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  • Bionic Bunny Show

    Marc Brown

    Paperback (Little, Brown Young Readers, Sept. 30, 1985)
    As an ordinary rabbit in real life is portrayed as a bionic bunny on his television series, the reader views all the production efforts that provide that illusion.
    K
  • A Medieval Feast

    Aliki

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Sept. 25, 1986)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Describes the preparation and celebration of a medieval feast held at an English manor.
    Q
  • The Furry News: How to Make a Newspaper

    Loreen Leedy

    Hardcover (Holiday House, March 1, 1990)
    Big Bear, Rabbit, and the other animals work hard to write, edit, and print their newspaper, "The Furry News." Includes tips for making your own newspaper and defines a number of newspaper terms.
    N
  • Uncle Willie And The Soup Kitchen

    Dyanne Disalvo-Ryan

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, April 24, 1997)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Learning from his uncle Willie that there are less fortunate people in the world and the importance of helping them, a young boy volunteers for a day's work at a soup kitchen and learns how he can make a difference.
    N
  • Louis the Fish

    Arthur Yorinks, Richard Egielski

    Library Binding (Perfection Learning, May 1, 1986)
    'One day last spring, Louis, a butcher, turned into a fish. Silvery scales. Big lips. A tail. A salmon'...Yorinks and Egielski work together as if they were one. Their joint pacing and a variety of verbal and visual viewpoints make Louis the Fish an outstanding and refreshingly unusual picture book. --Starred, School Library Journal
    L
  • The Giant Jam Sandwich Book & CD

    John Vernon Lord

    Paperback (HMH Books for Young Readers, April 23, 2007)
    It’s a dark day for Itching Down. Four million wasps have just descended on the town, and the pests are relentless! What can be done? Bap the Baker has a crazy idea that just might work. . . .Readers will love listening to the lyrical, rhyming text as they watch the industrious citizens of Itching Down knead, bake, and slather the biggest wasp trap there ever was!
    K
  • Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain

    Verna Aardema

    Library Binding (Perfection Learning, May 1, 1992)
    The story of how Ki-pat ingeniously brings rain to the arid Kapiti Plain. Cumulative rhyming tale with the rhythm and repetition of The House That Jack Built . . . Illustrations are stylized, simple, and dramatic.--School Library Journal.
    J
  • The Three Little Pigs

    James Marshall

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Oct. 23, 2000)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The creator of the Caldecott Honor Book, Goldilocks and the Three Bears returns to give life to another classic fairytale, with his funny new dialogue and exuberant, cartoonlike illustrations.
    L
  • Three Days On A River In A Red Canoe

    Vera B. Williams

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback, Aug. 1, 1984)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The narrator, her cousin and their mothers learn to pitch a tent, build a fire, and lower a canoe over waterfalls while canoeing down a river.
    K
  • Liang and the Magic Paintbrush

    Demi

    Library Binding (Perfection Learning, July 1, 1988)
    When a poor boy in China receives a magical paintbrush, everything he paints turns to life. But the wicked emperor wants to capture the boy when he hears the news. The story will excite readers as the ruler gets his just reward when the boy creates a masterpiece that spells his doom.
    L
  • The Gift of the Sacred Dog

    Paul Goble

    Library Binding (Perfection Learning, Oct. 1, 1984)
    'Sacred Dog' is a Native American name for the horse; in the story and illustrations here, Goble captures the mixture of familiarity and reverence in the tribal attitude toward this essential animal. . . . The pictures dramatically render both nature and culture.--Booklist, starred review. A Reading Rainbow Feature Book. Full-color illustrations.
    O
  • The Reading Pig Goes to the Library

    Kandy Clinkingbeard, Nicholas I Clement, Judy Nostrant

    Paperback (Nicholas I. Clement, Feb. 15, 2018)
    This is the second adventure for The Reading Pig . Cole and his classmates enjoy a trip to see the Richardson Elementary Librarian, Mrs. C. It is here in her wondrous learning environment that they become just a little too curious with the reptile collection.
    I