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• Miss Nelson Is Missing!

  Allard, Harry, 1928-2017

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  Picture Book. In this classic picturebook, the students in Room 207 take advantage of their teacher's good nature until she disappears and they are faced with a very strict substitute.

• Big Fat Hen

  Baker, Keith, 1953-

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  Picture Book. In this picture book for the young, the Big Fat Hen counts to ten with her friends and all their chicks

• Ten, Nine, Eight

  Bang, Molly

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  Picture Book. Numbers from ten to one are part of this lullaby which observes the room of a little girl going to bed.

• When Sophie Gets Angry-- Really, Really Angry--

  Bang, Molly,

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  Picture Book. In this classic picture book, a young girl is upset and doesn't know how to manage her anger but takes the time to cool off and regain her composure.

• Sam & Dave Dig a Hole

  Barnett, Mac,

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  Picture Book. In this imaginative picture book, Sam and Dave are sure they will discover something "exciting" if they just keep digging their hole.

• Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

  Barrett, Judi

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  Picture Book. In this classic picture book, life is easy and delicious in the town of Chewandswallow where it rains soup and juice, snows mashed potatoes, and blows storms of hamburgers--until the weather takes a turn for the worse.

• Move Over, Rover

  Beaumont, Karen

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  Picture Book. When a storm comes, Rover expects to have his doghouse all to himself but finds that various other animals, including a skunk, come to join him.

• Madeline

  Bemelmans, Ludwig, 1898-1962

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  Picture Book. In this classic picture book set in Paris, Madeline, the youngest of the twelve charges of Miss Clavel, wakes up one night with an attack of appendicitis.

• A Splendid Friend, Indeed

  Bloom, Suzanne, 1950-

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  Picture Book. When a studious polar bear meets an inquisitive goose, they learn to be friends.

• Stone Soup

  An Old Tale

  Brown, Marcia,

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  Picture Book. In this classic folk tale, three hungry soldiers come to a town where all the food has been hidden. They set out to make soup of water and stones, and all the town learns to share, and enjoys a feast.

• Goodnight Moon

  Brown, Margaret Wise, 1910-1952

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  Picture Book. In this gentle classic, a little bunny says goodnight to the little old lady and to all the objects in his room before falling asleep.

• The Runaway Bunny

  Brown, Margaret Wise, 1910-1952

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  Picture Book. In this classic picture book, a little rabbit who wants to run away tells his mother how he will escape, but she is always right behind him.

• The Little House

  Burton, Virginia Lee, 1909-1968

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  Picture Book. In this classic picture book a country house is unhappy when the city, with all its buildings and traffic, grows up around her.

• Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel

  Burton, Virginia Lee, 1909-1968,

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  Picture Book. When Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel, Mary Anne, lose their jobs to the gasoline, electric, and diesel motor shovels, they find a new opportunity in a very surprising place in this classic picture book.

• Stellaluna

  Cannon, Janell, 1957-

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  Picture Book. After she falls headfirst into a bird's nest, a baby bat is raised like a bird until she is reunited with her mother.

• The Very Hungry Caterpillar

  Carle, Eric

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  Picture Book. This classic picture book follows the progress of a little caterpillar as he steadily eats his way through a varied and large quantity of food until, full at last, he forms a cocoon around himself, goes to sleep and wakes up a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Nana in the City

  Castillo, Lauren,

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  Picture Book. A young boy is frightened by how busy and noisy the city is when he visits his grandmother, but his Nana makes him a fancy red cape to give him courage as she shows him how wonderful a place the city is.

• Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

  Christelow, Eileen

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  Picture Book. This picture book is based on the nursery rhyme, Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed.

• Freight Train

  Crews, Donald

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  Picture Book. Brief text and illustrations trace the journey of a colorful train as it goes through tunnels, by cities, and over trestles.

• Click, Clack, Moo

  Cows That Type

  Cronin, Doreen

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  Picture Book. When Farmer Brown's cows find a typewriter in the barn, they start making demands and go on strike when the farmer refuses to give them what they want; duck is the go between in their negotiations.