Holly Keller
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Pearl's birthday skates have a single blade and learning to use them is harder than she expects. Pearl has new skates. They are real skates (not double runners), and she can't wait to try them. Pearl inches out onto the frozen pond. But instead of twirling, she topples. Instead of spinning, she falls -- splaaat! Pearl has new skates. They are shiny white with red tassels, and she loves them. Will Pearl ever skate in real life the way she skates in...
7) Brave Horace
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In the days before his friend George's monster movie party, Horace prepares for the frightening events he expects will occur.
9) Nosy Rosie
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Rosie the fox's excellent sense of smell is good for finding things, but she stops using it after everyone begins to call her "Nosy Rosie."
10) Jacob's tree
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Jacob is the smallest one in his family and although everyone tells him he will grow, he finds it hard to wait.
12) Horace
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Horace, an adopted child, realizes that being part of a family depends on how you feel and not how you look.
14) Island baby
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Pops, a man who runs a bird hospital on an island, and his young helper Simon nurse an injured baby bird back to health.
16) Snow is falling
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Describes the characteristics of snow, its usefulness to plants and animals, and the hazards it can cause.