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Runny Babbit

A Billy Sook

by Silverstein, Shel

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The Ugly Duckling

by Andersen, Hans Henrik & Bell, Anthea & Ingpen, Robert R.

An ugly duckling spends an unhappy year excluded by the other animals before he grows into a beautiful swan. "For over one hundred years, Hans Christian Ander...

The Greatest Skating Race

A World War II Story from the Netherlands

by Borden, Louise

During World War II in the Netherlands, a ten-year-old boy's dream of skating in a famous race allows him to help two children escape to Belgium by ice skating...

The Peterkins' Christmas

by Spurr, Elizabeth

Meet the Peterkins. There's Mr. and Mrs. Peterkin, Agamemnon, Solomon John, Eliza-beth Eliza, and the three Little Boys (who everyone forgot to name when they ...

Birthday Pony

by Haas, Jessie

Grandma Aggie tries to help her granddaughter Jane and the independent pony Popcorn, who were born on the same day, become riding partners.

The Mighty Asparagus

by Radunsky, Vladimir

A large asparagus appears suddenly in the king's backyard, and he enlists the help of several people and animals, including a songbird, in order to get rid of ...

Hachiko

The True Story of a Loyal Dog

by Turner, Pamela S.

Relates the true story of a dog who accompanied his master to and from a Tokyo train station for a year and, after his master died, continued to wait for him t...

AT HOME

by Brent, Lynnette R.

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At Play

Long Ago and Today (Times Change)

by Brent, Lynnette

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Ruby's Wish

by Bridges, Shirin Yim & Blackall, Sophie

In China, at a time when few girls are taught to read or write, Ruby dreams of going to the university with her brothers and male cousins.