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Dirty Beasts

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Falling Up

Shel Silverstein Β· 176 pages

A collection of humorous poems and drawings.

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There's a Wocket in My Pocket!

Dr. Seuss Β· 32 pages

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Go the Fuck to Sleep

Adam Mansbach Β· 32 pages

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Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich

Adam Rex Β· 40 pages

Stories in verse about the monster-sized problems Dracula, Wolfman, Bigfoot and other monsters face.

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The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories

Tim Burton Β· 128 pages

A bizarre menagerie of characters--including Oyster Boy, Brie Boy, Match Girl, and Stick Boy--search for love and understanding in a world that does not comprehend oddities.

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Egghead: Or, You Can't Survive on Ideas Alone

Bo Burnham

A strange and charming collection of hilariously absurd poetry, writing, and illustration from one of today's most popular young comedians... EGGHEAD: Or, You Can't Survive on Ideas Alone Bo Burnham was a precocious teenager living in his parents' attic when he started posting material on YouTube. 100 million people viewed those videos, turning Bo into an online sensation with a huge and dedicated

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The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs

Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith Β· 32 pages

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Cautionary Tales for Children

Hilaire Belloc Β· 79 pages

Designed for the admonition of children between the ages of eight and fourteen years.

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A Book of Nonsense

Edward Lear Β· 111 pages

A collection of over 200 limericks with the author's original illustrations and nonsense songs and stories.

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The Real Mother Goose

Blanche Fisher Wright Β· 128 pages

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

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The Book with No Pictures

B.J. Novak Β· 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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Once I Ate a Pie

Patricia MacLachlan, Emily MacLachlan Charest

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I Want My Hat Back

Jon Klassen Β· 40 pages

The bear's hat is gone, and he wants it back. Patiently and politely, he asks the animals he comes across, one by one, whether they have seen it. Each animal says no, some more elaborately than others. But just as the bear begins to despair, a deer comes by and asks a simple question that sparks the bear's memory and renews his search with a vengeance. A picture-book morality play about dishone

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The Bad Book

Andy Griffiths Β· 180 pages

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Please Try to Remember the First of Octember!

Theo LeSieg Β· 41 pages

Every wish is fulfilled on the First of Octember.

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Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type

Doreen Cronin Β· 32 pages

When Farmer Brown's cows find a typewriter in the barn they start making demands, and go on strike when the farmer refuses to give them what they want.

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Rhyming Dust Bunnies

Jan Thomas

As three dust bunnies, Ed, Ned, and Ted, are demonstrating how much they love to rhyme, a fourth, Bob, is trying to warn them of approaching danger.

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Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats

T.S. Eliot Β· 56 pages

T. S. Eliot’s playful cat poems have delighted readers and cat lovers around the world ever since they were first published in 1939. They were originally composed for his godchildren, with Eliot posing as Old Possum himself, and later inspired the legendary musical Cats. Now with vibrant illustrations by the award-winning Axel Scheffler, this captivating edition makes a wonderful new home for Mr.

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Amelia Bedelia

Peggy Parish Β· 63 pages

A literal-minded housekeeper causes chaos in the Rogers household when she attempts to make sense of some instructions.

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A Bad Case of Stripes

David Shannon Β· 32 pages

In order to ensure her popularity, Camilla Cream always does what is expected, until the day arrives when she no longer recognizes herself.

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The Grim Grotto

Lemony Snicket Β· 323 pages

Warning: Your day will become very dark – and possibly damp – if you read this book. Plan to spend this spring in hiding. Lemony Snicket is back with the eleventh book in his New York Times bestselling A Series of Unfortunate Events. Lemony Snicket's saga about the charming, intelligent and grossly unlucky Baudelaire orphans continues to provoke suspicion and despair in readers the world over. In

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Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!

Mo Willems Β· 38 pages

No matter how hard he pleads and begs, the pigeon is not supposed to drive the bus while the driver is away, but pigeon tries every persuasive trick a young child knows to get you to say "Yes."

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A Squash and A Squeeze

Julia Donaldson Β· 32 pages

With the help of an old man and all of her animals, an old lady realizes that her house is not as small as she thought it was.

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