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Books in Parents Magazine Read Aloud Original series

  • There's No Place Like Home

    Marc Tolon Brown, Espeland

    Hardcover (Parents Magazine Press, Sept. 15, 1984)
    Describes in verse the many kinds of homes--holes for worms, swamps for crocodiles, or a cat for fleas.
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  • The Clown-arounds

    Joanna Cole, Jerry Smath

    Library Binding (Gareth Stevens Pub, Sept. 1, 1994)
    The Clown-Around family enters a contest which promises a big surprise to the winner.
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  • The very bumpy bus ride

    Michaela Muntean

    Hardcover (Parents Magazine Press, March 15, 1981)
    The people, animals, strawberries, and cream of Rumbletown are given a bumpy ride to the county fair.
  • Sherlock Chick and the Giant Egg Mystery

    Robert M. Quackenbush

    Library Binding (Gareth Stevens Pub, April 1, 1993)
    Sherlock Chick tries to solve the mystery of the giant egg that arrives at the farm.
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  • A Garden for Miss Mouse

    Michaela Muntean, Christopher Santoro

    Library Binding (Gareth Stevens Pub, Feb. 1, 1993)
    Mis Mouse's garden is so successful it engulfs her house and she has to have lots of help harvesting the vegetables
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  • No Carrots for Harry

    Jean Langerman, Frank Remkiewicz

    Library Binding (Gareth Stevens Pub, Jan. 1, 1993)
    Harry the rabbit is adamant about not eating carrots until he goes to Aunt Prue's house for dinner
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  • The Goat Parade

    Steven Kroll, Tim Kirk

    Library Binding (Gareth Stevens Pub, Sept. 1, 1994)
    A young boy finds himself inadvertently leading an extraordinary parade of goats into his school.
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  • Pets I Wouldn't Pick

    Susan Alton Schmeltz, Ellen Appleby

    Library Binding (Gareth Stevens Pub, April 1, 1993)
    Poetic pros and cons for a variety of pet possibilities including frogs, pigs, bats, and elephants.
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  • Bicycle Bear

    Michaela Muntean, Doug Cushman

    Library Binding (Gareth Stevens Pub, Nov. 1, 1993)
    Items are never too big or too small--Bicycle Bear delivers them all
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  • The Peace and Quiet Diner

    Gregory Maguire, David Perry

    Library Binding (Gareth Stevens Pub, Jan. 1, 1994)
    Lester worries that his life is not adventurous enough for his visiting Auntie Jane, but the diner where they meet offers plenty of activity after all
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  • Sherlock Chick's First Case

    Robert M. Quackenbush

    Library Binding (Gareth Stevens Pub, Feb. 1, 1993)
    Hatched from his egg with detective's hat and magnifying glass, Sherlock Chick immediately sets out to find who has stolen the corn from the chickens' feed bin.
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  • Oh, So Silly!

    Susan Alton Schmeltz, Maryann Cocca-Leffler

    Library Binding (Gareth Stevens Pub, Jan. 1, 1994)
    A child's variety of experiences on a trip with Grandpa include a plane, a train, the beach, camping, a country fair--and lots of silly things, which the reader may look for in the illustrations.
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