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2) Corduroy
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Children's Picture Book Classics
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
Children's Picture Book Classics
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
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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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Exuberantly coloured artwork and favourite animals make this rhythmic story the perfect introduction to looking and learning about colours. Another classic by Eric Carle. "The gentle rhyming and gorgeous, tissue paper collage illustrations in this classic picture book make it a dog eared favourite on many children's bookshelves. One thing readers cannot predict is just what kinds of funny characters will make an appearance at the denouement." Amazon...
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"Brings to life a not too distant history of immigration to Ellis Island. When it's time for nine-year-old Gittel and her mother to leave their homeland behind and go to America for the promise of a new life, a health inspection stops any chance of Gittel's mother joining her daughter on the voyage. Knowing she may never see her mother again, Gittel must find the courage within herself to leave her family behind"--
8) Dream street
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"Real-life cousins pay gorgeous homage to the street they grew up on and the loving community that made their childhood special"--
11) Saturday
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2nd Grade Reading
Diverse Books - African American/ Black Experience in the U.S.
Picture Books to Celebrate Mothers
2nd Grade Reading
Diverse Books - African American/ Black Experience in the U.S.
Picture Books to Celebrate Mothers
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When all of their special Saturday plans go awry, Ava and her mother still find a way to appreciate one another and their time together.
14) High five
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Animals present hand slapping skills to readers, just in time for the annual high five contest.
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Monkey has a big box, which he tells Cake has a cat inside, but only when the box is closed; Cake suggest that maybe it is a dinosaur instead, and the two friends puzzle over how they can solve the problem of finding out what is in the box, if it is always empty when opened.
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"It's Rashin's first day of school in America! Everything is a different shape than what she's used to: from the foods on her breakfast plate to the letters in the books! And the kids' families are from all over! The new teacher asks each child to imagine the shape of home on a map. Rashin knows right away what she'll say: Iran looks like a cat! What will the other kids say? Open this book to join Rashin in discovering the true things that shape a...
19) This is MY fort!
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Monkey and Cake are normally good friends, but today Cake is building a no-Monkey fort--until Monkey teaches him a lesson about being alone and he realizes that forts (and other things) are much better when they are shared.
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Busy Betty has always been busy. Every day she wakes up with a million questions and a billion ideas! And today she has an amazing idea: she's throwing her mom a birthday party. Shhh . . . It's a surprise! Then Betty and her best friend, Mae, have the best idea of all: What if they threw Mom a circus surprise party?! It will be the greatest day in the history of the universe! Everything is perfect until Betty realizes oh, no! Mom's birthday isn't...