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The PS Brothers

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Copies: 7

Shawn and Russell are crazy about dogs. Russell's read every dog book in the library, and Shawn's already bought a pooper scooper. What they want most is a mean dog - with teeth! - to protect them from being picked on. One day, they stumble upon rottweiler puppies for sale. But the boys don't have money. They don't have jobs. And they don't have any idea how to get jobs or money. Until...

Lexile: 
810L
The PS Brothers

Mouse and Mole: A Winter Wonderland

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Yippee! It is a winter wonderland! What better day for Mouse and Mole to go sledding, whirl around on ice skates, and build snowmen together?

But Mole does not want to go outside. Too cold! Too windy! He prefers to stay as snug as a bug in a rug inside his nice, warm bed.

Mouse is lonely. Ice skating and sledding just aren't as fun for one. Then she gets an idea…a Sno-Mole might do the trick! Mole won't be needing his hat or scarf or mittens…or will he?

Lexile: 
410L
Mouse and Mole: A Winter Wonderland

Around the World Through Holidays

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Around The World Through Holidays: Cross Curricular Readers Theatre includes scripts for twelve plays adaptable for any of the reading or performance methods of Readers Theatre presentation. Each play introduces students to a specific world culture by looking at holidays celebrated in that culture. The structure of the book introduces holidays chronologically throughout a calendar year—one play per month. The focus is on literacy and social studies, so the book is not tied to the traditional nine-month school calendar.

Around the World Through Holidays

Smartypants (Pete in School)

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Having a dog in class is always a clue that it is going to be an interesting day, especially when the dog in question, and the one with all the answers, is Pete.

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Primary
Elementary
Length: 
00:16
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John Philip Duck (2001)

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When young Edward first brought his tiny wild duck to the grand hotel where he worked with his Pa, his only thought was to keep it hidden. After all, he just needed a warm place for his little pet to stay during the day. Everyone helped keep his secret. One day, Mr. Schutt, the blustery hotel manager, discovered the duck swimming in the lobby fountain!

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Primary
Elementary
Length: 
00:22
John Philip Duck

Little Grunt and the Big Egg

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Little Grunt has been sent out by his mother to gather eggs for a special Sunday brunch. He returns home with the biggest egg the Grunt Tribe has ever seen.

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Primary
Elementary
Length: 
00:11
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The Umbrella

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Carlos walks into the cloud forest with his green umbrella, where the only sound is the steady drip of drops falling from trees.

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Primary
Elementary
Length: 
08:00
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Here We All Are, Book 2

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Copies: 7

Tomie can't believe that anything could be more exciting than moving to a new house. Then he finds out that a new baby is coming. Will it be a sister? That's what Tomie hopes. While he's waiting for her to arrive, there is plenty to keep him busy, including tap dancing lessons and tryouts for a play about Peter Rabbit. Once again, Tomie dePaola takes us back to his childhood and shares the funny personal memories that make us all wish we could grow up at 26 Fairmount Avenue too.

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Lexile: 
700L
Here We All Are, Book 2

On My Way, Book 3

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Tomie is overjoyed because his baby sister, Maureen, is finally strong enough to come home from the hospital. Over the next months, he is in a dance recital and he gets to go to the World's Fair. Soon, the school year is at an end. Summer is full of fun things to do, like going to the beach and celebrating the Fourth of July-but Tomie can't wait for school to start again. He hopes he'll get Miss Kiniry, the first-grade teacher he likes the best. In first grade he will finally-finally-learn to read. And maybe even get a library card of his own!

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On My Way, Book 3

What a Year, Book 4

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The year 1940 is a very big year for Tomie-it's the start of first grade, and it's his first birthday in the new house at 26 Fairmount Avenue. It's also the first year that Tomie gets to go trick-or-treating with his older brother, Buddy. Then the holidays arrive, and Tomie has a part in the Christmas play. This Christmas is going to be great! But disaster strikes when Tomie gets the chicken pox. Will he be cured in time for the Christmas pageant? Join Tomie dePaola once again as he takes us back to his childhood and allows us to share the holiday season with his family and friends.

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Lexile: 
660L
What a Year, Book 4

Things Will NEVER Be the Same, Book 5

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Tomie has his own diary - it's his best Christmas present ever! All through the year exciting things happen and Tomie writes about them in his diary - sledding down the steep hill on his new Junior Flexible Flyer, being a pirate in the dance recital, and starting second grade with real art lessons at last! Then one Sunday morning Tomie's family hears news on the radio that changes everything. Master storyteller Tomie dePaola takes us back to 1941 and lets us experience what life was like growing up in the dePaola household.

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Lexile: 
700L
Things Will NEVER Be the Same, Book 5

Tikki Tikki Tembo (Unabridged)

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This folktale explains why Chinese people no longer choose long names for their children.

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Lexile: 
AD1090L
Length: 
00:09
Tikki Tikki Tembo (Unabridged)

Days With Frog and Toad (Unabridged)

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Good friends like Frog and Toad enjoy spending their days together. They fly kites, celebrate Toad's birthday, and share the shivers when one of them tells a scary story. Here are five funny stories that celebrate friendship all day, every day.

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Lexile: 
320L
Length: 
00:28
Days With Frog and Toad (Unabridged)

Frog and Toad All Year (Unabridged)

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In winter, spring, summer, and fall, Frog and Toad are always together. Here is a wise and wonderful story for each seasonof the year - and one for Christmas, too.

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Lexile: 
300L
Length: 
00:21
Frog and Toad All Year (Unabridged)

Frog and Toad Are Friends (Unabridged)

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From writing letters to going swimming, telling stories to finding lost buttons, Frog and Toad are always there for each other - just as best friends should be.

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Lexile: 
400L
Length: 
00:25
Frog and Toad Are Friends (Unabridged)

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