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Little Red Riding Hood

"Clementine and Little Red Riding Hood bake a batch of muffins to bring to Little Red Riding Hood's Granny, but when they arrive, they discover something is different about Granny, and Clem smells something funky"--.

Jack and the beanstalk

"After the magic beans Jack and Clementine traded for their cow turned into a giant beanstalk, they discover a castle at the top, and it is up to Clementine to distract the giant so Jack can steal treasures"--.

Hansel and Gretel

"When Hansel and Gretel's stepmother ditches the kids and Clementine in the woods, the trio struggles to find their way back, but they stumble upon a mysterious house made of sweets that Clementine can't wait to eat."--.

Goldilocks

"Clementine is pet-sitting for the Three Bears while they visit family, but when Goldilocks shows up and starts causing trouble, Clementine has to figure out to get Goldilocks to leave before the bears get home" --.

Cinderella

"Cinderella is too busy cleaning and fixing things around the house that she runs out of time to get ready for the ball with her stepsisters, but then her Fairy Godmother shows up to help the aspiring interior designer and Clementine go to the party."--.

Ship in a bottle

All Mouse wants to do is eat gingersnaps, lie in the sun, and enjoy her ship in a bottle. All Cat wants to do is eat Mouse. This is a problem. So one day, Mouse sets off in her ship in a bottle in search of a new home. But the great big world is a scary place for one small mouse. As she sails downriver, she faces grabby seagulls, selfish rabbits, and stormy waters before finally finding refuge in a park on the shores of an enormous city, where she is welcomed by friends of all shapes and sizes. Readers will cheer Mouse's quiet perseverance on her epic journey as she seeks a tiny spot to call her own.

Out of nowhere

A beetle courageously sets out in search of his best friend--a caterpillar that arrived out of nowhere and vanished without warning.
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Watercress

Embarrassed about gathering watercress from a roadside ditch, a girl learns to appreciate her Chinese heritage after learning why the plant is so important to her parents.

Bubbles...up!

2021
"A day at the community pool is full of unwater magic--dunking and diving with friends; somersaulting, walking on your hands, and bursting up through the surface like a tortoise. But when a thunderstorm comes and a little brother ventures too close to the pool's edge, will our main character be quick enough and brave enough to save the day?"--From the publisher's web site.

Hardly haunted

2021
When a house believes she is haunted, she tries everything in her power to stop it in order to get people to move in--until she realizes that she is fine just the way she is.

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