Classic picture books

Angus and the ducks

Author: 
Marjorie Flack
Call #: 
FLA
Location: Easy Fiction
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Angus calls the garden his domain, just like most pets. A leash keeps his outdoor curiosity tethered until the day he escapes to chase the ducks he hears making a ruckus.

Babar the king

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Author: 
Jean de Brunhoff
Call #: 
BRU
Location: Easy Fiction
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After making peace with the rhinoceros, King Babar and Queen Celeste plan a model city and live happily with their friends and subjects in the country of elephants.

Curious George

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Author: 
H. A. Rey
Call #: 
REY
Location: Easy Fiction
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The curiosity of a newly-captured monkey gets him into continual trouble.

Doctor De Soto

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Author: 
William Steig
Call #: 
STE
Location: Easy Fiction
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Doctor De Soto, a mouse dentist, copes with the toothaches of various animals except those with a taste for mice, until the day a fox comes to him in great pain.

Frog and toad are friends

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Author: 
Arnold Lobel
Call #: 
LOB
Location: Easy Fiction
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Five tales recounting the adventures of two best friends - Frog and Toad.

Fun with Dick and Jane

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Author: 
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Call #: 
DIC
Location: Easy Fiction
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A collection of reissued stories with simple vocabulary featuring Dick, Jane, and other familiar characters.

George and Martha: the complete stories of two best friends

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Author: 
James Marshall
Call #: 
MAR
Location: Easy Fiction
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All thirty-five books about the world's two best friends, George and Martha, are brought together to celebrate the friendship between two of the most lovable characters ever created.

Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy

Author: 
Lynley Dodd
Call #: 
DOD
Location: Easy Fiction
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A small black dog and his canine friends are terrorized by the local tomcat.

Leo the late bloomer

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Author: 
Robert Kraus
Call #: 
KRA
Location: Easy Fiction
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Leo isn' t reading, or writing, or drawing, or even speaking, and his father is concerned. But Leo' s mother isn' t. She knows her son will do all those things, and more, when he' s ready.

Love you forever

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Author: 
Robert Munsch
Call #: 
MUN
Location: Easy Fiction
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This is the story of how a little boy goes through the stages of childhood and becomes a man. It is also about the enduring nature of parents' love.

Madeline

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Author: 
Ludwig Bemelmans
Call #: 
BEM
Location: Easy Fiction
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Madeline, smallest and naughtiest of the twelve little charges of Miss Clavel, wakes up one night with an awful tummy ache. Set in picturesque Paris, this tale of a brave little girl's trip to the hospital is as appealing today as it was in 1940.

Make way for ducklings

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Author: 
Robert McCloskey
Call #: 
MCC
Location: Easy Fiction
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A mallard family makes their home near a pond in the Public Garden in Boston, then decide to venture across the busy city street.

Millions of cats

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Author: 
Wanda Gág
Call #: 
GAG
Location: Easy Fiction
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How can an old man and his wife select one cat from a choice of millions and trillions?

Strega Nona : an old tale

Author: 
Tomie de Paola
Call #: 
398.20945 DEP
Location: Easy Nonfiction
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When Strega Nona leaves him alone with her magic pasta pot, Big Anthony is determined to show the townspeople how it works.

The cat in the hat

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Author: 
Dr. Seuss
Call #: 
SEU
Location: Easy Fiction
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Two children sitting at home on a rainy day are visited by the Cat in the Hat, who shows them some tricks and games.

The caterpillar and the polliwog

Author: 
Jack Kent
Call #: 
KEN
Location: Easy Fiction
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Impressed by the proud caterpillar's boast that she will turn into a butterfly when she grows up, a polliwog determines to watch the caterpillar very carefully and turn into a butterfly too.

The little engine that could

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Author: 
Watty Piper
Call #: 
PIP
Location: Easy Fiction
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Although she is not very big, the Little Blue Engine bravely agrees to try to pull a stranded train full of toys over the mountain, repeating over and over to herself "I think I can, I think I can..."

The snowy day

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Author: 
Ezra Jack Keats
Call #: 
KEA
Location: Easy Fiction
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The adventures of a little boy in the city on a very snowy day.

The story of Ferdinand

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Author: 
Munro Leaf
Call #: 
LEA
Location: Easy Fiction
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A docile bull named Ferdinand would rather smell flowers than engage in the bullfights in Madrid.

The wump world

Author: 
Bill Peet
Call #: 
PEE
Location: Easy Fiction
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The beautiful green world of the Wumps will never be the same again after it is invaded by the Pollutians

Where the wild things are

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Author: 
Maurice Sendak
Call #: 
SEN
Location: Easy Fiction
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Max is sent to bed without supper and imagines sailing away to the land of Wild Things, where he is made king.