Mem Fox

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As darkness falls, parents everywhere try to get their children ready for sleep.

2) Ten little fingers and ten little toes

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Book, Board Book, STORYBOX

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Rhyming text compares babies born in different places and in different circumstances, but they all share the commonality of ten little fingers and ten little toes.

3) Whoever you are

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Despite the differences between people around the world, there are similarities that join us together, such as pain, joy, and love.

4) Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge

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[1989]

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"A small boy tries to discover the meaning of "memory" so he can restore that of an elderly friend" -- Title page verso.

5) Koala Lou

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A young koala, longing to hear her mother speak lovingly to her as she did before other children came along, plans to win her distracted parent's attention.

6) Harriet, you'll drive me wild!

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Book, Local Library Checkout Only, STORYBOX

Pub. Date

2003.

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When a young girl has a series of mishaps at home one day, her mother tries not to lose her temper--and does not quite succeed.

7) Our dragon

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[2023]

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"What are two parents to do when their beloved little dragon keeps breathing fire all over the house?"--

8) Zoo-looking

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1996.

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While Flora visits the zoo with her father, not only does she look at the animals but some of them turn to look at her.

9) Possum magic

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When Grandma Poss's magic turns Hush invisible, the two possums take a culinary tour of Australia to find the food that will make her visible once more.

10) Hello, baby!

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A baby encounters a variety of young animals, including a clever monkey, a hairy warthog, and a dusty lion cub, before discovering the most precious creature of all.

11) The magic hat

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2006.

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A wizard's hat blows into town, changing people into different animals when it lands on their heads.

12) Where is the green sheep?

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A story about many different sheep, and one that seems to be missing.

13) Shoes From Grandpa

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In a cumulative rhyme, family members describe the clothes they intend to give Jessie to go with her shoes from Grandpa.

14) Feathers and fools

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A modern fable about some peacocks and swans who allow the fear of their differences to become so great that they end up destroying each other.

15) Let's count goats!

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Pub. Date

[2010]

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The reader is invited to count goats of many shapes, sizes, hobbies, and professions.

16) Guess what?

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Through a series of questions to which the reader must answer yes or no, the personality and occupation of a lady called Daisy O'Grady are revealed.

17) The tiny star

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2021.

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"A star falls to earth where it becomes a baby and is embraced and cared for by the community"--

18) Baby bedtime

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2014.

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"After all the kissing and the hugging and the rocking and the snuggling, there at last comes a time for sleeping" --

19) Reading magic: why reading aloud to our children will change their lives forever

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A new and revised edition! Bestselling children's author and internationally respected literacy expert Mem Fox reveals the incredible emotional and intellectual impact reading aloud to children has on their ability to learn to read. With passion and humor, Fox speaks of when, where, and why to read aloud and demonstrates how to read aloud to best effect and how to get the most out of a read-aloud session. She discusses the three secrets of reading,...

20) Hattie and the fox

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Pub. Date

1987.

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