Weston Woods Studios.
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Pigeon is an unflinching and hilarious look at a child's potential for mischief. In a plain palette, with childishly elemental line drawings, Willems has captured the essence of unreasonableness in the very young.
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Adventure Stories (WPL-Youth)
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Max, a naughty little boy, sent to bed without his supper, sails to the land of the wild things where he becomes their king.
4) Inch by inch
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A small green inchworm is proud of his skill at measuring anything -- a robin's tail, a flamingo's neck, a toucan's beak. Then one day a nightingale threatens to eat him if he cannot measure his song. Children will enjoy the clever inchworm's solution and delight in finding the tiny hero on every page.
5) Rapunzel
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A retelling of the German folktale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a sorceress. Includes a note on the origins of the story.
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In a moment of fright, Sylvester the donkey asks his magic pebble to turn him into a rock but then can not hold the pebble to wish himself back to normal again.
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"It's Kitten's first full moon, and when she sees it she thinks it is a bowl of milk in the sky. And she wants it. Does she get it? Well, no ... and yes. What a night! Kitten's First Full Moon is an acclaimed modern classic, a Caldecott Medal-winner, and a New York Times Best Illustrated Book. This memorable character and her suspenseful adventure are just right for the very youngest child, and the sturdy board book edition is perfect for little hands!"--...
8) John Henry
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Black Authors: Board and Picture Books (SCPL-YS)
Black History Month - Youth
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Retells the life of the legendary African American hero who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain.
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Books to Read & Sing With (Eisenhower Kids World)
OBD 1000 Books Before Kindergarten - YOUTH
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Presents the traditional version of a famous American folk poem first heard in the U.S. in the 1940's with illustrations on die-cut pages that reveal all that the old lady swallows.
10) The snowy day
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The adventures of a little boy in the city on a very snowy day. A Caldecott Medal winner that conveys the silent wonder of a city snowfall and a small boy's solitary delight in it.
11) Creepy carrots!
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The carrots that grow in Crackenhopper Field are the fattest and crispiest around and Jasper Rabbit cannot resist pulling some to eat each time he passes by, until he begins hearing and seeing creepy carrots wherever he goes.
13) Yo! Yes?
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Two lonely characters, one black and one white, meet on the street and become friends.
14) All the world
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Pictures and rhyming text celebrate a family's day spent going to the beach, shopping at the market, eating at a restaurant and spending the evening with the rest of the extended family.
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Batavia Public Library Wonderbooks - YOUTH
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Delicious Reads
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Little Sal and Little Bear both lose their mothers while eating blueberries and almost end up with the other's mother.
16) One cool friend
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Elliot, a very proper young man, feels a kinship with the penguins at the aquarium and wants to take one home with him.
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In Swimmy, Swimmy, a black fish, shows a school of little red fish how to escape the jaws of bigger fish by swimming in the formation of one large fish.
In Frederick, although Frederick appears to be the laziest member in a family of busy field mice, he makes valuable contributions in the middle of winter.
In Cornelius, Cornelius, a crocodile who walks upright, sees things no crocodile has ever seen before.
In Fish is fish, when his friend, the...
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"Max is constantly making mischief. When his mother sends him to bed without dinner. Max enters a forest, discovers a boat and sails away to where the wild things are. But resourceful Max tames the wild things, becomes king, and returns home -- all in time for supper"--Container.
20) Me... Jane
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"In his characteristic heartwarming style, Patrick McDonnell tells the story of the young Jane Goodall and her special childhood toy chimpanzee named Jubilee. As the young Jane observes the natural worl around her with wonder, she dreams of 'a life living with and helping all animals' until one day she finds that her dream has come true."--Container.