B. D Wong
1) Stone Soup
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In this inspiring story about the strength people possess when they work together, Muth takes a simple, beloved tale and adds his own fresh twist. Includes an interview with author.
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One by one, on successive days of the week, six different colored blind mice investigate parts of the strange something near their pond and speculate to the group about its identity. Not until the seventh day, when the seventh mouse examines all of it, do they see what it truly is, proving that wisdom comes only from seeing the whole.
6) Stone Fox
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Little Willie hopes to pay the back taxes on his grandfather's farm with the purse from a dog sled race he enters.
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4th Grade Reading
Animal Stories with Happy Endings
Children's and Middle Grade Novels in Spanish and English/Novelas juveniles en español e inglés
Fun Family Read-Alouds for Preschool and Older
Animal Stories with Happy Endings
Children's and Middle Grade Novels in Spanish and English/Novelas juveniles en español e inglés
Fun Family Read-Alouds for Preschool and Older
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A reckless young mouse named Ralph makes friends with a boy in room 215 of the Mountain View Inn and discovers the joys of motorcycling.
12) Dragonwings
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In the early twentieth century a young Chinese boy joins his father in San Francisco and helps him realize his dream of making a flying machine.
13) Mulan II
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Mulan and Shang are engaged to be married and must journey to a distant city in a valiant quest to save their beloved empire.
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Four years after the destruction of Isla Nublar, dinosaurs now live and hunt alongside humans all over the world. This fragile balance will reshape the future and determine, once and for all, whether human beings are to remain the apex predators on a planet they now share with history's most fearsome creatures in a new era.
15) Mulan
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Mulan is a young Chinese woman who breaks tradition and joins the Imperial army, accompanied by a her guardian dragon, Mushu, to battle an invading army.
18) Lon Po Po
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In this Chinese version of the classic fairy tale, a mother leaves her three children home alone while she goes to visit their grandmother. When the children are visited by a wolf, pretending to be their Po Po, or granny, they let him in the house, but ultimately are not fooled by his deep voice and hairy face. Combining ancient Chinese panel art techniques with a contemporary palette of watercolors and pastels, this powerful story brings lessons...