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subtitle: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business

Esphyr Slobodkina, author and illustrator

New York: HarperCollins, 1968 – originally published 1940

40 pp

Age: 2 and up           (also good for beginning readers: 6+)

Interests: monkeys, folktales

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All Join In

Quentin Blake, author and illustrator

London: Jonathon Cape, 1990

27 pp.

Age: 2 and up

Interests: poetry, music, songs, noise

Also by this author/illustrator: Mister MagnoliaClown

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The Quangle Wangle’s Hat

GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1969

Edward Lear, author

Helen Oxenbury, illustrator

Essex: Springbourne Press, 1969, 1985

30 pp

Ages: 2 +

Interests: poetry, nonsense, animals

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Dogger

GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1977

Shirley Hughes, author and illustrator

London: Random House, 1977

30 pp

Ages: 2+

Interests: toys, family, siblings

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Borka: The Adventures of a Goose With No Feathers

GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1963

John Burningham, author and illustrator

London: Jonathan Cape, 1963

30 pp

Ages:  2 +

Interests: birds, geese, stories about not fitting in

Also by this author: Mr. Gumpy’s Outing, Avocado Baby, Come Away From the Water Shirley, Edwardo: The Horriblest Boy in the Whole Wide World, Courtney

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The Hello, Goodbye Window

CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 2006

The Hello, Goodbye Window

Chris Raschka, illustrator

Norton Juster, author

New York: Michael di Capua/Hyperion, 2005

29 pp

ages 2 +

Interests: grandparents, babysitters

Sequel to this book: Sourpuss and Sweetie Pie

Also by this author: The Phantom Tollbooth

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The Little House

CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1943

The Little House

Virginia Lee Burton

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1942

40 pp

ages 2 +

Interests: machinery, cars, construction, country living, the seasons, and what life was like long ago…

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Make Way for Ducklings

CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1942

Make Way for Ducklings

Robert McCloskey

New York: Viking Press, 1941

62 pp

ages 2 and up

Interests: birds, ducks, public parks, Boston

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