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Pirates don't change diapers
When the pirate crew turns up at Jeremy Jacob's house and accidentally wakes his baby sister, that wee scallywag howls louder than a storm on the high seas. Sure, there's buried treasure to be found, but nobody's digging up anything until Bonney Anne quits her caterwauling. So, quicker than you can say "scurvy dog," Braid Beard and his swashbuckling pirates become . . . babysitters? Blimey! …
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- 9780545081061
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- 40 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
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It looked like spilt milk
The white shape silhouetted against a blue background changes on every page. Is it a rabbit, a bird, or just spilt milk? In this childhood classic, kids are kept guessing until the surprise ending and they're encouraged to improvise similar games of their own. This beloved classic picture book teaches that, with a little imagination, something ordinary could become something extraordinary. S…
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- 9780064431590
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
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Memory bottles
Nobody knows what Mr McAllistair keeps in the colourful bottles which fill the shelves of his shed and sparkle with hidden secrets. Step inside as a magical mystery is uncorked.
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- 1904511627
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- 28 pages : illustration ; 23 cm
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A bad case of stripes
"What we have here is a bad case of stripes. One of the worst I've ever seen!" Camilla Cream loves lima beans, but she never eats them. Why? Because the other kids in her school don't like them. And Camilla Cream is very, very worried about what other people think of her. In fact, she's so worried that she's about to break out in...a bad case of stripes!
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- 9780439598385
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
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Sheep in a jeep
“Shaw demonstrates a promising capacity for creating nonsense rhymes. . . . Apple's whimsical portraits of the sheep bring the story to life. Pleasing and lighthearted, this has much appeal for young readers.” —Publishers Weekly “The bright-colored pencil drawings and lean text make this a great choice for preschool storytimes, as well as for beginning readers who want a funny sto…
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- 9780395470305
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 20 cm
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The rain came down
"On Saturday morning, the rain came down. It made the chickens squawk. The cat yowled at the chickens, and the dog barked at the cat. And still, the rain came down."The barking dog wakes the baby, the dog barks louder, and a policeman comes. His police car blocks traffic, and a woman in a taxi yells, so the taxi driver honks his horn. The truck driver in front of him gets mad and starts honking…
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- 0439051533
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 20 cm
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A giraffe and a half
Delightfully zany rhymes about a giraffe who accumulates some ridiculous things--like glue on his shoe and a bee on his knee--only to lose them again, one by one. "Infectiously funny . . . a good nonsensical text and illustrations".--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books.
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- 0224026127
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- 48 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
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Train song
Here is the song of the train. Listen as it rushes past big cities and small towns. Listen as it sweeps through forests and fields and into tunnels. Hear the whistle wailing, brakes squealing, wheels rolling, r-o-l-l-i-n-g, stop. Now the train is homeward bound. All aboard! Notable Children's Books of 1991 (ALA) Best Books of 1991 (SLJ) 100 Favorite Paperbacks 1994 (IRA/CBC) Notable 1990 …
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- 9780064433402
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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The day Gogo went to vote
Young Thembi is delighted when her beloved great-grandmother, who has not been out of the house in years, announces that she will travel to the polls after the black South Africans are given the democratic vote. Illustrated in rich pastels, this child's-eye view of an important milestone in South African history allows young readers to experience every detail of this eventful day.
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- 9780316702713
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
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- Inspiring and moving
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Madlenka
Peeking out through a die-cut window on the jacket, Madlenka invites the reader to enter her world. And what a world it is! On the surface, it looks like an ordinary city block, but as we meet Madlenka's neighbors -- the French baker, the Indian news vendor, the Italian ice-cream man, the Latin American grocer, a retired opera singer from Germany, an African American school friend, and the Asia…
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- 0374399697
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- 44 pages : illustration ; 26 cm
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