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1) Rapunzel
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English
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A retelling of the German folktale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a sorceress.
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This new version of the Caldecott-winning classic by illustrator David Small and author Judith St. George is updated with current facts and new illustrations to include our forty-fourth president, Barack Obama. Hilariously illustrated by Small, this celebration by St. George shows us the foibles, quirks and humanity of forty-three men who have risen to one of the most powerful positions in the world.
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Books for Kindergarteners
Caldecott Award Winners
How to be a Good Friend
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
Caldecott Award Winners
How to be a Good Friend
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
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An imaginary friend waits a long time to be imagined by a child and given a special name, and finally does the unimaginable--he sets out on a quest to find his perfect match in the real world.
5) Jumanji
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English
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Left on their own for an afternoon, two bored and restless children find more excitement than they bargained for in a mysterious and mystical jungle adventure board game.
6) Owl moon
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English
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On a winter's night under a full moon, a father and daughter trek into the woods to see the Great Horned Owl.
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English
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Caldecott Award Books
Caldecott Award Winners
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
Caldecott Award Winners
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
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When Kitten mistakes the full moon for a bowl of milk, she ends up tired, wet, and hungry trying to reach it.
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English
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Books for Kindergarteners
Children's Picture Book Classics
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
Children's Picture Book Classics
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
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Mr. and Mrs. Mallard proudly return to their home in the Boston Public Garden with their eight offspring.
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English
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Banned Books That Shaped America
Books for Preschoolers (3-4 years old)
Books to Act Out With Your Story Bag!
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Books for Preschoolers (3-4 years old)
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A naughty little boy, sent to bed without his supper, sails to the land of the wild things where he becomes their king.
11) The snowy day
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English
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Caldecott Award Winners
Children's Picture Book Classics
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
Winter
Children's Picture Book Classics
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
Winter
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Follows the adventures of a little boy in the city on a snowy day.
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English
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Caldecott Award Books
Caldecott Award Winners
Fairy Tales and Folk Tales
Wordless Picture Books for Picture Walks/Libros sin palabras para caminar por las ilustraciones (BBTL)
Caldecott Award Winners
Fairy Tales and Folk Tales
Wordless Picture Books for Picture Walks/Libros sin palabras para caminar por las ilustraciones (BBTL)
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In this wordless retelling of an Aesop fable set in the African Serengeti, an adventuresome mouse proves that even small creatures are capable of great deeds when she rescues the King of the Jungle.
14) Fables
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Twenty original fables about an array of animal characters from crocodile to ostrich.
15) A tree is nice
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English
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Poetic text describes all the wonderful things about trees including their strong climbing branches, relaxing shade, and amazing growth from a seedling.
16) The biggest bear
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English
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Johnny goes hunting for a bearskin to hang on his family's barn and returns with a small bundle of trouble.
18) Locomotive
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English
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Learn what it was like to travel on the transcontinental railroad in the 1860s.
20) Drummer Hoff
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English
Description
A cumulative folk song in which seven soldiers build a magnificent cannon, but Drummer Hoff fires it off.