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Helakoski, Leslie.
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When the regular schoolbus is in the shop, a clever driver must use all that he knows about addition and subtraction to ensure that seventy-six children get on--and off--of the four-seat substitute bus.| Year: | c2002. |
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| Subject: | School buses -- Fiction. Bus drivers -- Fiction. Addition. |
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| User Tags: | children's, mathematics, 0004pbra, bus, children's books, clever, humor, numbers, picture book, realistic fiction, transportation |
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Elya, Susan Middleton, 1955-
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Miguel and Maria meet various fairy tale characters as they walk to their aunt's house. Includes some Spanish words.| Year: | c2005. |
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| Subject: | Characters and characteristics in literature -- Fiction. Stories in rhyme. |
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| User Tags: | 0004pbfft, 0004pbra, fairy tales, fractured fairy tales, latino, multicultural, picture book, school, summer |
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Lendler, Ian.
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When it's illustrator cannot keep up with its reader, a story about shelfish; pie loving king takes numerous silly detours.| Year: | c2005. |
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| Subject: | Kings and rulers -- Fiction. Princesses -- Fiction. Fairy tales. |
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| User Tags: | picture book, fairy tales, humor, 0004pbra, castles, children, children's, comedy, contemporary, dragons, fairy tales retold, fantasy, heroine, juvenile fiction, knights, princess, satire, writing |
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Pilkey, Dav, 1966-
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Hally, the Tosis family dog, has such bad breath that Mr. and Mrs. Tosis plan to give her away, until she proves to be an invaluable watchdog.| Year: | c1994. |
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| Subject: | Dogs -- Fiction. Bad breath -- Fiction. Humorous fiction. |
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| User Tags: | dogs, picture book, pets, humor, children's, animals, family, word choice, comedy, making connections, burglar, children's books, disabilities, funny, idea, main library, organization, problem solving, resourcefulness, schema, 0004pbra, adventure, animal, animal stories, background knowledge, barrister, child, children, children's literature, dental, friendly, goodness, hero, homes, humorous, ideas, just for fun, juvenile, kid, kids, main idea, neighborhoods, pc, predicting, pride, primary, robbers, silly, smell, storytime, watch, writing |
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| Rating: | 3 out of 5: It was okay |
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Salley, Coleen.
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A retelling of a classic tale in which a well-intentioned young possum continually takes his mother's instructions much too literally.| Year: | 2002. |
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| Subject: | Fools and jesters -- Folklore -- Fiction. Opossums -- Fiction. Folklore. |
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| User Tags: | picture book, children, children's, animals, folktales, preschool, 0004pbra, child, children's picture book, education, faith, family, folklore, humor, learning, possum, possums, retelling, silly, word choice |
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Palatini, Margie.
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After they all agree to ignore the story of "The Farmer in the Dell," the rat, cat, dog, child, farmer, and his wife have a party featuring the tempting hunk of cheese.| Year: | c2007. |
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| Subject: | Nursery rhymes -- Fiction. Characters and characteristics in literature -- Fiction. Humorous fiction. |
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| User Tags: | farm, picture book, rats, nursery rhymes, song, animals, cats, cheese, dogs, songs, children, food, humor, 0004pbra, apples, blue, child, children's, fairies, fairy tales, family, farm animals, farmer, hilarious, humorous, humorous stories, humour, ideas, imagination, mice, monarchs, music, pears, picture, reader's theater, rhyme, rules, sausages, silly, sing along, speech bubbles, storytime, voice |
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O'Malley, Kevin, 1961-
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Cooperatively writing a fairy tale for school, a girl imagines a beautiful princess whose beloved ponies are being stolen by a giant, and a boy conjures up the muscular biker who will guard the last pony in exchange for gold.| Year: | c2005. |
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| Subject: | Authorship -- Fiction. Princesses -- Fiction. Motorcyclists -- Fiction. |
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| User Tags: | picture book, fairy tales, princess, storytelling, giants, motorcycles, humor, adventure, authorship, children, fantasy, gender differences, monarchs, writing, 0004pbra, add, character traits, child lit, children's, children's books, children's fiction, clever, connections, cooperation, femininity, funny, gender issues, horses, humorous stories, ideas, kindergarten, magic, masculinity, multiple pov, ponies, realistic fiction, swords, teaching, unicorns, writing process |
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| Rating: | 4 out of 5: They liked it |
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Clement, Rod.
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Soon after Grandpa's teeth disappear from a glass of water near his bed, Inspector Rate has the whole town under investigation.| Year: | 1998, c1997. |
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| Subject: | Teeth -- Fiction. Grandfathers -- Fiction. Smiling -- Fiction. |
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| User Tags: | teeth, mystery, picture book, dental health, grandfathers, grandpa, humor, children's literature, funny, ideas, 0004pbra, 20th century, asking questions, australian, cause/effect, children's books, children's fiction, commitment, dental hygiene, determining importance, family, grandfather, grandparents, grandpas, honesty, humour, idea, organization, picture clues, predicting, primary, questions, quirky, silly, story elements, tooth, writing workshop |
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Stevens, Janet.
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When a tennis ball lands in a prairie dog town, the residents find that their newfound frenzy for fuzz creates a fiasco.| Year: | c2005. |
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| Subject: | Prairie dogs -- Fiction. Balls (Sporting goods) -- Fiction. Avarice -- Fiction. |
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| User Tags: | picture book, prairie dogs, animals, greed, humor, bullies, children's, balls, children, children's literature, conventions, dogs, fantasy, fighting, problem solving, team work, 0004pbra, adjectives, adventure, animal characters, animal fantasy, animal fiction, ball, bears, big picture, birds, boyle, bully, bunnies, children's books, community building, context, cooperation, differences, eagles, fads, family, funny, girls, groundhog day, groundhogs, humorous stories, humour, juvenile, prairie dog, prediction, repetition, rhyme, school library, sharing, storybook, tennis, underground, voice |
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