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The day the goose got loose

1990
The day the goose gets loose, havoc reigns at the farm as all the animals react.

The magic hockey stick

1999
When her parents win Wayne Gretzky's hockey stick at a charity auction, a young girl begins playing with it and becomes her team's star.

The gruffalo

1999
A clever mouse uses the threat of a terrifying creature to keep from being eaten by a fox, an owl, and a snake-- only to have to outwit that creature as well.

So many cats!

1985
Counting verses explain how a family ended up with a dozen cats.

May I bring a friend?

1964
A well-mannered little boy has permission to bring his animal friends to visit the king and queen.

On the day Peter Stuyvesant sailed into town

1971
Finding the appearance of New Amsterdam a total disgrace, Peter Stuyvesant begins issuing no-nonsense proclamations to rectify the situation.

Oh, the thinks you can think!

1975
Relates in verse some of the unusual thinks you can think if only you try.
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"Buzz," said the bee

1992
As one animal sits on another in an accumulating progression, the reader learns the sounds each animal makes.
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The Berenstain Bears and the ghost of the forest

1988
Papa Bear's attempt to scare a band of young campers by telling them about ghosts in the woods comes to an unexpected conclusion with a double ghost lesson.
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The Lorax

1971
The Once-ler describes the results of the local pollution problem.
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