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//1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up//

AUTHOR: Russell Hoban
ANNOTATION:
Frances finds it difficult to go to sleep with the strange noises and menacing shapes that seem to fill her room after dark. For preschool-grade 2. 1960.
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• DB 55972 - Read by Laura Giannarelli. Reading time: 12 minutes.

AUTHOR: David McKee
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Elmer is not gray like all the other elephants in his herd. Elmer is a patchwork of beautiful, brilliant colors, and he hates it! He hates it because the other elephants laugh and tease him day after day. When Elmer devises a way to look like all the other elephants, he and they learn to appreciate individual differences. For preschool-grade 2. 1989.
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• RC 34857 - Read by Laura Giannarelli.

AUTHOR: Margaret Wise Brown
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A little bunny already tucked into his bed says goodnight to the familiar things in his room as the light dims gently until all is dark. For grades K-3. 1947.
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• DB 24603 - Read by Kay Bergen. Reading time 2 minutes.
• BR 13012 - PRINT/BRAILLE - 1 volume.
• BR 20050 - PRINT/BRAILLE - SPANISH - 1 volume.
• See also //Baby's First Library/////La Primera Biblioteca del Bebé// DB 74988

AUTHOR: Kathleen Lines
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A distinctive collection of traditional nursery rhymes from England. For adults to share with children from preschool-grade 2. 1954.
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• RC 22661 - Read by Phyllis Dorflinger.

AUTHOR: Watty Piper
ANNOTATION:
When a train carrying good things for children breaks down, only the little engine offers to help, and everyone wonders if she can pull the train over the mountain. For preschool-grade 2. 1930.
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• DB 32652 - Read by Barbara Rappaport. Reading time: 5 minutes.
• BR 02259 - PRINT/BRAILLE - 1 volume.
• BR 12016 - PRINT/BRAILLE - 1 volume.

AUTHOR: Robert McCloskey
ANNOTATION:
Five helpful Boston policemen stop busy city traffic so that Mrs. Mallard can move her family of eight ducklings from their island in the Charles River to their new home in the Public Garden. For grades K-3. Caldecott Medal 1942. 1941.
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• DB 42913 - Read by John Horton. Reading time: 8 minutes.
• BR 16447 - 1 volume.
• BR 01739 - PRINT/BRAILLE - 1 volume.
• BR 10039 - PRINT/BRAILLE - 1 volume.

AUTHOR: Martin Waddell
ANNOTATION:
Three baby owls wake in the night to find their Mommy GONE! Will she come back soon? For preschool-grade 2. 1992.
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• BRC00808 - 1 volume.

AUTHOR: Margaret Wise Brown
ANNOTATION:
A little rabbit who wants to run away tells his mother how he will escape, but she is always right behind him. For preschool-grade 2. 1942.
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• DB 31481 - Read by Kerry Cundiff. Reading time: 4 minutes.
• See also //Baby's First Library/////La Primera Biblioteca del Bebé// DB 74988

AUTHOR: Eric Carle
ANNOTATION:
A hungry caterpillar eats holes through plums, cheese, sausage, and other food and gets a stomach ache. Then something wonderful happens to the fat caterpillar. For grades K-3. 1969.
AVAILABLE FORMATS:

• DB 24609 - Read by Edward C. Stern. Reading time: 4 minutes.
• BR 12015 - PRINT/BRAILLE - 1 volume.
• BR 06130 - PRINT/BRAILLE - 1 volume.

AUTHOR: Michael Rosen
ANNOTATION:
Delightful retelling of an action-packed chant that tells the story of a brave young family who set out to hunt a bear. They go through long grass–“swishy swashy!” And through a river–“splash splosh!” Through the mud–“squelch squerch!” And through the forest–“stumble trip!” Through a snowstorm–“hoooo woooo!” And into a long, narrow, gloomy cave. For preschool-grade 2. 1989.
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• DB 34744 - Read by Jon Beryl. Reading time: 4 minutes.

• //Alvin Says Good Night// (1996) by Ulf Lofgren
• //The Baby's Catalogue// (1982) by Allan Ahlberg
• //Bathwater's Hot// (1985) by Shirley Hughes
• //The Bear Went Over the Mountain// (1999) by John Prater
• //Bunny Bath// (1990) by Lena Anderson
• //Dear Zoo// (1982) by Rod Campbell
• //Each Peach Pear Plum// (1978) by Allan Ahlberg
• //The Elephant and the Bad Baby// (1969) by Elfrida Vipont
• //Fly, Little Bird// (1977) by Francesco Tullio Altan
• //Good Dog, Carl// (1985) by Alexandra Day
• //Good Night, Alfie Atkins// (1972) by Gunilla Bergstrom
• //Handa's Surprise// (1994) by Eileen Browne
• //Humphrey's Corner// (1999) by Sally Hunter
• //Julian the Rabbit// (2001) by Nicoletta Costa
• //Kipper// (1991) by Mick Inkpen
• //Little Brown Bear// (1975) by Claude Lebrun
• //Little Spook's Baby Sister// (1977) by Inger Sandberg
• //Maisy Goes to Playschool// (1992) by Lucy Cousins
• //Meg and Mog// (1972) by Helen Nicoll
• //Miffy// (1963) by Dick Bruna
• //Mr. Grumpy's Outing// (1970) by John Burningham
• //Pat the Bunny// (1940) by Dorothy Kunhardt
• //Rosie's Walk// (1968) by Pat Hutchins
• //Thomas the Tank Engine// (1946) by Rev. W. Awdry
• //Three Railway Engines// (1945) by Rev. W. Awdry
• //Tickle, Tickle// (1987) by Helen Oxenbury
• //Where's Spot?// (1980) by Eric Hill

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