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Sam and Dave are sure they will discover something exciting if they just keep digging their hole.

2) Stone soup: an old tale

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Brown, Marcia

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When three hungry soldiers come to a town where all the food has been hidden, they set out to make soup of water and stones, and all the town enjoys a feast.

3) The ugly duckling

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Pinkney, Jerry

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An ugly duckling spends an unhappy year ostracized by the other animals before he grows into a beautiful swan.

4) Strega Nona: an old tale

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DePaola, Tomie

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When Strega Nona leaves him alone with her magic pasta pot, Big Anthony is determined to show the townspeople how it works.

5) Little Red Riding Hood

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Hyman, Trina Schart

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On her way to deliver a basket of food to her sick grandmother, Elisabeth encounters a sly wolf.

6) Seven blind mice

Author

Young, Ed

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Books for Summer Fun!
Lorraine: The Girl Who Sang the Storm Away 2024

Retells in verse the Indian fable of the blind men discovering different parts of an elephant and arguing about its appearance. The illustrations depict the blind arguers as mice.

7) The relatives came

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Rylant, Cynthia

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

8) They all saw a cat

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Wenzel, Brendan

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Multicultural Literature and Nature Education

In simple, rhythmic prose and stylized pictures, a cat walks through the world, and all the other creatures see and acknowledge the cat.

9) Outside in

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Underwood, Deborah

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Book, eBook, Kindle

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Illustrations and easy-to-read text reveal ways nature affects our everyday lives, such as providing food and clothing, and showing when to go to bed and when to get up.

10) Olivia

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Falconer, Ian

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Whether at home getting ready for the day, enjoying the beach, or at bedtime, Olivia is a feisty pig who has too much energy for her own good. Includes audio CD with a reading of the text.

11) Goldilocks and the three bears

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Marshall, James

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Three bears return home from a walk to find a little girl asleep in baby bear's bed.

12) Green

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Seeger, Laura Vaccaro

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Illustrations and simple, rhyming text explore the many shades of the color green.

13) One cool friend

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Buzzeo, Toni

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Caldecott Award Books
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español

Elliot, a very proper young man, feels a kinship with the penguins at the aquarium and wants to take one home with him.

14) What do you do with a tail like this?

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Jenkins, Steve

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A nose for digging? Ears for seeing? Eyes that squirt blood? Explore the many amazing things animals can do with their ears, eyes, mouths, noses, feet, and tails in this beautifully illustrated interactive guessing book by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page.

15) Blackout

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Rocco, John

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Book, Talking Book, eAudiobook

When a busy family's activities come to a halt because of a blackout, they find they enjoy spending time together and not being too busy for once.

16) The Stinky Cheese Man and other fairly stupid tales

Author

Scieszka, Jon

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A collection of humorous short stories for children based on classic fairy tales.

17) Extra yarn

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Barnett, Mac

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With a supply of yarn that never runs out, Annabelle knits for everyone and everything in town until an evil archduke decides he wants the yarn for himself.

18) Big cat, little cat

Author

Cooper, Elisha

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How to Bring a Book to Life: Holiday Edition
Picture Books for Halloween 2024
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español

"A moving tale about friendship, new beginnings, and cats"-- Provided by publisher.

19) Creepy carrots!

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Reynolds, Aaron

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Book, eBook, Kindle, Talking Book, eAudiobook

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Books for Discussing Diversity and Difference with Young Children
Diverse Books - Latino/Latinx, Hispanic, and Latin American Children
Lorraine: The Girl Who Sang the Storm Away 2024
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The carrots that grow in Crackenhopper Field are the fattest and crispiest around and Jasper Rabbit cannot resist pulling some to eat each time he passes by, until he begins hearing and seeing creepy carrots wherever he goes.

20) Alma and how she got her name

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Martinez-Neal, Juana

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