Ted Rand
1) Night tree
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A family makes its annual pilgrimage to decorate an evergreen tree with food for the forest animals at Christmastime.
6) My shadow
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An illustrated version of the poem in which a child describes his relationship with his shadow.
7) Barn dance!
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Unable to sleep on the night of a full moon, a young boy follows the sound of music across the fields and finds an unusual barn dance in progress.
9) My buddy
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A young boy with muscular dystrophy tells how he is teamed up with a dog trained to do things for him that he can't do for himself.
10) Mailing May
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In 1914, because her family cannot afford a train ticket to her grandmother's town, May gets mailed and rides the mail car on the train to see her grandmother.
11) Secret place
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A young boy finds a patch of wilderness in the city.
12) My mountain song
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One summer day on her great-grandparents' Kentucky farm, a squabble with her cousin Melvin spurs Brenda Gail to begin choosing the moments that will become her own special song made of memories.
17) Homespun Sarah
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Simple rhyming text presents the everyday life of a young girl, living on a Pennsylvania farm in the early eighteenth century, who is quickly outgrowing her dress.