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November 10, Happy BIrthday ]]> <![CDATA[Christine added 'Thanksgiving Mice!']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50791359 to: Thanksgiving Mice! (Paperback) by Bethany Roberts
bookshelves: holiday, thanksgiving
A group of mice have some problems when they put on a play to commemorate the first Thanksgiving, but everything works out all right in the end.
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Great storytime book for young children. ]]> <![CDATA[Christine added 'One Little, Two Little, Three Little Pilgrims']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76626570 to: One Little, Two Little, Three Little Pilgrims (Picture Puffin Books) by B.G. Hennessy
bookshelves: favorite-books, thanksgiving
Counts things associated with a harvest feast in colonial Plymouth Colony, including pilgrims, Wampanoags, nuts, squash, and, of course, turkeys.

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This is a book I read to the children every year. ]]> <![CDATA[Christine added 'Little Pierre: A Cajun Story from Louisiana']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73236235 to: Little Pierre: A Cajun Story from Louisiana (Hardcover) by Robert D. San Souci
bookshelves: alligator, favorite-illustrations
A very tiny but clever boy outwits his older brothers, an ogre, an alligator, and a giant catfish to rescue a rich man's daughter in this Cajun version of a French fairy tale.

Notes: "The adventures of Little Pierre are based on the stories of Poucet or Ti-Poucet (Little Tom Thumb; Thumbling)"--Author's note.


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]]> <![CDATA[Christine added 'An Alligator Ate My Brother']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73236703 An Alligator Ate My Brother (Hardcover) by Mary Olson
bookshelves: alligator, currently-reading
Summary: No one believes a young boy when he says an alligator is in the house.
www.hcpl.net ]]> <![CDATA[Christine added 'My Beastie Book of ABC: Rhymes and Woodcuts']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73236546 My Beastie Book of ABC: Rhymes and Woodcuts (Get Real Number 4) by David Frampton
bookshelves: currently-reading
Summary: Illustrations and brief rhymes present an alphabet of animals from alligator and hippo to parrot and zebra.
www.hcpl.net ]]> <![CDATA[Christine added 'The Lady with the Alligator Purse']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49507999 to: The Lady with the Alligator Purse (Board book) by Nadine Bernard Westcott
bookshelves: alligator, books-for-fun, storytime-favorites
Based on the song.

Summary: Includes music to sing, a story to read, & games to play!

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Christine Turner read and liked Cara's review of Puff, the Magic Dragon:

"LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this! I love the way that the book ends. The song ends so sadly, yet the book's illustrations paint a totally different (and sweet) ending! There is a CD that you play while you flip through the pages and it is just so sweet. I t...more "
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]]> <![CDATA[Christine added 'Follow the Line']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73235511 to: Follow the Line (Hardcover) by Laura Ljungkvist
]]> <![CDATA[Christine added 'What Can You Do with a Paper Bag?']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73235175 What Can You Do with a Paper Bag? (Paperback) by NY Metropolitan Museum of Art
bookshelves: currently-reading, juv-non-fiction
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