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Reading to Understand: Children's Books to Use with Comprehension Strategies

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  • 63 Videos
  • 43 Book Readings
  • 148 Lesson Plans
  • Total of 816 resources

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Love That Dog
Love That Dog
  • by Sharon Creech
    • Multimedia Resources: 27
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    Rosa
    Rosa
  • by Nikki Giovanni and Bryan Collier
    • Multimedia Resources: 25
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    Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel
    Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel
  • by Nikki Grimes and R. Gregory Christie
    • Multimedia Resources: 19
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    What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?
    What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?
  • by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page
    • Multimedia Resources: 18
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    My Abuelita
    My Abuelita
  • by Tony Johnston and Yuyi Morales
    • Multimedia Resources: 18
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    Unfinished Angel, The
    The Unfinished Angel
  • by Sharon Creech
    • Multimedia Resources: 18
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    Fine, Fine School, A
    A Fine, Fine School
  • by Sharon Creech and Harry Bliss
    • Multimedia Resources: 17
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    Pot That Juan Built, The
    The Pot That Juan Built
  • by Nancy Andrews-Goebel and David Diaz
    • Multimedia Resources: 16
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    Three Pigs, The
    The Three Pigs
  • by David Wiesner
    • Multimedia Resources: 16
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    Judy Moody Saves the World!
    Judy Moody Saves the World!
  • by Megan McDonald and Peter H. Reynolds
    • Multimedia Resources: 16
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    Rickshaw Girl
    Rickshaw Girl
  • by Mitali Perkins and Jamie Hogan
    • Multimedia Resources: 15
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    Looking Like Me
    Looking Like Me
  • by Walter Dean Myers and Christopher Myers
    • Multimedia Resources: 15
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    Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors
    Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors
  • by Joyce Sidman and Pamela Zagarenski
    • Multimedia Resources: 14
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    Seven Blind Mice
    Seven Blind Mice
  • by Ed Young
    • Multimedia Resources: 13
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    All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll, The
    The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll
  • by Patricia C. McKissack and Jerry Pinkney
    • Multimedia Resources: 13
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    26 Fairmount Avenue
    26 Fairmount Avenue
  • by Tomie dePaola
    • Multimedia Resources: 13
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    Boxes for Katje
    Boxes for Katje
  • by Candace Fleming and Stacey Dressen-McQueen
    • Multimedia Resources: 12
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    Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever, A
    A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever
  • by Marla Frazee
    • Multimedia Resources: 12
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    Buster
    Buster
  • by Denise Fleming
    • Multimedia Resources: 11
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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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    Voices in the Park
    Voices in the Park
  • by Anthony Browne
    • Multimedia Resources: 11
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    Black and White
    Black and White
  • by David Macaulay
    • Multimedia Resources: 11
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    Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11
    Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11
  • by Brian Floca
    • Multimedia Resources: 11
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    Journey of Oliver K. Woodman, The
    The Journey of Oliver K. Woodman
  • by Darcy Pattison and Joe Cepeda
    • Multimedia Resources: 10
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    Apple Pie 4th of July
    Apple Pie 4th of July
  • by Janet S. Wong and Margaret Chodos-Irvine
    • 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 Name Is Maria Isabel
    My Name Is Maria Isabel
  • by Alma Flor Ada and K. Dyble Thompson
    • Multimedia Resources: 9
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    The Smallest Cow in the World
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    Katherine Paterson
    The Smallest Cow in the World
  • by Katherine Paterson and Jane Clark Brown
    • Multimedia Resources: 9
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    Stars Beneath Your Bed: The Surprising Story of Dust
    Stars Beneath Your Bed: The Surprising Story of Dust
