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Orangutan Tongs

Poems to Tangle Your Tongue

by Agee, Jon

Have you ever gotten tripped up trying to say a silly succession of similar syllables? Of course--everyone has! It can be sometimes frustrating, but it's alway...

Fun with Roman numerals

by Adler, David A. & Miller, Edward

Introduces the seven symbols and their values, shows how to add and subtract to make numbers. Teaches how the symbols interact and about the bar across the top...

Way Up and Over Everything

by McGill, Alice

In this retelling of a folktale, five Africans escape the horrors of slavery by simply disappearing into thin air.

Greater Estimations

by Goldstone, Bruce

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Silent Music

A Story of Baghdad

by Rumford, James

WHEN BOMBS BEGIN TO FALL, Ali drowns out the sould of war with a pen. Like other children living in Baghdad, Ali loves soccer, music and dancing, but most of a...

A Boy Named Beckoning

The True Story of Dr. Carlos Montezuma, Native American Hero

by Capaldi, Gina

This story reveals the life of a Native American boy named Wassaja, who was kidnapped from his tribe and sold as a slave. Adopted and renamed Carlos Montezuma,...

My Dog May Be a Genius

by Prelutsky, Jack

Have you ever encountered an underwater marching band, a pig in a bathing suit, a pet orangutan, or a witch in a hardware store? Have you ever sat with a skunk...

Maybelle in the Soup

by Speck, Katie

When Mr. and Mrs. Peabody invite a guest to dinner, Maybelle the cockroach, who lives under their refrigerator, ignores the warnings of Henry the flea to be se...

Tap Dancing on the Roof

Sijo (Poems)

by Park, Linda Sue

Sijo is a traditional Korean form of poetry. Sijo is syllabic, like Japanese haiku, with three lines of 14 to 16 syllables each: the first two introduce the to...

Trolls, Go Home!

by MacDonald, Alan & Beech, Mark

When a family of Trolls moves into the quiet suburb of Biddlesden, it’s likely that things are going to get ugly (and possibly hairy and smelly) very soon, s...