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Penny and Her Marble

Author: 
Kevin Henkes
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Reading Level: Grades1 - 2

While taking a walk Penny finds a beautiful marble on Mrs. Goodwin's lawn and takes it home, but then her conscience begins to bother her. What if the marble belongs to Mrs. Goodwin and she wants it back?

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Lucky Ducklings

Author: 
Eva Moore
Illustrator: 
Nancy Carpenter
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Reading Level: Ages 2 - 7

Mama duck takes her duckings for a walk through the park and into town where they encounter an unexpected sewer grate with holes just the right size to swallow up ducklings in this book reminiscent of Make Way for Ducklings and Ducks Disappearing.

Goldilocks and Just One Bear

Author: 
Leigh Hodgkinson
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Reading Level: Ages 4 - 8

A bear wanders into the city and becomes lost, so he enters an apartment and makes himself comfortable in this silly fractured fairytale with a surprise ending.

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Toads on Toast

Author: 
Linda Bailey
Illustrator: 
Colin Jack
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Reading Level: Ages 3 - 9

Fox was bored with his same old boiled toad meals day in and day out so he buys himself a cookbook and discovers most toad recipes call for YOUNG toads not old ones. After catching a bag full of young toads he gets ready to try a new recipe when the toads' mother suggests she teach him a secret toad family recipe instead.

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The Price of Freedom: How One Town Stood Up to Slavery

Author: 
Judith Bloom Fradin
Author: 
Dennis Brindell Fradin
Illustrator: 
Eric Velasquez
Price of Freedom:  How One Town Stood Up to Slavery

Reading Level:  Grades 2-4

This is the remarkable true story of  John Price, former slave, and the citizens of Oberlin, Ohio.  In 1856, Price and two others managed a daring escape from slavery, and settled in Oberlin, then home to many abolitionists and former slaves.  Two years later, Price was snatched from the road by slave hunters.  His cry for help was heard by an Oberlin college student.  This is the inspiring story of the response to that cry.

My First Day

Author: 
Steve Jenkins
Author: 
and Robin Page
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Reading Level: Ages 3 - 9

A bunch of baby animals tell what they do on their first day of life, such as fighting their way out of shells or being pushed up to the ocean's surface for his first breath in this cute science book.

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This Moose Belongs to Me

Author: 
Oliver Jeffers
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Reading Level: Ages 3 - 7

When Wilfred finds a moose, he decides it is meant to be his pet and names it Marcel, but Marcel has a secret.

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Snakes

Author: 
Nic Bishop
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Reading Level: Grades 1 and up. Not recommended for gerbilsssss or thosssssse ssssenssssitive to sssssslithererssssss.

The Great Race: An Indonesian Trickster Tale

Author: 
Nathan Kumar Scott
Illustrator: 
Jagdish Chitara
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Reading Level: Grades k - 4

Kanchil the mouse deer knows he is the fastest animal in the jungle so when he challenges everyone to a race he is stunned to have his challenge taken up by Pelan the snail and even more shocked when he loses. How could that be?

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Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs

Author: 
Mo Willems
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Reading Level: Ages 3 - 9

Three dinosaurs leave food on the table and the door unlocked, but they aren't doing it on purpose to try to lure a famous blonde lunch, um, girl into the house, honest.

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