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83) Idea jar
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What happens when the story ideas--from a bored Viking to a space robot--kept in a teacher's special jar escape and get rowdy?
84) The last weave
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"With time running out as the twelve nights come to an end, Kay must puzzle out the riddles laid before her in this new land of Bithynia--and help restore the world to order--before her dad and sister are gone forever."--
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In this tale inspired by the life of author Toni Morrison, young Toni sets out on a quest for gold with her siblings, but when things do not go as planned, she realizes that finding the perfect ending is all about how you tell the story. Includes biographical note.
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Favorite Family Read-Alouds -- Chapter Books (SCPL-YS)
Laugh Out Loud Reads
OBD Father's Day (June) - YOUTH
Laugh Out Loud Reads
OBD Father's Day (June) - YOUTH
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While picking up milk for his children's cereal, a father is abducted by aliens and finds himself on a wild adventure through time and space.
88) Sleepy stories
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Nicolás asks his very sleepy father to tell story after story and hears of a man who sleeps in his umbrella, another in the sea, and a third in a monkey's cage.
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"When the sun goes down, fireflies, bats, and nighthawks wake up. Together they follow the call of the Night Librarian and visit the Twilight Library. The creatures make themselves comfortable on the forest floor as the Night Librarian transports them to the land of imagination with her silken silver stories"--Dust jacket flap.
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A scarecrow stood in the garden. Tall, proud, and smiling. Every day a girl brought her favorite books to the garden and she read to him. He heard tales of courage and of hope. And when she said, "The End," the scarecrow always felt a little bit taller and braver. Year after year, she came and she read to him. Until one spring, two different hands picked him up from the garden shed and placed him in the garden. He waited, but she didn't come to read...
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Treehouse series volume 2
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Andy and Terry live in a 26-storey treehouse. It has a bumper car rink, a skate ramp, an antigravity chamber, an ice cream parlor with 78 flavors, and the Maze of Doom. This time, the two friends have a whole week to finish their next book, and Andy even knows what it should be about; the story of how he and Terry first met. But, life is never boring in the treehouse, and emergency shark operations, giant storms, and wooden pirate heads are just the...
94) Blue spot
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Asked a simple question, Daisy the kitten tells an elaborate story of blue chalk, blue paint, blueberries, and even a blue monster's tears to explain the spot on her new dress.
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Henry books (Davide Cali) volume 4
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Henry and Ali tell their teacher a wild outer space tale to explain why they do not have their homework on the solar system.
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Clever muskrat outwits a hungry tiger with his story. "I'm going to eat you, little muskrat, " said the tiger. "Wait!" said the muskrat. "I want to tell you a story." "Okay, " said the tiger, "but make it quick!" Clever muskrat! He knows just how to outwit a very hungry tiger: tell him a story. Silly tiger! Tigers shouldn't listen to muskrats and their stories...especially clever muskrats with clever stories.
99) Ivan the terrier
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A terrier named Ivan keeps interrupting story hour. Ivan loves a good story. Like that one about the three bears or those three gruff billy goats. Where else can a dog find such playmates action fun...or a cookie? Ivan's own good story lands him just where he loves to be. In your lap.