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Hooray for Fish!
By Lucy Cousins
Little Fish has all sorts of fishy friends in his underwater home, but loves one of them most of all.

Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons
By James Dean
Pete the cat loves the buttons on his shirt so much that he makes up a song about them, and even as the buttons pop off, one by one, he still finds a reason to sing.

The Perfect Nest
By Catherine Friend
Jack the cat gets much more than he bargained for when he decides to build the perfect nest to attract the perfect chicken.

It’s a Tiger!
By David LaRochelle
A child imagines that he is in a story where he encounters a tiger at every turn.

Moo!
By David LaRochelle
When Cow gets her hooves on the farmer's car, she takes it for a wild ride through the country.

A Sick Day for Amos McGee
By Philip Stead
Zookeeper Amos McGee always makes time to visit his friends who live at the zoo until the day he stays home because he is sick.

A Birthday for Cow!
By Jan Thomas
Despite the objections of Pig and Mouse, Duck insists on adding a special ingredient to the cake they are making to celebrate Cow's birthday.

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