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Just Try One Bite

Written by Adam Mansbach & Camila Alves McConaughey and Illustrated by Mike Boldt

These three kids are determined to get their parents to put down the ice cream, cake, and chicken...

Pre-K - 2nd
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The Magical Snowflake

Written by Bernette Ford and Illustrated by Erin Robinson

The Magical Snowflake captures the heartwarming essence of a young girl amid the frosty snow, making...

Pre-K - 1st
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The World Needs More Purple People

Written by Kristen Bell & Benjamin Hart and Illustrated by Daniel Wiseman
What is a purple person? Great question. I mean, really great! Because purple people always ask...
Pre-K - 2nd
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Boo Cow

Written by Patricia Baehr and Illustrated by Margot Apple
Mr. and Mrs. Noodleman don't know what to do. They've left city life behind and moved to the country...
1st - 3rd
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Two

Written by Kathryn Otoshi
Two is best friends with One. Whenever they'd get the chance, they'd dance! She'd sing and snap. He...
Pre-K - 1st
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One

Written by Kathryn Otoshi
Blue is a quiet color. Red’s a hothead who likes to pick on Blue. Yellow, Orange, Green, and Purple...
Pre-K - 1st
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Zero

Written by Kathryn Otoshi
Zero is a big round number. When she looks at herself, she just sees a hole right in her center...
Pre-K - 1st
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Pest in the Nest

Written by Lisa Eve Huberman
When Stella swoops into Suzie's nest, she turns out to be a pest of a guest! Find out how they work...
Pre-K - 2nd
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Tales From Old Ireland

Written by Malachy Doyle and Illustrated by Niamh Sharkey
This collection of seven spellbinding Irish folk tales deserves to be read aloud at every hearth...
1st - 5th
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Wonder

Written by R.J. Palacio
RIF's 60th Anniversary Highlighted Book for 2012. Auggie Pullman was born with a facial difference that has kept him home-schooled his whole life, but now he is about to start fifth grade at a real school for the very first time. All he wants is to be treated like an ordinary kid, but that is harder than it sounds when everyone keeps staring. Will Auggie find the courage to face the world, and will the world find the courage to see him for who he really is?
3rd - 7th
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The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!

Written by Jon Scieszka and Illustrated by Lane Smith
RIF's 60th Anniversary Highlighted Book for 1989. This version of the three little pigs is told by Alexander T. Wolf. He goes over to the pigs' houses to borrow sugar for his grandmother’s birthday cake.
Pre-K - 3rd
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The Day the Crayons Quit

Written by Drew Daywalt and Illustrated by Oliver Jeffers
RIF's 60th Anniversary Highlighted Book for 2013. Duncan has a serious problem—his crayons have quit! Read each of the letters from the individual crayons to find out why all Duncan’s colors have run away. Do you think they will come home?
Pre-K - 2nd

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