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Teachers can use this book to teach their students about how to eat healthy, as well as what makes up the food pyramid. Each of the food groups is included with all the nutritional properties. Most appropriate for: K-2

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Curious George Goes to the Hospital by Margret Rey

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Curious George Goes to the Hospital by Margret Rey

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This is a great book to help young children prepare for a trip to the hospital. A lot of kids are scared of the Doctors office so George's story might help them relax. It's also a good way to let kids know it's not a good idea to eat just anything!
Most appropriate for grades: K-2

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Through this story, students can read about a young girl who is unlike most girls in China. Instead of aspiring to get married, Ruby aspires to go to college. Teachers can use this book to introduce cultural differences and expectations, as well as gender equality.
Most appropriate for grades: 3-5

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Angel Child, Dragon Child by Michele Maria Surat

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Angel Child, Dragon Child by Michele Maria Surat

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This is a heartwarming story of a girl who feels out of place and alone as she comes to America all the way from Vietnam. Students in upper elementary grades who might be starting to struggle with fitting in/ friend groups will be able to relate to this story and hopefully learn from the lessons it holds within in.

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Mr. Lincoln's Way Hardcover by Patricia Polacco

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Mr. Lincoln's Way Hardcover by Patricia Polacco

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In this realistic fictional story, students can learn a lesson from Mr. Lincoln. By reflecting on how Mr. Lincoln worked with "Mean Gene", teachers can teach their students the moral lesson/ importance of not judging a book/individual by it's cover.
Most appropriate for: 3-5 grade

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Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reverso Poems by Marilyn Singer

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Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reverso Poems by Marilyn Singer

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This book of "reversed" poems is so clever and a great tool to use to teach and demonstrate creativity through through a modern twist on some classic tales that kids of all ages will love to read and engage in.

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Kindergarten, Here I Come! by David Steinberg

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Kindergarten, Here I Come! by David Steinberg

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This book provides children with poems that consist of text that's easy to follow, as well as beautifully bright illustrations. This is a great book to use for kindergarteners in their first week of school to prepare them for a new experience classroom experience.

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I Lost My Hippopotamus by Jack Prelutsky

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I Lost My Hippopotamus by Jack Prelutsky

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This is a collection of over 100 poems with a wide range from haiku's to traditional poetry. The text and illustrations will make your students laugh along with providing a great lesson on many of the different types of poems that are out there in the world.
Most appropriate for grades: 2-5

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A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein

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A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein

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Here is another one of Shel Silverstein's classic poetry collections. I think these poems would be more appreciated for older elementary, I still think kids of all ages can enjoy them. This book can make for not only a poetry lesson, but an art lesson as well!
Most appropriate for grades: 3-5

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Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein 

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Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein 

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This collection of classic poems is great to read with children at any age.  The reader is given a chance to get to know characters and listen, as well as practice alliteration and other rhymes. This would be a great book to use in a poetry lesson to teach students different literacy devices.
Most appropriate for grades: 3-5

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How the Sphinx Got to the Museum by by Jessie Hartland 

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How the Sphinx Got to the Museum by by Jessie Hartland 

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This book is full of information and fascinating details about the history and journey of the Hatshepsut sphinx from ancient Egypt to the NYC Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book can be used appropriately in any second or third grade class learning about Egypt and other ancient civilizations of the world.

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Children of all ages will enjoy this imaginative yet informative story about a young boy and his faith in the prehistoric mammal, the wooly mammoth. Teachers can use this book to teach a lesson on the the prehistoric time period such as the period of the Ice Age.

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There Was an Old Man Who Painted the Sky by Teri Sloat

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There Was an Old Man Who Painted the Sky by Teri Sloat

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This book is filled with stunning illustrations depicting the discovery of the ceiling paintings in Spain's Altamira Cave in 1879. Not only are the illustrations engaging, but the words are read to the tune of There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly so I think most K-4 students who are probably familiar with that book will have a lot of fun reading this.

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Skippy Jones: Shape up by Judy Schachner

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Skippy Jones: Shape up by Judy Schachner

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Younger students will love reading and learning about shapes through the adventures of Skippy Jones, a Siamese cat that wants to be a Chihuahua.

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Through this bold and colorful book about dominoes, students can learn how to add. I think this book can benefit all elementary level math students. If you choose to use this book in a math lesson, you can manipulate and create more challenging word problems relating back to the dominoes on different pages.

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For students in grades K-2, this book will be beneficial to help them learn basic math concepts of addition as they read about a girl named Jill who counts up all the animals she sees as she drives down the road.

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The illustrations in this book make for an amusing story about Bill Peet and his time working for Walt Disney. This would be a great book to teach about creativity to young children. Some of the challenging events in Bill's life might need to be explained by an adult, so I think this book would be most appropriate for third graders.

