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The water hole
In the tradition of his best-selling alphabet book, Animalia, author and illustrator Graeme Base takes young readers on an exhilarating journey of discovery with an ingenious fusion of counting book, puzzle book, storybook, and art book. From the plains of Africa and the jungles of the Amazon to the woodlands of North America and the deserts of outback Australia, the animals come together to dr…
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- 9780140567533
- Collation
- 32 pages : illustration : 29 cm
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- Call Number
- 513.2 BAS
Bringing the rain to Kapiti Plain
A cumulative rhyme relating how Ki-pat brought rain to the drought-stricken Kapiti Plain. Verna Aardema has brought the original story closer to the English nursery rhyme by putting in a cumulative refrain and giving the tale the rhythm of “The House That Jack Built.”
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- 0140546162
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 21 cm
- Series Title
- Reading rainbow book
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- A
The first tortilla : a bilingual story
Jade is a young girl who lives in a village next to a towering volcano. On its peak lives a Mountain Spirit who makes his presence known by rumbling the earth, filling the sky with smoke, and pouring lava down the mountainside. Angered by those who forget to honor him for providing their harvest, the Mountain Spirit has stopped sending rain to Jade's village and the people are faced with the po…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780826342157
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 21 cm
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- F51
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