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Books in A Parents magazine read aloud and easy reading program original series

  • 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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  • Elephant Goes to School

    Jerry Smath

    Library Binding (Gareth Stevens Pub, Sept. 1, 1993)
    After seeing some children on their way to school, Elephant decides he wants to go to school, too
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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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  • Pickle Things

    Marc Tolon Brown

    Library Binding (Gareth Stevens Pub, Jan. 1, 1994)
    Describes, in rhymed text and illustrations, all the many things that a pickle isn't.
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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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  • Snow Lion

    David McPhail

    Library Binding (Gareth Stevens Pub, Dec. 1, 1992)
    An easy-to-read, illustrated work features a delightful story and a Note to Grown-ups that includes a guide to significant themes and concepts at work in the story, ideas for reading and discussion, and games for learning.
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  • The Little Witch Sisters

    Stephanie Calmenson, R. W. Alley

    Library Binding (Gareth Stevens Pub, Sept. 1, 1993)
    Plinka has a surprise for her sister Tinka when Tinka refuses to help Plinka make a magic brew
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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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