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Title/Author

1.
Beautiful Oops
By Barney Saltzberg

2.
Bringing the Rain to
Kapiti Plain
By Verna Aardema
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Bony Legs
By Joanna Cole

4.
City Dog, Country Frog
By Mo Willems

5.
Dragons Love Tacos
By Adam Rubin

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Edwina The Dinosaur

Preview
When you think you have made a mistake (and
what kid or grown-up hasnt?) think of it as an
opportunity to make something beautiful!

The Kapiti Plain is suffering from a drought. Ki-pat

is a herdsman who stands on one leg like the
great stork bird. Ki-pat needs rain for the grass. He
is worried his cows will die if the grass does not
grow. They moo for the rain to fall from the sky.
How can Ki-pat bring rain to his land? Read this
beautifully rhythmic Kenyan folktale to find out.
Bony-Legs likes to eat little childrenand has
chosen Sasha for her next meal. In this creepy,
curious tale, Sasha finds friends in unexpected
places as she tries to avoid becoming supper!

Dog, from the city, bounds in the country fields for

the first time, meeting an unlikely friend. Watch
the cycle of this friendship grow and change
throughout the seasons.

Dragons love tacos. They love chicken tacos, beef

tacos, great big tacos, and teeny tiny tacos. So if
you want to lure a bunch of dragons to your party,
you should definitely serve tacos. Buckets and
buckets of tacos. Unfortunately, where there are
tacos, there is also salsa. And if a dragon
accidentally eats spicy salsa . . . oh, boy. You're in
red-hot trouble.
Everyone in town knows Edwina. She is the

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dinosaur who plays with the kids. She is the

dinosaur who helps little old ladies cross the
Who Didnt Know She
street. And best of all, she bakes yummy
was Extinct
chocolate-chip cookies. Everyone loves Edwina
By Mo Willems
except for Reginald Von Hoobie-Doobie. Reginald
knows dinosaurs are extinct and is ready to prove
it.
Harry Colebourn's real-life great-granddaughter
tells the true story of a remarkable friendship and
an even more remarkable journey--from the fields
Finding Winnie: The True of Canada to a convoy across the ocean to an
Story of the Worlds
army base in England...
Most Famous Bear
And finally to the London Zoo, where Winnie made
By Lindsay Mattick
another new friend: a real boy named Christopher
Robin.
Here is the remarkable true story of the bear who
inspired Winnie-the-Pooh.
An eagle soaring among the clouds or a star
twinkling in the night skya camel in the desert or
a boat sailing across the sea. Yoga has the power
I Am Yoga
of transformation. Not only does it strengthen
By Susan Verde
bodies and calm minds, with a little imagination it
can show us that anything is possible.

8.
Imaginary Fred
By Eoin Colfer

9.
Killer Whale Eyes
By Kathy Dye and
Sandra Simone Segundo

10.

Last Stop on Market

Fred floated like a feather in the wind until Sam, a

lonely little boy, wished for him and, together,
they found a friendship like no other.
The perfect chemistry between Eoin Colfer's text
and Oliver Jeffers's artwork makes for a dazzlingly
original picture book.
A young Haida girl with eyes like no other is lost to
the sea. Heartbroken, her people search for their
Dagwaang (dear one). What they discover is that
ever-so-quiet wonder that tells them the world is
truly magic.

Every Sunday after church, CJ and his grandma

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By Matt de la Pea

11.

Long-Longs New Year

By Katherine Gower

A little Chinese boy named Long-Long goes with

his grandfather into the city to sell cabbages to
buy food and decorations for the New Year. Selling
cabbages is harder than Long-Long expects, and
he has many adventures before he finds a way to
help his grandfather...and earn New Year's treats
for his mother and little cousin. Youll love the
colorful illustrations and exciting traditions!

Morris Micklewhite and

the Tangerine Dress
By Christine
Baldacchino

Morris has a great imagination. He paints amazing

pictures and he loves his classroom's dress-up center,
especially the tangerine dress. It reminds him of tigers,
the sun and his mother's hair.
The other children don't understand--dresses, they say,
are for girls. And Morris certainly isn't welcome in the
spaceship his classmates are building--astronauts, they
say, don't wear dresses.
One day Morris has a tummy ache, and his mother lets
him stay home from school. He stays in bed reading
about elephants, and her dreams about a space
adventure with his cat, Moo. Inspired by his dream,
Morris paints a fantastic picture, and everything begins
to change when he takes it to school.

