Russell Hoban
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Explore the Classics - YOUTH
OBD 1000 Books Before Kindergarten - YOUTH
OBD Feast on Books - YOUTH
Explore the Classics - YOUTH
OBD 1000 Books Before Kindergarten - YOUTH
OBD Feast on Books - YOUTH
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Frances decides she likes to eat only bread and jam at every meal--until to her surprise--her parents grant her wish.
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Caldecott Medalist David Small lovingly shows us the heart of Russell Hoban's classic. The mouse and his child are wind-up toys forever joined at the hands. But when their mechanism breaks they are discarded, separated from the doll house where they lived and the toy elephant that the child calls "mother" (much to her chagrin).
13) Jim's lion
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English
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A young boy who is afraid of the operation that can help him get well learns to overcome his fear with the help of a caring nurse.
14) Harvey's hideout
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Harvey thinks his big sister is mean and rotten; she thinks he is stupid and no-good. As a result, they both spend some lonely hours refusing to play with each other.
18) Monsters
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John's obsession with drawing monsters takes him to a doctor, where a startling discovery is made about the degree of reality of John's drawings.