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	Barn Sneeze by Karen B. Winnick When the wind blows through the barn, it sets off a chain reaction of sneezes among the animals that eventually wakes up Sue in the farm house.
	Bear has a Story to Tell by Philip C. Stead Bear, with the help of his animal friends, remembers the story he had hoped to tell before the onset of winter.
	Brer Rabbit and the Fatal Imitation, from Trick of the Tale: A Collection of Trickster Tales by John & Caitlín Matthews An illustrated collection of tales featuring notable trickster characters such as Raven and Hare, from the folk traditions of many countries.
	Peril: Giant Squid, from Deadly Perils: And How To Avoid Them by Tracey Turner A treasury of more than one hundred whimsical poems that frolic on the lighter side of everything from school and siblings to sports and friendship.
	La doctora Maisy por Lucy Cousins Maisy y Tula juegan a los doctores. Maisy escucha el corazoþn de Tula y atiende a Osito Panda, que esta~ enfermo. Pero Maisy corre por la escalera y tropieza.

Prior week's stories:

	Kitten's Spring by Eugenie Fernandes A young kitten explores the wilderness as other animals celebrate spring.
	Bunny Bunny Catkin by Cathy MacLennan Discover the delights of spring in this joyful rhythmic story.
	Selections, from Oddhopper Opera: A Bug's Garden of Verses by Kurt Cyrus A collection of poems about the activities of a variety of different bugs which flourish in a garden from early spring to late fall.
	Selections, from Poems I Wrote When No One Was Looking by Alan Katz A treasury of more than one hundred whimsical poems that frolic on the lighter side of everything from school and siblings to sports and friendship.
	Primavera por María Rius

	Duck on a Bike by David Shannon A duck decides to ride a bike and soon influences all the other animals on the farm to ride bikes too.
	The Boy Who Cried Bigfoot! by Scott Magoon Ben has so often tried to convince people he has seen Bigfoot that when a real yeti arrives and borrows his bicycle, no one comes to see if Ben is telling the truth.
	The Three Little Pigs and the Somewhat Bad Wolf by Mark Teague The three little pigs are in their usual trouble with the somewhat bad wolf--who is really just very hungry and frustrated that the pizza parlor will not serve him.
	A chapter, from Abduction! by Peg Kehret Thirteen-year-old Bonnie has a feeling of foreboding on the very day that her six-year-old brother Matt and their dog Pookie are abducted, and she becomes involved in a major search effort as well as a frightening adventure.
	Pato va en bici por David Shannon En este libro ilustrado para niños, un pato va paseando por primera vez en una bicicleta. Influye a los demás animales de la granja que también prueban los bicis.

	Boy + Bot by Ame Dyckman A boy and a robot strike up a friendship despite their differences.
	I'd Really Like to Eat a Child by Sylviane Donnio One morning Achilles, a young crocodile, insists that he will eat a child that day and refuses all other food, but when he actually finds a little girl, she puts him in his place.
	Cloony the Clown, from A Light In the Attic by Shel Silverstein A collection of humorous poems and drawings.
	The Tale of the Three Brothers, from The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling A collection of tales from the world of Harry Potter.
	Vaca Blanca por Ana Paula Rosales Vaca Mancha vende sus manchas para comprar un carro y ahora se llama Vaca Blanca. Spotted Cow sells her spots to buy a car and changes her name to White Cow.

	Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed by Mo Willems Wilbur, a naked mole rat who likes to wear clothes, is forced to go before the wise community elder, who surprises the other naked mole rats with his pronouncement.
	Calvin Can't Fly: The Story of a Bookworm Birdie by Jennifer Berne A young starling chooses to read books when his cousins are learning to fly, and the knowledge he acquires comes in handy when a hurricane threatens the flock's migration.
	Clementine by Sara Pennypacker While sorting through difficulties in her friendship with Margaret, eight-year-old Clementine gains several unique hairstyles while also helping her father in his efforts to banish pigeons from the front of their apartment building.
	Crossing Our Hearts in the Dark, from The Secret of Me: A Novel in Verse by Meg Kearney To make sense of her life, Lizzie pours her emotions into her poetry—list poems, sonnets, free verse, sestinas, blues—about her family, best friends, basketball, the dance.
	Mi rinoceronte por Jon Agee A rhinoceros does only two things: pop balloons and poke holes in kites. But rhinoceroses can really do more--so much more--than that!