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1) Out of the blue

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When a giant octopus entangled in fishing line is washed ashore during a big storm and becomes stranded on the beach, a young boy and girl, assisted by various sea creatures, push and pull him back to sea. Includes endnotes on marine life, lighthouses, and items that wash up on beaches.

2) Red green blue: a first book of colors

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Jay, Alison

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Characters from nursery rhymes populate this tale, which highlights the colorful aspects of the familiar poems. Includes a key to the nursery rhymes referenced in the story.

3) Song of the stars: a Christmas story

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Lloyd-Jones, Sally

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Nature and the animal kingdom celebrate the birth of Jesus, while most people do not even notice that a miracle has occurred. --Publisher

4) Listen, listen

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Gershator, Phillis

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Illustrations and rhyming text explore the sights and sounds of nature in each season of the year.

5) I took the moon for a walk

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Curtis, Carolyn

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A boy takes the moon for a walk through his neighborhood.

6) The cloud spinner

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Catchpool, Michael

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When the king orders a boy to make him a huge wardrobe out of the clouds in the sky, the boy warns him that it is more than he needs but the king does not listen.

7) A gift for Mama

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Lodding, Linda Ravin

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A little boy is on a search for the perfect gift for his mother, navigating the streets of 1890s Vienna, meeting new people, and continuing to trade one gift for another.

8) Pitch perfect and persistent!: the musical debut of Amy Cheney Beach

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DeLems, Caitlin

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Discover the untold yet inspiring story of Amy Beach, musician extraordinaire and the first successful woman composer in America. With perfect pitch and fierce persistence, Amy Beach always knew she had to make music. There was just one BIG problem. Her mother believed it was not proper or suitable for a young lady to draw attention to herself, let alone take on a musical career. But give in or give up? Not Amy Beach. She demanded to play the piano....

9) Alice's adventures in Wonderland

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Carroll, Lewis

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First Avenue Classics
Family audio classics
Keith Jennison book
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"Commemorating the 150th anniversary of one of the most beloved classics of children's literature, this illustrated edition presents Alice like you've never seen her before. In 1865, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, an Oxford mathematician and Anglican deacon, published a story about a little girl who tumbles down a rabbit hole. Thus was the world first introduced to Alice and her pseudonymous creator, Lewis Carroll. This beautiful new edition of Alice's...