Potatoes, Potatoes -- by Anita Lobel (Author) (Book - Child)
"There was once an old woman who had a potato farm and two hardworking, loving sons. But one day one son ran away to the army of the east; the other son joined the army of the west. Caldecott...
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Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12)
Here Comes Alex Pumpernickel -- by Fernando Krahn (Author) (Book - Child)
"Follows little Alex Pumpernickel through a series of misadventures from dawn to dusk." From Card Catalog
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Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12)
Up Goes the Skyscraper -- by Gail Gibbons (Author) (Book - Child)
"Convinced she's a failure, Sophie Hatter is resigned to working in her stepmother's hat shop. Then the evil Witch of the Waste appears, turning Sophie into an old woman. For the first time, Sophie...
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Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12)
When We Were Very Young -- by A. Milne (Author) (Book - Child)
"In all likelihood, your mother or father read you these poems and remember their parents reading the same. This collection of poetry by the creator of Winnie the Pooh was first published in 1924....
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Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12)
Friends are like that!: Stories to Read to Yourself (Book - Child)
"Selections by 10 authors including Charlotte Zolotow, Eloise Greenfield, and Astrid Lindgren depict the many facets of friendship." From Card Catalog Description
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Mustard -- by Charlotte Graeber (Author) (Book - Child)
"Eight-year-old Alex and his family try to come to terms with the old age and death of their beloved cat." From Card Catalog
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? -- by Jean Fritz (Author) (Book - Child)
"A brief biography of the eighteenth-century printer, inventor, and statesman who played an influential role in the early history of the United States." From Card Catalog
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Pippi Longstocking -- by Astrid Lindgren (Author) (Book - Child)
"Pippi is an irrepressible, irreverent, and irrefutably delightful girl who lives alone (with a monkey) in her wacky house, Villa Villekulla. When she's not dancing with the burglars who were just...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Marzipan Moon -- by Nancy Willard (Author) (Book - Child)
"The almonds in an old, mended, but magic crock produce a delicious, nourishing marzipan moon nightly for a poor parish priest until a visiting bishop decides the miraculous almonds need a more...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Families for Russian and Ukrainian Adoption (Organization - Private, Non-Profit)
Families for Russian and Ukrainian Adoption (FRUA) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit support network for adoptive families with children from the former Soviet Union with chapters throughout the US Our...
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