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  • 87 Videos
  • 86 Book Readings
  • 229 Lesson Plans
  • Total of 1137 resources

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Graveyard Book, The
The Graveyard Book
  • by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean
    • Multimedia Resources: 40
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    Because of Winn-Dixie
    Because of Winn-Dixie
  • by Kate DiCamillo
    • Multimedia Resources: 37
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    Elijah of Buxton
    Elijah of Buxton
  • by Christopher Paul Curtis
    • Multimedia Resources: 36
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    Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez
    Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez
  • by Kathleen Krull and Yuyi Morales
    • Multimedia Resources: 35
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    Birchbark House, The
    The Birchbark House
  • by Louise Erdrich
    • Multimedia Resources: 30
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    One Crazy Summer
    One Crazy Summer
  • by Rita Williams-Garcia
    • Multimedia Resources: 24
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    Boy in the Black Suit, The
    The Boy in the Black Suit
  • by Jason Reynolds
    • Multimedia Resources: 24
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    When You Reach Me
    When You Reach Me
  • by Rebecca Stead
    • Multimedia Resources: 23
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    Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
    Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
  • by Mildred D. Taylor
    • Multimedia Resources: 21
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    Chair for My Mother, A
    A Chair for My Mother
  • by Vera B. Williams
    • Multimedia Resources: 20
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    Year of the Dog, The
    The Year of the Dog
  • by Grace Lin
    • Multimedia Resources: 20
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    After Tupac and D Foster
    After Tupac and D Foster
  • by Jacqueline Woodson
    • Multimedia Resources: 20
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    Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel
    Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel
  • by Nikki Grimes and R. Gregory Christie
    • Multimedia Resources: 20
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    Goin' Someplace Special
    Goin' Someplace Special
  • by Patricia C. McKissack and Jerry Pinkney
    • Multimedia Resources: 18
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    Higher Power of Lucky, The
    The Higher Power of Lucky
  • by Susan Patron and Matt Phelan
    • Multimedia Resources: 18
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    C is for City
    C is for City
  • by Nikki Grimes and Pat Cummings
    • Multimedia Resources: 17
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    Seedfolks
    Seedfolks
  • by Paul Fleischman and Judy Pedersen
    • Multimedia Resources: 17
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    Here in Harlem: Poems in Many Voices
    Here in Harlem: Poems in Many Voices
  • by Walter Dean Myers
    • Multimedia Resources: 17
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    Baseball Saved Us
    Baseball Saved Us
  • by Ken Mochizuki and Dom Lee
    • Multimedia Resources: 15
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    Boxes for Katje
    Boxes for Katje
  • by Candace Fleming and Stacey Dressen-McQueen
    • Multimedia Resources: 15
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    Sweet Smell of Roses, A
    A Sweet Smell of Roses
  • by Angela Johnson and Eric Velasquez
    • Multimedia Resources: 15
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    Color of My Words, The
    The Color of My Words
  • by Lynn Joseph
    • Multimedia Resources: 15
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    March Toward the Thunder
    March Toward the Thunder
  • by Joseph Bruchac
    • Multimedia Resources: 15
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    Every Soul a Star
    Every Soul a Star
  • by Wendy Mass
    • Multimedia Resources: 15
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    All the World
    All the World
  • by Liz Garton Scanlon and Marla Frazee
    • Multimedia Resources: 15
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    Marching for Freedom: Walk Together Children and Don't You Grow Weary
    Marching for Freedom: Walk Together Children and Don't You Grow Weary
  • by Elizabeth Partridge
    • Multimedia Resources: 15
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    New Shoes
    New Shoes
  • by Susan Lynn Meyer and Eric Velasquez
    • Multimedia Resources: 15
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    Book Itch, The: Freedom, Truth, and Harlem's Greatest Bookstore
    The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth, and Harlem's Greatest Bookstore
  • by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson and R. Gregory Christie
    • Multimedia Resources: 15
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    Jingle Dancer
    Jingle Dancer
  • by Cynthia Leitich Smith, Ying-Hwa Hu, and Cornelius Van Wright
    • Multimedia Resources: 14
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    Four Feet, Two Sandals
    Four Feet, Two Sandals
  • by Karen Lynn Williams, Khadra Mohammed, and Doug Chayka
    • Multimedia Resources: 14
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    Jazz Baby
    Jazz Baby
  • by Lisa Wheeler and R. Gregory Christie
    • Multimedia Resources: 13
