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Burt Dow, Deep-Water Man

Robert McCloskey · 61 pages

Burt goes fishing, takes refuge from a storm in a whale's stomach, and decorates a whole school of whales' tails with striped band-aids.

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365 Penguins

Jean-Luc Fromental · 48 pages

When a box containing a penguin arrives anonymously on New Year's Day, a family of four is puzzled, but as they continue to receive one penguin each day their problems--and food budget, and storage issues--are multiplied.

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The Sweetest Fig

Chris Van Allsburg · 30 pages

After being given two magical figs that make his dreams come true, Monsieur Bibot sees his plans for future wealth upset by his long-suffering dog.

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Mr. Messy

Roger Hargreaves · 36 pages

Mr. Messy, a very disorganized man, is paid a visit by Mr. Neat and Mr. Tidy who help Mr. Messy clean his yard, house, and himself.

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Tuesday

David Wiesner · 32 pages

The wordless, whimsical account of a Tuesday when frogs were airborne on their lily pads.

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Ten Apples Up On Top!

Theo LeSieg · 64 pages

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The Queen's Hat

Steve Antony · 34 pages

Mayhem ensues when a sudden gust of wind blows away the Queen's hat, triggering a riotous chase that ultimately reunites the Queen with both her hat and the royal baby.

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The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins

Dr. Seuss · 47 pages

As topical today as when it was first published in 1938, The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins is the story of a young peasant (the same as in Bartholomew and the Oobleck—a Caldecott Honor Award-winner), and his unjust treatment at the hands of King Derwin. While The 500 Hats is one of Dr. Seuss's earliest and lesser known works, it is nevertheless totally Seussian and addresses subjects that we kno

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But No Elephants

Jerry Smath · 41 pages

Grandma Tildy finally agrees to take an unwanted elephant into her home, but soon regrets her decision.

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Leave Me Alone!

Vera Brosgol · 40 pages

One day, a grandmother shouts, "LEAVE ME ALONE!" and leaves her tiny home and her very big family to journey to the moon and beyond to find peace and quiet to finish her knitting. Along the way, she encounters ravenous bears, obnoxious goats, and even hordes of aliens! But nothing stops grandma from accomplishing her goal―knitting sweaters for her many grandchildren to keep them warm and toasty fo

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How Do Dinosaurs Go to School?

Jane Yolen · 33 pages

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The Real Mother Goose

Blanche Fisher Wright · 128 pages

An illustrated collection of popular nursery rhymes, reprinted from the 1916 original.

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The Funny Little Woman

Arlene Mosel · 40 pages

The story is set in "Old Japan." The title character likes to laugh ("Tee-he-he-he") and make rice dumplings.

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Funnybones

Allan Ahlberg · 32 pages

Three skeletons--a grownup, a child, and a dog--take a walk at night through a dark town.

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Mr. Tiger Goes Wild

Peter Brown · 48 pages

Are you bored with being so proper? Do you want to have more fun? Mr. Tiger knows exactly how you feel. So he decides to go wild. But does he go too far? Bored with city life and the proper behavior it requires, Mr. Tiger has a wild idea that leads him to discover his true nature. From Caldecott Honor artist Peter Brown comes a story that shows there's a time and place for everything...even going

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The Princess in Black and the Hungry Bunny Horde

Shannon Hale, Dean Hale · 90 pages

Princess Magnolia and her unicorn, Frimplepants, are on their way to have brunch with Princess Sneezewort, an occasion Frimplepants enjoys more than anything in the world. But just when he can smell the freshly baked bread and the heaping platters of sugar-dusted doughnuts, Princess Magnolia’s glitter-stone ring rings. The monster alarm! After a quick change in the secret cave, Princess Magnolia a

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The Hat

Jan Brett · 33 pages

When Lisa hangs her woolen clothes in the sun to air them out for winter, the hedgehog, to the amusement of the other animals, ends up wearing a stocking on his head.

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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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The Book with No Pictures

B.J. Novak · 48 pages

This innovative and wildly funny audiobook by award-winning humorist/actor B.J. Novak will turn any listener into a comedian. You might think a book with no pictures seems boring and serious. Except . . . here’s how books work. Everything written on the page has to be said by the person reading it aloud. Even if the words say . . . BLORK. Or BLUURF. Even if the words are a preposterous song ab

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Purplicious

Victoria Kann, Elizabeth Kann · 40 pages

When her classmates make fun of her for still liking the color pink, a little girl feels all alone, but then a friend shows her the power of pinkIt's purple Pinkalicious! Pinkalicious loves the color pink, but all the girls at school like black. They tease her, saying that pink stinks and pink is for babies. But Pinkalicious doesn't think so…that is, until her friends stop playing with her. Now

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Doctor De Soto

William Steig · 32 pages

Dr. De Soto, a mouse dentist, copes with the toothaches of various animals except those with a taste for mice, until the day a fox comes to him in great pain.

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Goldilicious

Victoria Kann · 40 pages

A little girl and her brother play with her imaginary gold-horned unicorn that can float on water, fly, and turn herself into a fairy princess.

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