G. Brian Karas
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Rhythmic text and colorful illustrations depict a breaking thunderstorm in the city that drives a variety of people down to the subway to stay dry. There strangers become friends as people chat, share food, and dry themselves off during this unexpected break in their daily routines.
29) The windy day
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One day the wind blows into a tidy little town, giving a tidy little boy named Bernard a hint of how wonderful and exciting the world is.
31) Cinder-Elly
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In this rap version of the traditional fairy tale, the overworked younger sister gets to go to a basketball game and meets a star player, Prince Charming.
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The funny, endearing insect pals find a way to be more than fair-weather friends in a second early chapter book from Megan McDonald and G. Brian Karas. "Brrrr!" The leaves are off the trees, and frost is on the ground. It's time for bugs to hunker down and hide out for the winter. But Ant isn't ready to hunker down. Ant isn't ready to be "all by herself" for months on end. The thought of a long chilly season without her best friend, Honey Bee, is...
34) Missing mittens
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As a farmer tries to find the correct number of mittens for his various farmyard animals, the reader is introduced to odd and even numbers.
36) Give me half!
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Introduces the concept of halves using a simple rhyming story about a brother and sister who do not want to share their food.
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When young Tommy does not appear in the barn one day, the animals wonder where he had gone because they were accustomed to all of the things he did for them. But later he returns and explains his first day at school and how he would share what he had learned with them each day.
38) 7 x 9 = trouble!
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Third-grader Wilson struggles with his times-tables in order to beat the class deadline.
39) My crayons talk
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Brown crayon sings "Play, Mud pie day," and Blue crayon calls "Sky, Swing so high" in this story about talking crayons.