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The zoo animals find a way to keep the baby beebee bird awake during the day so that they can get some sleep at night.

Pinkerton, Behave!
His behavior may be rather unconventional, but Pinkerton the dog proves it doesn't really matter.
Incidents from the life of Pecos Bill, from his childhood among the coyotes to his unusual wedding day.
In this retelling of a well-known tale, Serafina Sow starts her own waffle-selling business in order to enable her three offspring to prepare for the future, which includes an encounter with a surly wolf.
A formidable librarian makes readers not only out of the once resistant residents of her small town, but out of a tough-talking, television-watching motorcycle gang as well.
Text and pictures try to make possible the conceptualization of a million, a billion, and a trillion.
 Jimmy's boa constrictor wreaks havoc on the class trip to a farm.
Sally Ann, wife of Davy Crockett, fears nothing--and proves it when braggart Mike Fink tries to scare her.
In a story loosely based on The Pied Piper of Hamelin, an elf acquires from a miserable witch a magic pipe that allows him to transform things, including the mean-spirited Grand Duke who rules over a rat-infested town.
Recounts the life of the extraordinary lumberjack whose unusual size and strength brought him many fantastic adventures.
 Presents the life of John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, describing his love of nature, his kindness to animals, and his physical fortitude.
A boy climbs to the top of a giant beanstalk, where he uses his quick wits to outsmart a giant and make his and his mother's fortune.

Chicken Little and his feathered friends, alarmed that the sky seems to be falling, are easy prey to hungry Foxy Loxy when he poses as a police officer in hopes of tricking them into his truck.
It soon becomes clear that Louis's pet tadpole is not turning into an ordinary frog.

Can I Keep Him?
Mother objects to every pet Arnold asks to keep except one--a person.

The Island of the Skog
To escape the dangers of urban life, Jenny and her friends sail away to an island, only to be faced with a new problem--its single inhabitant--the Skog.

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