A mix of sure fire hits for early elementary children to listen to, and to read on their own! (Updated March 2020)
Dim Sum Palace
The night before her family goes out for dim sum, Liddy is drawn from her bed by the delicious smells of dumplings, buns and bowls of congee prepared by chefs in a dreamy night kitchen.
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View Dim Sum PalaceMiss MacDonald Has A Farm
The familiar song gets an update, as this new Farmer MacDonald grows and harvests food, and cooks up a meal to share with her friends.
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View Miss MacDonald Has A FarmCity of Leafcutter Ants
Leafcutter ants are experts at building and running a city, and each ant has a specific job to do for the health and success of all.
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View City of Leafcutter AntsWhat's Inside A Caterpillar Cocoon?
An illustrated exploration of the life cycles, characteristics and environments of moths and butterflies with instructions on how to create a pollinator habitat.
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View What's Inside A Caterpillar Cocoon?Buffalo Fluffalo
A sweet and silly buffalo tries to bluff and fluff his way into being bigger than he really is.
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View Buffalo FluffaloThere Are No Dragons in This Book
Even though clues point to the contrary, a dragon reassures the reader that there are no actual dragons in the book.
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View There Are No Dragons in This BookBenita and the Night Creatures
Benita loves to read in bed but keeps getting interrupted by a whistling Tunche, a scary Supay and other spooky creatures from Peruvian lore. To the creatures' disbelief, Benita is so absorbed by her book that she's not the least bit scared of them.
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View Benita and the Night CreaturesNoodles on A Bicycle
Children watch in amazement as the demae, the bicycle food deliverers of Tokyo, zip through the streets with towering stacks of noodle bowls, bringing yummy noodles to hungry people throughout the city.
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View Noodles on A BicycleElena Rides
Elena wants to ride her bike. “She steadies, she readies. She wobbles, she bobbles . . . KA-BANG!” Learning to ride a bike is hard, but Elena can do it as long as she tries again.
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View Elena RidesAbuela's Library
Alfonso and Abuela love to spend Saturday afternoons finding books at the library and reading them together beneath their favorite oak tree. But when their beloved tree is cut down, can Alfonso transform the stump into something magical for their whole community--their very own neighborhood library?
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