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(0)Eve Bunting
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Helped by her father, a young girl prepares a flower garden as a birthday surprise for her mother. Follow the progress of a little girl and her father as they purchase "a garden," and board the bus to carry it home. The pansies, tulips, daffodils, geraniums, and daisies are lovingly planted in a window box, and the candles on the cake are lighted--just as Mom walks in the door to find her daughter, her husband, and her birthday surprise.
3) The wall
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Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
c1990
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A boy and his father come from far away to visit the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington and find the name of the boy's grandfather, who was killed in the conflict.
6) Yard sale
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Candlewick Press
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Callie and her family are moving from their house to an apartment, so they're having a yard sale. It can be hard to let things go, but in the end, it's who you have - not what you have - that counts.
10) Forbidden
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"In early 19th century England, Josie, 16, finds herself in a sinister place with mysterious, hostile people, including her own relatives. Persistence and determination drive her to uncover the town's horrifying secret--a conspiracy to wreck and plunder ships--despite obstacles natural and supernatural"-- Provided by publisher.
Orphaned Josie is sent to live with an aunt and uncle on the rocky, stormy northwest coast of Scotland. Everything and everyone...
11) Whose shoe?
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Publisher
Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
A conscientious mouse tries to locate the owner of a single unclaimed shoe.
14) My big boy bed
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Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
2003
Description
A little boy celebrates all the things he can do now that he has a big boy bed.
15) Ghost cat
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Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
After his death, Sailor Boy decided to stay at Port Carrick lighthouse with his friend, the lighthouse keeper, and when disaster strikes, he is there to help.
18) Washday
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Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2014], ©2014
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One sunny Saturday in 1889, Lizzie helps her grandmother scrub, boil, rinse, and hang loads of laundry, although she would rather be having a tea party with her best friend, Lucy, and their dolls, Amelia Cordelia and Belinda Lavinia.
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Series
Frog and friends volume 1
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
2011
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Welcome to Frog and his world. He enjoys nothing better than spending time floating in his pond or visiting with his friends. He appreciates the simpler things in life and would prefer that things stay just the way they are--nice and peaceful. From acclaimed children's writer Eve Bunting comes a new beginning reader series featuring the delightful Frog and his friends Rabbit, Possum, Raccoon, and Squirrel. In the first book Frog is alarmed when he...
Author
Series
Frog and friends volume 1
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
2012
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"Frog and his friends Rabbit, Possum, Raccoon and Squirrel tickle funny bones, explore the world, solve problems, and support each other in this trio of stories..." –Kirkus Reviews
In Book 3 of this engaging beginning reader series from acclaimed children's writer Eve Bunting, Frog and his friend Little Brown Bat enjoy all the things that make them different from each other, Frog takes a vacation to be alone—and
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