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3) Short
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"Julia is very short for her age, but by the end of the summer run of The Wizard of Oz, she'll realize how big she is inside, where it counts. She hasn't ever thought of herself as a performer, but when the wonderful director of Oz casts her as a Munchkin, she begins to see herself in a new way. As Julia becomes friendly with the poised and wise Olive, one of the adults with dwarfism who've joined the production's motley crew of Munchkins, and with...
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"Mo is the youngest kid on the Robins football team. The kids on the rival team tease him for being a 'butterfingers' who's too tiny to catch the ball. But Mo's coach has a plan up his sleeve to turn Mo's little size into a big win for the Robins"--
5) Chicken Big
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A giant chicken hatches from an enormous egg, but the other chickens cannot accept that he is one of them.
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Too Small Tola volume 1
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3rd Grade Recommended Reads
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"In a trio of droll stories, award-winning author and storyteller Atinuke debuts an endearing and enduring character with plenty to prove. Tola lives in an apartment in the busy city of Lagos, Nigeria, with her sister, Moji, who is very clever; her brother, Dapo, who is very fast; and Grandmommy, who is very bossy. Tola may be small, but she's strong enough to carry a basket brimming with groceries home from the market, and she's clever enough to...
8) Flat Stanley
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"Based on the original Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown, c1964"--T.p. verso.
A picture book version of the story in which a bulletin board falls on Stanley while he is sleeping, and he finds that being flat has its advantages.
13) Ravi's roar
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Tired of missing out on good things because he is the smallest and youngest in his family, Ravi turns into a tiger and gets what he wants with a great roar.
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Teased for his youth and diminutive stature, twelve-year-old Fletcher Moon is a fully-licensed detective who, while investigating his first case, is framed for arson and must team up with his prime suspect to clear his name and find the real criminal.
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This fun Step 1 book about two sharks is a study in opposites. Big Shark has big teeth; Little Shark has little teeth. Big Shark swims fast; Little Shark swims slow. But they are both hungry! Will they each succeed in finding a tasty snack? Little Sharkis hoping that he won't become fast food for Big Shark! --Publisher
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Little Elliot volume 4
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Elliot the little elephant and his best friend, Mouse, play hide-and-seek during an autumn vacation in the countryside.
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Stink Moody volume 1
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OBD Books for Second and Third Graders - YOUTH
OBD President's Day (February) - YOUTH
OBD Ready for Chapter Books 2 - YOUTH
OBD President's Day (February) - YOUTH
OBD Ready for Chapter Books 2 - YOUTH
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The shortest kid in the second grade, James Moody, also known as Stink, learns all about the shortest president of the United States, James Madison, when they celebrate Presidents' Day at school. Every morning, Judy Moody measures Stink and it's always the same: three feet, eight inches tall. Stink feels like even the class newt is growing faster than he is. Then, one day, the ruler reads-can it be?-three feet, seven and three quarters inches! Is...