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From YOU READ TO ME, I'LL READ TO YOU: VERY SHORT STORIES TO READ TOGETHER written by Mary Ann Hoberman, illustrated by Michael Emberley. Text copyright ©2001 Mary Ann Hoberman, illustration copyright ©2001 Michael Emberley. Published by Megan Tingley Books / Little, Brown and Company. All rights reserved. Cover image, text, reading and internal image used by permission. Little, Brown and Company material shall not be published, re-transmitted, broadcast, modified or adapted (re-written), manipulated, reproduced or otherwise distributed and/or exploited in any way without the prior written authorization of Little, Brown and Company.

From THERE ONCE WAS A MAN NAMED MICHAEL FINNEGAN written by Mary Ann Hoberman, illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott. Text copyright ©2001 Mary Ann Hoberman, illustration copyright ©2001 Nadine Bernard Westcott. Published by Megan Tingley Books / Little, Brown and Company. All rights reserved. Cover image used by permission.

From THE EENSY WEENSY SPIDER written by Mary Ann Hoberman, illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott. Text copyright ©2000 Mary Ann Hoberman, illustration copyright ©2000 Nadine Bernard Westcott. Published by Megan Tingley Books / Little, Brown and Company. All rights reserved. Cover image used by permission.

From MISS MARY MACK written by Mary Ann Hoberman, illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott. Text copyright ©1998 Mary Ann Hoberman, illustration copyright ©1998 Nadine Bernard Westcott. Published by Megan Tingley Books / Little, Brown and Company. All rights reserved. Cover image used by permission.

From THE LLAMA WHO HAD NO PAJAMA written by Mary Ann Hoberman, illustrated by Betty Fraser. Text copyright ©1998 Mary Ann Hoberman, illustration copyright ©1998 Betty Fraser. Published by Browndeer Press / Harcourt Brace & Company. All rights reserved. Cover image used by permission.

From THE SEVEN SILLY EATERS by Mary Ann Hoberman, illustrated by Marla Frazee. Text copyright ©1997 Mary Ann Hoberman, illustration copyright ©1997 Marla Frazee. Published by Gulliver Books / Harcourt Brace & Company. All rights reserved. Cover image used by permission.

From ONE OF EACH by Mary Ann Hoberman, illustrated by Marjorie Priceman. Text copyright ©1997 Mary Ann Hoberman, illustration copyright ©1997 Marjorie Priceman. Published by Little, Brown and Company. All rights reserved. Cover image used by permission.

From MY SONG IS BEAUTIFU: POEMS AND PICTURES IN MANY VOICES, selected by Mary Ann Hoberman. Text copyright ©1994 Mary Ann Hoberman, illustration copyright ©1994 Little, Brown and Company, except illustration on page 25: copyright ©1994 by the Studio-in-a-School Association. Published by Little, Brown and Company. All rights reserved. Cover image used by permission.

From FATHERS, MOTHERS, SISTERS, BROTHERS: A COLLECTION OF FAMILY POEMS by Mary Ann Hoberman, illustrated by Marylin Hafner. Text copyright ©1991 Mary Ann Hoberman, illustration copyright ©1991 Marylin Hafner. Published by Little, Brown and Company. All rights reserved. Cover image used by permission.

From A HOUSE IS A HOUSE FOR ME by Mary Ann Hoberman, illustrated by Betty Fraser. Text copyright ©1978 Mary Ann Hoberman, illustration copyright ©1978 Betty Fraser. Published by Viking Books. All rights reserved.