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Pierre: A Cautionary Tale in Five Chapters and a Prologue

Written and Illustrated by Maurice Sendak
Pierre is a boy who doesn’t care about anything. But that changes when he meets a hungry lion. Face...
Pre-K - 3rd
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Pink and Say

Written and Illustrated by Patricia Polacco
Pink, an African-American Yankee soldier, rescues Say, a white Yankee soldier, after he was wounded...
1st - 4th
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Pippi Longstocking

Written by Astrid Lindgren
This is the story of Pippi Langstrump, a 9-year-old girl with red pigtails and freckles whose mother...
3rd - 7th
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Ramona the Pest

Written by Beverly Cleary
Ramona is thrilled to start kindergarten and take the bus with her older sister, Beezus, but she...
3rd - 7th
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Rickshaw Girl

Written by Mitali Perkins and Illustrated by Jamie Hogan
Naima lives in Bangladesh with her father, a rickshaw driver, and her mother, a homemaker. She wants...
2nd - 5th
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Rumpelstiltskin

Written and Illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky
When the miller told the king that his beautiful daughter could spin gold from straw, the king...
K - 3rd
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Strega Nona

Written and Illustrated by Tomie dePaola
Strega Nona, or Grandmother Witch, is a witch doctor who helps the people in her village with her...
Pre-K - 3rd
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15444

Tar Beach

Written by Faith Ringgold
The story takes place in 1939, and 9-year-old Cassie Lightfoot wants to be free to leave her Harlem...
K - 3rd
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The Little Prince

Written and Illustrated by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The famous novella about a pilot who is stranded in the desert and meets the little prince, who...
2nd - 12th
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15430

The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales

Written by Virginia Hamilton and Illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon
A collection of 24 African-American folktales including those featuring animals, fairy tales, the...
2nd - 11th
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15440

The Stories Julian Tells

Written by Ann Cameron and Illustrated by Ann Strugnell
Julian loves to tell stories, but they’re not always true. His most captive audience is his younger...
1st - 4th
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15443

The Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit

Written by Julius Lester and Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
Based on stories told by slaves, this collection is about Brer Rabbit, who has trouble getting along...
3rd - 7th
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The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!

Written by Jon Scieszka and Illustrated by Lane Smith
This version of the three little pigs is told by Alexander T. Wolf. He goes over to the pigs' houses...
Pre-K - 3rd
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The Westing Game

Written by Ellen Raskin

A murder mystery centered on Samuel Westing who named 16 heirs in his will to figure out who killed...

3rd - 7th
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Written by L. Frank Baum
During a tornado, Dorothy and her dog, Toto, are swept away from Kansas to the land of Oz. She...
1st - 10th
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Tomie dePaola’s Mother Goose

Written and Illustrated by Tomie dePaola
A collection of Mother Goose rhymes—some familiar and other less well known—along with American...
Pre-K - 3rd
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15448

Tuesday

Written and Illustrated by David Wiesner
Told almost entirely in pictures, this book chronicles the path frogs take as they fly on their lily...
Pre-K - 3rd
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15451

When You Reach Me

Written by Rebecca Stead

When Miranda Sinclair starts receiving notes giving her instructions to record future events she...

3rd - 7th
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Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears

Written by Verna Aardema and Illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon
A West African story about how the mosquito became a pest. It started when he told a lie to an...
K - 3rd
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15401

A Chair For My Mother

Written and Illustrated by Vera B. Williams
After losing everything in a fire, Rosa, her mother, and her grandmother are helped by their...
Pre-K - 3rd
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15387

All-of-a-Kind-Family

Written by Sydney Taylor and Illustrated by Helen John
The story of an immigrant Jewish family living in New York's Lower East Side at the turn of the...
3rd - 7th
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15388

Amelia Bedelia

Written by Peggy Parish and Illustrated by Fritz Siebel
The first in a series of books about Amelia Bedelia who works as a maid and has a habit of taking...
Pre-K - 3rd
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Bark, George

Written and Illustrated by Jules Feiffer
George’s mother asks her son to bark, but he makes almost every other animal sound instead. He goes...
Pre-K - 3rd
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15392

Ben’s Trumpet

Written and Illustrated by Rachel Isadora
A picture book that captures the love that Ben has for the jazz he hears at the Zig Zag Club in the...
Pre-K - 3rd

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