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The Mitten

ISBN: 0-399-21920-x

Category: Fairy Tales & Folklore

Age Groups: Ages 3-5

Author(s): Jan Brett

Tags: fun , beautiful , educational

Illustrator(s): Jan Brett

Recommended by: mindy marshall

Another Jan Brett classic! You'll love the illustrations. A young boy's baba makes him wollen mittens and, upon dropping one, makes a cozy place in which all the animals in the forest rest.

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The Hat

ISBN: 0-399-23101-3

Category: Fairy Tales & Folklore

Age Groups: Ages 3-5

Author(s): Jan Brett

Tags: beautiful , fun

Recommended by: mindy marshall

A fun story about a hedgehog who gets his head stuck in a wollen mitten then creates quite a stir and quite a new trend in the forest. Jan Brett's illustrations are absolutely beautiful!

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Piggies

ISBN: 0152563415

Category: Animals , Bed Time & Dreams , Fairy Tales & Folklore

Age Groups: Ages 3-5

Author(s): Audrey Wood

Tags: pigs , fingers , counting

Recommended by: Natalie

This fun toddler book shows ten little piggies dancing on a young child's fingers and toes before finally going to sleep.

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The Ugly Duckling

ISBN: 068815932X

Featured Book Listings: Award Winning Books

Category: Animals , Classics , Fairy Tales & Folklore , Family & Growing Up

Age Groups: Ages 9-12

Author(s): Jerry Pinkney

Tags: Caldecott Award , animals , classic , fable

Recommended by: Staff Contributor

2000 Caldecott Award Honorable Mention winner.

An ugly duckling spends an unhappy year ostracized by the other animals before he grows into a beautiful swan.

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Joseph Had a Little Overcoat

ISBN: 0670878553

Featured Book Listings: Award Winning Books

Category: Fairy Tales & Folklore

Age Groups: Birth-2 , Ages 3-5

Author(s): Sims Taback

Tags: Caldecott Award , Folk Tales

Illustrator(s): Sims Taback

Recommended by: Staff Contributor

2000 Caldecott Award Winner.

A very old overcoat is recycled numerous times into a variety of garments.

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The Three Pigs

ISBN: 618007016

Featured Book Listings: Award Winning Books

Category: Animals , Classics , Fairy Tales & Folklore

Age Groups: Ages 3-5 , Ages 6-8

Author(s): David Wiesner

Tags: Caldecott Award , classic , animals

Recommended by: Staff Contributor

2002 Caldecott Award Winner.

The three pigs escape the wolf by going into another world where they meet the cat and the fiddle, the cow that jumped over the moon, and a dragon.

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Zen Shorts

ISBN: 439339111

Featured Book Listings: Award Winning Books

Category: Fairy Tales & Folklore , Animals , Adventure

Age Groups: Ages 3-5 , Ages 6-8

Author(s): Jon J Muth

Tags: Caldecott Award , mythology , family , animals

Illustrator(s): Jon J Muth

Recommended by: Staff Contributor

2006 Caldecott Medal Honorable Mention Winner

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What If You Met a Pirate

ISBN: 1596431822

Featured Book Listings: Summer Reading List

Category: Fairy Tales & Folklore , Fiction & Literature

Age Groups: Ages 3-5 , Ages 6-8

Author(s): Jan Adkins

Tags: Pirates

Recommended by: Staff

A large format, full-color picture book presents the history and lore of pirates and piracy, buried treasure, pirate equipment, and life on the high seas.

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Hayley the Rain Fairy

ISBN: 439813921

Category: Fairy Tales & Folklore

Age Groups: Ages 6-8

Author(s): Daisy Meadows

Tags: lighthearted , fun

Illustrator(s): Georgie Ripper

Recommended by: gingi1105

My daughter loves this book. It has problem solving methods in a fun way for kids. It also has a creative twist on the typical fairy book because she has a whole series of fairy books.