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CASTLE by David Macaulay
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OCEAN SUNLIGHT by Molly Bang
ISLAND by Jason Chin
DREAMING UP by Christy  Hale
THE BEETLE BOOK by Steve Jenkins
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THE TOWN MOUSE AND THE COUNTRY MOUSE by Aesop
Z IS FOR MOOSE by Kelly Bingham
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EAST DRAGON, WEST DRAGON by Robyn Eversole
OH, NO! by Candace Fleming
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STEP GENTLY OUT by Helen Frost
DAY BY DAY by Susan Gal
FISH HAD A WISH by Michael Garland
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CAT TALE by Michael Hall
PENNY AND HER DOLL by Kevin Henkes
CHARLEY'S FIRST NIGHT by Amy Hest
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CHLOE by Peter McCarty
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A HOME FOR BIRD by Philip C. Stead
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WE MARCH by Shane W.  Evans
DRUMMER BOY OF JOHN JOHN by Mark Greenwood
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QUESTION BOY MEETS LITTLE MISS KNOW-IT-ALL by Peter Catalanotto
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AND THEN IT'S SPRING by Julie Fogliano
BEACH FEET by Kiyomi Konagaya
TRAINS GO by Steve Light
MAN FROM THE LAND OF FANDANGO by Margaret Mahy
SQUEAK, RUMBLE, WHOMP! WHOMP! WHOMP! by Wynton Marsalis
WHAT LITTLE BOYS ARE MADE OF by Robert Neubecker
GREEN by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
A STICK IS AN EXCELLENT THING by Marilyn Singer
COLD SNAP by Eileen Spinelli
THE QUIET PLACE by Sarah Stewart
APPLESAUCE by Klaas  Verplancke
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