Essential Books For 5-6 Children

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Oh, the Places You'll Go! By: Dr. Seuss

List Price: ~~$17.99~~

Buy New: $9.50

Inspirational yet honest, and always rhythmically rollicking, ...

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Bob Books, Set 1: Beginning Readers By: Bobby Lynn Maslen

List Price: ~~$16.99~~

Buy New: $13.71

"Forget Dick and Jane. Your beginning reader needs Bob Books® to succeed." --cpamomva.blogspot.com"Tiny enough to sneak in a very full diaper bag, we are enjoying them here, there, and everywhere." -- needsnewbatteries.blogspot.com"They are a ...

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Dr. Seuss's Beginner Book Collection (Cat in the Hat, One Fish Two Fish, Green Eggs and Ham, Hop on Pop, Fox in Socks) By: Dr. Seuss

List Price: ~~$44.95~~

Buy New: $26.28

A perfect gift for new parents, birthday celebrations, and happy occasions of all kinds, this collection of five beloved Beginner Books by Dr. Seuss...

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The Frog and Toad Collection Box Set (I Can Read Book 2) By: Arnold Lobel

List Price: ~~$11.99~~

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Frog and Toad are always there for each other -- just as best friends should be. From sledding in winter to eating ice cream on hot summer days, these two friends have fun together the whole year round!...

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The Story of Ferdinand (Picture Puffins) By: Munro Leaf

List Price: ~~$7.99~~

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What else can be said about the fabulous Ferdinand? Published more than 50 years ago (and one of the bestselling children's books of all time), this simple story of peace and contentment has withstood the test of many generations. Ferdinand is a little bull who much ...

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Diary of a Worm By: Harry Bliss

List Price: ~~$16.99~~

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Doreen Cronin (Click, Clack Moo: Cows That Type) and cartoonist Harry Bliss (illustrator of A Fine, Fine School) shed a whole new light on a creature that spends most of its time underground: the earthworm. Written in diary form, this truly hilarious picture book tracks the ins and outs ...

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Bread and Jam for Frances (I Can Read Book 2) By: Russell Hoban

List Price: ~~$3.99~~

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The Flat Stanley Collection Box Set By: Jeff Brown

List Price: ~~$14.99~~

Buy New: $10.79

Stanley Lambchop is an ordinary boy. At least he was, until the night his bulletin board fell off the wall and flattened him. At only half an inch thick, Stanley can slide under doors, mail himself across the country in an envelope, and fly like a kite!And that's only ...

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The Little Engine That Could By: Watty Piper

List Price: ~~$17.99~~

Buy New: $13.40

The unknowing progenitor of a whole generation of self-help books, Wally Piper's ...

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Eloise: A Book for Precocious Grown Ups By: Kay Thompson

List Price: ~~$18.00~~

Buy New: $13.15

"I am Eloise/I am six." So begins the well-loved story of Eloise, the garrulous little girl who lives at New York's Plaza Hotel. Eyebrow raised defiantly, arm propped on one jutting hip, Eloise is a study in self-confidence. Eloise's personal mandate is "Getting bored is not allowed," so she ...

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Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type By: Doreen Cronin

List Price: ~~$16.99~~

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The literacy rate in Farmer Brown's barn goes up considerably once his cows find an old typewriter and begin typing. To the harassed farmer's dismay, his communicative cows quickly become contentious:...

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Snowflake Bentley By: Jacqueline Briggs Martin

List Price: ~~$7.99~~

Buy New: $4.83

Most children are captivated by snow, but how many go on to make it their lifework? This beautiful biography, winner of the 1999 Caldecott Medal, tells the true story of a Vermont farm boy who was mesmerized by snowflakes. Wilson Bentley was fascinated by...

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The Scrambled States of America By: Laurie Keller

List Price: ~~$17.95~~

Buy New: $13.08

One day, Kansas wakes up grumpy. The other 49 states are stretching, yawning, and pouring maple syrup onto each other's pancakes, but irritable Kansas announces to his kindly neighbor Nebraska that life is dull and changes ...

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Actual Size (Bccb Blue Ribbon Nonfiction Book Award (Awards)) By: Steve Jenkins

List Price: ~~$16.99~~

Buy New: $13.06

Steve Jenkins (What Do You Do with a Tail Like This ?) returns with another inventive, involving picture book--this time inviting young readers to see how they measure up against a variety of different animals (represented in colorful, cut-paper collages at actual size). Each spread of Actual Size ...

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Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. By: Doreen Rappaport

List Price: ~~$17.99~~

Buy New: $12.60

In this elegant pictorial biography of Martin Luther King Jr., author Doreen Rappaport combines her spare, lyrical text with King's own words for an effective, age-appropriate portrayal of one of the world's greatest civil rights leaders. From King's yo...

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