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Updated January 2008
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Knuffle Bunny Too: a case of mistaken identity
by Mo Willems
(Ages 3-6)
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| Trixie can't wait to bring her one-of-a-kind Knuffle Bunny to school and show him off to everyone. But when she gets there, she sees something awful: Sonja has the same bunny. Suddenly, Knuffle Bunny doesn't seem so one-of-a-kind anymore. Chaos ensues until the bunnies are taken away by Ms. Greengrove. After school, Trixie finally gets her beloved bunny back. But in the middle of the night, Trixie realizes something. She has the wrong bunny! |
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Clementine
by Sara Pennypacker
(Ages 7-10) |
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“A wonderful early chapter book about an irresistible, funny eight-year-old girl. Charmingly illustrated by Marla Frazee.” —Currie
Armed with attitude, individuality, and a penchant for disaster, Clementine, a wonderfully wacky girl who is the inventor of the world's first pair of bologna glasses, makes her first appearance in this hilarious chapter book.
While sorting through difficulties in her friendship with her neighbor Margaret, eight-year-old Clementine gains several unique hairstyles while also helping her father in his efforts to banish pigeons from the front of their apartment building. |
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Peep and the Big Wide World
DVD Series
Narrated by Joan Cusack(Ages 4-9) |
| Peep, Chirp, and Quack learn basic scientific concepts as they explore the park. Animated sequences followed by live-action sequences in which children implement the concepts presented in the show. This volume features six fun-filled episodes: The Windy Day, Chirp Builds a Nest, Chirp's Flight Program, The Red Balloon, A Delicate Balance and Sounds Like. |
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Three Snow Bears
by Jan Brett
(Ages 3-7) |
| Aloo-ki glances up from fishing and sees her sled dogs floating off on an ice floe. She races after them and comes upon an igloo. Being a curious girl, she goes inside only to find no one home. That's because the polar bear family who lives there is out walking while their breakfast cools off. Aloo-ki eats some soup, tries on their boots, and finally crawls into the smallest bed for a nap. Meanwhile, Papa, Mama, and Baby Bear see her dogs adrift, swim out to rescue them and return home to find Aloo-ki fast asleep in Baby Bear's bed. |
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Llama Llama Mad at Mama
by Anna Dewdney
(Ages 2-5) |
Yucky music, great big feet.
Ladies smelling way too sweet.
Look at knees and stand in line.
Llama Llama starts to whine.
Does any child like to go shopping? Not Llama Llama! But Mama can't leave Llama at home, so off they go to Shop-O-Rama. Lots of aisles. Long lines. Mama is too busy to notice that Llama Llama is getting m-a-d! And before he knows it, he's having a full-out tantrum! Mama quickly calms him down, but she also realizes that they need to make shopping more fun for both of them. Parents and children are sure to recognize themselves in this fun-to-read follow-up to the popular Llama Llama Red Pajama. |
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What the Dickens: the story of a rogue tooth fairy
by Gregory Maguire
(Ages 11-15) |
| It's the story of What-the-Dickens, a newly hatched orphan creature who finds he has an attraction to teeth, a crush on a cat named McCavity, and a penchant for getting into trouble. One day he happens upon a feisty girl skibberee who is working as an Agent of Change—trading coins for teeth—and learns that there is a dutiful tribe of skibbereen (call them tooth fairies) to which he hopes to belong. As his tale of discovery unfolds, however, both What-the-Dickens and Dinah come to see that the world is both richer and less sure than they ever imagined. |
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You Are My Little Bird
Songs by Elizabeth Mitchell
(All Ages) |
| Rooted in tradition but with her own distinctive, breezy style, Elizabeth Mitchell offers a fresh, lively folk album that'll please little ones and their music-loving caregivers alike.
This CD includes 17 delightful songs:
Little Liza Jane (2:24)
Who's my pretty baby (1:53)
Zousan = (Little elephant) (1:39)
Little bird, little bird (2:28)
Three little birds (2:33)
What goes on (2:53)
Pom na tu ri = (Springtime outing) (1:20)
Buckeye Jim (2:01)
Peace like a river (2:57)
Los pollitos = (The little chicks) (1:51)
Winter's come and gone (1:59)
Little wing (2:39)
Lily pond (:59)
The north wind (:39)
If you listen (3:12)
Down in the valley (2:21)
Grassy grass grass (:56) |
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