4th+Quarter+Literature

by Doreen Cronin E CRO || When Farmer Brown's cows find a typewriter in the barn they start making demands, and go on strike when the farmer refuses to give them what they want. || by Doreen Cronin E CRO || When Farmer Brown goes on vacation, leaving his brother Bob in charge, Duck makes trouble by changing all his instructions to notes the animals like much better. || Doreen Cronin E CRO || When Duck gets tired of working for Farmer Brown, his political ambition eventually leads to his being elected President. || Doreen Cronin E CRO || While Farmer Brown sleeps, his animals prepare for a talent show at the county fair. || by Doreen Cronin E CRO || The annual Corn Maze Festival is coming and every day the chickens, cows, and Duck help Farmer Brown--with a few bribes--to create a special Statue of Liberty corn maze, and every night Duck works hard recreating his own surprise. || Doreen Cronin E CRO || A young fly discovers, day by day, that there is a lot to learn about being an insect, including the dangers of flyswatters and that heroes come in all shapes and sizes. || Doreen Cronin E CRO || A young worm discovers, day by day, that there are some very good and some not so good things about being a worm in this great big world. || Doreen Cronin E CRO || A young spider discovers, day by day, that there is a lot to learn about being a spider, including how to spin webs and avoid vacuum cleaners. || E FOG || =====Simple text reveals the anticipation of a boy who, having planted seeds while everything around is brown, fears that something has gone wrong until, at last, the world turns green. ===== ||
 * Click Clack Moo
 * Giggle Giggle Quack
 * Duck for President by
 * Dooby Dooby Moo by
 * Thump, Quack, Moo
 * Diary of a Fly by
 * Diary of a Worm by
 * Diary of a Spider by
 * And Then It's Spring
 * =====Spring is Here =====

E HIL
|| =====Excited that spring has finally arrived, Mole tries--unsuccessfully--to wake up Bear, but then he comes up with the perfect plan. ===== ||
 * =====Cold Little Duck, Duck, Duck =====

E PET
|| ===== Early one spring a little duck arrives at her pond and finds it still frozen, but not for long. ===== ||
 * =====Fletcher and the Springtime Blossom =====

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">E RAW
|| =====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When Fletcher the fox finds the ground covered in white, he rushes to warn the other animals that spring snow has fallen, but when they follow him back to the meadow they find something much more fun. ===== ||
 * =====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Split Splat =====

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">E GIB
|| =====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When a little girl ventures out into a spring rain with her dog, singing a simple, plain, pitter-patter rain song, her neighbors soon join her for some muddy-day fun. ===== ||
 * =====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Chicks and Salsa =====

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">E REY
|| =====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Soon after the chickens tire of their feed and decide to make tortilla chips and salsa, all the other animals on Nuthatcher Farm start to crave southwestern cuisine. Includes three recipes on endpaper. ===== ||
 * =====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Perfect Nest =====

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">E FRI
|| =====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">With hopes of making a delicious omelet, Jack the cat builds a nest to catch a chicken, but ends up attracting more than the bird. ===== ||
 * =====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Chickerella =====

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">E AUC
|| =====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This barnyard version of the Cinderella story features a mild-mannered chicken, a fashion-conscious Fairy Goosemother, and a prince at a Fowl Ball. ===== ||
 * =====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Plot Chickens =====

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">E AUC
|| =====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Henrietta the chicken loves to read so much that she decides to write a book herself, but she has trouble finding someone to publish a book written by a chicken, and then, when she publishes it herself and it gets a terrible review in "The Corn Book," Henrietta is devastated. ===== ||
 * =====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">An Egg Is Quiet =====

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">E AST
|| =====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Describes many different kinds of eggs and how they support the lives growing inside of them. ===== ||
 * =====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Make Way For Ducklings =====

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">E MCC
|| =====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mr. and Mrs. Mallard proudly return to their home in the Boston Public Garden with their eight offspring. ===== ||
 * =====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It's Quacking Time =====

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">E MAR
|| =====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A duckling and all his family happily await the hatching of his parents' new egg. ===== ||
 * =====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Duck Soup =====

