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Sandy Asher.
Too
Many Frogs!
Rabbit's comfortable
nightly routine is disturbed by exuberant Froggie, who settles
in for a snack and a story without being invited.
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Linda Ashman. Starry
Safari
Bedtime becomes a jungle
safari until the Big Safari Ranger brings it to a halt.
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Mara Bergman.
Snip Snap!: What's That?
Three siblings are
frightened by the wide mouth, long teeth, and strong jaws of the
alligator who has crept up the stairs--until they decide they
have had enough.
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Suzanne Bloom.
A Splendid Friend, Indeed
When a studious polar
bear meets an inquisitive goose, they learn to be friends.
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Lucy Cousins. Hooray
for Fish!
Little Fish has all
sorts of fishy friends in his underwater home, but loves one of
them most of all.
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Joy Cowley. Chameleon,
Chameleon
Experience close-up
the many moods (and colors) of chameleons. One brave chameleon
ventures from the safety of his tree in search of a new home.
On his journey, he meets other rain forest animals, not all of
them friendly!
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Ina Cumpiano. Quinito's Neighborhood/El Vecindario
de Quinito
Quinito knows that his neighborhood is made up of more than buildings, streets, and shops: everyone in the neighborhood has an important job, and each friend and neighbor knows and values everyone else.
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Anna Dewdney. Llama,
Llama, Red Pajama
At bedtime, a little
llama worries after his mother puts him to bed and goes downstairs.
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Jennifer Richard Jacobson.
Andy
Shane and the Very Bossy
Dolores
Starbuckle Andy Shane hates school,
mainly because of a tattletale know-it-all named Dolores Starbuckle,
but Granny Webb, who has taken care of him all his life, joins
him in class one day and helps him solve the problem.
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Steve Jenkins and Robin
Page. I
See a Kookaburra!: Discovering
Animal
Habitats Around the World I See a Kookaburra!
lets readers search for an oystercatcher, an elephant shrew, and
a fierce snapping turtle in the places where they live.
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Jarrett J. Krosoczka.
Punk Farm
At the end of the day,
while Farmer Joe gets ready for bed, his animals tune their instruments
to perform in a big concert as a rock band called Punk Farm.
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Leo Landry. Eat
Your Peas, Ivy Louise!
Ivy Louise's parents
encourage her to eat, unaware that the tiny green peas are performing
a circus on her tray.
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Gianna Marino. Zoopa: An Animal Alphabet
From the tiny ant on the front endpapers to the exuberant zebra in the final spread, this mischievous menagerie will delight children while at the same time teaching them their letters and animals.
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Adam Relf. Fox Makes Friends |
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Barney Saltzberg.
Cornelius
P. Mud, Are You Ready for Bed?
Cornelius the pig has
his own style when preparing for bed, but he does not really feel
ready until he gets a hug.
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George Shannon.
White is for Blueberry
Encourages the reader
to look at objects in nature from another perspective, observing
their colors in a new way.
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Erica Silverman.
Cowgirl
Kate and Cocoa
Cowgirl Kate and her
cowhorse Cocoa, who is always hungry, count cows, share a story,
and help each other fall asleep.
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Martin Waddell.
It's Quacking Time!
A duckling and all
his family happily await the hatching of his parents' new egg.
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Ferida Wolff. It
is the Wind
At night the sounds
of various animals lull a child to sleep.
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Alan Zweibel. Our
Tree Named Steve
In a letter to his
children, a father recounts memories of the role Steve, the tree
in their front yard, has played in their lives.
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