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Peter And The Wolf: Adapted From The Musical Tale By Sergei Prokofiev by Erna Voigt
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Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf: With a Fully-Orchestrated and Narrated CD
Sergei Prokofiev - 1936
This inviting picture book introduces a new generation of youngsters to the exciting story of the hungry wolf, the ill-fated duck, the fortunate cat, the fearless little bird, and the brave and cunning Peter, who helps save his friends from the wolf's jaws-and the wolf from the hunters' guns.
"I Can't," Said the Ant
Polly Cameron - 1961
"Teapot fell," said the dinner bell."Is she dead?" asked the bread."Broke her spout," said the trout."Push her up," said the cup."I can't," said the ant."Please try," said the pie."You'll have fun," with this one.
Hildilid's Night
Cheli DurĂ¡n Ryan - 1971
She tries capturing the night in a sack, tying it up with vines, shaking her fist at it, but the night takes no notice - until it disappears.
The Value of Saving: The Story of Benjamin Franklin
Spencer Johnson - 1978
A brief biography of the outstanding 18th-century printer, inventor, and statesman, emphasizing the value of saving in his life.
Harold and the Purple Crayon
Crockett Johnson - 1955
Adventure goes hand in hand with imagination to create this charming classic story.
The Ugly Duckling
Jim Lawrence - 1987
An ugly duckling spends an unhappy year ostracized by the other animals in the barnyard before he grows into a beautiful swan.
Rain Makes Applesauce
Julian Scheer - 1964
It doesn't pretend to be anything else. And yet it is an extraordinary creation, in which author and artist speak to children in a very special way. The fanciful nonsense and marvelously intricate pictures are full of sly subtleties and happy surprises for both eye and ear. It is a book of absurd delights, of tiny, fey graphic details, of captivating scenes and lyrical phrases that stretch the imagination. Children will return to it again and again for new meanings, new images, new responses.
The Story of Little Black Sambo
Helen Bannerman - 1899
First written in 1899, the story has become a childhood classic and the authorized American edition with the original drawings by the author has sold hundreds of thousands of copies. Little Black Sambo is a book that speaks the common language of all nations, and has added more to the joy of little children than perhaps any other story. They love to hear it again and again; to read it to themselves; to act it out in their play.
Emma and the Whale
Julie Case - 2017
On their walks, they find amazing treasures, like shells and stones and sea glass and even a loggerhead turtle. But one day, they find something completely unexpected: a baby whale, washed ashore. Emma empathizes with the animal's suffering, imagining what the whale is thinking and feeling. When the tide starts to come in, Emma pushes as the water swirls and rises, and eventually the whale swims free, back to her mother.