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Books in I Can Read Books series

  • Elvis the Rooster Almost Goes to Heaven

    Denys Cazet

    Hardcover (HarperCollins, April 15, 2003)
    Elvis is a proud rooster. After all, his crows make the sun come up and wake the world. At least they did until the terrible morning that he swallowed a bug and the sun came up without him. Poor Elvis! Is he all washed-up? Is it over? Should he give up and simply pass on to the great chicken coop in the sky? Not if the chickens - Daniela, Gina, and Lia - can help it!The popular rooster from Denys Cazet's Minnie and Moo books proudly takes center stage in his first zany adventure.
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  • Minnie and Moo: Will You Be My Valentine?

    Denys Cazet

    Hardcover (HarperCollins, Dec. 3, 2002)
    It's Valentine's Day, and love is everywhere -- or at lest it will be if Minnie and Moo have anything to do with it. Donning cupid costumes, the intrepid duo sets out to deliver "love poems for the needy," determined to share the joy of this special day with everyone.I Can Read Books are widely recognized as the premier line of beginning readers. Inaugurated with Else Holmelund Minarik's Little Bear, illustrated by Maurice Sendak, the series has grown to over 200 titles that include mysteries, adventure stories, poetry, historical fiction, and humor. Featuring the finest authors and illustrators, I Can Read Books introduce children to the joy of reading independently.
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  • Oscar Otter

    Nathaniel Benchley, Arnold Lobel

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Oct. 8, 1980)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A parable about a headstrong little otter who saves himself from a hungry fox with the help of a friendly beaver, learning the value of his father's advice in the process .
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  • The Boston Coffee Party

    Doreen Rappaport, Emily Arnold McCully

    Paperback (HarperCollins, March 28, 1990)
    During the Revolutionary War, times are hard in colonial Boston. Greedy Merchant Thomas is overcharging for sugar. Then he locks up all the coffee so he can overcharge for that too! Young Sarah Homans wants to teach him a lesson. Merchant Thomas is about to attend a party he won't soon forget.
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  • Now I Can Read! Short Vowel Sounds: 5 Short & Silly Stories for Early Readers

    Jeanne Schickli, Tara Cousins

    Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Oct. 29, 2014)
    Are you looking for a simple story book for your beginner reader? This ebook is a collection of 5 short & silly stories (10 pages and 10 illustrations each), focusing on the short vowel sounds. Contents include: Book 1: Pam – short β€œa” Book 2: Ben Begs – short β€œe” Book 3: Swim to Win – short β€œI” Book 4: Frogs – short β€œo” Book 5: My Bug Gus – short β€œu” This is the first volume in the Now I Can Read! series of early readers.
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  • Spies in Disguise: Meet the Spies

    Alexandra West

    Paperback (HarperCollins, Nov. 26, 2019)
    Spies in Disguise hits the big screen on December 25, 2019. The all-star cast includes Will Smith, Tom Holland, Karen Gillan, Rashida Jones, and DJ Khaled!Meet the heroes, villains, and all the exciting characters in between in this Level One I Can Read, perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences.Super spy Lance Sterling and scientist Walter Beckett are almost exact opposites. Lance is smooth, suave and debonair. Walter is... not. But what Walter lacks in social skills he makes up for in smarts and invention, creating the awesome gadgets Lance uses on his epic missions.But when events take an unexpected turn, Walter and Lance suddenly have to rely on each other in a whole new way. And if this odd couple can't learn to work as a team, the whole world is in peril.
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  • Clara and the Bookwagon

    Nancy Smiler Levinson, Carolyn Croll

    Hardcover (Harper & Row, April 15, 1988)
    Papa will not allow Clara to learn to readΒ—he says that `Farm people like us do not have time to read." But when the traveling bookwagon, with persuasive Miss Mary at the reins, arrives at their farm, Papa realizes he must change his mind. Based on the true story of America's first `bookmobile.'
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  • Astronaut Book For Kids: I Can Read Books Level 1

    A.D. Largie

    (Independently published, April 26, 2020)
    This Level One I Can Read Kids book, is perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences. Quench your child's enthusiasm for astronauts with this introductory book of all about astronauts and who the live, work, and train. This beautifully illustrated, full color, the large print book is perfect for beginner readers.
  • Loose Tooth

    Lola M. Schaefer, Sylvie Wickstrom

    Library Binding (Turtleback Books, April 5, 2005)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A young boy wakes up one morning to find that he has his very first loose tooth. But no matter how much he pushes, pulls, and wiggles it, it just won't come out!
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  • Hattie, Tom, and the Chicken Witch: A Play and a Story

    Dick Gackenbach

    Hardcover (Harpercollins, Feb. 1, 1980)
    A story about Hattie's efforts to put some rabbits in Tom's Easter play contains within it a play, complete with stage directions, about why Easter eggs are colored, starring a clever chicken witch and a greedy pig
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  • Hill of Fire

    Thomas P Lewis, Joan Sandin

    Library Binding (Perfection Learning, Jan. 1, 2001)
    The exciting story of the eruption of Paricutin--the volcano in Mexico that burst from a farmer's field and changed the lives of the people who lived nearby. Reading Rainbow Selection. Three-color illustrations.
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  • The Dark Knight Rises: Batman versus Bane

    Jodi Huelin, Andie Tong

    Paperback (HarperCollins, June 5, 2012)
    Batman battles his toughest enemy yetβ€”Bane. Will the Dark Knight rise to the challenge and save Gotham City?
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