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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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Swimmy

Leo Lionni · 32 pages

(Age 3-7) (Pre-K to 2) **''A little black fish in a school of red fish figures out a way of protecting them all from their natural enemies.''** Deep in the sea there lives a happy school of little fish. Their watery world is full of wonders, but there is also danger, and the little fish are afraid to come out of hiding . . . until Swimmy comes along. **Swimmy shows his friends how—with ingenuit

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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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The Fire Cat

Esther Averill · 64 pages

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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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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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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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Frog and Toad All Year

Arnold Lobel · 64 pages

Frog and Toad All Year is an American picture book written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel, published by Harper & Row in 1976. It is the third book in the Frog and Toad series, whose four books completed by Lobel comprise five easy-to-read short stories each. ---------- Also contained in: [The Frog and Toad Treasury](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1973505W)

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The Trumpet of the Swan

E.B. White · 211 pages

Louis, a romantic swan, is in love with the angelic Serena, but he can't tell her how he feels; he has no voice. When he meets eleven-year-old Sam Beaver, a human friend, he goes to school with him to learn how to read and write. Louis' father also helps out; he steals a brass trumpet for his son. In the end, Louis learns to play, wins Serena's heart, and repays the music shop owner for his stolen

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Stellaluna

Janell Cannon · 48 pages

After she falls headfirst into a bird's nest, a baby bat is raised like a bird until she is reunited with her mother.

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Llama Llama Home with Mama

Anna Dewdney · 33 pages

Llama Llama's mother takes good care of him when he has to stay home from school because he is sick, but when Mama Llama begins to feel sick, too, Llama Llama knows how to take care of her.

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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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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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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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Guess How Much I Love You

Sam McBratney, Anita Jeram · 32 pages

Welcome the family classic with an elegant, refreshed cover — the quintessential picture book, just waiting to be shared. Sometimes, when you love someone very, very much, you want to find a way of describing how much you treasure them. But, as Little Nutbrown Hare and Big Nutbrown Hare discover, love is not an easy thing to measure! For two decades, Sam McBratney’s timelessly endearing story,

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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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Hooway for Wodney Wat

Helen Lester · 32 pages

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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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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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The Kissing Hand

Audrey Penn · 32 pages

When Chester the raccoon is reluctant to go to kindergarten for the first time, his mother teaches him a secret way to carry her love with him.

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Corduroy

Don Freeman · 32 pages

A toy bear in a department store wants a number of things, but when a little girl finally buys him, he finds what he has always wanted most of all.

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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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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 Berenstain Bears' Trouble at School

Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain · 32 pages

When Brother Bear returns to school after being out sick, he gets into a mess that gets worse and worse until Gramps gives him some advice.

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