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2,259 members

47 reviews

4

Member: Sellardsk

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Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile

by Tomie dePaola

850 members

9 reviews

3.8

Member: Sellardsk

3

St. Patrick's Day

by Gail Gibbons

902 members

16 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: Sellardsk

4

Augustine: The Truth Seeker

by K C Murdarasi

29 members

Member: Sellardsk

5

Kisses from Katie: A Story of Relentless Love and Redemption

by Katie Davis Majors

1,471 members

22 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: Sellardsk

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Jotham's Journey: A Storybook for Advent

by Arnold Ytreeide

839 members

1 review

½ 4.7

Member: Sellardsk

7

Room for a Little One: A Christmas Tale

by Martin Waddell

1,436 members

14 reviews

4

Member: Sellardsk

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The Friendly Beasts: An Old English Christmas Carol

by Tomie dePaola

908 members

6 reviews

4.2

Member: Sellardsk

9

The Little Drummer Boy

by Ezra Jack Keats

2 members

Member: Sellardsk

10

Birth Of an Island

by Millicent E. Selsam

269 members

½ 4.5

Member: Sellardsk

11

All the World Praises You: an Illuminated Aleph-Bet Book

12 members

Member: Sellardsk

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129 members

7 reviews

4.2

Member: Sellardsk

13

Noah's Ark (Caldecott Honor Book)

by Jerry Pinkney

730 members

35 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: Sellardsk

14

by David Macaulay

2,889 members

11 reviews

4.1

Member: Sellardsk

15

Genesis: Finding Our Roots

by Ruth Beechick

513 members

1 review

4.1

Member: Sellardsk

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Augustus Caesar's World

by Genevieve Foster

1,643 members

5 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: Sellardsk

17

The Trojan Horse: How the Greeks Won the War

by Emily Little

1,668 members

15 reviews

3.9

Member: Sellardsk

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The House of Sixty Fathers

by Meindert DeJong

1,736 members

14 reviews

3.9

Member: Sellardsk

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All-of-a-Kind Family

by Sydney Taylor

3,819 members

63 reviews

4.2

Member: Sellardsk

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The Shipwrecked Sailor: An Egyptian Tale with Hieroglyphs

by Tamara Bower

110 members

6 reviews

3.9

Member: Sellardsk

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Drawing from Memory

571 members

54 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: Sellardsk

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Ancient China (Eyewitness Books)

by Arthur Cotterell

776 members

5 reviews

½ 4.5

Member: Sellardsk

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The Secret Seder

by Doreen Rappaport

214 members

7 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: Sellardsk

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Archaeologists Dig for Clues

1,375 members

7 reviews

3.9

Member: Sellardsk

25

Francis: The Poor Man of Assisi

by Tomie dePaola

522 members

5 reviews

4.1

Member: Sellardsk

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The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science

by Joyce Sidman

521 members

26 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: Sellardsk

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The Rainforest Grew All Around (Arbordale Collection)

by Susan K. Mitchell

319 members

6 reviews

4.2

Member: Sellardsk

28

The Gift of the Tree

by Alvin Tresselt

211 members

8 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: Sellardsk

29

Red Butterfly: How a Princess Smuggled the Secret of Silk Out of China

by Deborah Noyes

129 members

2 reviews

3.8

Member: Sellardsk

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The Prayer of St. Francis

by Francis of Assisi

35 members

2 reviews

5

Member: Sellardsk

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All Kinds of Nests!: Birds (Science Storybooks)

by Eun-Gyu Choi

15 members

4

Member: Sellardsk

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The Story of Passover

by David A. Adler

144 members

5 reviews

3.9

Member: Sellardsk

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Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

by Rudyard Kipling

1,073 members

28 reviews

4.1

Member: Sellardsk

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Finders Keepers? (India Unveiled Childrens Series, 1)

by Robert A. Arnett

123 members

6 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: Sellardsk

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"It's a Jungle Out There"

496 members

4 reviews

4.2

Member: Sellardsk

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The Lost Horse: A Chinese Folktale

132 members

4 reviews

4.1

Member: Sellardsk

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Listening for Lions

by Gloria Whelan

1,117 members

30 reviews

4

Member: Sellardsk

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by Linda Sue Park

5,862 members

163 reviews

4.1

Member: Sellardsk

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Christian Liberty Nature Reader Book 4

by Michael McHugh

649 members

½ 3.4

Member: Sellardsk

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Bees: A Honeyed History

327 members

7 reviews

4.8

Member: Sellardsk

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The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest

by Lynne Cherry

4,778 members

66 reviews

4.2

Member: Sellardsk

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The Story of the Greeks

by H. A. Guerber

648 members

4

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2,497 members

28 reviews

4

Member: Sellardsk

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The Children's Homer: The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy

by Padraic Colum

2,559 members

10 reviews

4.1

Member: Sellardsk

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11360 The Golden Goblet (Newbery Library, Puffin)

by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

Member: Sellardsk

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by Elizabeth George Speare

5,819 members

55 reviews

4.1

Member: Sellardsk

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by Beatrice Gormley

360 members

3.9

Member: Sellardsk

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D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths

by Ingri d'Aulaire

6,357 members

112 reviews

½ 4.5

Member: Sellardsk

49

The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt

by Elizabeth Payne

1,504 members

6 reviews

3.9

Member: Sellardsk

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City: A Story of Roman Planning and Construction

by David Macaulay

2,443 members

19 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: Sellardsk

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by 安野光雅

220 members

2 reviews

3

Member: Sellardsk

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The Best Beekeeper of Lalibela: A Tale from Africa

by Cristina Kessler

95 members

11 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: Sellardsk

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Patrick: Patron Saint of Ireland

