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**Deborah Hopkinson** In Knob Creek, Kentucky, in 1816, seven-year-old Abe Lincoln falls into a creek and is rescued by his best friend, Austin Gollaher.
 * Abe Lincoln Crosses A Creek: A Tall, Thin Tale (Introducing His Forgotten Frontier Friend) **

**Doreen Rappaport** Despite the obstacles he faced as a self-educated man from the back woods, Lincoln persevered in his political career, and his compassion and honesty gradually earned him the trust of many Americans.
 * Abe's Honest Words: The Life Of Abraham Lincoln **

**Nck Bruel** Takes a humorous look at the normal way cats bathe, why it is inappropriate for humans to bathe that way, and the challenges of trying to give a cat a real bath with soap and water. Includes fun facts, glossary, and other information.
 * Bad Kitty Gets A Bath **

**Couple Of Boys Have The Best Week Ever**  Friends James and Eamon enjoy a wonderful week at the home of Eamon's grandparents during summer vacation.
 * Marla Frazee**

**Jon Scieska** Although Cowboy and Octopus have different opinions about beans and knock-knock jokes, their friendship endures.
 * Cowboy and Octopus **

Laura Vaccaro Seeger ** Three easy-to-read stories reveal the close friendship between Dog and Bear.
 * Dog And Bear: Two Friends, Three Stories

Nancy Cofflelt ** A child describes how she lives sometimes with her mother and sometimes with her father, but her dog is her constant companion.  Dogs across the United States write to Mr. Mutt, a people expert, for help with their humans.
 * Fred Stays With Me
 * Help Me, Mr. Mutt!: Expert Answers For Dogs With People Problems**
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Janet Stevens **

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> When Ms. Campbell mistakenly thinks it's her birthday and brings in a huge chocolate cake, Keena realizes that she's gotten herself into a sticky situation.
 * Keena Ford And The Second-Grade Mix-Up**
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Melissa Thomson **

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Mo Willems ** Despite his best efforts, Leonardo cannot scare anyone, even miserable Sam, and the sympathy he feels for Sam leads to friendship.
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Leonardo, The Terrible Monster

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Carmen Agra Deedy ** In this humorous retelling of a Cuban folktale, a cockroach interviews her suitors in order to decide whom to marry.
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Martina The Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Mat Tavares ** During a rainy Minneapolis Millers baseball game in 1903, Little Andy Oyler has the chance to become a hero by hitting the shortest and muddiest home run in history.
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Mudball

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Susan Katz ** With his big personality and an equally big appetite, Theodore the class pet is more than happy to explain how best to tend and care for him in this charming picture book about a very personable pet who has quite a lot to say to anyone who will listen!
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Oh, Theodore!: Guinea Pig Poems

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Jan Thomas ** As three dust bunnies, Ed, Ned, and Ted, are demonstrating how much they love to rhyme, a fourth, Bob, is trying to warn them of approaching danger.
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Rhyming Dust Bunnies

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Rob Scotton. ** A nervous Splat finds his first day at Cat School much better than he expected.
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Splat The Cat

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Margaret Read MacDonald ** When Little Boy is frightened by a squeaky bedroom door, his grandmother brings in various animals to help him feel secure enough to sleep. Includes notes on the story's origins.
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Squeaky Door

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">David Shannon ** Although he finally agrees that he has too many toys and needs to give them away, there is one toy that Spencer absolutely cannot part with.
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Too Many Toys

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Kimiko Kajikawa ** A wealthy man in a Japanese village, who everyone calls Ojiisan, which means grandfather, sets fire to his rice fields to warn the innocent people of an approaching tsunami.
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Tsunami!

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Mary Nethery & Kirby Larson ** Bobbi and Bob Cat, the best of friends, lose everything when their hometown of New Orleans was struck by Hurricane Katrina. Only by staying together could Bobbi and Bob Cat survive.
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Two Bobbies: A True Story Of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship, And Survival

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Elise Broach ** Although his mother is a little worried, a young boy is delighted to discover that every shop in town is giving away real dinosaurs to their customers.
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">When Dinosaurs Came With Everything