Ezra Jack Keats
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The adventures of a little boy in the city on a very snowy day. A Caldecott Medal winner that conveys the silent wonder of a city snowfall and a small boy's solitary delight in it.
3) Pet show!
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When he can't find his cat to enter in the neighborhood pet show, Archie must do some fast thinking to win a prize.
4) Goggles!
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Two boys must outsmart the neighborhood bullies before they can enjoy their new treasure, a pair of lensless motorcycle goggles.
7) The trip
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Keats begins abruptly with Louie, lonely in a drab new home, unaccountably constructing a peepshow city in a shoebox. But this combination of collage and childlike drawing does make an enticing, dreamlike background for Louie's imagined trip back to the old neighborhood. While there, Louie runs into a group of strange monsters who turn out to be his old friends in imaginative Halloween disguise; and their friendly cries of "Trick or treat, " while...
9) Apt. 3
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On a rainy day two brothers try to discover who is playing the harmonica they hear in their apartment building.
10) Dreams
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One night while everyone is sleeping, a little boy watches his paper mouse save a cat from an angry dog.
11) Un dia de nieve
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Las aventuras de un muchachito en la ciudad cuando hace mucha nieve.
The adventures of a little boy in the city on a very snowy day.
15) Hi, cat!
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Peter books (Ezra Jack Keats) volume 6
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Archie's day would have been great if he had not started it by greeting the new cat on the block.
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Danny uses a computer that Professor Bulfinch has created for NASA to prepare his homework, despite Professor Bullfinch's warning that Danny is to leave the machine alone. With his friend Joe Pearson and his new neighbor, Irene Miller, Danny has some success with the machine before it is sabotaged. Danny figures out what is wrong with the machine and corrects the problem. Danny's teacher also learns about the machine, and has her ideas for the Homework...
17) Louie
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Susie and Roberto's puppet show is temporarily interrupted when Louis becomes fascinated by one of the puppets.
18) Un día de nieve
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A young black boy spends an adventurous day in the city when it snows.
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One zillion valentines: two enterprising friends, Milton and Marvin, prove that valentines are for everyone. A letter to Amy: the wind spoils Peter's attempt to mail a special birthday invitation to Amy. Goggles!: Peter and his friend Archie call upon faithful dog Willie to outsmart a gang of tough bullies who want Peter's motorcycle goggles. Wilfrid Gordon Partridge: a small boy helps a friend remember her past by sharing his own special items. Will...
20) Jennie's hat
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When the hat Jennie receives from her aunt is not as fancy as she had hoped, her bird friends decorate it for her.