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1) The weather's bet

Author

Young, Ed

Publisher

Philomel Books

Pub. Date

2020.

Language

English

Description

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Retells the fable, "The Wind and the Sun, " in which Wind, Rain, and Sun attempt to remove the cap of a shepherdess. Collage illustrations include symbols based on seal characters of Chinese pictograms.

2) The butterfly

Author

Polacco, Patricia

Publisher

Philomel Books

Pub. Date

[2000]

Language

English

Description

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During the Nazi occupation of France, Monique's mother hides a Jewish family in her basement and tries to help them escape to freedom.

3) Eric Carle's animals, animals

Author

Carle, Eric

Publisher

Philomel Books

Pub. Date

1989.

Language

English

Description

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An illustrated collection of poems by a variety of authors describing the peculiarities of pets and wild and domestic animals.

4) Rechenka's eggs

Author

Polacco, Patricia

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Description

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An injured goose rescued by Babushka, having broken the painted eggs intended for the Easter Festival in Moscva, lays thirteen marvelously colored eggs to replace them, then leaves behind one final miracle in egg form before returning to her own kind.