and Toad Treasury](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1973505W)

Children'sTalking AnimalsIllustrated BookHeartwarming
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Sophie's Masterpiece: A Spider's Tale

Eileen Spinelli · 31 pages

Sophie the spider makes wondrous webs, but the residents of Beekman's Boarding House do not appreciate her until at last, old and tired, she weaves her final masterpiece.

Talking AnimalsChildren'sHeartwarmingIllustrated Book
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Frederick

Leo Lionni · 32 pages

(goodreads) While other mice are gathering food for the winter, Frederick seems to daydream the summer away. When dreary winter comes, it is Frederick the poet-mouse who warms his friends and cheers them with his words. (Amazon) Winter is coming, and all the mice are gathering food . . . except for Frederick. But when the days grow short and the snow begins to fall, it’s Frederick’s stories that

Talking AnimalsChildren'sIllustrated BookHeartwarming
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It's Not Easy Being a Bunny

Marilyn Sadler · 40 pages

Unhappy being a bunny, P.J. Funnybunny tries living with bears, birds, beavers, pigs, moose, possums, and skunks.

Talking AnimalsChildren'sIllustrated BookHeartwarming
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The Mousehole Cat

Antonia Barber · 32 pages

When the Great Storm-Cat threatens the small English village of Mousehole, only an old fisherman's cat can soothe its fierceness during a dangerous sea venture.

Talking AnimalsChildren'sIllustrated BookHeartwarming

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