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1) One dark and dreadful night

Author

Cecil, Randy

Publisher

H. Holt

Pub. Date

2004.

Language

English

Description

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Maestro Von Haught wants to present three thrilling tales of terror and misfortune, but members of the Wayward Orphans Theatre make some very silly changes to the costumes and script.

2) Duck

Author

Cecil, Randy

Publisher

Candlewick Press

Pub. Date

2008.

Language

English

Description

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Duck happily raises a duckling that has wandered into the amusement park where she is a carousel animal, but finds that she cannot teach what she herself has always longed to do--fly--and sets out to find real ducks to instruct him.

3) Gator

Author

Cecil, Randy

Publisher

Candlewick Press

Pub. Date

2007.

Language

English

4) Brontorina

Author

Howe, James

Publisher

Candlewick Press

Pub. Date

2010.

Language

English

Description

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Despite her size and not having the proper footwear, a determined dinosaur pursues her dream of becoming a ballerina.

5) Lovabye dragon

Author

Joosse, Barbara M

Publisher

Candlewick

Pub. Date

2012.

Language

English

Description

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"When a lonely dragon follows a trail of princess tears, a beautiful friendship is born. They march and sing, roar and whisper, hide and seek, then settle into snug companionship at bedtime"--

6) Little Red Cowboy Hat

Author

Lowell, Susan

Publisher

Holt

Pub. Date

[1997]

Language

English

Description

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A Southwestern version of "Little Red Riding Hood" in which Little Red rides her pony Buck to Grandma's ranch with a jar of cactus jelly in the saddlbag.

7) Sail away dragon

Author

Joosse, Barbara M

Publisher

Candlewick Press

Pub. Date

2017.

Language

English

Description

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Dragon and Girl are the very best of friends, and they share the very same dream: to sail to the farthest far-away. So they set out to sea, Girl sailing on Dragon's back. For a year and a day the two friends search up, down, and around for the faraway place, meeting creatures along the way: dolphins, whales, and even some snarly, sword-wielding pirates. And when Girl and Dragon finally reach the farthest far-away, they still share a heart and the...

8) How do you wokka-wokka?

Author

Bluemle, Elizabeth

Publisher

Candlewick Press

Pub. Date

2009.

Language

English

Description

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A young boy who likes to "wokka-wokka, shimmy-shake, and shocka-shocka" gathers his neighbors together for a surprise celebration.

9) Dusty Locks and the three bears

Author

Lowell, Susan

Publisher

Henry Holt

Pub. Date

2001.

Language

English

Description

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A Western-style retelling of the traditional tale about a little girl who finds the house of a bear family and makes herself at home.

10) Evermore dragon

Author

Joosse, Barbara M

Publisher

Candlewick Press

Pub. Date

2015.

Language

English

Description

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When a girl gets lost playing hide-and-seek with her dragon friend, the beast looks high and low to find her.

11) Tyrone O'Saurus dreams

Author

Howe, James

Publisher

Candlewick Press

Pub. Date

2021.

Language

English

Description

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Tyrone O'Saurus dreams of becoming a dancer in spite of others' expectations, and finds unexpected support from the strongest dinosaur he's ever seen, who inspires him to follow his heart.