Eve Bunting
61) Night tree
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A family makes its annual pilgrimage to decorate an evergreen tree with food for the forest animals at Christmastime.
62) The wedding
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One by one, Miss Brindle Cow encounters a group of animals who are late for a wedding and agrees to carry them there.
63) Sunflower house
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A young boy creates a summer playhouse by planting sunflowers and saves the seeds to make another house the next year.
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In the months following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, twelve-year-old Kevin, an aspiring mystery writer traveling cross-country with his grandmother on a sightseeing trip to various national parks and monuments, suspects a sinister-looking man in his tour group of carrying a bomb.
65) Emma's turtle
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When Emma's box turtle digs his way out of his pen, he imagines that he is having adventures in Africa, India, and other faraway lands that Emma has described to him.
66) The baby shower
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When news spreads that Ms. Brindle Cow is having her baby, many animals travel to share her joy, only to be greeted with a big surprise.
68) Pop's bridge
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Robert and his friend Charlie are proud of their fathers, who are working on the construction of San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge.
71) Baby can
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Every time his family gets excited over something Baby James can do, big brother Shane demonstrates that he can do even better, from burping to rolling over to walking.
73) Smoky night
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Daniel and his mother look out of their window at the smoky night below. There are looters on the street, fires in the distance. Daniel clutches his cat, Jasmine. But later, when they're forced to leave the apartment building, Jasmine can't be found. Mrs. Kim's cat is missing too. Where are they? They can't be with each other. Those cats don't get along ... This story is about cats and people who couldn't get along until a night of rioting brings...
75) I'm a duck
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One day, an egg rolled out of a nest and right into a deep pond. Now that egg is a little duck, and the water is still very scary. Jumping into the pond at all seems impossible, never mind swimming in a line with all his brothers. "You're a duck, and ducks don't sink, " Big Frog points out. Practicing in a puddle helps a little, while backrubs and snacks from his mother help a little more. Big Frog offers to hold his friend's wing and dive in together,...
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A toy skeleton at Halloween provides menace and mystery. In this rhythmic story, an unsuspecting brother and sister bring a toy skeleton home from the harvest fair. They name it Fred McFee and hang it from a sycamore tree. Soon, eerie things begin to happen. And then on Halloween night, Fred vanishes!