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Can't Miss Read Alouds January 2017
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5 little ducks by Denise FlemingFive fuzzy ducklings, attended by Papa Duck as well as Mama, present a fresh take on the classic nursery rhyme emphasizing numbers and days of the week. Illustrations give opportunities to lots of conversation.
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Rock-a-bye romp
by Linda Ashman
A continuation of the classic song finds a baby who has gently tumbled out of his treetop cradle embarking on a marvelous adventure through a lively animal farm and across the night sky before landing safely in his mother's arms.
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Maggie and Michael get dressed
by Denise Fleming
Assisted by his little dog when it is time to get dressed, young Michael carefully pulls on his yellow socks and his orange hat but gets into a whimsical scuffle over his blue pants. By the Caldecott Honor-winning creator of In the Small, Small Pond.
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Rhyming dust bunnies
by Jan Thomas
As three dust bunnies, Ed, Ned, and Ted, are demonstrating how much they love to rhyme, a fourth, Bob, is trying to warn them of approaching danger
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I want my hat back
by J. Klassen
A bear almost gives up his search for his missing hat until he remembers something important, in a cumulative tale with a mischievous twist.
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Ding dong! Gorilla!
by Michelle Robinson
While his mother gets ready upstairs, a boy waits for the delivery of a great big pizza with extra cheese, so when the doorbell rings, instead of the pizza guy, a gorilla appears and it's not long before mischief and mayhem ensue!
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We are in a book! by Mo WillemsWhen Piggie discovers that she and Gerald are in a book and she can make the reader say a funny word out loud, Gerald is tickled pink, but what happens when the story is over? This is just one of a hilarious series of books about Elephant and Piggie written by this Caldecott Medal winning author.
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Pete the Cat : I love my white shoes by Eric LitwinWearing his brand-new white shoes, Pete the Cat walks down the street paying no mind to the piles he steps in, which turn his white shoes into colorful messes. But Pete says, "It's all good".
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It's a tiger! by David LaRochelleA child imagines that he is in a story where he encounters a tiger at every turn. Can you see the tiger hidden in the pictures?
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