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by Ann Whitford Paul
!Caramba! Iguana is planning a fiesta. Tortuga the tortoise, Gonejo the rabbit, and Gulebra the snake all want to come. But do they want to help Iguana deliver invitations or stuff the pinata or cook the food? No, no, and no! A lazy trio loses out in this clever update of the story of the Little Red Hen with a Mexican twist. A glossary of Spanish words is included.
by Jon Scieszka
Victim for centuries of a bad press, Alexander T. Wolf steps forward at last to give his side of the story. Trying to borrow a cup of sugar to make a cake for his dear old Granny, Al calls on his neighbors. A couple of sneezes, a couple of dead pigs amidst the wreckage and, well, it would be shame to let those ham dinners spoil, wouldn't it? And when the pig in the brick house makes a nasty comment about Granny, isn't it only natural to get a little steamed? It's those reporters from the Daily Pig that made Al out to be Big and Bad. "I was framed," he concludes mournfully. (School Library Journal)
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by Jan Brett
Children find the story of Goldilocks delightful for so many reasons. There's a trespassing little girl who barges into the bears' house uninvited and not only snoops around, but eats the bears' food. The suspense of wondering whether she'll get caught only adds to the thrill of the trespassing itself, and the repeated lines about the three bears with their three distinct voices, bowls, chairs, and beds further endear this tale to the preschool set. In Jan Brett's Goldilocks, the bears and the slightly audacious flaxen-haired heroine all sport traditional costumes with detailed embroidery, and the wooden furniture is carved with bears, birds, and flowers.
by Aesop
In this picture book, the main characters first meet when the lion is a young cub. Years pass and the "king of the beasts" is trapped by a hunter's net and ultimately freed by the same mouse. The other details of this familiar fable remain the same, but Watts's illustrations enlarge the setting to include a fanciful African landscape dotted with meerkats, leopards, baboons, and giraffes. The text includes descriptive sentences and repetition. (School Library Journal)
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