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A little tiger takes an imaginative journey
The little tiger lay on his back in the tall grass.
"Close your eyes, little tiger," said his mother, "and go...
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A new book to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of Good Dog, Carl
Carl is finally back! Once again, Alexandra Day has concocted a very busy day for the...
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What do Adam, Napoleon, and Agee have in common? Their bond is the palindrome, that peculiar marvel of language when words or sentences read the same forward...
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Puzzles and wordplay make reading fun in this Steig classic.
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It's time for bed, and a little boy chooses his favorite book for his mother to read to him. The bear in the book is preparing for his own deep slumber,...
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The ultimate celebration for the palindromic year 2002!
What exactly is "palindromania"? It's the inability to see the word STRAW without thinking WARTS....
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I can pop a wheelie, I can touch the sky,
I can pedal backwards, I can really fly!
Sally Jean was born to ride. And her bicycle, Flash, is just about her...
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Sometimes—the more the merrier.
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Going to the job site with Dad
When darkness falls and bedtime comes, Papa tucks Alex in, then puts on his hard hat and goes to work. Papa is an engineer...
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Max is looking for words that rhyme. His dragon is in his wagon – or was, for now its tail has left a trail, which Max follows. He finds an umbrella on the...
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When Madeleine’s parents go to the Pond Party, they leave Carl and the baby at home for a cozy winter afternoon with a babysitter. But Carl and Madeleine have...
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It is night. Inside a house, a child is getting ready for bed. A hall light is switched on, toys and animals are settled in their places. Papa reads a story,...
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Never has being shy seemed so rewarding!
Whether she's impersonating Elvis, swaggering like Captain Hook, or imitating the sounds of a cricket, Violet is...
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“You must be good at something,” said Miss Lucinda. “Everyone has a special talent.”
On the first day of school, Miss Lucinda asks the students to share their...
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In a sleepy sleepy house everything is so sleepy – until music drifts in through an open window. Chairs begin to rock, dishes begin to dance, and a sleepy boy...
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When Wooly the sheep suffers from insomnia, he goes for a walk and gets into just about everything. Each illustration features objects for children to count....
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So begins Robert Louis Stevenson’s famous poem The Moon. Now Tracey Campbell Pearson takes readers on an illustrative late-night adventure set to this text in...
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What’s it like growing up in a town founded by inventors? On Saturdays, the adults open the doors of the Invent-o-Drome and give local children free rein to...
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As the sun rises, the weaver begins her work, spinning thread, dying it, and then weaving it into a cloth along with the signs of love and friendship she sees...
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Racing Super Stocks for a professional team has 16-year-old Trace Bonham riding high--until he begins to realize that his team is cheating....
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"Inspiring memories in the old and imagination in the young, the dog is a noble beast indeed, and Madlenka's Dog's resonant intergenerational connections make...
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4 + 3 = 8?
Whoops! That’s not right.
Looks like a job for the eraserheads!
The three eraserheads—an owl, a crocodile, and a pig—live atop three pencils in...
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It’s a little after four o’clock, and everyone’s busy. Mom’s on the phone, Dad’s checking e-mail, and Katie’s playing games with a friend. But there’s one...
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What Leo wants is a fire truck; what Mama gives him is a kitten: Lola. To make matters worse, mischievous and high-spirited Lola just about takes over all of...