  • by April Pulley Sayre and Ann Jonas
    • Multimedia Resources: 9
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    Hunter, The
    The Hunter
  • by Mary Casanova and Ed Young
    • Multimedia Resources: 9
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    Silent Music: A Story of Baghdad
    Silent Music: A Story of Baghdad
  • by James Rumford
    • Multimedia Resources: 9
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    Indian Shoes
    Indian Shoes
  • by Cynthia Leitich Smith and Jim Madsen
    • Multimedia Resources: 8
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    Jack's Talent
    Jack's Talent
  • by Maryann Cocca-Leffler
    • Multimedia Resources: 8
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    John Coltrane's Giant Steps
    John Coltrane's Giant Steps
  • by Chris Raschka
    • Multimedia Resources: 8
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    My Lucky Day
    My Lucky Day
  • by Keiko Kasza
    • Multimedia Resources: 8
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    My Best Friend
    My Best Friend
  • by Mary Ann Rodman and E.B. Lewis
    • Multimedia Resources: 8
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    Red Book, The
    The Red Book
  • by Barbara Lehman
    • Multimedia Resources: 8
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    Marvin One Too Many
    Marvin One Too Many
  • by Katherine Paterson and Jane Clark Brown
    • Multimedia Resources: 8
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    Three Golden Keys, The
    The Three Golden Keys
  • by Peter Sís
    • Multimedia Resources: 8
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    La Mariposa
    La Mariposa
  • by Francisco Jiménez and Simon Silva
    • Multimedia Resources: 8
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    Stone Soup
    Stone Soup
  • by Jon J. Muth
    • Multimedia Resources: 8
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    Water Gift and the Pig of the Pig, The
    The Water Gift and the Pig of the Pig
  • by Jacqueline Briggs Martin and Linda Wingerter
    • Multimedia Resources: 8
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    Skin Again
    Skin Again
  • by bell hooks and Chris Raschka
    • Multimedia Resources: 8
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    Chicken of the Family, The
    The Chicken of the Family
  • by Mary Amato and Delphine Durand
    • Multimedia Resources: 8
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    I Lost My Tooth in Africa
    I Lost My Tooth in Africa
  • by Penda Diakite and Baba Wagué Diakité
    • Multimedia Resources: 7
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    Hot Day on Abbott Avenue
    Hot Day on Abbott Avenue
  • by Karen English and Javaka Steptoe
    • Multimedia Resources: 7
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    Magic School Bus Explores the Senses, The
    The Magic School Bus Explores the Senses
  • by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen
    • Multimedia Resources: 7
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    Those Shoes
    Those Shoes
  • by Maribeth Boelts and Noah Z. Jones
    • Multimedia Resources: 7
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    Dig, Wait, Listen: A Desert Toad's Tale
    Dig, Wait, Listen: A Desert Toad's Tale
  • by April Pulley Sayre and Barbara Bash
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    If Not for the Cat
    If Not for the Cat
  • by Jack Prelutsky and Ted Rand
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    Say Something
    Say Something
  • by Peggy Moss and Lea Lyon
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    Marvelous Mattie: How Margaret E. Knight Became an Inventor
    Marvelous Mattie: How Margaret E. Knight Became an Inventor
  • by Emily Arnold McCully
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    Weather: Poems for All Seasons
    Weather: Poems for All Seasons
  • by Lee Bennett Hopkins and Melanie W. Hall
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    Down the Road
    Down the Road
  • by Alice Schertle and E.B. Lewis
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    And If the Moon Could Talk
    And If the Moon Could Talk
  • by Kate Banks and Georg Hallensleben
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    Name Jar, The
    The Name Jar
  • by Yangsook Choi
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    Big Blue Whale
    Big Blue Whale
  • by Nicola Davies and Nick Maland
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    One Tiny Turtle
    One Tiny Turtle
  • by Nicola Davies and Jane Chapman
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    Star in the Forest
    Star in the Forest
  • by Laura Resau
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    Fannie in the Kitchen
    Fannie in the Kitchen
  • by Deborah Hopkinson and Nancy Carpenter
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Snow Music
    Snow Music
  • by Lynne Rae Perkins
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    David's Drawings
    David's Drawings
  • by Cathryn Falwell
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Mr. Putter & Tabby Stir the Soup
    Mr. Putter & Tabby Stir the Soup
