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Books in Picture Puffin Fact Books series

  • Do Not Open

    Brinton Turkle

    Paperback (Puffin Books, June 1, 1993)
    After one of the storms she loves so much, Miss Moody finds a mysterious bottle buried in the beach sand and, despite the words "Do Not Open" on it, she does open it
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  • Re-Zoom

    Istvan Banyai

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Nov. 1, 1998)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. This wordless picture book provides page-after-page of shapes that carry the reader through a bright and exciting journey to different places filled with different colors.
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  • Andy And The Lion

    James Daugherty

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, March 1, 1989)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. In this retelling of Androcles and the Lion, Andy meets a lion on the way to school and wins his friendship for life by removing a thorn from his paw.
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  • Lion

    William Pene du Bois

    Paperback (Puffin, March 31, 1983)
    The artist foreman at the animal factory in the sky has trouble creating a pleasing lion
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  • Crow Boy

    Taro Yashima

    Library Binding (Perfection Learning, Sept. 1, 1976)
    A shy mountain boy in Japan leaves his home at dawn and returns at sunset to go to the village school. Pictures and text of moving and harmonious simplicity.--Saturday Review. Caldecott Honor Book. Full-color illustrations.
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  • Almost Late to School: And More School Poems

    Carol Diggory Shields, Paul Meisel

    Paperback (Puffin Books, July 21, 2005)
    From the creators of the bestselling Lunch Money, here is a long-awaited follow-up collection of lively, lighthearted school poetry. Exploring a broad range of school-based events—from oral reports to science projects to bake sales—these poems shed hilarious new light on the universal experience of grade school. Filled with wit, humor, and laugh-out-loud verse, the twenty-two poems in this collection are sure to please students (and teachers!) of all ages.
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  • Friday Night Is Papa Night

    Ruth A. Sonneborn, Emily Arnold McCully

    Mass Market Paperback (Puffin, June 2, 1987)
    Friday night is the family's special night because Papa joins them, but this week Papa dosen't come home.
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  • Aunt Isabel Tells a Good One

    Kate Duke

    Library Binding (Perfection Learning, Aug. 1, 1994)
    Penelope and her Aunt Isabel make up an exciting bedtime story about the adventures of Prince Augustus and Lady Penelope.
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  • Big Fat Little Lit

    Art Spiegelman, Francoise Mouly

    Paperback (Puffin, Sept. 7, 2006)
    New in paperback for the very first time comes the New York Times bestselling Little Lit series! Choice comic stories culled from the three bestselling comic collections edited by Art Spiegelman and Françoise Mouly: Little Lit: Once Upon a Time, Little Lit: Strange Stories for Strange Kids, and Little Lit: It Was a Dark and Silly Night. The gorgeous paperback features flaps and beautifully reproduced full-color interiors. Hilarious and charming, the collection contains comics from such award-winning and bestselling authors and artists as Harry Bliss, Daniel Clowes, Ian Falconer, Jules Feiffer, Neil Gaiman, Crockett Johnson, Barbara McClintock, David Sedaris, J. Otto Seibold, Maurice Sendak, Lemony Snicket, and Art Spiegelman.
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  • Beady Bear

    Don Freeman

    Paperback (Puffin, Feb. 24, 1977)
    A toy bear goes off to a cave to live as a real bear should, only to find he needs something more to be truly happy.
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  • The Mixed-Up Chameleon

    Eric Carle

    Paperback (Puffin Bks, March 17, 1994)
    Created by the famous american illustrator, eric carle, the mixed-up chameleon is a picture book designed for children. This book attempts to educate children on the differences between various animals by presenting a morally enlightening story that features a chameleon. Once readers are introduced to the fact that a chameleon has the ability to change colours, the story is given a interesting twist. The author depicts a chameleon who suddenly finds out one day that it can change not only its colour, but also its size. Ecstatic, the chameleon now tries hard to imitate each and every animal it comes across. In this way, readers are taken through pictures depicting different animals, which are placed in contrast to the pretentious chameleon that looks humorously disfigured in its attempt to be like every other animal. The mixed-up chameleon imparts important lessons with the help of colourful pictures and a humorous story. It portrays the hilarious escapades of the chameleon as it tries
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  • My Dog Never Says Please

    Suzanne Williams, Tedd Arnold

    Hardcover (Puffin Books, July 1, 2000)
    Observing that her dog can get away with leaving his toys around, eating with his mouth open, and never having to say "please", a young girl decides that it's much easier, and much more fun, to be a dog. Reprint.
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