John and El's Favorite Books

The bears' picks for best books: September 2000
This month: Great books for begining readers!
These titles should be available at your local library.

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How Many Fish? 
By Caron Lee Cohen

In this rhythmic and repetitive,
My First I Can Read Book, six little fish meet six
little feet in the shallow water at the edge of the beach.
Can you count them? 

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Biscuit
by Alyssa Satin Capucilli

How can you get a tired little puppy to bed? 
In this My First I Can Read Book, Biscuit wants only to play.
Of course the child in this story knows just what to do.

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Hedgehog Bakes a Cake by Maryann Macdonald

When Hedgehog decides to bake a cake, his friends stop by to help.   The mess gets bigger and bigger, but Hedgehog doesn't want to hurt their feelings.  See how he finds the perfect solution for the problem - too many cooks in the kitchen.  The recipe for the cake is included in this Bank Street Ready to Read Level 2.

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Little Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik

This I Can Read Book is a favorite of John and El.  In his first book, Little Bear, now a popular TV star, exhibits an absolutely amazing imagination.  Delight in four separate simple stories as Little Bear gets dressed, celebrates his birthday, flies to the moon, and settles down to a story at the end of the day.

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Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel

Another classic, this I Can Read Book contains five wonderful stories about two great friends.  Watch as Toad and Frog demonstrate just what friends are for--to help each other out when something is lost, or to cheer each other up when someone feels gloomy. 

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Barbara Lintner of the Urbana Free Library in Urbana, IL.  AKA, Natalie's Mom.


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