  • by Cynthia Rylant and Arthur Howard
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Butter Man, The
    The Butter Man
  • by Elizabeth Alalou, Ali Alalou, and Julie Klear Essakalli
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Cora Cooks Pancit
    Cora Cooks Pancit
  • by Dorina K. Lazo Gilmore and Kristi Valiant
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Families
    Families
  • by Susan Kuklin
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Mary Smith
    Mary Smith
  • by Andrea U'Ren
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Pa Lia's First Day
    Pa Lia's First Day
  • by Michelle Edwards
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Stray Dog, The
    The Stray Dog
  • by Marc Simont
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig, The
    The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig
  • by Eugene Trivizas and Helen Oxenbury
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    White Is for Blueberry
    White Is for Blueberry
  • by George Shannon and Laura Dronzek
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Pictures from Our Vacation
    Pictures from Our Vacation
  • by Lynne Rae Perkins
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Good Luck Cat, The
    The Good Luck Cat
  • by Joy Harjo and Paul Lee
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Magic Gourd, The
    The Magic Gourd
  • by Baba Wagué Diakité
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Calabash Cat and His Amazing Journey
    Calabash Cat and His Amazing Journey
  • by James Rumford
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Who's in the Hall?: A Mystery in Four Chapters
    Who's in the Hall?: A Mystery in Four Chapters
  • by Betsy Hearne and Christy Hale
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Dance!
    Dance!
  • by Bill T. Jones and Susan Kuklin
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Creepy, Crawly Baby Bugs
    Creepy, Crawly Baby Bugs
  • by Sandra Markle
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Chicken Feathers
    Chicken Feathers
  • by Joy Cowley and David Elliot
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    How Mama Brought the Spring
    How Mama Brought the Spring
  • by Fran Manushkin and Holly Berry
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Adventures in Burrwood Forest
    Adventures in Burrwood Forest
  • by John Lechner
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Stormy's Hat: Just Right for a Railroad Man
    Stormy's Hat: Just Right for a Railroad Man
  • by Eric A. Kimmel and Andrea U'Ren
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Pink
    Pink
  • by Nan Gregory and Luc Melanson
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    My Name is Georgia: A Portrait
    My Name is Georgia: A Portrait
  • by Jeanette Winter
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    Rat and the Tiger, The
    The Rat and the Tiger
  • by Keiko Kasza
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    Snow Walker, The
    The Snow Walker
  • by Margaret K. Wetterer, Charles M. Wetterer, and Mary O'Keefe Young
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    Birds: Nature's Magnificent Flying Machines
    Birds: Nature's Magnificent Flying Machines
  • by Caroline Arnold and Patricia J. Wynne
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    Our People
    Our People
  • by Angela Shelf Medearis and Michael Bryant
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    Howie Bowles, Secret Agent
    Howie Bowles, Secret Agent
  • by Kate Banks and Isaac Millman
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    My Friend John
    My Friend John
  • by Charlotte Zolotow and Amanda Harvey
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    River Town
    River Town
  • by Bonnie Geisert and Arthur Geisert
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    Atlantic
    Atlantic
  • by G. Brian Karas
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    All about Rattlesnakes
    All about Rattlesnakes
  • by Jim Arnosky
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    Skull Alphabet Book, The
    The Skull Alphabet Book
  • by Jerry Pallotta and Ralph Masiello
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    Sharks!: Strange and Wonderful
    Sharks!: Strange and Wonderful
  • by Laurence Pringle and Meryl Henderson
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    What Really Happened to Humpty?: From the Files of a Hard-Boiled Detective
    What Really Happened to Humpty?: From the Files of a Hard-Boiled Detective
  • by Jeanie Franz Ransom and Stephen Axelsen
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    Pierre in Love
    Pierre in Love
  • by Sara Pennypacker and Petra Mathers
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    Snowflake, The: A Water Cycle Story
    The Snowflake: A Water Cycle Story
  • by Neil Waldman
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin?
    How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin?
  • by Margaret McNamara and G. Brian Karas
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Ice Cream
    Ice Cream
  • by Elisha Cooper
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Ah, Music!
