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The Polar Express

Chris Van Allsburg · 32 pages

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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

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Where the Wild Things Are

Maurice Sendak · 42 pages

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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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Calvin and Hobbes

Bill Watterson · 127 pages

A collection of comic strips following the adventures of Calvin and his stuffed tiger Hobbes.

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The Invention of Hugo Cabret

Brian Selznick · 534 pages

ORPHAN, CLOCK KEEPER, AND THIEF, twelve-year-old Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric girl and the owner of a small toy booth in the train station, Hugo’s undercover life, and his most precious secret, are put in jeopardy. A cryptic drawing, a treasured notebook, a stolen

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Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

Judi Barrett · 32 pages

Life is delicious in the town of Chewandswallow where it rains soup and juice, snows mashed potatoes, and blows storms of hamburgers--until the weather takes a turn for the worse.

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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 Twelve Days of Christmas

Jan Brett · 32 pages

A young woman's true love sends her extravagant gifts on each of the twelve days of Christmas.

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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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Owl Moon

Jane Yolen · 32 pages

On a winter's night under a full moon, a father and daughter trek into the woods to see the Great Horned Owl.

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Little House in the Big Woods

Laura Ingalls Wilder · 237 pages

The first in a series of truly charming tales of life on the early American frontier, Little House in the Big Woods introduces us to Laura Ingalls, her Ma and Pa, big sister Mary and Baby Carrie. She lives in an isolated cabin in the Big Woods of Wisconsin and spends her days helping Ma with household chores, learning how to care for a house, farm and family. The descriptions of typical activities

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Falling Up

Shel Silverstein · 176 pages

A collection of humorous poems and drawings.

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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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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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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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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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The Quiet Book

Deborah Underwood · 32 pages

From the quiet of being the first one awake in the morning to "sweet dreams quiet" when the last light is turned off, simple text explores the many kinds of quiet that can exist during the day.

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The Story of Babar

Jean de Brunhoff · 56 pages

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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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A Child's Garden of Verses

Robert Louis Stevenson · 69 pages

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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

Bill Martin Jr. · 32 pages

Children see a variety of animals, each one a different color, and a teacher looking at them. Includes note to parents and teachers, and related activities.

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The Relatives Came

Cynthia Rylant · 32 pages

The relatives come to visit from Virginia and everyone has a wonderful time.

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Song and Dance Man

Karen Ackerman · 30 pages

Summary, Grandpa demonstrates for his visiting grandchildren some of the songs, dances, and jokes he performed when he was a vaudeville entertainer.

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