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1) Pinocchio
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When Geppetto carves himself a son from an enchanted piece of wood, the mischievous Pinocchio is born and a fantastical story begins. Along the way, Pinocchio is swindled by a fox and a cat, saved by a fairy, turned into a donkey and swallowed by a shark, all before he learns what it truly takes to become a real boy.
2) The rescuers
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Two enterprising mice live up to the motto of the Rescue Aid Society, "We help anyone ... anywhere," when they rescue a kidnapped orphan.
Three enterprising mice undertake a mission for the Prisoners' Aid Society: the rescuing of a poet from the most terrible prison they have ever seen.
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"Not long ago the streets of New York City were smelly, smoggy, sooty, and loud. There were so many trucks making deliveries that it might take an hour for a car to travel a few blocks. People blamed the truck owners and the truck owners blamed the little wooden pushcarts that traveled the city selling everything from flowers to hot dogs. Behind closed doors the truck owners declared war on the pushcart peddlers. Carts were smashed from Chinatown...
6) Blast off
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When her friends tease her for dreaming of being an astronaut, a young African American girl uses discarded items to make a spaceship for her interstellar journey.
7) Wee Gillis
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Wee Gillis couldn't decide whether he wanted to be a Highlander like his father, and stalk stags or a Lowlander like his mother, and raise long-haired cows.
8) Our fort
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Three friends set out to visit their secret fort at the edge of the woods, but as they are enjoying the freedom and nature all around them a big storm rolls in.
10) Arthur
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When Arthur misses the chance to migrate with the other birds, he experiences, for the first time, winter in New York City.
12) Mouse house
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There is never any room for Bonnie, the baby mouse, in the flower pot, so she goes looking for a new mouse house.
13) The wonderful O
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Relates what happened when an evil sea captain banished the letter O from the island Ooroo.
14) Junket is nice
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All the world puzzles over what an old man with a red beard and red slippers thinks about while eating an enormous bowl of a custard-like treat, but it is a little boy on a tricycle who solves the riddle.
16) Supposing
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A child imagines many silly, impossible, and even naughty things and their possible consequences, from learning unusual languages to building a tiny boat and sailing around the world.
18) Now open the box
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Although he knows no tricks, Peewee the circus dog is loved by all because he is the smallest dog in the world, but when he grows into a normal-size dog his days under the Big Top may be at an end.
19) Too big
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Little Ola daydreams of a time when--no longer too small or too big--he will be just the right size to go on adventures.
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