    Ah, Music!
  • by Aliki
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Runaway Radish
    Runaway Radish
  • by Jessie Haas and Margot Apple
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Three Stories You Can Read to Your Cat
    Three Stories You Can Read to Your Cat
  • by Sara Swan Miller and True Kelley
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Togo
    Togo
  • by Robert J. Blake
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Common Ground: The Water, Earth, and Air We Share
    Common Ground: The Water, Earth, and Air We Share
  • by Molly Bang
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Scooter
    Scooter
  • by Vera B. Williams
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Surprise Family, The
    The Surprise Family
  • by Lynn Reiser
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Eaglet's World
    Eaglet's World
  • by Evelyn Minshull and Andrea Gabriel
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Granddad's Fishing Buddy
    Granddad's Fishing Buddy
  • by Mary Quigley and Stephane Jorisch
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Clarabelle: Making Milk and So Much More
    Clarabelle: Making Milk and So Much More
  • by Cris Peterson and David Lundquist
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Grandfather's Story Cloth/Yawg Daim Paj Ntaub Dab Neeg
    Grandfather's Story Cloth/Yawg Daim Paj Ntaub Dab Neeg
  • by Linda Gerdner, Sarah Langford, and Stuart Loughridge
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Big Brown Bat
    Big Brown Bat
  • by Rick Chrustowski
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    My Football Book
    My Football Book
  • by Gail Gibbons
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    My Basketball Book
    My Basketball Book
  • by Gail Gibbons
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Grandparents Song
    Grandparents Song
  • by Sheila Hamanaka
    • Multimedia Resources: 1
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    Edwardo: The Horriblest Boy in the Whole Wide World
    Edwardo: The Horriblest Boy in the Whole Wide World
  • by John Burningham
    • Multimedia Resources: 1
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    Thinking about Ants
    Thinking about Ants
  • by Barbara Brenner and Carol Schwartz
    • Multimedia Resources: 1
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    Extraordinary Friends
    Extraordinary Friends
  • by Fred Rogers and Jim Judkis
    • Multimedia Resources: 1
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    Wolf Who Cried Boy, The
    The Wolf Who Cried Boy
  • by Bob Hartman and Tim Raglin
    • Multimedia Resources: 1
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    Adelina's Whales
    Adelina's Whales
  • by Richard Sobol
    • Multimedia Resources: 1
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    I Live in Tokyo
    I Live in Tokyo
  • by Mari Takabayashi
    • Multimedia Resources: 1
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    Two Mice in Three Fables
    Two Mice in Three Fables
  • by Lynn Reiser
    • Multimedia Resources: 1
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    Cat Who Got Carried Away, The
    The Cat Who Got Carried Away
  • by Allan Ahlberg and Katharine McEwen
    • Multimedia Resources: 1
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    Copper Lady, The
    The Copper Lady
  • by Alice Ross, Kent Ross, and Leslie W. Bowman
    • Multimedia Resources: 1
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    Highway Robbery
    Highway Robbery
  • by Kate Thompson and Robert Dress
    • Multimedia Resources: 1
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    Panda & Polar Bear
    Panda & Polar Bear
  • by Matthew J. Baek
    • Multimedia Resources: 1
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    This Is a Poem That Heals Fish
    This Is a Poem That Heals Fish
  • by Jean-Pierre Simeon and Olivier Tallec
    • Multimedia Resources: 1
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    Harley
    Harley
  • by Star Livingstone
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    Buster's Echo
    Buster's Echo
  • by Ragnhild Scamell and Genevieve Webster
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    Ducks Don't Get Wet
    Ducks Don't Get Wet
  • by Augusta Goldin and Helen K. Davie
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    Buster: The Very Shy Dog
    Buster: The Very Shy Dog
  • by Lisze Bechtold
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    What Instrument is This?
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    Rosmarie Hausherr
    What Instrument is This?
  • by Rosmarie Hausherr
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    Who's Whose?
    Who's Whose?
  • by Jan Ormerod
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    Castaway, The
    The Castaway
  • by James Stevenson
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