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The Spiffiest Giant in Town

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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.

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Owen

Kevin Henkes · 32 pages

Owen's parents try to get him to give up his favorite blanket before he starts school, but when their efforts fail, they come up with a solution that makes everyone happy.

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The Little Red Caboose

Marian Potter

The little red caboose always came last. By the time the little red caboose came along, the boys and girls were turning away. "How I wish I were a big black engine, puffing and chuffing way up at the front of the train! But I'm just the little old red caboose. Nobody cares for me." The train went slower and slower and s-l-o-w-e-r. It looked as if that train could not get up the mountain. The littl

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Tacky the Penguin

Helen Lester · 32 pages

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Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear

Lindsay Mattick · 56 pages

Before Winnie-the-Pooh, there was a real bear named Winnie. And she was a girl! In 1914, Harry Colebourn, a veterinarian on his way to tend horses in World War I, followed his heart and rescued a baby bear. He named her Winnie, after his hometown of Winnipeg, and he took the bear to war. Harry Colebourn's real-life great-granddaughter tells the true story of a remarkable friendship and an ev

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Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes

Mem Fox · 40 pages

Rhyming text compares babies born in different places and in different circumstances, but they all share the commonality of ten little fingers and ten little toes.

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The Sandwich Swap

Rania Al Abdullah, Kelly DiPucchio

A beautiful book written by an actual queen. This book teaches about tolerance and accepting others. It is about two girls in school who learn how to accept each other's lunches, even though they are unfamiliar with what the food is. It teaches kids that it is important to not assume they will not like something that is new, and also to be kind to friends who might be different. It celebrates c

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Bear Has a Story to Tell

Philip C. Stead · 34 pages

Bear, with the help of his animal friends, remembers the story he had hoped to tell before the onset of winter.

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Always Room for One More

Sorche Nic Leodhas · 31 pages

In this Scottish folk song, a generous family always has room for another person and invites in everyone who passes by

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Llama Llama Mad at Mama

Anna Dewdney · 32 pages

A young llama wants to play but must go shopping with his mother instead, and so he gets angry and makes a mess at the store.

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Library Lion

Michelle Knudsen · 41 pages

This is a childrens story about a lion that wanders into a library and becomes a part of it.

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Otis

Loren Long

When a big new yellow tractor replaces Otis, the friendly little tractor, he is cast away behind the barn, but it is only Otis who can come to the rescue when trouble happens.

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Little Blue Truck Leads the Way

Alice Schertle · 38 pages

A country truck feels out of place in the speedy, noisy city until he comes to the rescue during a giant traffic jam.

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Brimsby's Hats

Andrew Prahin

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Amos and Boris

William Steig · 32 pages

Befriended by a whale as he is drowning in the ocean, a mouse gets a chance to reciprocate years later in an equally unlikely situation.

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Flip, Flap, Fly!: A Book for Babies Everywhere

Phyllis Root · 32 pages

A baby bird, fish, snake, otter, duck, mouse, and child merrily meet at a pond after being helped by their mamas all morning.

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Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile

Bernard Waber · 48 pages

Lyle, Lyle Crocodile is a children's book written by Bernard Waber first published in 1965. It is the sequel to The House on East 88th Street, published in 1962. The book is the second in the Lyle the Crocodile series. The fictional series follows the life of Lyle, a city-dwelling crocodile who lives in a Victorian brownstone with a family named the Primms. The story begins with Lyle and Mrs

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A Tree Is Nice

Janice May Udry · 32 pages

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Grumpy Bird

Jeremy Tankard · 32 pages

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The Art Lesson

Tomie dePaola · 32 pages

Having learned to be creative in drawing pictures at home, young Tommy is dismayed when he goes to school and finds the art lesson there much more regimented.

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The Berenstain Bears and the Week at Grandma's

Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain · 32 pages

When Brother and Sister Bear get left with their grandparents for a whole week, they have a better time than they expected.

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Just Me and My Dad

Mercer Mayer · 40 pages

Father and son go camping, but who is really taking care of whom?

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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.

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Best Friends for Frances

Russell Hoban · 31 pages

When Albert and his buddies have a "no girls" baseball game, Frances and her sister organize a "Best Friends Outing -- No Boys."

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