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The Boy Who Invented TV The Story of Philo Farnsworthby Kathleen Krull

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The Boy Who Invented TV The Story of Philo Farnsworthby Kathleen Krull

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This picture-book is the biography of Philo Farnsworth. Readers get a chance to read about his early interest in machines and electricity, and how they lead up to one of the greatest inventions of the 20th century, the TV.
Most appropriate for grades: 1-3

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This book is the story of the author himself and his own experiences growing up with the dream of being an artist. This book would be great to read to kindergarteners to inspire them to follow their dreams of being whatever they want to be when they're older.

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Slop Goes the Soup by Pamela Duncan Edwards

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Slop Goes the Soup by Pamela Duncan Edwards

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This book is a great way to teach students about Onomatopoeia, and how it can be used to enhance the setting and the tone of a story. The way the words are illustrated in different sizes and colors all over the page give readers a more engaging experience when learning this literacy device.
Most appropriate for: K-3

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Dear Deer: A Book of Homophones by Gene Barretta

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Dear Deer: A Book of Homophones by Gene Barretta

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Through adorable and virbant illustrations, the story about an ant writing a letter to her aunt will get students and teachers laughing as they enjoy reading and learning about homophones.
Most appropriate for: 3rd grade

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Through this interactive and energetic story, teachers can actively engage their students in a read aloud. Through the characters colorful imagination, students will see his fantasy of being becoming a pirate come to life.
Most appropriate for: 2nd grade

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Alphabeep!: A Zipping, Zooming ABC by Debora Pearson

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Alphabeep!: A Zipping, Zooming ABC by Debora Pearson

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Through the authors imaginative, poetic text and vibrant illustrations, students K-2 will love learning about the alphabet. This book will give students an insight into some of the aspects that make up a life in an urban/city setting.

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Black? White! Day? Night! - A Book of Opposites by Laura Vaccaro Seeger

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Black? White! Day? Night! - A Book of Opposites by Laura Vaccaro Seeger

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Through the bright, beautiful, and interactive flap/die-cut illustrations in this story, readers will be engaged as they discover and learn about opposites.
Most appropriate for: K-1

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This book is full of beautiful collage art, with a surprise at the end! You can read this book to your class with the lights off and show make for an interactive, artistic and memorable lesson on fireflies.
Most appropriate for kindergarten

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Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson 

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Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson 

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This is a classic story that can be used in a lesson that teaches readers how they can use their own creative talents and imagination. Following Harold's purple crayon will keep teachers and readers amused as they follow it.
Most appropriate for: K-2

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This book gives a twist on  the classic folklore/fairytale that has been told for generations. This version of Rapunzel will give students a new and more positive perspective on the traditional views that commonly depict this "damsel in distress". Instead of a powerless and punished princess that is locked in a grim tower, the author promotes a more independent individual surrounded by beauty.
Appropriate for grades: 4-6

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If your students like Patricia Polacco books, they are surely to like this one. Students can relate with Grace as she as a love for stories, whether they're from books, movies, or anywhere else she can find them. The beautiful watercolor illustrations enhance emotions and express her character in a vivid way. This book can be used in a first grade class to teach character/student roles and development.

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Through the vibrant colors of the mice against an all black background made this story pop as it demonstrated how different textures can enhance significance to characters. If you were to use this book with children, make sure to give a background and lesson of the Indian fable it tells as well as the moral lessons of wisdom and honesty.
Most appropriate for: grades 3-5

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This book is filled with mesmerizing illustrations that bring the sinister story of a devious spider and a naive fly to life. The texture and holograph- like pages make the story look as if it were a dream. Warning: this story might come off a little too sinister/spooky for younger ages.
Most appropriate for: 2nd-3rd grade

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Jumanji is a classic book filled with unimaginable experiences two children encounter when they come across a mysterious board game. The powerful and dream-like illustrations alone are capable of telling the story.
Most appropriate for: 3rd grade

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In this fable a powerful story of friendship between two unlikely animals is clearly understood only through the illustrations. I think wordless books are an important way to teach children about quality over quantity. The idea that a story needs a thousand well thought out words to be quality literature is not always the case, because in fact a picture can also say a thousand words on it's own.
Appropriate for: third grade

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Through the classic style the author uses in the fables of Strega Nona, it's easy to see aspects of an Italian culture with the distinct outfits, buildings with red roof tiles and even the details on the cobblestone roads. This book offers teachers opportunities to remind students the importance of listening, paying attention, and following instructions, or there may be negative consequences.
Appropriate for: grades K-2

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Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Earsby Verna Aardema

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Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Earsby Verna Aardema

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Through this West African tale, the animals are attempting to investigate and track down the sole originator of a long line of rumors that have stirred up drama in the jungle. Through a poetic and almost musical tone similar to the books of There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly, students will enjoy learning about  cause and effect of rumors.
Appropriate age: Kindergarten

