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Magnetic Poetry Kit: Storymaker |
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Magnetic Poetry, Inc. Staff |
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Story Maker is a colorful collection of over 150 word and phrase magnets that makes creating a story fun and easy. Combine the color-coded magnets—the blue tiles are nouns, red are verbs, yellow tiles are prepositional phrases and the green are other stuff—into serious and silly stories, and learn language skills as you compose.
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The Movable Mother Goose |
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Robert Clarke Sabuda |
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This elaborate pop-up book adds a spectacular twist to Mother Goose's well-loved rhymes. Paper artist Robert Sabuda, preeminent patriarch of modern pop-up engineering, brings yet another explosion of motion and color to his latest masterpiece. Attributing animal personalities to nursery-rhyme characters, he surprises young readers time and again. In "Jack Be Nimble," for example, the fellow leaping lithely over a candlestick is none other than a grasshopper. And the Man in the Moon is seen from a startling perspective: he has decidedly alien features! Sabuda's quirky take on traditional rhymes, combined with his fantastic folding, moving, spinning paper sculptures, will have pop-up fanciers and Mother Goose devotees clamoring for more. Sturdier than most pop-ups, these three-dimensional constructions are nonetheless... |
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The Complete Tales and Poems of Winnie-The-Pooh/Wtp |
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A. A. Milne |
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Seventy-five years ago, that most beloved of "silly old bears," Winnie-the-Pooh, came down the stairs, "bump, bump, bump," on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin. And now, after generations of children have grown up on stories about Pooh's adventures with his forest friends, the four all-time children's classics from A.A. Milne and Ernest H. Shepard have been collected in one hefty, handsome volume for another multitude of generations to enjoy. Gathered together are the poems and tales that celebrate heffalumps, Eeyore's birthday, the unbouncing of Tigger, Disobedience, Buckingham Palace, and sneezles. The stories about Pooh getting stuck in Rabbit's doorway, Piglet doing a "Very Grand Thing," and Eeyore losing a tail (and Pooh finding one) are timeless favorites for children--and grownups--of all ages.... |
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Chugga-Chugga Choo-Choo |
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Kevin Lewis |
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Kids love trains, and Kevin Lewis and illustrator Daniel Kirk's Chugga-Chugga Choo-Choo will do nothing but encourage the obsession. "Sun's up! / Morning's here. / Up and at 'em, / engineer," cheerfully begins this rhyming picture book. As the simple large-lettered text chugs along, Daniel Kirk brings a child's playroom and train set to life with bold, bright illustrations reminiscent of his work in Bigger. In the course of the book, the toys bustle about to make sure the steam engine is loaded up with freight and finds its way (through the country, 'round the mountains, into tunnels, and across the river) to its destination--the city. There the "sleepy-sleepy choo-choo" rests, right next to a tired little boy, until the next day's work begins: "To the roundhouse / you are bound. / Good night, engine, / safe and sound."... |
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Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear |
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Domain Public |
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From School Library Journal
PreS-Bush's lively illustrations of the childhood rhyme show the back story-"Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, touch the ground" shows the stuffed toy falling out of a boy's backpack. As the child and his mother continue their way home, Teddy is picked up by a dog and then by a seagull that eventually takes him home. As the verses end, Teddy has climbed into the house and is turning out the boy's bedside light. The last page shows the motions that go with the verses. The pictures are of average quality but fun, and Teddy is adorable despite the average quality of the art. This book will liven up a toddler storyhour.-Bina Williams, Bridgeport Public Library, CT Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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Dinosaur's Binkit |
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Sandra Boynton |
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Sandra Boynton turns on the charm again in this story about a cuddly dino who refuses to go to bed until he (or she) has the right comfort object. A reflective silvery moon, some pull-out flaps, and a liftable bedspread with a reluctant hero hiding beneath it offer the very small reader a way into the story. The "Binkit" itself, a piece of soft yellow felt, can be stroked for reassurance. Reluctant bedtimers from one to three will enjoy this introduction to the idea of a bedtime routine that ends with comfort, closed eyes, and peace. (Baby to age 3)
From Publishers Weekly
Boynton's (Snoozers) signature style showcases a restless baby dinosaur who can't go to bed without his (or her) security blanket in this charming large-trim board book. Her rhyming text cajoles the little creature... |
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Elegy On Toy Piano (Pitt Poetry) |
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Dean Young |
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0822958724 |
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Staccato and frantic, created by long series of declarative end-stopped lines, Young's sixth collection confidently balances moments of absurdity against high drama and raw admissions of emotion: "Our camouflage works best/ galloping en masse in discotheques./ We are very gentle with our young." The book is dedicated to the late Kenneth Koch; when Young writes of a power drill telling a canoe, "You don't have a clue," he really means it. The title poem recalls something of Auden's elegy for Yeats, in sentiment if not in tone, and slyly contains self-doubt: "His work has enlarged the world/ but the world is about to stop including him./ He is the tower the world runs out of." When Young's poetry works, his particular mix of the silly and the deadly serious increases the poignancy of the poems, so that in the first... |
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Toy Medium |
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Daniel Newton Tiffany |
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0520219228 |
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Los Angeles Times Book Review
"A complex, remarkably original and challenging study."
