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Animals--Talking

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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Perfectly Percy

Author: 
Paul Schmid
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Reading Level: Ages 3 - 6

The thing that makes Percy the happiest is balloons. Unfortunately, because he is a porcupine, balloons also tend to make him the saddest as well. How can a little porcupine possibly play with a balloon without popping it?

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Not Your Typical Dragon

Author: 
Dan Bar-el
Illustrator: 
Tim Bowers
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Ages 4+

On dragons' seventh birthdays, they get to breathe fire. But Crispin's seventh birthday doesn't go the way he thinks it will... as he takes a deep breath to light his birthday candles, whipped cream comes out, not fire! Every time Crispin tries to breathe fire, something completely wrong comes out!

Will Crispin ever be able to breathe fire like a normal dragon? 

Grumpy Goat

Author: 
Brett Helquist
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Ages 4+

Sunny Acres Farm is a happy, beautiful, friendly place, until Grumpy Goat arrives. He is grumpy and unfriendly - none of the animals on the farm can even get close to him, let alone become friends! All Grumpy Goat wants to do is eat and eat and eat and eat and eat... and as he does so, he makes a huge mess on the farm - kicking down fences & being mean to the other animals. Then, he sees something special in the field, and everything changes. What does Grumpy Goat see? 

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 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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Chloe

Author: 
Peter McCarty
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Reading Level: Ages 4 - 6

When Chloe's father brings home a new television the entire family gathers around to watch, except for Chloe and one of her little sisters who find the box, and especially the bubble wrap, much more entertaining.

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This is Not My Hat

Author: 
Jon Klassen
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Reading Level: Ages 3 - 9

The author of I Want My Hat Back has returned with yet another stolen hat story. This time we follow the hat thief who thinks he has committed the perfect crime.

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Fox and Crow are NOT Friends

Author: 
Melissa Wiley
Illustrator: 
Sebastien Braun
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Reading Level: Grades 1 - 2

Fox and Crow do not like each other and spend their time playing nasty tricks on each other, until Fox plays one too many tricks.

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