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Compassion A Circle of Friends - Carmi, Giora A Salmon for Simon - Waterton, Betty A Single Shard - Park, Linda Sue Bad Girls - Wilson, Jacqueline Blackwater - Bunting, Eve Blubber - Blume, Judy Bully - Caseley, Judith Circle of Thanks - Fowler, Rosie Crash - Spinelli, Jerry Driftwood Cove - Lightburn, Sandra Friend on Freedom River - Whelan, Gloria Glenna's Seeds - Edwards, Nancy Goose's Story - Best, Cari Gracie's Girl - Whittlinger, Ellen Great-Uncle Alfred Forgets - Shecter, Ben Hats! - Luthardt, Kevin Henry and the Kite Dragon - Hall, Bruce Edward Horton Hatches the Egg - Seuss, Dr. Horton Hears a Who! - Seuss, Dr. How Kind! - Murphy, Mary How Smudge Came - Gregory, Nan Indigo's Star - McKay, Hilary Jake Drake, Bully Buster - Clements, Andrew Keeper of the Doves - Byars, Betsy Koi and the Kola Nuts - Aardema, Verna Loveable Lyle - Waber, Bernard Martha Walks the Dog - Meddaugh, Susan Mole and the Baby Bird - Newman, Marjorie Mr. Bear and the Bear - Thomas, Frances Mrs. Katz and Tush - Polacco, Patricia Old Turtle and the Broken Truth - Wood, Douglas Oscar Wilde's The Selfish Giant - Waters, Fiona Pink and Say - Polacco, Patricia Revenge of the Snob Squad - Peters, Julie Anne Saving Shiloh - Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds Shiloh - Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds Shiloh Season - Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds Stargirl - Spinelli, Jerry Stepping on the Cracks - Hahn, Mary Downing Surviving Brick Johnson - Myers, Laurie Sweet Briar Goes to Camp - Wilson, Karma Teasing Trouble - Tripp, Valerie The Brothers' Promise - Harber, Frances The Bully Blockers Club - Bateman, Teresa The Flip Flop Girl - Paterson, Katherine The Junior Thunder Lord - Yep, Laurence The Lace Dowry - Cheng, Andrea The Land - Taylor, Mildred The Lion and the Mouse - Watts, Bernadette The Man Who Walked the Earth - Wallace, Ian The Meanest Thing to Say - Cosby, Bill The Rainbow Fish - Pfister, Marcus The Reluctant Dragon - Grahame, Kenneth The Same Stuff as Stars - Paterson, Katherine The Secret of Gabi's Dresser - Kacer, Kathy The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly - Sepulveda, Luis The Teddy Bear - McPhail, David Trouble in the Barkers' Class - De Paola, Tomi What a Hat! - Keller, Holly When I Care About Others - Spelman, Cornelia Courage A Child in a Prison Camp - Takashima, Shizuye Alfie's Long Winter - McEvoy, Greg Among the Hidden - Haddix, Margaret Peterson Brave Bear - Mallat, Kathy Brave Horace - Keller, Holly Brave Irene - Steig, William Call it Courage - Sperry, Armstrong Courage - Waber, Bernard Courage to Fly - Harrison, Troon Cowardly Clyde - Peet, Bill Custard the Dragon - Nash, Ogden Daisy Dare - Jeram, Anita Eye of the Great Bear - Wallace, Bill Falcon and the Charles Street Witch - Gray, Luli Francis the Scaredy Cat - Boxall, Ed Hana's Suitcase: A True Story - Levine, Karen Harriet and the Roller Coaster - Carlson, Nancy L. Harry and the Terrible Whatzit - Gackenback, Dick Hatchet Paulsen, Gary Hero - Attema, Martha Holes - Sachar, Louis Homeless Bird - Whelan, Gloria In Abby's Hands - Lewis, Wendy Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express - Wetterer, Margaret Kensuke's Kingdom - Morpurgo, Michael Laura Secord's Brave Walk - Crook, Connie Brummel Little Fingerling - Hughes, Monica Little Quack - Thompson, Lauren Lost in the Barrens - Mowar, Farley Number the Stars - Lowry, Lois Oh Yeah! - Birdseye, Tom Parvana's Journey - Ellis, Deborah Penelope: Terror in the Harbour - McKay, Sharon Princesses Don't Wear Jeans - Bellingham, Brenda Rainbow Fish and the Sea Monster's Cave - Pfister, Marcus Sheila Rae, The Brave - Henkes, Kevin Swimmy - Lionni, Leo Sword of the Samurai - Kimmel, Eric The Bear Who Didn't Like Honey - Maitland, Barbara The Brave Little Tailor - Dugina, Olga The Bravest of Us All - Arnold, Marsha Diane The Breadwinner - Ellis, Deborah The Cay - Taylor, Theodore The Name of the Child - Reynolds, Marilynn The Old Woman and the Wave - Jackson, Shelley The Other Side of Truth - Naidoo, Beverly The Sky is Falling - Pearson, Kit The Wolves in the Walls - Gaiman, Neil There's a Nightmare in My Closet - Mayer, Mercer This is the bear and the Scary Night - Hayes, Sarah Timid Timmy - Dierssen, Andreas Underground to Canada - Smucker, Barbara When Addie Was Scared - Bailey, Linda With Nothing But Our Courage (Dear Canada) - Bradford, Kathleen Wringer - Spinelli, Jerry Diligence and Perseverance A Single Shard - Park, Linda Sue Apple Batter - Turner-Zagwyn, Deborah Bartlett and the city of flames - Hirsch, Odo Bartlett and the ice voyage - Hirsch, Odo Circles of Hope - Williams, Karen Lynn Clorinda - Kinerk, Robert D.W. Flips - Brown, Marc Tolon East - Pattou, Edith Getting in the Game - Fitzgerald, Dawn Giving Tree - Shel Silverstein Go Away Dog - Nodset, Joan L. Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen: a Fairy Tale Told in Seven Stories In the small, small night - Kurtz, Jane Luke goes to bat - Isadora, Rachel Mouse Practice - Arnold, Emily Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH - O'Brien, Robert Pearl's New Skates - Keller, Holly Search of the moon king's daughter - Holeman, Linda Sink or swim - Coulman, Valerie The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins - Dr. Seuss The Conch Bearer - Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - Lewis, C.S. The Little Engine that Could - Piper, Watty The School Story - Clements, Andrew Timothy Cox Will Not Change His Socks - Kinerk, Robert Timothy Goes to School -Wells, Rosemary Tooth Fairy's First Night - Bowen, Anne Hope Basketball (or something like it) - Baskin, Nora Raleigh Deenie - Blume, Judy Erika's story - Vander Zee, Ruth Farm team - Weaver, Will Gleam and Glow - Bunting, Eve Good Luck, Mrs. K! - Borden, Louise Helen Keller: A photographic story of a life - Garrett, Leslie Hero of Lesser Causes - Johnston, Julie Holes - Sachar, Louis Jessica Moffat's Silver Locket - Morgan, Allen Joey Pigza swallowed the key - Gantos, Jack Just Juice - Hesse, Karen La La rose - Ichikawa, Satomi Lumber camp library - Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie Make lemonade - Wolff, Virginia Number four, Bobby Orr! - Leonetti, Mike Run - Walters, Eric Skylark - MacLachlan, Patricia Snail mail no more - Danziger, Paula Struggle and hope: the story of Chinese Canadians - Yee, Paul Tabitha: The Fabulous Flying Feline - Timmel, Carol Ann The Other Side of Truth - Naidoo, Beverley Why did we have to move here? - Davies, Sally J.K.

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