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    Blackout
    Blackout
  • by John Rocco
    • Multimedia Resources: 13
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    Grandma And Me At The Flea / Los meros meros remateros
    Grandma And Me At The Flea / Los meros meros remateros
  • by Juan Felipe Herrera and Anita DeLucio-Brock
    • Multimedia Resources: 12
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    Madlenka
    Madlenka
  • by Peter Sís
    • Multimedia Resources: 12
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    Lucky Breaks
    Lucky Breaks
  • by Susan Patron and Matt Phelan
    • Multimedia Resources: 12
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    Year of the Rat, The
    The Year of the Rat
  • by Grace Lin
    • Multimedia Resources: 12
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    What Happens on Wednesdays
    What Happens on Wednesdays
  • by Emily Jenkins and Lauren Castillo
    • Multimedia Resources: 12
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    Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table
    Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table
  • by Jacqueline Briggs Martin and Eric-Shabazz Larkin
    • Multimedia Resources: 12
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    One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of World War II
    One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of World War II
  • by Lita Judge
    • Multimedia Resources: 11
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    I Know Here
    I Know Here
  • by Laurel Croza and Matt James
    • Multimedia Resources: 11
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    Ruth and the Green Book
    Ruth and the Green Book
  • by Calvin Alexander Ramsey and Floyd Cooper
    • Multimedia Resources: 11
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    Bein' with You This Way
    Bein' with You This Way
  • by W. Nikola-Lisa and Michael Bryant
    • Multimedia Resources: 10
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    Game of Silence, The
    The Game of Silence
  • by Louise Erdrich
    • Multimedia Resources: 10
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    Weslandia
    Weslandia
  • by Paul Fleischman and Kevin Hawkes
    • Multimedia Resources: 10
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    Rent Party Jazz
    Rent Party Jazz
  • by William Miller and Charlotte Riley-Webb
    • Multimedia Resources: 10
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    When the Whistle Blows
    When the Whistle Blows
  • by Fran Cannon Slayton
    • Multimedia Resources: 10
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    One Green Apple
    One Green Apple
  • by Eve Bunting and Ted Lewin
    • Multimedia Resources: 10
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    My Heart Will Not Sit Down
    My Heart Will Not Sit Down
  • by Mara Rockliff and Ann Tanksley
    • Multimedia Resources: 10
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    Indian Shoes
    Indian Shoes
  • by Cynthia Leitich Smith and Jim Madsen
    • Multimedia Resources: 9
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    Hot Day on Abbott Avenue
    Hot Day on Abbott Avenue
  • by Karen English and Javaka Steptoe
    • Multimedia Resources: 9
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    Stone Soup
    Stone Soup
  • by Jon J. Muth
    • Multimedia Resources: 9
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    Anything But Typical
    Anything But Typical
  • by Nora Raleigh Baskin
    • Multimedia Resources: 9
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    Word Nerd
    Word Nerd
  • by Susin Nielsen
    • Multimedia Resources: 9
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    Nasreen's Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan
    Nasreen's Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan
  • by Jeanette Winter
    • Multimedia Resources: 9
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    Kinda Like Brothers
    Kinda Like Brothers
  • by Coe Booth
    • Multimedia Resources: 9
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    Heaven Shop, The
    The Heaven Shop
  • by Deborah Ellis
    • Multimedia Resources: 8
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    View from Saturday, The
    The View from Saturday
  • by E.L. Konigsburg
    • Multimedia Resources: 8
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    Plain Janes, The
    The Plain Janes
  • by Cecil Castellucci and Jim Rugg
    • Multimedia Resources: 8
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    Absolutely, Positively Not
    Absolutely, Positively Not
  • by David LaRochelle
    • Multimedia Resources: 8
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    Greetings from Nowhere
    Greetings from Nowhere
  • by Barbara O'Connor
    • Multimedia Resources: 8
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    Grand Mosque of Paris, The: A Story of How Muslims Saved Jews During the Holocaust
    The Grand Mosque of Paris: A Story of How Muslims Saved Jews During the Holocaust
  • by Karen Gray Ruelle and Deborah DeSaix
    • Multimedia Resources: 8
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    Lucky for Good
    Lucky for Good
  • by Susan Patron and Erin McGuire
    • Multimedia Resources: 8
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    Stitchin' and Pullin': A Gee's Bend Quilt
    Stitchin' and Pullin': A Gee's Bend Quilt
  • by Patricia C. McKissack and Cozbi A. Cabrera
    • Multimedia Resources: 7
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    Kids on Strike!
    Kids on Strike!
