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Crabtree's 'Tadpoles' series is directed to emergent
readers and offers words and phrases repeated to help build reading
skills. Pair this approach with stories about familiar situations, from
pets to family members, pirates and high adventure, and you have a
bright, lively, high-interest series. New additions include Penny Dolan
and Lisa Smith's LITTLE TROLL (0778738566) about a troll always
bullied by the Bully Goats, Jilliam Powell and Johanna Boccardo's
SAM'S SUNFLOWER (0778738647) about a sunflower-growing school
contest, Sue Graves and Maddy McClellan's MOP TOP (0778738574)
about a puppy with a shaggy coat, Mick Gowar and Richard Morgan's
LEO'S NEW PET (9778738558) about naming a tiny new hamster,
Margaret Nash and Anni Axworthy's SAMMY'S SECRET (0778737639)
telling of a too-small cat, Jane Clarke and Tomislav Zlatic's RUNNY
HONEY (9778738620) telling of a bear who loves honey but finds a
competitor, A.H. Benjamin and O'K if's I'M TALLER THAN
YOU! (977873854X) following a giraffe who is taller than all other
animals--and keeps remind them; Margaret Nash and Beccy Blake's MY
BIG, NEW BED (0778738590) about a new bed tested for its limitations;
Lynne Benton and Neil Chapman's PIRATE PETE (0778738612) telling of
a pirate who sails off in search of treasure, Sheila May Bird and Daniel
Postgate's MY AUNTIE SUSAN (0778738582) telling of an aunt who
wears a top hat and rides a bike, Anne Adeney and Cathy Shimmen's
FIVE TEDDY BEARS (0778738531), a lively counting rhyme about five bears
at a picnic; Penny Dolan and Martin Impey's AT THE END OF THE
GARDEN (0778738507) telling of things to see at a garden's end, Sue
Graves and Lisa Williams' BAD LUCK, LUCY! (0778737515) about a
lucky coin and a lucky girl, Sue Graves and Helen Jackson's BEN AND
THE BIG BALLOON (9778738604) about a big balloon gift and a windy day,
and Sue Graves and Desideria Guicciardini's CRABBY GABBY
(0778738523) about a girl who is always cross. All are high-interest
titles with bright, zany drawings kids will appreciate.
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