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"Join a brilliant, but stubborn, parrot as he endures the banality of the pet store before being purchased by an equally insufferable young man. But while things between parrot and owner get off to a rocky start, the delights of having a pet (or human) bring them both around in the end"--Provided by the publisher.
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Hippo loves to play with his friends Chimp, Zebra, and Flamingo. But every time they celebrate their birthdays, something goes wrong for Hippo, and he always manages to fall into the birthday cake. When Hippo suggests they go swimming, his friends aren't so sure. He tells them to climb on his back, and they all enjoy their time in the water. Includes a quiz.
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Picture book following the budding friendship between a boy, who once was the new kid at school himself, and the immigrant girl Violet. Violet shows up to class one day shy and quiet, but the boy notices her pick up scraps of brightly colored plastic and leaves on her way home from school. One day, the boy asks Violet what she does with all the scraps, and she lets him see her colorful collage and room that reminds her of home.
8) Scary Scott
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"All Scott wants is a friend, but being a ghost makes that really hard. When Halloween comes around, will Scott finally find some spooky friends?"--Provided by publisher.
10) Blue corn soup
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"As Mouse prepares soup to keep herself warm on a snowy autumn day, her forest friends arrive, hoping to share"--Provided by publisher.
13) Helping Sophia
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When Sophia's helper is absent, her fellow third-graders help out by learning how to push her wheelchair.
16) There was a hole
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Lily imagines her sadness as a hole, which is getting bigger and swallowing up her life--until a friend shows her how to patch her hole and make it managable.
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"Vain Beaver is inordinately proud of his silky tail, to the point where he alienates his fellow woodland creatures with his boasting. When it is flattened in an accident (of his own making), he learns to value its new shape and seeks to make amends with his friends. Based on an Ojibwe legend"--Provided by publisher.
18) Peter Pan
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The adventures of the three Darling children in Never-Never Land with Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up. Also includes an author profile, contextual notes, questions for reflection, and ideas for activities.