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The Catalogue

Pick a bar to narrow the shelf. Every panel below follows the same filter — the two charts, the plot, and the list of books — and each bar says how many books choosing it would leave you with.

3815 books on the shelf

3815 filed under a genre

16 genres

6 with no recorded year

For the same counts drawn as figures, see Statistics.

6 of them record no publication year at all — show those books.

Showing 88 of 3815 books, filtered by Children's 1975–99 Word count up to 20,000 Clear all

Titles by genre

Each bar counts the books of that genre which survive the year filter, so it says what picking that genre would leave you with. The 0 books filed under no genre at all are in no bar here.

Titles by year published

The whole timeline, back to the catalogue's oldest book. The bars widen as they go back, because equal-width bars across four thousand years would press everything before 1900 into a single pixel — where the statistics page leaves those books out of its chart and says so in the caption, the explorer has to be able to reach them, so its bars change width instead of stopping. Each bar counts the books of that era which survive the genre filter.

Two measures at a time

The books above, as dots. 70 of the 129 carry both measures and can be plotted; a book missing a measure has no place on that axis, so it is left off rather than drawn at zero. Each axis covers the middle 98% of what is shown, with 2 books outside the frame.

The dots outside your ranges are still drawn, faded, so that you can see what you are narrowing from; the bars above and the list below obey the ranges. 30 of the 129 books in view carry no measure on a ranged axis, so no range can place them — take the ranges off to see them.

Point at a dot to see which book it is, and where it sits on each axis. Click one to open that book's own page of neighbours — the same book, in the middle of a map, with the books closest to it around it.

Horizontal axis

Vertical axis

Number of pages

to up to 50 50–100 100–150 150–200 200–250 250 and up

Word count

to up to 0 0–20,000 20,000–40,000 40,000–60,000 60,000 and up clear Word count

The 88 books that match

A Chair For My Mother by Vera B. Williams, 1982 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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530L

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3.4

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Amanda Pig on Her Own by Jean Van Leeuwen, 1991 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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490L

AR

2.4
Anansi the Spider by Gerald McDermott, 1987 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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430L

AR

2.8

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Anastasia's Album by Hugh Brewster, 1996 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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1010L

AR

6.4

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Anno's Counting Book by Mitsumasa Anno, 1975 Children's
its constellation roads from here
Aunt Flossie's Hats (and Crab Cakes Later) by Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard, 1990 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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510L

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2.4
Beethoven Lives Upstairs by Barbara Nichol, 1993 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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750L

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4.6

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Ben’s Trumpet by Rachel Isadora, 1979 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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530L

AR

2.2

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Berenstain Bears and the Messy Room by Stan & Jan Berenstain, 1983 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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670L

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4.1

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Black on White by Tana Hoban, 1993 Children's
its constellation roads from here
Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey, 1976 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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600L

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4.1

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Boy Who Held Back the Sea by Lenny Hort, 1987 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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840L

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4.5

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Brave Irene by William Steig, 1986 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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630L

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3.9

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Chato’s Kitchen by Gary Soto, 1995 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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740L

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3.6

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin, Jr., 1989 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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530L
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judy Barrett, 1978 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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730L

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4.3

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Clown of God by Tomie dePaola, 1978 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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600L

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3.7

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Corduroy by Don Freeman, 1976 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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600L

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3.5

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Daniel's Dinosaurs by Mary Carmine, 1984 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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2.6

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Daniel's Duck by Clyde Robert Bulla, 1979 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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430L

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2.0
Day of Ahmed's Secret by Florence Parry Heide, 1990 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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610L

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3.4

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Everett Anderson's Friend by Lucille Clifton, 1976 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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990L

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2.9
Fine Print, A Story About Johann Gutenberg by Joann Johansen Burch, 1991 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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880L

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5.9
Friends by Helme Heine, 1982 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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600L

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3.2
Gilgamesh the King by Ludmila Zeman, 1992 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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660L

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4.2

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Go Free or Die by Jeri Ferris, 1988 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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800L

AR

4.6

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say, 1993 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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650L

AR

3.6

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Henry and Mudge in Puddle Trouble by Cynthia Rylant, 1987 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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2.5

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Henry and Mudge in the Sparkle Days by Cynthia Rylant, 1988 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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500L

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2.8

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Henry and Mudge - The First Book by Cynthia Rylant, 1987 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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540L

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2.3
Henry and Mudge Under the Yellow Moon by Cynthia Rylant, 1987 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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380L