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Book Description
What begins with an unlikely collection of unrelated phenomena--mechanical dolls, weather, atoms, lyric poetry--blossoms in the course of Toy Medium into a subtle and persuasive meditation on one of Western philosophy's biggest puzzles: the relation of mind and matter. What is the role of the imagination in defining material substance? In a dazzling study of the poetics of materialist philosophy and of the materialism of lyric poetry, Daniel Tiffany traces the historical conjunction of matter and metaphor through a remarkable range of topics: automata in classical antiquity and the eighteenth century; Kepler's treatise on snowflakes;... |
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The Night before Christmas |
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Clement Clarke Moore |
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0824955145 |
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Old MacDonald Had a Farm (Classic Books) |
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Child's Play (Corporate Author), Pam Adams (Illustrator) |
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0859536629 |
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This title is part of an extremely well-known series that have been best sellers in our line since they were first published.
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The die-cut classics make superb lapbooks. 17" x 17" For children ages 3-8 years.
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Five Little Monkeys |
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David Melling |
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0525467882 |
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Favorite nursery songs are given fresh appeal in this lively interactive book. Inside are ten sturdy movable characters, so young children can help the Itsy-Bitsy Spider back up the spout-and more. Plus, each song comes with illustrated actions to help parents and children sing and play together. The delightfully quirky art, filled with monkeys and children, makes this book one to relish.
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Chicka Chicka ABC with Toy |
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Bill Martin |
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0689878206 |
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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, the beloved classic picture book, is now available in an abridged board book and maraca gift set perfect for parent and child to share. This rhythmic, rhyming storybook will have little ones clapping, stamping their feet, and singing their way from A to Z and back again. Packaged in a handy carry-along tote, this alphabet treat is sure to bring the beat and a smile to even the youngest child.
Simon & Schuster
A rollicking alphabet chant for the youngest child! All the letters of the alphabet race up the coconut tree in this colorful board book version of the award-winning Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.END
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This Little Piggy |
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Jane K. Manning |
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0694010006 |
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This little piggy went to the market.This little piggy stayed home.And this little piggy...Wiggle the toes on each page and see each piggy pop up. This nursery rhyme favorite with a toe-tally new twist will have toddlers squealing with delight.
Card catalog description
Pop-up pigs preparing for a birthday party illustrate this retelling of the classic nursery rhyme.
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Santa Teddy |
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David Ellwand |
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0641678851 |
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Peek-A-Who |
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Nina Laden |
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0811826023 |
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Nina Laden's illustrations in this simple, rhyming board book are truly magical. The format is straightforward: on alternating two-page spreads, the words "Peek a" are repeated, opposite an illustrated page with a die-cut hole, behind which lurks a cow ("MOO!"), a green ghost ("BOO!"), and a mirror (you guessed it, "YOU!"). The youngest readers will delight in trying to guess who--or what--is peeking through the window, and can easily grip the baby-fist-size holes to turn the pages for the answers. The picture of the "ZOO!" is fabulous. Through the hole, all that can be seen is a wild pattern of colors, stripes, and spots. Turn the page, and find a wild kingdom of animals, one in front of the other: peacock, zebra, penguin, cheetah, elephant, and more. Ready for more peekaboo fun? Try Nina Laden's Ready, Set, Go! . (Baby to... |
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Baby Einstein Pretty Poems and Wonderful Words |
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Julie Aigner-Clark |
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0786819065 |
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Baby Einstein helps parents and children discover the magical world of poetry through the poems of Robert Louis Stevenson. This charmingly illustrated book with companion lift-the- flap surprises will help children understand the meaning of words by matching them to objects. The simple text featured in these classic poems will also help children expand their vocabulary, as well as increase their sight and sound recognition of words. The simple joy of reading poetry aloud will become a shared experience parent and child will treasure for a lifetime with Baby Einstein's Pretty Poems and Wonderful Words.
