Jane Yolen
15) On Gull Beach
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At the Cape Cod shoreline, gulls perform acrobatics in pursuit of a sea star.
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With rhyming text, this soothing bedtime book is an ode to baby birds everywhere and sleepy children home safe in their own beds. As a mother describes to her child how many species of birds nest, from pigeons on concrete ledges to owls in oak tree boles to swallows above barn doors.
18) Interrupting Cow
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Reveals the true, humorous story about an interrupting cow, based on the popular knock-knock joke.
20) Pumpkin baby
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A six-year old child is used to vegetables from visits to farms. She imagines a host of vegetable babies, each with their own unique characteristics and flaws as she awaits the birth of a sibling. In the end, the real-life baby if not like a vegetable baby; but he holds promise of future activities with his sister.