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3) Pinduli
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Pinduli, a young striped hyena, is hurt by the unkind words of Dog, Lion, and Zebra, but her clever trick in return promotes her clan's survival and spreads harmony throughout the savannah. Includes backmatter notes about hyenas and other animals of the African savannah.
6) Purplicious
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When her classmates make fun of her for still liking the color pink, a little girl feels all alone, but then a friend shows her the power of pink.
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While riding the subway home from the pool with his abuela one day, Julián notices three women spectacularly dressed up. Their hair billows in brilliant hues, their dresses end in fishtails, and their joy fills the train car. When Julián gets home, daydreaming of the magic he's seen, all he can think about is dressing up just like the ladies in his own fabulous mermaid costume: a butter-yellow curtain for his tail, the fronds of a potted fern...
9) Gaston
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A proper bulldog raised in a poodle family and a tough poodle raised in a bulldog family meet one day in the park.
12) The giver
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All In The Neighborhood
Lander Children's Book Club Kits
Newbery Medal Collection
Newbery Medal Winners
Lander Children's Book Club Kits
Newbery Medal Collection
Newbery Medal Winners
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Living in a "perfect" world without social ills, a boy approaches the time when he will receive a life assignment from the Elders, but his selection leads him to a mysterious man known as the Giver, who reveals the dark secrets behind the utopian facade.
14) The outsiders
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The struggle of three brothers to stay together after their parent's death and their quest for identity among the conflicting values of their adolescent society.
15) The family book
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Represents a variety of families, some big and some small, some with only one parent and some with two moms or dads, some quiet and some noisy, but all alike in some ways and special no matter what.
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A rhyming story of unconditional love with adorable illustrations of a toddler and a teddy bear who declare "I love you through and through!" Now in straight board book format! I love your hair and eyes, Your giggles and cries... A toddler and his teddy bear illustrate a young child's happy side, sad side, silly side, mad side, and more! Babies and toddlers will feel loved all over when they hear this declaration of adoration and affection. A perfect...
18) Thunder Bunny
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Bright blue and different from all her brothers and sisters, Thunder Bunny discovers she came from the sky.
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Hamlet enjoys reading books and writing poetry, not playing in the mud and fighting over supper like the other pigs, but he finally finds someone who appreciates him just as he is. When you are little and you've learned to read, and you've learned to write a poem all by yourself, you'd like someone big to put his arm around you and say, "Wow! Wonderful! You are terrific!" Hamlet's pig family is more interested in supper than poetry. Sadly, he wanders...