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Young Cam Jansen

 Series

by David Adler

 

 

Follow the adventures of eight year old detective Cam Jansen and her photographic memory.


Bears on Wheels (Bright & Early Books)

 

 

Bears on Wheels

or any book...

by Jan and Stan Berenstain

An acrobatic act begins with one bear on a unicycle and ends with twenty-one bears and sixteen wheels flying through the air.


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The Case of the Dumb Bells

Series

by Crosby Bonsall

 

 

Doorbells are mysteriously ringing all over the neighborhood. The four private eyes are infor some surprises - like burning cakes, overflowing bathtubs and a phone that doesn't ring. But the biggest surprise is who the culprit is!

 


 

 

Buster on the Farm

Postcards from Buster Series

by Marc Brown

 

 

Buster sends postcards to his friends back home when he goes to visit a farm in Indiana.

 


 

 

Arthur Chapter Books

Series

by Marc Brown

 

More adventures with Arthur and all of his friends in books designed for emerging readers.


 

 

The Golly Sisters Ride Agin

The Golly Sisters Series

by Betsy Byars

The Golly Sisters, May-May and Rose, share further adventures as they take their traveling show through the West.


 

 

Biscuit Goes to School

Biscuit Series

by Alyssa Capucilli

 

A dog follows the bus to school, where he meets the teacher and takes part in the activities of the class.


 

Minnie and Moo:

 The Night of the Living Bed

 Series

by Denys Cazet

 

Minnie's barnyard friends find a way to make her feel better when a bad dream upsets her and sends her bed rolling into town on Halloween night.


 

Go, Dog, Go!

by P.D. Eastman

 

Dogs in all shapes, sizes and colors star in this wonderfully goofy classic.

 

 

 

Are You My Mother?

by P.D. Eastman

 

 

A mother bird leaves her egg in the nest to go look for some food. While she's gone, the egg hatches, and the baby bird sets off to find his mother.


 

Sam and the Firefly

by P.D. Eastman

 

When Sam, the owl, teaches Gus, the firefly, to write words in the sky, cars crash, movies are free, and hot dogs are cold.


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Iris and Walter and the Birthday Party

Series

by Elisa Guest

 

It's Walter's birthday and he has big plans for his party. But when the big day finally arrives, something unexpected happens. Will the change of plans ruin Walter's birthday?


 

A Bargain for Frances or any book by

by Russell Hoban

 

Frances foils Thelma's plot to trick her out of a new china set.

 


 

 

Danny and the Dinosaur

or any book...

by Sid Hoff

 

A little boy is surprised and pleased when one of the dinosaurs from the museum agrees to play with him.


 

Pinky and Rex

by James Howe

 

Rex and her best friend Pinky, each the proud possessor of twenty-seven stuffed animals or dinosaurs, find their visit to the museum and its gift shop complicated by Pinky's little sister Amanda.


 

 

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