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By Esphyr Slobodkina
Caps for Sale
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This easy-to-read story about a peddler and a band of mischievous monkeys is filled with warmth, humor, and simplicity. Children will delight in following the peddlers efforts to outwit the monkeys
Rating: 5 *****
You monkeys you. You give me back my caps. My son adores this book and acts along with the monkeys while I act out as the peddler.
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By Clare Turlay Newberry
April’s Kittens
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Three new kittens are too many for a one-cat apartment, but Daddy finds a solution to the problem.
Rating: 4 ****
This is a really long book but a nice story.
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By Lois Lenski
The Little Auto
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Mr. Small has a shiny red auto. On nice days, Mr. Small takes his car out of the garage and goes for a drive. He can drive fast enough to pass a horse and buggy! He runs into trouble when it begins to rain and he gets a flat tire.
Rating: 5 *****
A sweet story that shows how everything can be going well and a problem can occur and how you can fix it and move on.
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By Phyllis Root
Rattletrap Car
Kids won t want this hilarious read-aloud ride to end. Who says getting there isn t half the fun? It s hot. Hot, hot, hot! So Junie and Jake and Poppa and the baby want to go to the lake. But can they make it in their rattletrap car?
Rating: *****
This is one incredible car. If anything, after reading this book I wanted to rush out and buy some marshmallow fudge delight.
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By Betsy James
Flashlight
Waking up in the dark at Grandpa’s house can be scary–the door in the hallway looks like a cave, and that noise could be a bear. Lucky for Marie, the bear is really Grandpa, who’s come to offer some reassurance and a flashlight that will make the dark house a lot less spooky.
Rating: *****
Everything looks different in the dark, especially when you’re not in your own house. But with family and a creative solution all turns out well.
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By Jill Kastner
Princess Dinosaur
Princess Dinosaur is a born leader. Sometimes she is too much for Cowboy Gus and Blue Feather. But Bettina Esmerelda Louise loves to play dress-up with her, and all the toys are mesmerized by her storytelling. Suddenly Spots bounds in and snaps up Princess Dinosaur in his jaws!
Rating: ****
A nice book about problem solving.
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By Judy Sierra
Preschool to the Rescure
Look out! There’s a sleepy, creepy, deeper-than-you’d-think mud puddle on the preschool playground, and it has swallowed up a pizza van, a fire engine . . . even a tow truck! But don’t worry, this group of clever preschoolers knows just how to rescue them!
Rating: *****
This book is perfect for the preschool crowd. It includes an icky yicky mud muddle, a bunch of noisy vehicles and preschoolers at play.
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By Susan Patron
Dark Cloud Strong Breeze
A little girl whose hapless father has locked his keys in the car. As he struggles with a wire hanger and the sky threatens to storm, she comes up with a singing-in-the-rain plan of action. With the help of a friendly German Shepherd, a grocer, a white cat, a butterfly, and a locksmith.
Rating: *****
This story will really make your preschooler think as all of the actions are independent upon the next. It also is written in a really nice singsong rhyme: “The car gets unlocked, jangle-me jome/The car gets unlocked, and we drive home.”
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