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Eric A. Kimmel (Illustrator - Giora Cami). This is a fun selection about a woman who finds a penny and buys a pig. The lady tries to take the pig
home but the pig refuses to go over the stile in the wall. The lady enlists a whole group of animals and objects to help her get the pig up the
stile so she can go home. This is an adapted version of an old British folktale.
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William H. Hooks (Illustrator - S. D. Schindler). This is an Appalachian version of the classic folktale. It has a few twists on the most common version.
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Shel Silverstein.
This is another collection of humorous poems and drawings by Shel Silverstein.
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.
This selection is about a boy named Marty who finds a beagle and names it Shiloh. Marty finds out that the dog belongs to a man who abuses his dogs, so Marty tries
to hide Shiloh from his owner.
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Walter Wangerin, Jr.
This selection is about a Lakota orphan boy named Moves Walking, or Waskn Mani. Waskn Mani is different from the other tribe members, so the tribe does not like him very
much. Waskn Mani does not like to kill animals but he learns from a wolf that it is okay to take a life if it is sacrificed. Waskn Mani ends up making a sacrifice to save his tribe. This is one of
my all-time favorite books.
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Beverly Cleary (Illustrator - Louis Darling).
This selection is about a mouse named Ralph who lives in a hotel room and a boy named Keith who was a guest there. Keith leaves behind a toy
motorcycle which Ralph tries to ride. Keith returns for his toy and teacher Ralph how to ride. Keith and Ralph become friends and have many adventures.
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Brinton Turkle.
This is a wordless book that is like Goldilocks and the Three Bears, but with the roles reversed. A bear cub wanders into a human home and tries out their porridge,
chairs, and beds. The humans come home and scare the bear cub away.
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Arthur Geisert.
This is a wordless book about eight little piglets that wander away from their mother to have an adventure. The mother pig chases them down and brings them home.
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Bonnie Lass & Philemon Sturges (Illustrator - Ashley Wolff).
This is a predictable print book about a skunk who made cookies. The skunk discovers that the cookies are missing and so she asks everyone, "Who took the cookies from the cookie
jar?". The selection has a fun sing-song rhythm.
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Linda Williams (Illustrator - Megan Lloyd).
This selection is about a little woman who is not afraid of anything. She's not afraid of a floating shirt, pants, shoes, gloves, or hat, but she was afraid of a pumpkin head that said, "Boo! " The lady ran home and rocked in her rocking chair. The clothes and pumpkin head knocked at the door and tried to scare her again. The lady said that they didn't scare her, so they asked what's to come of them. They lady whispered her reply to the pumpkin head and the clothing and the pumpkin became a scarecrow.
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Judi Barrett (Illustrator - Sharleen Collicott).
This selection is about a bunch of witches and what they are doing. The entire selection is narrated with rhyme.
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Pamela Jane (Illustrator - Vera Rosenberry).
This selection is about 5 monsters who get together on Halloween to make a monster stew of lizards, frogs, bats, and spiders. The youngest monster accidentally spills the trash can full of
monster stew, but a sixth monster comes along with a bag full of sweets to share. So, the monster creatures are all happy. The whole book is told in rhyme.
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Paulette Bourgeois (Illustrator - Brenda Clark).
This selection is about a turtle named Franklin. Franklin is getting ready for Halloween. He decides to go to the Halloween party as "Franklinstein." The rest of the selection
tells what happens at the Halloween party.
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Norma Farber (Illustrator - Andrea Baruffi). This selection is about when the world's shadows decide to run free. The shadows shadow the wrong objects for a day, but
at the end, they feel lonely and confused. At the break of dawn the next day, the shadows decide to return to their proper places and all is right again.
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Ethel Pochocki (Illustrator - Barry Moser).
This selection is about a man who works during the day in the dark of a mushroom farm. The children of the town make fun of him because he sort of resembles a mushroom. The mushroom man accepts the teasing without resentment and for the most part, he is happy. But sometimes he feels the sting of loneliness. One day, he makes friends with a cat and takes it home as a pet. The cat
liked the mushroom man but did not want to be cooped up forever. So the cat leaves and the mushroom man is alone again until he makes friends with a mole. The mushroom man brings the mole home. They discover that they are a perfect match and become the best of friends.
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