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Books in Parents Magazine Read Aloud and Easy Reading Program Origina series

  • Witches Four

    Marc Tolon Brown

    Hardcover (Parents Magazine Pr, Oct. 1, 1980)
    Four dancing witches who wear glasses and brush their teeth with spider paste discover that their hats, lost while they are flying upside down, have been made into houses by four homeless cats
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  • The Very Bumpy Bus Ride

    Michaela Muntean, Bernard Wiseman

    Hardcover (Dutton Childrens Books, March 1, 1983)
    Some unexpected things happen as the Rumbletown bus bumps its way to the county fair carrying Mrs. Fitzwizzle and her strawberries, Granny Smith and her apples, a gaggle of funny geese, and a black-and-white cow
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  • Golly Gump Swallowed a Fly

    Joanna Cole, Bari Weissman

    Hardcover (Dutton Childrens Books, July 1, 1982)
    A prize-winning yawner encounters steadily increasing troubles as he tries to get rid of the fly he accidentally swallows.
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  • Ten Furry Monsters

    Stephanie Calmenson, Maxie Chambliss

    Hardcover (Parents Magazine Press, Oct. 15, 1984)
    Rhyming text and illustrations introduce the numbers from one to ten by following the antics of ten playful monsters.
  • Pets I Wouldn't Pick

    Susan Alton Schmeltz, Ellen Appletry

    Hardcover (Parents Magazine Press, May 15, 1982)
    Poetic pros and cons for a variety of pet possibilities including frogs, pigs, bats, and elephants.
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  • No Carrots for Harry!

    Jean Langerman, Frank Remkiewicz

    Hardcover (Parents Magazine Press, Dec. 15, 1989)
    Harry the rabbit is adamant about not eating carrots until he goes to Aunt Prue's house for dinner.
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  • Bicycle Bear

    Michaela Muntean, Doug Cushman

    Hardcover (Parents Magazine Press, Jan. 1, 1983)
    Items are never too big or too small--Bicycle Bear delivers them all.
  • 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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  • Otto

    Steven Kroll, Ned Delaney

    Hardcover (Dutton Childrens Books, May 1, 1983)
    Otto the robot loves to go to school, but chaos results when Otto gets a loose wire that dramatically affects his behavior
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  • George's Store

    Frank Asch, Bernard Wiseman

    Hardcover (Dutton Childrens Books, May 1, 1983)
    George and his parrot Pete are usually successful at guessing what their customers want until the day an unusual lady walks into their store.
  • Sherlock Chick and the Case of the Night Noises

    Robert M. Quackenbush

    Hardcover (Parents Magazine Pr, June 1, 1990)
    Only Sherlock Chick can solve the case of the mysterious loud noises that are awakening the farm animals every night.
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  • Rupert, Polly, and Daisy

    Jody Silver

    Hardcover (Dutton Childrens Books, April 1, 1984)
    Polly, the bird, becomes upset when Rupert, the goat, gives her favorite toy bell to their new roommate, a goldfish
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