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Bibliography: Kimmel, Eric. 2006. The Frog Princess: a Tlingit legend from Alaska. Ill by Rosanne Litzinger. New York: Holiday House. ISBN: 0823416186. Plot Summary: The daughter of village chief is not impressed by any of the suitors who have come to the village to charm her. She pronounces that she would rather marry a frog [...]

Bibliography: Jackson, Ellen.  1994. Cinder Edna. Ill. by Kevin O’Malley. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard. ISBN: 0688123228. Plot Summary: Everybody knows the classic story of Cinderella, but few have heard the story of her neighbor, Cinder Edna, who was much more content doing chores and work.  Cinder Edna knew how to cook, clean, find true [...]

Review: Flotsam

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Bibliography: Wiesner, David. 2006. Flotsam. New York: Clarion Books. ISBN: 0618194576. Plot Summary: Flotsamis a story told solely through images, and the pictures convey a simple, yet powerful story.  A boy playing with hermit crabs on the beach discovers an old Melville underwater camera that has washed ashore.  After inspecting the camera, the boy runs to the [...]

Bibliography: Cronin, Doreen. 2006. Dooby Dooby Moo. Ill. by Betsy Lewin. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers. ISBN: 0689845073. Plot Summary: Readers may remember the farm animal characters from the first book, Click Clack Moo, by this author and illustrator duo.  The cows, sheep, and pigs, and the duck are up to something again, but this [...]

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