Hooray for Diffendoofer Day - Dr Seuss - Children's Books
Hooray for Diffendoofer Day is based on an idea by Dr. Seuss. He passed before completing the book. Jack Prelutsky completed the text. Lane Smith illustrated the book. Hooray for Diffendoofer Day is the celebration at the school, Diffendoofer. ... [... more]
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Squids Will Be Squids: Fresh Morals, Beastly Fables
Amazon.com Review: Every once in a while a book crosses our desks that makes us sit quietly delighted--except for a few squeaks of unmitigated joy--and this oversized, energized, stylized, highly prized book of fables is one of them. Jon Scieszka has a [... more]
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The Happy Hocky Family Moves to the Country (Picture ...
This book is such a great childrens book!: I read this book for an english project recently. I really enjoyed the sense of humor the author created in this book. This book repeats words, so that children understand the meaning of the words. In the book, [... more]
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The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip
Amazon.com Review: The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip is that rarity, a fable that appeals equally to literate adults and id-crazed kids. Its author, George Saunders, is a Thomas Pynchon-approved, three-time O. Henry Award-winning surrealist writer; its [... more]
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James and the Giant Peach
Amazon.com Review: When poor James Henry Trotter loses his parents in a horrible rhinoceros accident, he is forced to live with his two wicked aunts, Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker. After three years he becomes "the saddest and loneliest boy you could [... more]
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Spooky ABC
Amazon.com Review: Poet Eve Merriam and Caldecott Honor artist Lane Smith have mastered creepy. In 1987, they first created the award-winning Halloween ABC, and this deliciously sinister collection of poems and paintings has been redesigned by Molly [... more]
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The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip
Amazon.com Review: The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip is that rarity, a fable that appeals equally to literate adults and id-crazed kids. Its author, George Saunders, is a Thomas Pynchon-approved, three-time O. Henry Award-winning surrealist writer; its [... more]
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Tut, Tut (Time Warp Trio)
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Big Plans
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Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! (Dr Seuss)
Amazon.com Review: With the release of Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! readers young and old are afforded a dazzling glimpse into the genius of Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel. The book is based on 14 rough drawings and verses Geisel's secretary gave [... more]
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The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
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Baloney (Henry P.)
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