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How I became a pirate
Pirates have green teeth—when they have any teeth at all. I know about pirates, because one day, when I was at the beach building a sand castle and minding my own business, a pirate ship sailed into view.So proclaims Jeremy Jacob, a boy who joins Captain Braid Beard and his crew in this witty look at the finer points of pirate life by the Caldecott Honor–winning illustrator David Shannon an…
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- 0439664748
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- 36 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
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The journey home
Wild and Wooly, brother and sister, dig through the sand until they reach the North Pole and then begin a long journey home through many magical kingdoms. Along the way they meet Father Christmas, the Good Fairy, a prince, a mermaid, a pirate king, and a gypsy fortuneteller.
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- 9780734411044
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 21 cm
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Frederick
While other mice are gathering food for the winter, Frederick seems to daydream the summer away. When dreary winter comes, it is Frederick the poet-mouse who warms his friends and cheers them with his words.
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- 0394826140
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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Cornelius : a fable
From inside front flap of dust jacket: "Cornelius was different from other crocodiles. He walked upright and could see things no other corcodile had ever seen before. He could see the fishes from above; he could see beyond the bushes. But others were not impressed... In this delightful tale Lionni tells us the story of an irresistible young crocodile whose opean-hearted, open-minded outlook on …
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- 9780679860402
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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The night I followed the dog
"I have a dog. Nothing exotic or special, just an ordinary dog. In fact, I always thought he was a boring dog. What I mean is, he can fetch, roll over, and shake hands, but mostly he sleeps and eats." Or so the little boy in this story thinks, until one morning when he opens the door a little early and sees his dog jump out of a limousine. That night he decides to follow his dog, and that's wh…
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- 9780811806473
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- 36 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
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Cows can't fly
Ms. Crumb said cows were far too fat; that facts were facts and that was that. But this little boy doesn't care about facts. All he knows is that he drew a picture of some cows, and when a breeze blows it into the air, he sees cows flying everywhere. And if cows can fly, isn't anything possible?
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- 043906001X
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
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Sam, Bangs, and moonshine
Samantha (known as Sam) is a fisherman's daughter who dreams rich and lovely dreams--moonshine, her father says. But when her tall stories bring disaster to her friend Thomas and her cat Bangs, Sam learns to distinguish between moonshine and reality. Sam, Bangs & Moonshine is the winner of the 1967 Caldecott Medal.
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- 9780805003154
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- 48 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
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Earthdance
In the children's picture book Earthdance, Joanne Ryder's lyrical poetry and Norman Gorbaty's colorful art invites young readers to become not just part of the earth, but Earth itself. Told from the perspective of the planet Earth, this inventive and imaginative illustrated poem takes you on a tour of the world's environments from oceans and mountains to grasslands and glaciers where you'll …
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- 9780805062311
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 30 cm
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Memory bottles
Nobody knows what Mr McAllistair keeps in the colourful bottles which fill the shelves of his shed and sparkle with hidden secrets. Step inside as a magical mystery is uncorked.
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- 1904511627
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- 28 pages : illustration ; 23 cm
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A quiet place
"Sometimes a person needs a quiet place." A place that's far away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life -- a place that isn't ringing or talking or roaring or blaring or playing. But sometimes that place isn't easy to find. You could look under a bush in your own backyard, where the world seems far away...and you could be a pirate on a desert island. Or you could sit on an old stump in…
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