Grade K & 1
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 | Banks, Kate, illustrated by George Hallensleben |
| Baboon |
George Hallensleben’s luminous illustrations decorate the story of one young baboon and his emerging view of the world.
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 | Crews, Nina |
| One Hot Summer Day |
A glorious thunderstorm makes for the perfect ending to a hot, steamy, popsicle-filled summer day.
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 | James, Simon |
| Baby Brains |
Mr. and Mrs. Brains’ baby, Baby Brains, is pretty smart, it’s true, but at the end, he’s still just a baby, mostly.
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 | Kasza, Keiko |
| The Wolf’s Chicken Stew |
A cheeky chicken turns the tables on a sneaky wolf with an empty stomach. Delicious.
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 | Keats, Ezra Jack |
| Peter’s Chair |
Peter isn’t happy when his father asks him to help paint his baby chair pink for his new little sister.
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 | Lobel, Arnold |
| Frog and Toad are Friends |
Five simple and funny stories about two friends. If you like these, there are further adventures in other books about Frog and Toad.
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 | Pilkey, Dav |
| The Paperboy |
Early, early, a boy and his dog venture into the morning stillness to deliver newspapers. Magic.
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 | Shulevitz, Uri |
| Snow |
All of the wonder of the season’s first flake lives in this simple, infectious tale of a village snowfall.
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 | Thompson, Lauren, illustrated by Stephen Savage |
| Polar Bear Night |
A polar bear cub heads out on a nocturnal adventure and finds that what she really wanted, all along, was to be home.
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 | Waddell, Martin, illustrated by Patrick Benson |
| Owl Babies |
Three owl babies struggle to stay calm while their owl mother is away.
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 | Wells, Rosemary |
| Bunny Mail |
Ruby is busy planning a doll picnic. Meanwhile Max’s letters to Santa (in July) keep arriving at his grandmother’s, instead.
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 | Zolotow, Charlotte, illustrated by Maurice Sendak |
| Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present |
A young girl, looking for inspiration for her mother’s birthday present, receives colorful advice from an urbane rabbit.
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