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A kitten tale /
ISBN: 0517709155 OCLC: 123136386

Alfred A. Knopf, New York : 2008.

As four kittens who have never seen winter watch the seasons pass, three of them declare the reasons they will dislike snow when it arrives, while the fourth cannot wait to experience it for himself.

Clara and Asha /
ISBN: 1596430311 OCLC: 58054848

Roaring Brook Press, New Milford, Conn. : 2005.

Young Clara would rather play with her imaginary giant fish, Asha, than settle down to sleep.

Last song :
ISBN: 1596435089 OCLC: 656366403

Roaring Brook Press, New York : 2010.

A squirrel family spends the day together--waking, playing, and nestling down to sleep under the eye of a watchful parent. Based on an old Scottish poem. Illustrated by Caldecott Medal winner Eric Rohmann.

My friend Rabbit /
ISBN: 031236752X OCLC: 48817325

Something always seems to go wrong when Rabbit is around, but Mouse lets him play with his toy plane anyway because he is his good friend.

Pumpkinhead /
ISBN: 0375824162 OCLC: 50447877

Alfred A. Knopf : New York : 2003.

A boy with a pumpkin for a head has a perilous adventure and learns a valuable lesson about what it means to be different.

The cinder-eyed cats /
ISBN: 0440417430 OCLC: 48476035

Dragonfly Books, New York : 2001, ©1997.

A boy makes a magical trip to a tropical island where he and five tiger-like cats watch as various sea creatures emerge from the ocean to dance by the light of their campfire.

The prairie train /
ISBN: 0553113348 OCLC: 56355618

Dell Dragonfly Books, New York : 2004, ©1999.

As a young Irish immigrant boy travels by steam-engine across the American prairie to a new life, memories of the old country pull at his heart.

Time flies /
ISBN: 0517885557 OCLC: 28675724

A wordless tale in which a bird flying around the dinosaur exhibit in a museum has an unsettling experience when it finds itself back in the time of living dinosaurs.

 

 

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