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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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The Story of Ferdinand

Munro Leaf, Robert Lawson · 69 pages

A gentle bull who likes to sit quietly and smell flowers is entered in a bullfight.

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Mog The Forgetful Cat

Judith Kerr · 40 pages

This family has a cat he is very forgetful. Mr and Mrs Thomas doesn't like Mog although ,Mog saves the family from a burgular. Mog meets a angry dog who chases him to his house. Mog thinks nobody likes him so he lays with the person who loves him most until it ends in the wrong way ...

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The Little Engine That Could

Watty Piper

When the other engines refuse, the Little Blue Engine tries to pull a stranded train full of toys and good food over the mountains.

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Dragon's Fat Cat

Dav Pilkey

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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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Clifford the Big Red Dog

Norman Bridwell · 39 pages

Emily Elizabeth describes the activities she enjoys with her very big, very red dog and how they take care of each other.

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Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel

Virginia Lee Burton · 48 pages

When Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel, Mary Ann, lose their jobs to the gasoline, electric, and diesel motor shovels, they go to a little country town where they find that one new job leads to another.

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Ladybug Girl

David Soman, Jacky Davis · 40 pages

After her brother tells her she is too little to play with him, Lulu, dressed as Ladybug Girl, makes her own fun.

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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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Mr. Putter And Tabby Bake The Cake

Cynthia Rylant

With his fine cat Tabby at his side, Mr. Putter bakes a Christmas cake for his neighbor Mrs. Teaberry.

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Clementine, Friend of the Week

Sara Pennypacker · 161 pages

With her kitten, Moisturizer, missing and having fought with her best friend, Margaret, eight-year-old Clementine finds it hard to concentrate on doing her best as her classmate's Friend of the Week.

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Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes

Eric Litwin · 32 pages

(Age 3-7; Preschool to grade) ''As he walks down the street, **Pete the cat sings about his brand new white shoes as they change from red to blue to brown to wet.**'' **goodreads review:** Don't miss the first and bestselling book in the beloved Pete the Cat series! Pete the Cat goes walking down the street wearing his brand-new white shoes. Along the way, **his shoes change from white to red

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Stuart Little

E.B. White · 131 pages

This is the first children's book by the distinguished author E. B. White. Stuart Little, the hero, is a mouse in the family of Frederick C. Little and is a pleasantly debonair little character, with a shy, engaging manner and a somewhat philosophical turn of mind. He is a great help around the house, and everybody except Snowbell the cat likes him a great deal. In spite of his small size, Stuart

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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.

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Matilda

Roald Dahl · 240 pages

Matilda applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil, child-hating headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and restore her nice teacher, Miss Honey, to financial security.

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The Gruffalo

Julia Donaldson · 32 pages

The Gruffalo is a British children's picture book by writer and playwright Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler, that tells the story of a mouse, the protagonist of the book, taking a walk in the woods. The book has sold over 13 million copies, has won several prizes for children's literature, and has been developed into plays on both the West End and Broadway and even an Oscar nominated

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Babe: The Gallant Pig

Dick King-Smith · 118 pages

A piglet comes to Farmer Hogget's farm, where he is adopted by an old sheepdog and accomplishes amazing things.

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Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures

Kate DiCamillo · 240 pages

It begins, as the best superhero stories do, with a tragic accident that has unexpected consequences. The squirrel never saw it coming - the vacuum cleaner, that is. As for self-described cynic Flora Belle Buckman, she has read every issue of the comic book 'Terrible Things Can Happen to You!' so she is just the right person to step in and save him. What neither can predict is that Ulysses (the sq

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The Cat in the Hat

Dr. Seuss · 61 pages

Two children sitting at home on a rainy day are visited by the Cat in the Hat, who shows them some tricks and games. Includes a Latin-English glossary and a note on the verse form and rhythm.

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The Snowy Day

Ezra Jack Keats · 32 pages

Winner of the 1963 Caldecott Medal, Keats' story of a young boy experiencing the year's first snowfall has delighted millions of readers. Peter, The Snowy Day's protagonist, wakes up to the season’s first snowfall. In his bright red snowsuit, he goes outside and makes footprints and trails through the snow. Peter is too young to join a snowball fight with older kids, so he makes a snowman and sno

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The Borrowers

Mary Norton · 180 pages

This book is full of fun and adventure, explaining the life of not exactly normal people. Journey alongside the "Borrowers" as they go on a daring adventure, outwitting every problem they face.

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If You Give a Cat a Cupcake

Laura Joffe Numeroff · 32 pages

A series of increasingly far-fetched events might occur if someone were to give a cupcake to a cat.

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