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Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco

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Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco

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This book contains a powerful story about a student who struggles with reading. I think many beginner readers or those who have similar struggles can relate to this book and use it to encourage them not to give up. I think this book is appropriate for any age, from students to teachers.
Genre: Fiction

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Flight of the Last Dragon by Robert Burleigh

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Flight of the Last Dragon by Robert Burleigh

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This story gives readers the chance to really open their minds up to possibilities and fantasies they could only think of using their imagination. This book would be appropriate for all fantasy/science fiction lovers.
Genre: Fantasy/Science fiction

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Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

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Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

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Through the imagination of a young boy named Max, he's able to overcome the boredom of being sent to his room without dinner, as well as other dangers and fears with monsters he encounters in the woods. This story gives readers the chance to explore their creativity and imagination. I think this book would be most appropriate for those students the same age as Max who might also be able to relate to his situation.
Genre: Fantasy

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Silent Letters Loud and Clear by Robin Pulver

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Silent Letters Loud and Clear by Robin Pulver

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In the story about Mr. Wright's class and their perception that silent letters should be banned because all the do is complicate spelling, readers will laugh and learn when the unappreciated silent letters decide to go on strike. I think this book should be read in all grades K-4 when teaching spelling because silent letters are a challenging concept for most elementary students to grasp.

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The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt

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The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt

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I absolutely love this book. It's a little wordy so I think it's best for 3-5 graders, but honestly any age will love reading it. The narrative brings the story and requests of the crayons through a new perspective that will make everyone laugh. This is a great book to use in an art lesson.

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Odd Boy Out Young Albert Einstein by Don Brown

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Odd Boy Out Young Albert Einstein by Don Brown

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This book tells about the strange childhood of the brilliant Albert Einstein. Although he was never that great at making friends, or getting along with his teachers or siblings, his ideas became some of the most important ideas of the twentieth century. Most appropriate for second graders.

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Surprising Sharks is a book that will make your children laugh while providing them with knowledge about sharks and the ocean in which they live in. The author gives readers the experience to see sharks in a way that isn't so scary. Any age group learning about oceans animals, biomes, and other habitats in their science classes would benefit from reading this story.

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

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This classic story of a very hungry caterpillar gives young readers an interactive and engaging experience using a collage/dye cut artistic style in the illustrations. This book would be appropriate for kindergarteners or first graders who are still learning how to decipher the days of the week, colors and numbers. I think this book would be a great literacy tool to incorporate in a math lesson.

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The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires

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The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires

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The illustrations in this story will draw any reader in. Just by looking at the pictures you can feel the characters emotions with empathy. The most appropriate audience to use this book with would be fourth graders as it introduces concepts of engineering and design. It also provides moral reasoning in situations I think this age group relate to.

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The classic story of Stellaluna can be used in any science class, but I think it would be most appropriate read to a class of kindergarteners. Teachers can use this book to teach how a food chain works and explain what all animals have to do in order to adapt and survive in their habitat.

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This book would be a great source to use in your second grade classroom. This age group is notorious for their inventive and curious imaginations, just like Ada Twist. In any science lesson teachers can use this book to make connections with and enhance the understanding of science through inquiry and discovery.

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This book tells the story of three adorable and confused owls that don't know where their mom went. At last when their mother does return, the babies are beyond joyful. This story would be best read to kindergarteners because this is the age that most parents are dropping their kids off at school and spending most of their day away from them for the first time. Teachers can use this story not only to teach about animals and how they live, but they can also show children that it's okay to be scared in a new environment/situation.

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Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.by Doreen Rappaport

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Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.by Doreen Rappaport

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The uniquely beautiful illustrations in this biography enhance the power behind the written words of Martin Luther King’s life and his significance in our history. This book would be a great source to teach an important history lesson about the civil rights movement and the importance of a man everyone should know about. I think children of all ages should read this book because it's such a big part of our countries history.

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I think this book would be most appreciated in a first-third grade classroom. It serves as a great tool to use to introduce students to different elected positions in the government while giving some insight into how the process works. In addition, through this autobiography of a humble and humorous duck students of all ages can gain an appreciation for other jobs that are not as highly appreciated.

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If You Were There When They Signed the Constitution by Elizabeth Levy

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If You Were There When They Signed the Constitution by Elizabeth Levy

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This book is more appropriate for second through fourth graders once they start to learn about and understand history of where our country began. It provides details of the events leading up to the signing, as well as how it was actually written. This is a great book to use in your classroom when you start to study the Constitution.

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Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes By: James & Kimberly Dean 

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Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes By: James & Kimberly Dean 

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This is a great story for teaching students how to count. I think this book would be most appropriate teaching a math lesson for younger children in either kindergarten or first grade. Reading about Pete the Cat and his missing cupcakes will not only make you laugh, but the illustrations alone might make your tummy start to grumble.

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