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2.3

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Home Place by Crescent Dragonwagon, 1990 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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840L

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4.4
Hush! A Thai Lullaby by Minfong Ho, 1996 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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600L

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2.0

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
I Have a Dream by Margaret Davidson, 1986 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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680L

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4.8

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
I'm Terrific by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, 1977 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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490L

AR

2.6
In the Small, Small Pond by Denise Fleming, 1993 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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2.0

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Island Boy by Barbara Cooney, 1988 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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890L

AR

4.7
James and the Rain by Karla Kuskin, 1995 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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610L

AR

3.8
Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg, 1981 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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620L

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3.9

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Knots on a Counting Rope by Bill Martin and John Archambault, 1987 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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550L
Laura Ingalls Wilder, Pioneer Girl by Megan Stine, 1992 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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760L

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5.3

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes, 1996 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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600L

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3.1

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Love You Forever by Robert Munsch, 1986 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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780L

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3.4

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Lucky Song by Vera B. Williams, 1997 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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430L

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1.9
Miss Nelson is Missing! by Harry Allard, 1977 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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340L

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2.7

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney, 1982 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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680L

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3.8

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
My Grandma Lived in Gooligulch by Graeme Base, 1983 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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4.5
Outside Over There by Maurice Sendak, 1981 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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940L

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3.6
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen, 1987 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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550L

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3.2

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall, 1979 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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1130L

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4.5

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Peppe the Lamplighter by Elisa Bartone, 1993 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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570L

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3.3

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Pinkerton, Behave! by Steven Kellogg, 1979 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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270L

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1.5
Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg, 1985 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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520L

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3.8

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Rotten Ralph by Jack Gantos, 1976 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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580L

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3.0
Roxaboxen by Alice McLerran, 1991 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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710L

AR

4.0
Shoeshine Girl by Clyde Robert Bulla, 1975 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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530L

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2.7

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Shrinking Mouse by Pat Hutchins, 1997 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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1.7

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Sir Cumference and the First Round Table by Cindy Neuschwander, 1997 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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600L
Stay Away from Simon! by Carol Carrick, 1985 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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580L

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3.8
Stellaluna by Janell Cannon, 1993 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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550L

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3.5

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Tale of the Mandarin Ducks by Katherine Paterson, 1990 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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930L

AR

5.6

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang, 1983 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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1.3

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
The Big Orange Splot by Daniel Manus Pinkwater, 1977 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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550L

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3.2
The Blue Hill Meadows by Cynthia Rylant, 1997 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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840L

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4.6

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
The Bossy Gallito/El Gallo De Bodas by Lucía M. González, 1994 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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1020L

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3.4

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
The Canada Geese Quilt by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock, 1988 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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680L

AR

4.1

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
The Emperor's Egg by Martin Jenkins, 1999 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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670L

AR

4.1

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
The Family Under the Bridge by Natalie Savage Carlson, 1986 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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680L

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4.7

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
The Garden of Abdul Gasazi by Chris Van Allsburg, 1979 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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580L

AR

4.0

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
The Hat by Jan Brett, 1997 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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540L

AR

2.6

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
The King's Equal by Katherine Paterson, 1992 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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780L

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5.2

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper, 1976 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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500L

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3.5

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
The Lotus Seed by Sherry Garland, 1993 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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810L

AR

4.0

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
The Night Crossing by Karen Ackerman, 1994 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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960L

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5.3

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
The Stories Julian Tells by Ann Cameron, 1981 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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520L

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3.4
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka, 1989 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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510L

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3.0

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams, 1975 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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980L

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4.9
The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle, 1984 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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330L

AR

1.3

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman, 1987 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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570L

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3.9

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
The White Stallion by Elizabeth Shub, 1984 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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560L

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3.0

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Time to Sleep by Denise Fleming, 1997 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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410L

AR

2.1
Tomás and the Library Lady by Pat Mora, 1997 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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500L

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2.7
Town Mouse, Country Mouse by Jan Brett, 1994 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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630L

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4.0

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Tuesday by David Wiesner, 1991 Children's
its constellation roads from here
War Boy: a Wartime Childhood by Michael Foreman, 1990 Children's
its constellation roads from here

AR

6.1

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
What Happened to Patrick's Dinosaurs? by Carol Carrick, 1988 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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510L

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2.7
When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant, 1982 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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780L

AR

3.6

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox, 1984 Children's
its constellation roads from here

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560L

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3.5

AR Interest: LG (K–3)