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What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?

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A nose for digging? Ears for seeing? Eyes that squirt blood? Explore the many amazing things animals can do with their ears, eyes, mouths, noses, feet, and tails in this interactive guessing book, beautifully illustrated in cut-paper collage, which was awarded a Caldecott Honor.

This title has been selected as a Common Core Text Exemplar (Grades K-1, Read Aloud Informational Text).

Lexile: 
620L

Hondo & Fabian

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Hondo the dog has a fun day at the beach while Fabian the cat stays home.

" Wake up, Hondo. Time to go!"
Hondo will have an adventure.
Fabian will stay home.

A dog named Hondo and his friend Fred are going to the beach for a day of excitement. Fabian the cat is left behind at home to play with the baby. Who will cause more trouble? And who will have more fun?

Peter McCarty's exquisite illustrations and understated wit turn an ordinary day in the lives of two pets into a rare delight.

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AD180L

I Want My Hat Back

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Bear's hat is gone. None of the animals have seen it. He is starting to become despondent, until his memory is sparked by a deer who asks just the right question.

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Primary
Elementary
Length: 
00:09
I Want My Hat Back

The Wind in the Willows

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The Wind in the Willows has captured the hearts and imaginations of children and adults for nearly a century. Brought vividly and faithfully to life in this 1983 film adaptation, Kenneth Grahame's classic tales of Mole, Rat, Badger, and Toad are now available on DVD for the first time.

An award-winning creation from the legendary Cosgrove Hall Productions (Danger Mouse, Count Duckula), THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS features eye-catching stop-motion animation and dialogue taken directly from the pages of the beloved children's book.

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Grade Level: 
Primary
Elementary
Length: 
01:18
The Wind in the Willows

The Wind in the Willows: The Complete First Series: Disc 1

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Kenneth Grahame's classic adventure continues with THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS: THE COMPLETE FIRST SERIES.

With amazingly detailed sets that recreate Mole End, Toad Hall, and the Wild Wood, these episodes capture the spellbinding stop-motion genius of Cosgrove Hall Productions. Toad, Mole, Rat, and Badger seek out the simple pleasures in life, even as the pesky weasels lurk nearby. With music and song - and plenty of tea and jam - our gentlemanly quartet always finds a way to traverse life's ups and downs with aplomb.

Grade Level: 
Primary
Elementary
Length: 
04:20
The Wind in the Willows: The Complete First Series: Disc 1

The Wind in the Willows: The Complete First Series: Disc 2

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Kenneth Grahame's classic adventure continues with THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS: THE COMPLETE FIRST SERIES.

With amazingly detailed sets that recreate Mole End, Toad Hall, and the Wild Wood, these episodes capture the spellbinding stop-motion genius of Cosgrove Hall Productions. Toad, Mole, Rat, and Badger seek out the simple pleasures in life, even as the pesky weasels lurk nearby. With music and song - and plenty of tea and jam - our gentlemanly quartet always finds a way to traverse life's ups and downs with aplomb.

Grade Level: 
Primary
Elementary
Length: 
04:20
The Wind in the Willows: The Complete First Series: Disc 2

The Wind in the Willows: The Complete Second Series: Disc 1

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Kenneth Grahame's classic adventure continues with THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS: THE COMPLETE SECOND SERIES.

With amazingly detailed sets that recreate Mole End, Toad Hall, and the Wild Wood, these episodes capture the spellbinding stop-motion genius of Cosgrove Hall Productions. Toad, Mole, Rat, and Badger seek out the simple pleasures in life, even as the pesky weasels lurk nearby. With music and song - and plenty of tea and jam - our gentlemanly quartet always finds a way to traverse life's ups and downs with aplomb.

Grade Level: 
Primary
Elementary
Length: 
04:20
The Wind in the Willows: The Complete Second Series: Disc 1

The Wind in the Willows: The Complete Second Series: Disc 2

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Kenneth Grahame's classic adventure continues with THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS: THE COMPLETE SECOND SERIES.

With amazingly detailed sets that recreate Mole End, Toad Hall, and the Wild Wood, these episodes capture the spellbinding stop-motion genius of Cosgrove Hall Productions. Toad, Mole, Rat, and Badger seek out the simple pleasures in life, even as the pesky weasels lurk nearby. With music and song - and plenty of tea and jam - our gentlemanly quartet always finds a way to traverse life's ups and downs with aplomb.

Grade Level: 
Primary
Elementary
Length: 
04:20
The Wind in the Willows: The Complete Second Series: Disc 2

Cardline: Animals

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Cardline: Animals is a card game played with approximately 100 cards. Both sides of each card depict an animal, its name, and its class (amphibian, mammal, etc.), while its average length, weight, and lifespan are printed on only one side of the card.

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Elementary
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Science
Play Time: 
15 min.
Cardline: Animals

Animals Welcome: A Life of Reading, Writing, and Rescue

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Copies: 7

Peg Kehret has long been known to her readers as the author who loves animals.

In this loving memoir, she recounts the joys and challenges of her life on a small animal sanctuary.

She rescues a mother cat and her kittens who were shot with a pellet gun, and discovers a black bear on her porch, staring at her through the window. She studies the animals and birds she encounters, attempting to improve the lives of band-tail pigeons and starving deer.

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950L
Animals Welcome: A Life of Reading, Writing, and Rescue

Clara Caterpillar

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Clara is a cute cabbage Caterpillar. But to Catisha, who is catty and crimson, Clara is only a common caterpillar with no hope of becoming a colorful butterfly. Sure enough, Clara comes out cream colored. And during an encounter with a hungry crow, Clara proves that being colorful and conspicuous doesn't compare with being common, content, and courageous.

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AD660L
Clara Caterpillar

Black Beauty

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A horse in nineteenth-century England recounts his experience with both good and bad masters.

Black Beauty

The Jungle Book

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After young Mowgli escapes the jaws of a tiger, he is raised by a pack of wolves and befriends an old bear and a panther as they teach him the law of the jungle. Includes an author profile, activities, and a description of each character.

The Jungle Book

My Father's Dragon

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A young boy determines to rescue a poor baby dragon who is being used by a group of lazy wild animals to ferry them across the river on Wild Island.

My Father's Dragon

The Tale of Peter Rabbit

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Peter disobeys his mother by going into Mr. McGregor's garden and almost gets caught.

The Tale of Peter Rabbit

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