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	Silly Tilly by Eileen Spinelli Tilly drives the other barnyard animals crazy with her silliness, but after gruffly telling her to stop, they discover that they miss her old ways.
	The Wolf's Chicken Stew by Keiko Kasza A hungry wolf's attempts to fatten a chicken for his stewpot have unexpected results.
	A Secret Love, from More True Lies: 18 Tales For You to Judge told by George Shannon A collection of eighteen brief folktales in which the reader is asked to explain how the folk character lied and told the truth at the same time.
	Dancing to Freedom: The True Story of Mao's Last Dancer by Li Cunxin Selected by Chairman Mao's officials from among millions of children to become a dancer, Li's new life began as he left his family behind. At the Beijing Dance Academy, days were long and difficult. Li's hard work was rewarded when he was chosen yet again, this time to travel to America.
	El gran granero rojo por Margaret Wise Brown Rhymed text introduces the many different animals that live in the big red barn.

Prior week's stories:

	Crocodile Beat by Gail Jorgensen Lying in wait in the water, Crocodile hears a multitude of animal sounds and plans on having a tasty dinner, but he is bested by Lion.
	Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson On a cold winter night many animals gather to party in the cave of a sleeping bear, who then awakes and protests that he has missed the food and the fun.
	Pages 1-8, from A Room with a Zoo by Jules Feiffer Nine-year-old Julie loves animals. So much it seems that she's assembling a zoo in her room. But, what she really wants is a dog.
	Pages 1-8, from Life, Love, and the Pursuit of Free Throws by Janette Rallison High school freshmen Josie and Cami try to remain best friends as they compete for basketball awards and boys.
	Salí de paseo por Sue Williams During the course of a walk, a young boy identifies animals of different colors.

	I Ain't Gonna Paint No More! by Karen Beaumont In the rhythm of a familiar folk song, a child cannot resist adding one more dab of paint in surprising places.
	The Talking Vegetables retold by Won-Ldy Paye & Margaret H. Lippert After Spider refuses to help the villagers plant the vegetables, he is in for a surprise when he goes to pick some for himself.
	Why the Goat Has a Short Tail, from The Last Tales of Uncle Remus as told by Julius Lester Retells the final adventures and misadventures of Brer Rabbit and his friends and enemies.
	The beginning of, The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly In central Texas in 1899, eleven-year-old Callie Vee Tate is instructed to be a lady by her mother, learns about love from the older three of her six brothers, and studies the natural world with her grandfather, the latter of which leads to an important discovery.
	¡Demasiadas peras! por Jackie French A Pamela le fascinan las peras...¡y hará cualquier cosa por conseguirlas!

	Too Many Pears! by Jackie French Pamela the cow loves pears so much that no one else ever has a chance to eat any.
	The Three Little Pigs = Los tres cerditos adaptation by Mercè Escardó i Bas When three little pigs leave home to seek their fortunes, they encounter a threatening wolf.
	Chapter 1, from My Rotten Life: Nathan Abercrombie, Accidental Zombie; Book 1 by David Lubar Tired of continually having his feelings hurt by popular students and bullies, fifth-grader Nathan agrees to try an experimental formula, Hurt-Be-Gone, and becomes a half-dead zombie, a condition which, he soon discovers, has some real advantages.
	Colorado, Here I Am, from The Scary States of America by Michael Teitelbaum Twelve-year-old Jason Specter, self-proclaimed "clearing house for the weird," introduces and presents his favorite stories of the paranormal--one from each state of the Union.
	¡Demasiadas peras! por Jackie French A Pamela le fascinan las peras...¡y hará cualquier cosa por conseguirlas!

	How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon? by Jane Yolen Describes what a young dinosaur should do in order to quickly get over being sick.
	Mouse Count by Ellen Stoll Walsh Ten clever mice outsmart a hungry snake.
	The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling A boy acquires a magical gift that turns everything his lips touch into chocolate.
	Hook'em, Snotty! by Gary Paulsen Bobbie and Alex, female cousins, are thrown together on the ranch where Bobbie lives with their grandfather and the girls take an immediate dislike to one another.
	Harry, el perrito sucio por Gene Zion When a white dog with black spots runs away from home, he gets so dirty his family doesn't recognize him on his return as a black dog with white spots.

	The Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore The well-known poem about an important Christmas visitor.
	Holiday Stew: A Kids Portion of Holiday and Seasonal Poems by Jenny Whitehead This joyous poetry collection features more than eighty poems about the many holidays celebrated throughout the year.
	Puss In Boots retold by Lincoln Kirstein A retelling of the French fairy tale in which a clever cat wins his master a fortune and the hand of a princess.
	The Road Not Taken from, The Poetry of Robert Frost: The Collected Poems by Robert Frost "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and sorry I could not travel both and be one traveler, long I stood and looked down one as far as I could to where it bent in the undergrowth."
	Harry, el perrito sucio por Gene Zion When a white dog with black spots runs away from home, he gets so dirty his family doesn't recognize him on his return as a black dog with white spots.

	It's Snowing! It's Snowing! by Jack Prelutsky A collection of more than a dozen poems that capture the excitement of winter.
	Winter Lights: A Season in Poems and Quilts by Anna Grossnickle Hines Rich, luminous fabrics. Eleven miles of thread. An uncountable number of stitches. Clear, sparkling words. With these ingredients Anna Grossnickle Hines celebrates the lights that brighten the darkest season of our year.
	Runaway Dreidel! by Lesléa Newman In this rhyming tale in the style of "The Night before Christmas," a family's preparations for Chanukah are disrupted by a wildly spinning dreidel.
	Excerpt from, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson The six mean Herdman kids lie, steal, smoke cigars (even the girls) and then become involved in the community Christmas pageant.
	La Nochebuena de Maisy por Lucy Cousins En este libro ilustrado para niños, es Nochebuena. Maisy ha invitado a todos sus amigos animales para celebrar en su casa. Uno de los amigos no llega y los demás salen a buscarlo bajo la gran nevada.

	Mouse's First Snow by Lauren Thompson Mouse tries many new things when he and his father go out and play in the snow.
	There Was an Old Monster! by Rebecca Emberly A monster swallows ants, a lizard, a bat, and other creatures to try to cure a stomach ache that began when he swallowed a tick.
	17 Things I'm Not Allowed To Do Anymore by Jenny Offill A young girl lists things she is not allowed to do anymore, including not being able to make ice after freezing a fly in one of the cubes.
	Nukka An Eskimo Princess from, Princesses of the World by Katell Goyer Take an unforgettable journey to visit fourteen dazzling princesses in countries far and beyond.
	¡Un beso de Buenas Noches! por Amy Hest Even after a story, being tucked in, and warm milk, Sam is not ready to go to sleep until his mother kisses him good-night.

	Boo Hoo Bird by Jeremy Tankard When Bird gets hit on the head while playing ball, his friends have many suggestions to try to make him feel better.
	Big Wolf & Little Wolf by Nadine Brun-Cosme Big Wolf has always lived alone at the top of a hill under a tree, so when a little wolf suddenly arrives one day, he does not know what to think.
	Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman by Marc Tyler Nobleman Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, two misfit teens in Depression-era Cleveland, escaped into the worlds of science fiction and pulp magazine adventure tales and went on to create one of the most famous comic-book heroes of all time.
	An Excerpt from, Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell Left alone on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California, a young Indian girl spends eighteen years, not only merely surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance, but also finding a measure of happiness in her solitary life.
	¿Quién está en el baño? por Jeanne Willis Two children who desperately need to go try to figure out why there is such a long line for the bathroom.

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