Age: Picture Book

The Old Man Who Loved To Sing

By Book Importer | Published: February 28, 2012

An old man lives in a remote valley with the local animals and birds as his friends. They loved listening to him sing and whistle, but the time came when he forgot. How could they help him to remember?

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Puffling

By Book Importer | Published: February 28, 2012

Puffling is a baby—small, white, and very hungry. Every day he waits in the burrow while his parents, Big Stripy Beak and Long Black Feather hunt for food. As he grows, Puffling dreams of the day when he will leave his nest and fly away—but he isn’t ready yet, not until he’s tall and brave [...]

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The Slumber Party

By Book Importer | Published: February 28, 2012

Jane’s birthday sleepover is a night of games, a lost mouse, a croaking frog, a little sleep, and a lot of fun.

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Wilfrid Gordon Mcdonald Partridge

By Book Importer | Published: February 28, 2012

Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge, a rather small boy, lives next door to a nursing home in which resides Miss Nancy Alison Delacourt Cooper, his favorite friend, because she has four names as well. When Miss Nancy “loses” her memory, the intrepid Wilfrid sets out to find it for her.

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All The Better To See You With!

By Book Importer | Published: February 28, 2012

Because Kate is the quiet one compared to her four noisy brothers and sisters, her parents are slow to notice that she is near-sighted and needs glasses.

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Boo to a Goose

By Book Importer | Published: February 28, 2012

A child relates a long list of things he would do before he’d say boo to a goose.

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A Bedtime Story

By Book Importer | Published: February 28, 2012

Polly and her friend Bed Rabbit have lots of books, but they don’t know how to read, so Polly’s parents interrupt their own reading for a bedtime story.

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Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes

By Book Importer | Published: February 28, 2012

Rhyming text compares babies born in different places and in different circumstances, but they all share the commonality of ten little fingers and ten little toes.

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How the Ant Family Came to Hawaii

By Book Importer | Published: February 28, 2012

A family of ants goes on the adventure of a lifetime as they float across the Pacific Ocean and discover a new home.

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Sleepy Bears

By Book Importer | Published: February 28, 2012

When winter comes, six sleepy bears are rhymed to sleep by Mother Bear.

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