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Block City |
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Robert Louis Stevenson, Daniel Kirk (Illustrator) |
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Wolf's trademark vividly colored, crisply outlined paintings breathe new life into the classic poem about a youngster who constructs an imaginary "town by the sea." Ages 3-7. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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PreSchool-Grade 1–This colorfully illustrated version of Stevenson's poem is as relevant today as when it was written for A Child's Garden of Verses in 1883. On a rainy day, a small boy constructs a city with building blocks. His imagination soars and his creation soon includes a harbor, mill, palace, and kirk (the illustrator helpfully defines the word kirk on the verso of the title page). The couch becomes a mountain range and the carpet an ocean, while a... |
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There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly (Classic Books) |
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Pam Adams (Illustrator), Child's Play (Corporate Author) |
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PreSchool-Grade 3. From cover to moral (never swallow a horse), this cleverly illustrated version of an old folk favorite will delight children. Each page is full of details and humorous asides, from the names of different types of birds, to a recipe for spider soup, to the rhyming asides from the spectating animals. As for the old lady, with her toothy grin and round bloodshot eyes, she looks wacky enough to go so far as to swallow a horse. A die-cut hole allows readers to see inside her belly, first the critters already devoured and, with the turn of the page, the new animal that will join the crowd in her ever-expanding stomach. The pattern of the lady's dress, with its patchwork of bright, torn colored paper pasted on black, is used as the background motif for the words. The text is handwritten on vivid... |
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Mary Had a Little Lamb |
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Linda Edwards |
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Thomas the Tank Engine's Big Lift-and-Look Book |
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Rev. W. Awdry |
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0679880720 |
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Let's get one thing straight right off the bat. Children love books with flaps. They can't get enough of them. And this book has many, many flaps--over 60, in fact. Something else: children are crazy about Thomas the tank engine. Translation? Very young readers will happily spend a lot of time lifting and learning with this big, bright, colorful board book. Early learning concepts are reinforced on each page, as readers are encouraged to explore their knowledge of colors, numbers, sizes, everyday objects, and the alphabet. Thomas the tank engine travels through the pages, starting out early in the morning in the train shed and moving through the stations, dropping off parcels and passengers, and finally ending up in the freight yard with car after car full of important objects to be delivered, such as milk, doors, a piano,... |
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The Night Before Christmas |
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Clement Clarke Moore |
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0316579637 |
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Clement C. Moore's beloved poem about Santa's arrival on Christmas Eve has been illustrated by hundreds of artists since its first publication in 1823. Two collectors of antique children's books have selected a variety of these charming pictures from Arthur Rackham, Jessie Willcox Smith, Thomas Nast, and other renowned children's illustrators of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Most of the images are from versions of the poem; a few are from antique postcards or magazines. Source notes for all the illustrations are included. Santa is dressed differently by each artist, but he is always "chubby and plump--a right jolly old elf" who brings joy to all good little girls and boys. This attractive edition of The Night Before Christmas will be enjoyed most by collectors of children's books or lovers of things Victorian.... |
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The Remarkable Farkle McBride |
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John Lithgow, C.F. Payne (Illustrator) |
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Star of 3rd Rock from the Sun, actor John Lithgow is less well known as a music enthusiast, but in his comical verse story The Remarkable Farkle McBride, he has created the musical prodigy he would perhaps like to have been. Farkle is a little boy with astounding talents (he's playing violin with the orchestra by the age of 3) but little perseverance. Each year he gets bored with his instrument, takes up and masters a new one, and then gets bored with that. Of his recently beloved trombone, he says, "The racket is more than my eardrums can bear! So return it or throw it away! I don't care!" In the end, Farkle realizes that the whole orchestra is his instrument: he finds satisfaction as a conductor, and the book ends with a gatefold of him triumphantly leading all the other musicians. C.F. Payne's illustrations combine a... |
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Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky |
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Graeme Base |
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The illustrations set the classic nonsense poem taken from "Through the Looking Glass" in medieval times.
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Poetry of Flowers |
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Patricia Whittaker |
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This Little Piggy: A Hand-Puppet Board Book(Hand-Puppet Board Book Series) |
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Scholastic Inc.Staff |
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This little piggy went to marketThis little piggy stayed homeThis little piggy had cookiesThis little piggy had fun....Using the soft, colorful hand puppet, parents and children can make the fingertip piggies come to life. And the board book, featuring a kinder and gentler version of the well-known nursery rhyme, is conveniently nestled in the palm of the puppet, making the entire package self-contained and perfect for reading aloud.
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Bedtime with Pooh |
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A. A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard (Illustrator) |
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Generations of children have sleepily snuggled under their blankets at bedtime and listened to the whimsical tales of Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends. This charming board book commemorates that special time at the end of the day with time-honored passages and verses from the original works by A. A. Milne, all selected for their soothing bedtime themes. Each spread features Ernest H. Shepard's beloved drawings in full color.
Sweetly designed with gold edges, this treasure of a book is an ideal way to say good night to the littlest lovers of Pooh.
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