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Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0375860150 |
You're Lovable to Me
Kat Yeh
After a bad, hard day the young bunnies apologize to their Mama and she reassures them, no matter if they are "sad", "mad", "have the giggles",...“No matter what your feelings are, whatever they may be . . . I’m your mama. You’re my bunnies. And you’re lovable to me.”
After the young bunnies are asleep, Mama bunny's papa drops by and tells a sleeping Mama she is his bunny and lovable to him. A beautifully illustrated story with cute bunnies and a wonderful message on unconditional love.
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Golden Books
ISBN: 0375864318 |
Kiss Kiss
Selma Mandine
“What is a kiss like?”
Originally published in France, this sweet and charming story has been translated into English. A teddy bear asks a little boy “What is a kiss like?”. The teddy bear is told about the different types of kisses and the people who give them; from Grandmother's noisy kisses to Father's prickly kisses. With endearing doll-like illustrations.
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Age 5 to 7
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The 100th Day of School (Hello Reader!, Level 2)
By Angela Shelf Medearis
The children learn 100 spelling words, plant 100 seeds, bake 100
cookies, and "do everything the 100 way" to celebrate this
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Quick & Fun Activities to
Celebrate
the 100th Day
of
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Age 6
to 9 |
The Hundred Dresses
By Eleanor Estes
Wanda Petronski is the unwitting star of this sad little story that
speaks to all of us. Wanda definitely stands out in Room 13--she has
a Polish name, lives in a poor part of town and has only one dress to
wear to school. To defend herself against her classmates' taunts, she
brags that she has one hundred beautiful dresses in her closet.
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The Hundred Dress Task Page
Classroom Ideas
Special Reading Units-Hundred Dresses worksheets
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Jackie Robinson: He Was the First
Age 7 to10.
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Jackie Robinson: He Was the First
By David A. Adler
Traces the life of the talented and determined athlete who broke the
color barrier in major league baseball in 1947 by joining the
Brooklyn Dodgers.
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Grades 4 to 7.
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The Secret Life of Hubie Hartzel
By Susan Rowan Masters
Eleven-year-old Hubie Hartzel tries to cope with his many problems
including a sick cat, a crush on his art teacher, the loss of his
best friend to a girl, and the threat of the class bully who is out
to get him.
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The
Secret Life of Hubie Hartzel Activities
(grades 3-6)
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