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Baicker, Karen
I Can Do it Too!
Children can repeat the title phrase along with this young girl who is self-confident about what she can do.
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Beaumont, Karen
Who Ate All the Cookie Dough?
Kanga and her friends try to discover who ate all of her cookie dough. Children can chime in on the repeated phrases when you read this aloud together.
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Casanova, Mary
One-dog Canoe
A girl and her dog set out in their canoe, only to be insistently joined by a series of Minnesota animals. Will the canoe tip over?
Appears on the following book lists:
 Minnesota - picture books
Summer Stories
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Fox, Mem
Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes
Rhyming text compares babies born in different places and in different circumstances, but they all have ten little fingers and ten little toes.
Appears on the following book lists:
Favorites for Babies
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Gag, Wanda
Millions of Cats
Since this classic first came out in 1928, children have loved to chime in for the refrain: "millions and billions and trillions of cats."
Appears on the following book lists:
Minnesota - picture books
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Gershator, Phillis
When It Starts to Snow
What if it starts to snow? So begins this winter story, as each animal tells us what it will do and where it will go when the snow starts to fall.
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Grossman, Bill
My Little Sister Ate One Hare
In this story that builds to a colorful conclusion, a little sister has no problem eating one hare, two snakes, and three ants, but when she gets to ten peas, she can't keep everything inside.
Appears on the following book lists:
Classroom Read Aloud - picture books
Silly Stories
Librarian Favorites 2008
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Hamilton, K. R.
Police Officers On Patrol
Police officers respond to a variety of situations, from a broken traffic light to a robbery.
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Isadora, Rachel
Uh-oh!
As a toddler keeps getting into mischief throughout the day, the reader is invited to discover what the trouble is with each page-turn and to say uh-oh!
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Kalan, Robert
Jump, Frog, Jump!
A cumulative tale in which a frog tries to catch a fly without getting caught itself. Kids can excitedly encourage the frog to escape just in time!
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Martin, Bill
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
The perfect model of a book with language patterns! Children will identify the color and name of each animal, almost as if they can read the words on the pages.
Appears on the following book lists:
Concepts - Colors and more
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Menchin, Scott
Taking a Bath with the Dog and Other Things That Make Me Happy
Ask along with a little girl what makes others happy.
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Feelings
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Milusich, Janice
Off Go Their Engines Off Go Their Lights
Having completed their daytime tasks, various vehicles get ready for a restful night.
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Things That Go
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Patricelli, Leslie
Higher! Higher!
What does a child say when pushed in a swing? Higher! Higher!
Appears on the following book lists:
New Picture Books 2009 03-04
Librarian Favorites
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Rosen, Michael
We're Going on a Bear Hunt
In this adaptation of a popular children's chant, brave "hunters" go through grass, a river, mud and other obstacles before the inevitable encounter with the bear forces a fast retreat.
Appears on the following book lists:
Letter Sounds - S
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Rueda, Claudia
Let's Play in the Forest While the Wolf Is Not Around
In this adaptation of the traditional French and Latin American song, animals play in the forest while a scary wolf slowly dresses and becomes hungrier and hungrier.
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Tafuri, Nancy
The Busy Little Squirrel
Squirrel is too busy getting ready for winter to nibble a pumpkin with Mouse, run in the field with Dog or otherwise play with any of the other animals. Can you keep up with this busy squirrel?
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Tankard, Jeremy
Grumpy Bird
Feeling too grumpy to fly, Bird begins to walk. Each animal he passes asks what he's doing, until he is leading a parade that turns his mood around.
Appears on the following book lists:
Feelings
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Williams, Sue
I Went Walking
During the course of a walk, a young boy identifies animals of different colors. The simple pattern will have kids "reading" the pictures before they know how to read the words on the pages.
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Zimmerman, Andrea Griffing
Trashy Town
Mr. Gilly drives the rock star of trucks, the garbage truck, around his town, picking up trash with a rhythmic, rollicking refrain.
Appears on the following book lists:
Letter Sounds - T
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