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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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The Circus Ship

Chris Van Dusen · 40 pages

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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.

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The Snail and the Whale

Julia Donaldson · 32 pages

Wanting to sail beyond its rock, a tiny snail hitches a ride on a big humpback whale and then is able to help the whale when it gets stuck in the sand.

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One Morning in Maine

Robert McCloskey · 64 pages

It's a big day for a little girl when she discovers her first loose tooth and makes a trip to the grocery store on the mainland.

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Pinocchio

Carlo Collodi · 205 pages

"First published in serial form from 1881 to 1883 in Il Giornale dei bambini, the many adventures of Pinocchio, Geppetto's wooden puppet who came to life to laugh, cry, and dance like a real boy, garnered immediate acclaim as a children's story. Today Italians consider the novel, along with The Divine Comedy and The Decameron, one of their most important works of literature. Readers familiar only

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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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Where the Wild Things Are

Maurice Sendak · 42 pages

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All the World

Liz Garton Scanlon · 40 pages

Pictures and rhyming text celebrate a family's day spent going to the beach, shopping at the market, eating at a restaurant and spending the evening with the rest of the extended family.

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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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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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Sammy the Seal

Syd Hoff · 64 pages

Anxious to see what life is like outside the zoo, Sammy the seal explores the city, goes to school, and plays with children but decides that there really is no place like home.

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Tacky the Penguin

Helen Lester · 32 pages

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You Are Special

Max Lucado · 32 pages

Punchinello's opinion of himself changes after talking to his creator.

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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 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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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 Tale of Little Pig Robinson

Beatrix Potter · 112 pages

Little pig Robinson goes to market for his aunts and, after a series of unexpected and amazing adventures, including an unexpected sea voyage, settles to a pleasant life on an island in the South Seas.

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Harold and the Purple Crayon

Crockett Johnson · 61 pages

"Harold loves animals so much that he decides to find out what it's like to be one. Join Harold and an elephant, a camel, a herd of cheetahs, and a slippery bunch of penguins on this wildlife adventure in his imagination."--P. [4] cover.

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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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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.

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The Fire Cat

Esther Averill · 64 pages

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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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Noah's Ark

Peter Spier · 48 pages

Retells in pictures how a pair of every manner of creature climbed on board Noah's ark and thereby survived the Flood.

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