  • by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
    • Multimedia Resources: 7
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    With Courage and Cloth: Winning the Fight for a Woman's Right to Vote
    With Courage and Cloth: Winning the Fight for a Woman's Right to Vote
  • by Ann Bausum
    • Multimedia Resources: 7
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    Henry's First-Moon Birthday
    Henry's First-Moon Birthday
  • by Lenore Look and Yumi Heo
    • Multimedia Resources: 7
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    Friendly Four, The
    The Friendly Four
  • by Eloise Greenfield and Jan Spivey Gilchrist
    • Multimedia Resources: 7
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    Christmas Coat, The: Memories of My Sioux Childhood
    The Christmas Coat: Memories of My Sioux Childhood
  • by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve and Ellen Beier
    • Multimedia Resources: 7
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    Year of Miss Agnes, The
    The Year of Miss Agnes
  • by Kirkpatrick Hill
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    Gilbert & Sullivan Set Me Free
    Gilbert & Sullivan Set Me Free
  • by Kathleen Karr
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    Island Like You, An: Stories of the Barrio
    An Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio
  • by Judith Ortiz Cofer
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    David's Drawings
    David's Drawings
  • by Cathryn Falwell
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    You and Me and Home Sweet Home
    You and Me and Home Sweet Home
  • by George Ella Lyon and Stephanie Anderson
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    Crunch
    Crunch
  • by Leslie Connor
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    Game for Swallows, A: To Die, to Leave, to Return
    A Game for Swallows: To Die, to Leave, to Return
  • by Zeina Abirached
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    Outlaw Thanksgiving, An
    An Outlaw Thanksgiving
  • by Emily Arnold McCully
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    A+ Custodian, The
    The A+ Custodian
  • by Louise Borden and Adam Gustavson
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Music, Music for Everyone
    Music, Music for Everyone
  • by Vera B. Williams
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Down to the Bone
    Down to the Bone
  • by Mayra Lazara Dole
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Salsa Stories
    Salsa Stories
  • by Lulu Delacre
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Darkness Over Denmark: The Danish Resistance and the Rescue of the Jews
    Darkness Over Denmark: The Danish Resistance and the Rescue of the Jews
  • by Ellen Levine
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Boys Without Names
    Boys Without Names
  • by Kashmira Sheth
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    House on Dirty-Third Street, The
    The House on Dirty-Third Street
  • by Jo S. Kittinger and Thomas Gonzalez
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Quinito's Neighborhood / El Vecindario de Quinito
    Quinito's Neighborhood / El Vecindario de Quinito
  • by Ina Cumpiano and Jose Ramirez
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    No. 1 Car Spotter, The
    The No. 1 Car Spotter
  • by Atinuke and Warwick Johnson Cadwell
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Tap Tap Boom Boom
    Tap Tap Boom Boom
  • by Elizabeth Bluemle and G. Brian Karas
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Enchanted Hair Tale, An
    An Enchanted Hair Tale
  • by Alexis De Veaux and Cheryl Hanna
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    How to Build a House
    How to Build a House
  • by Dana Reinhardt
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Spinning Through the Universe: A Novel in Poems from Room 214
    Spinning Through the Universe: A Novel in Poems from Room 214
  • by Helen Frost
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Orphea Proud
    Orphea Proud
  • by Sharon Dennis Wyeth
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Bus Called Heaven, A
    A Bus Called Heaven
  • by Bob Graham
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Mimmy and Sophie All Around the Town
    Mimmy and Sophie All Around the Town
  • by Miriam Cohen and Thomas F. Yezerski
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Scooter
    Scooter
  • by Vera B. Williams
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    When This World Was New
    When This World Was New
  • by D. H. Figueredo and Enrique O. Sanchez
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    What Zeesie Saw on Delancey Street
    What Zeesie Saw on Delancey Street
  • by Elsa Okon Rael and Marjorie Priceman
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    Come Fall
    Come Fall
  • by A.C.E. Bauer
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    Our Corner Grocery Store
    Our Corner Grocery Store
  • by Joanne Schwartz and Laura Beingessner
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    Schools of Hope: How Julius Rosenwald Helped Change African American Education
    Schools of Hope: How Julius Rosenwald Helped Change African American Education
  • by Norman H. Finkelstein
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    Roxaboxen
    Roxaboxen
  • by Alice McLerran and Barbara Cooney
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    True Confessions of a Heartless Girl
    True Confessions of a Heartless Girl
  • by Martha Brooks
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Thumb in the Box, The
    The Thumb in the Box
  • by Ken Roberts and Leanne Franson
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Fire, Bed, and Bone
    Fire, Bed, and Bone
  • by Henrietta Branford and Bryan Leister
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Tales of Trotter Street
    Tales of Trotter Street
  • by Shirley Hughes
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Slot Machine
    Slot Machine
  • by Chris Lynch
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Crosby
    Crosby
  • by Dennis Haseley and Jonathan Green
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Weber Street Wonder Work Crew, The
    The Weber Street Wonder Work Crew
  • by Maxwell Newhouse
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Glorious Day, A
    A Glorious Day
  • by Amy Schwartz
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Who's Whose?
    Who's Whose?
  • by Jan Ormerod
    • Multimedia Resources: 1
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    Barn Raising
    Barn Raising
  • by Craig Brown
    • Multimedia Resources: 1
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