Classic picture books

The Runaway Bunny

By Margaret Wise Brown

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A little rabbit who wants to run away tells his mother how he will escape, but she is always right behind him; even if he changes into a fish, she will become a fisherman fishing with a carrot.

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Marshmallow

By Clare Turlay Newberry

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A cat who is used to being the center of attention learns to share his home with a rabbit.

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The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes

By Du Bose Heyward

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To the surprise of many, the little country cottontail becomes one of the special Easter bunnies even though she has twenty-one children of her very own.

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Goodnight Moon

By Margaret Wise Brown

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In a great green room, tucked away in bed, is a little bunny. "Goodnight room, goodnight moon." And to all the familiar things in the softly lit room--to the picture of the three little bears sitting in chairs, to the clocks and his socks, to the mittens and the kittens, to everything one by one--he says goodnight.

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Home for a Bunny

By Margaret Wise Brown

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In this classic, a bunny searches the spring-time forest for a home of his own.
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The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes

By Beatrix Potter

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"Once upon a time there was a little fat comfortable grey squirrel, called Timmy Tiptoes."
An innocent squirrel accused of stealing nuts is forced down a hole in a tree, where he meets a friendly chipmunk.
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The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin

By Beatrix Potter

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Squirrel Nutkin would rather ask an old owl riddles than gather nuts with the other squirrels.

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Earl the Squirrel

By Don Freeman

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Sometimes it's awfully hard for a young squirrel to learn to gather acorns on his own--especially when he has a helpful human friend named Jill.
A sweet and funny gift from a prince of picture books.

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A Tiger Called Thomas

By Charlotte Zolotow

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Thomas is too shy to go out and make friends. But things change on Halloween when he puts on his tiger costume and goes out into the neighborhood.

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Leo the Late Bloomer

By Robert Kraus and Jose Aruego

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Leo the tiger cub doesn't seem to be good at doing anything in particular, but supported with his parents' love and patience he does eventually bloom and find his place in the world.
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