by Tomie dePaola

1,288 members

17 reviews

4

Member: Sellardsk

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Up and Down the Andes

by Laurie Krebs

120 members

3 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: Sellardsk

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2,821 members

106 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: Sellardsk

56

Liang and the Magic Paintbrush

450 members

11 reviews

4.1

Member: Sellardsk

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The Magic Paintbrush

by Julia Donaldson

220 members

1 review

½ 4.4

Member: Sellardsk

58

The Saint and his Bees

by Dessi Jackson

77 members

½ 4.5

Member: Sellardsk

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Robert Moffat: Africa's Brave Heart

by Irene Howat Irene Howat

23 members

Member: Sellardsk

60

7,076 members

100 reviews

4.1

Member: Sellardsk

61

The Wheels on the Tuk Tuk

by Kabir Sehgal

164 members

8 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: Sellardsk

62

Hi, Koo!: A Year of Seasons

520 members

85 reviews

4.1

Member: Sellardsk

63

One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference

by Katie Smith Milway

945 members

33 reviews

4.2

Member: Sellardsk

64

Black Ships Before Troy: The Story of the Iliad

by Rosemary Sutcliff

2,196 members

20 reviews

4.1

Member: Sellardsk

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87 members

1 review

½ 3.4

Member: Sellardsk

66

Roses in the Snow: A Tale of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary

by Dessi Jackson

112 members

½ 4.5

Member: Sellardsk

67

Over and Under the Rainforest

by Kate Messner

189 members

2 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: Sellardsk

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by Amy Carmichael

311 members

2 reviews

4.1

Member: Sellardsk

69

The Fate of the Yellow Woodbee

by Dave Jackson

376 members

½ 4.4

Member: Sellardsk

70

Stories of the Saints: Bold and Inspiring Tales of Adventure, Grace, and Courage

by Carey Wallace

265 members

5 reviews

3.9

Member: Sellardsk

71

If You Were Me and Lived in... Ancient Greece: An Introduction to Civilizations Throughout Time

by Carole P. Roman

23 members

6 reviews

4.8

Member: Sellardsk

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by Sherry Garland

1,255 members

26 reviews

4.1

Member: Sellardsk

73

by Shirin Yim Bridges

1,429 members

56 reviews

4.2

Member: Sellardsk

74

Archimedes and the Door of Science

by Jeanne Bendick

2,331 members

9 reviews

4.1

Member: Sellardsk

75

Silent Music: A Story of Bagdad

by James Rumford

473 members

72 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: Sellardsk

76

Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain: A Nandi Tale

by Verna Aardema

4,205 members

58 reviews

4.1

Member: Sellardsk

77

Beatrice's Goat

by Page McBrier

1,408 members

23 reviews

4

Member: Sellardsk

78

The First Marathon: The Legend of Pheidippides

by Susan Reynolds

38 members

2 reviews

4

Member: Sellardsk

79

Ming Lo Moves the Mountain

by Arnold Lobel

2,077 members

17 reviews

3.9

Member: Sellardsk

80

by Chen Jiang Hong

79 members

11 reviews

3.8

Member: Sellardsk

81

One Child, One Seed: A South African Counting Book

by Kathryn Cave

132 members

3 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: Sellardsk

82

We All Went on Safari : A Counting Journey Through Tanzania [800's EASY-CHI / KRE]

by Laurie Krebbs

1 member

Member: Sellardsk

83

The Librarian Who Measured the Earth

by Kathryn Lasky

1,288 members

25 reviews

4.2

Member: Sellardsk

84

Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions

by Margaret Musgrove

1,640 members

44 reviews

4

Member: Sellardsk

85

An Egg is Quiet

by Dianna Hutts Aston

1,992 members

94 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: Sellardsk

86

GROW: How We Get Food from Our Garden (Food Books for Kids)

by Karl Beckstrand

25 members

4

Member: Sellardsk

87

A Rock Is Lively

by Dianna Hutts Aston

769 members

37 reviews

4.2

Member: Sellardsk

88

Benny's Animals and How He Put Them in Order

by Millicent E. Selsam

285 members

½ 3.7

Member: Sellardsk
Explanations: Sellardsk: This is in place of the categorizing animal book that PP has listed

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Tree of Life: The Incredible Biodiversity of Life on Earth

by Rochelle Strauss

212 members

4 reviews

4

Member: Sellardsk

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Beni's Family Treasury: Stories for the Jewish Holidays

by Jane Breskin Zalben

169 members

½ 2.5

Member: Sellardsk

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by Cynthia Rylant

59 members

½ 4.6

Member: Sellardsk

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by Patricia Lauber

1,233 members

8 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Sellardsk

93

On Sukkot and Simchat Torah

by Cathy Goldberg Fishman

77 members

1 review

½ 3.7

Member: Sellardsk

94

Let There Be Light

by Archbishop Desmond Tutu

161 members

3 reviews

4

Member: Sellardsk

95

Gershon's Monster: A Story for the Jewish New Year

by Eric A. Kimmel

340 members

16 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: Sellardsk

96

The Very Crowded Sukkah

by Leslie Kimmelman

132 members

1 review

½ 1.5

Member: Sellardsk

97

Mummies Made in Egypt

1,263 members

12 reviews

4.1

Member: Sellardsk

98

The Longest Night: A Passover Story

by Laurel Snyder

161 members

11 reviews

3.9

Member: Sellardsk

99

The Egyptian Cinderella

by Shirley Climo

1,547 members

61 reviews

4.1

Member: Sellardsk

100

A Cry From Egypt (The Promised Land) (Volume 1)

194 members

½ 4.5

Member: Sellardsk

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