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13.
Mufaros Beautiful
Daughters
By John Steptoe

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ride the bus across town. But today, CJ wonders

why they don't own a car like his friend Colby. Why
doesnt he have an iPod like the boys on the bus?
How come they always have to get off in the dirty
part of town? Each question is met with an
encouraging answer from grandma, who helps him
see the beautyand funin their routine and the
world around them.

Nerdy Birdy
By Aaron Reynolds

Mufaros 2 daughters are both beautiful on the

outside--but only 1 is beautiful on the inside. Who
deserves to be queen? The storys exciting journey
and gorgeous pictures will show you, but be
careful--not everyone is who they seem in this
magical, mythical African folk tale.
Meet Nerdy Birdy, He likes reading, video games,
and reading about video games. And then there

are the cool birdies. They like hunting, showing

off, and devouring worms. They dont like nerdy
birdies. Whats a Nerdy Birdy to do? From the
author of Creepy Carrots, a funny story about
friendship and being yourself!

15.
One Monster After
Another
By Mercer Mayer

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One Plastic Bag: Isatou
Ceesay and the
Recycling Women of the
Gambia
By Miranda Paul
17.
Piggie Pie!
By Margie Palatini

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Robo-Sauce
By Adam Rubin

Sally Ann's letter to Lucy Jane goes on a fantastic

journey when a "Stamp-Collecting Trollusk" steals
it from the mailbox. Will Sally Anns letter ever
arrive at its destination? Or will the wonderful and
zany monsters of Mercer Meyers imagination get
in the way?
Plastic bags are cheap and easy to use. But what
happens when a bag breaks or is no longer
needed? In Njau, Gambia, people simply dropped
the bags and went on their way. One plastic bag
became two. Then ten. Then a hundred. This
inspirational true story shows how one person's
actions really can make a difference in our world.
A not-so-clever witch desperately wants to make
her favourite dish, but must first locate some
piggies to put in the pie. Sadly, she heads over to
Old MacDonald's farm which is inhabited only by
clever fairytale pigs who outwit her.
The twist at the end is amusing for kiddos of all
ages!
FACT: Robots are awesome. They have lasers for
eyes, rockets for feet, and supercomputers for
brains! Plus, robots never have to eat steamed
beans or take baths, or go to bed. If only there
were some sort of magical Robo-Sauce that
turned squishy little humans into giant awesome
robots.Well, now there is. And watch out! The
book may just turn into a robot too!

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Stop that Pickle!

By Peter Armour

20.
The Adventures of
Beekle: The
Unimaginary Friend
By Dan Santat

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When Mrs. Elmira Deeds waddles into Mr.

Adolphs deli and asks for a pickle, chaos erupts!
The pickle escapes from the jar, and a cast of zany
characters, including a peanut butter and jelly
sandwich and seventeen toasted almonds, joins in
the chase to stop the pickle as it attempts to run
away. Can anyone stop that pickle?
How does an imaginary friend feel before he's
been imagined? In this sweet, mind-bending
gumdrop of a tale, Beekle lives on a rainbowhued island, 'hoping for his turn to be picked by a
child.' Eventually, like Max in 'Where the Wild
Things Are,' he takes to the seas and soon lands
in the real world. Will he ever find a true friend in
this bustling city?
Dont want to run errands with your mom? What if
you got a pet dinosaur everywhere you went? A
dinosaur might really come in handy!

The Day Dinosaurs

Came with Everything
By Elise Broach

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What Do You Do With an

Idea?
By Kobi Yamada

This is the story of one brilliant idea and the child

who helps to bring it into the world. As the child's
confidence grows, so does the idea itself. And
then, one day, something amazing happens.

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When I Grow Up
By Weird Al Yankovic

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Your Fantastic Elastic

Brain
By JoAnn Deak

Billy gives a show-and-tell presentation to

remember! He shares all the professions he has in
mind for his future. From master snail trainer to
dinosaur-dusting museum curator, the possibilities
are imaginative and out of this world!

Did you know you can stretch and grow your own
brain? Or that making mistakes is one of the best
ways your brain learns? Just like how lifting
weights helps your muscles get stronger, trying
new things without giving uplike finding the
courage to put your face in the water the first time
youre at a poolstrengthens your brain. Next
time, your brain will remind you that you
overcame that fear, and you will be braver!