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Yoko by award winning author Rosemary Wells is about a young cat who goes to school with sushi for lunch, but her classmates all start to tease her. The teacher decides to host an International Foods day at school, which helps Yoko meet a new friend who decides to try her sushi. This a great book that helps young readers appreciate the differences in others.

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Rosemary Wells, Author Hyperion Books for Children $14.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7868-0395-8

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Yoko the kitten has gone off to her school with her willow-covered cooler filled with sushi, looking forward to a good day. But her classmates tease her mercilessly when lunch time rolls around (""Ick!... It's seaweed!""). Even worse, during the class Snack Time Song, the two bulldogs who brought franks and beans for lunch snort, ""Red bean ice cream is for weirdos!"" A pat ending seems in sight when Yoko's wise teacher plans an International Food Day and requires the students to try everything. But only hungry Timothy (a raccoon) is brave enough to taste Yoko's sushi--and yet this proves to be enough for Yoko. By book's end, Timothy and Yoko are fast friends, planning to open their very own lunch-time restaurant featuring tomato sandwiches and dragon rolls. As usual, Wells demonstrates a remarkable feel for children's small but important difficulties. Like the just-right text, her expressive watercolors, both panels and full-scale, capture a distinctive variety of animal children as well as the nuances in Yoko's expressions. Wells's message is clear without being heavy-handed, making this brightly colored schoolroom charmer a perfect book for those American-melting-pot kindergartners who need to develop a genuine respect for one another's differences. Ages 3-7. (Nov.)

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Children's Book Review: Yoko by Rosemary Wells, Author Hyperion Books for Children $14.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7868-0395-8

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Rosemary Wells, Author Hyperion Books for Children $14.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7868-0395-8 More By and About This Author Yoko the kitten has gone off to her school with her willow-covered cooler filled with sushi, looking forward to a good day. But her classmates tease her mercilessly when lunch time rolls around (""Ick!...

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This fictional book by Peggy Archer is about a frog who keeps getting surprised by animals trying to eat him, so he hops further down the road. The story has great sing-song style rhythm that is sure to engage young readers. It reminds me of Pout Pout Fish, a favorite with children because of the lyrical nature of the text.

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A Hippy-Hoppy Toad by Peggy Archer | PenguinRandomHouse.com

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From the illustrator of the award-winning Sophie's Squash comes a rollicking read-aloud featuring a very tiny toad who gets displaced as animals--and humans--brush past him on the road. In the middle...

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In this book by Ezra Jack Keats, Peter is having a birthday party and wants to invite his friend. Amy is a special friend so Peter wants to mail her invitation to her. Some unexpected weather puts a damper on his plans. Will Amy ever get her invitation, and more importantly, will she come to Peter's party?

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A Letter to Amy by Ezra Jack Keats | PenguinRandomHouse.com

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Generations of children have read, re-read, and loved Ezra Jack Keats?s award-winning, classic stories about Peter and his neighborhood friends. Now, for the first time, Peter?s Chair, A Letter to Amy,...

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Summer, by Rebecca Pettiford is a nonfiction book full of great facts about the season of summer. It includes many photos, labels, and some charts. The language is expressive and descriptive

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This hot title will help young readers kick back and learn about how wildlife, people, and the weather change in summertime!

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This adaptation by Mark London Williams is a realistic fiction book that follows George as he finds himself in another pickle: tasked with caring for his friend's tadpoles, George releases them into the pond to go for a swim. George is surprised when the tadpoles don't return, so he sets out trying to track them down, but he only finds other pond animals and creatures that look like his tadpoles- but different.

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Curious George learns about the frog life cycle. Curious George's friend Bill has put him in charge of several tadpoles. George sends the tadpoles for a nice swim in the lagoon, but to his dismay, the tadpoles don't return!

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Firefighters by Jaqueline Laks Gorman is a nonfiction book about firefighters. It discusses the job firefighters do, and how they help the community by keeping everyone safe. There are many photographs and some labels. The book is organized into three small units, each marked with a title. There is a table of contents, glossary, and index.

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The shrill sound of the fire alarm strikes fear into many hearts and minds, but at the helm of this terrifying alert are talented, brave, and tireless individuals. Readers get to ride along through the various activities that firefighters carry out on our behalf to keep us safe and out of danger.

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This is a fictional book adapted by Farrah McDoogle based on the Daniel Tiger TV series. This book is a level pre level 1 beginner reader book, meaning that it has large font and fewer words on the pages. Sentence structures are more simple, including some repetition.

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Find out more about Friends Help Each Other by Farrah McDoogle, Jason Fruchter at Simon & Schuster. Read book reviews & excerpts, watch author videos & more.

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This nonfiction book by Lisa Herrington takes readers through the process of making paper. Many photographs, bold print vocabulary words, and additional "fun facts" throughout the book.

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Trees to Paper by Lisa M. Herrington | Scholastic

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"Trees to Paper" lets kids follow the paper trail as wood goes from trees to pulp to paper products in all shapes and sizes.

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This nonfiction book by Mari Schuh is a great book that showcases the life cycle of a tomato plant. It includes many detailed photographs, labels, and new vocabulary words.

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Simple text and photographs describe how tomatoes grow on vines.

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This book  by Erica S. Pearl is a fun twist on the classic fairy tale, Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Instead of a young girl, the main character is a goat. She encounters the same things as Goldilocks- the porridge, the chair, and the beds, but what she does is funny twist! The book goes a step further than the traditional tale as Goatilocks tries to make amends with the bears. It's a great addition to the story!

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Goatilocks and the Three Bears by Erica S. Perl | Scholastic

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Goatilocks can't resist sampling the bears' porridge, their bowls and spoons, and chairs and beds. Has Goatilocks devoured her way to disaster? What will happen