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">E URB
|| =====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Maxwell Duck is trying to invent a soup that everyone will remember him for; but when he goes out to look for the missing ingredient and his friends show up, they think he has fallen into the soup. ===== ||
 * =====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Duck and Cover =====

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">E URB
|| =====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Irene and her menagerie of pets, including Max the duck, take in an alligator who has run away from the zoo, in spite of grave concerns about his voracious appetite. ===== ||
 * =====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Duck at the Door =====

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">E URB
|| =====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When Max the duck decides to stay behind when his flock flies south, Irene invites him to stay with her for the winter. ===== ||
 * =====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sitting Duck =====

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">E URB
|| =====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Max the duck volunteers to babysit for puppy Anabel, unaware of all the mischief a puppy can get into. ===== || E LIE || =====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">On a night when the moon can grow no fatter, bats pack their moon-tan lotion and baskets of treats and fly off for some fun on the beach. ===== ||
 * Bats at the Beach
 * =====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Bats at the Library =====

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">E LIE
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Bored with another normal, inky evening, bats discover an open library window and fly in to enjoy the photocopier, water fountain, and especially the books and stories found there. ===== ||
 * =====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Bats at the Ballgame =====

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">E LIE
|| <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Two teams of bats play an exciting nighttime baseball game. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">E APP || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">At an abandoned outdoor movie theater, fifty-five bats perform in a toe-tapping, wing-flapping revue--and await the grand finale. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">E COL || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Presents a variation on the classic rhyme about an old lady who swallowed a bat and a lot of other strange creatures. || E KET || =====<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">In this Texas-style adaptation of a traditional folktale, a tarantula, mockingbird, and horned toad refuse to help an armadillo prepare a batch of chili but nevertheless expect to eat it when it's ready. ===== || E KET || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Armadillo's habit of eavesdropping and then misreporting what he hears makes the other animals so angry that they find a way to keep him from overhearing their private conversations. || E AAR || =====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A retelling of a traditional West African tale that reveals how the mosquito developed its annoying habit. ===== ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Bat Jamboree
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat
 * Armadilly Chili
 * Armadillo Tattletale
 * Why Mosquitos Buzz in People's Ears
 * =====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">THe Three Armadillies Tuff =====

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">E HOP
|| =====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In this humorous version of "Three Billy Goats Gruff," three armadillo sisters encounter a strange creature in a culvert when they try to go dancing. ===== ||
 * =====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Armadillo Rodeo =====

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">E BRE
|| =====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Looking for adventure, Bo the armadillo follows a girl in red cowboy boots to the rodeo where he rides a bronco, eats chili peppers, and tries the two-step. ===== || E SQU || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12px;">A freshly baked gingerbread cowboy escapes from the rancher's wife's kitchen and eludes his pursuers in this western United States version of the "Gingerbread Boy." || E JOH || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12px;">Presents an adaptation of "The Princess and the Pea," wherein the daughter of a wealthy Texas rancher devises a plan to find a real cowboy among her many suitors. || E SCH || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12px;">The wolf gives his own outlandish version of what really happened when he tangled with the three little pigs. || E STE || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12px;">With the questionable help of his friends, Big Brown Rooster manages to bake a strawberry shortcake which would have pleased his great-grandmother, Little Red Hen. || E KET || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12px;"> A retelling of "Jack and the Beanstalk" which features a Texas cowgirl, a magic cornstalk, and a giant cowboy in the clouds. || E LIO || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12px;">Jessica the frog befriends the animal that hatches from an egg she brought home, thinking it is a chicken. || E LON || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12px;">Froggy, insisting on doing things his own way, makes a big mess trying to help his father prepare to celebrate his mother's birthday. || E LON || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12px;">Froggy, insisting on doing things his own way, makes a big mess trying to help his father prepare to celebrate his mother's birthday. || E LON || ===<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 0.75em;">Froggy is afraid of the water until his mother, along with his flippers, snorkle, and mask, help him learn to swim. ===
 * GIngerbread Cowboy
 * Cowboy and the Black-eyed Pea
 * True Story of the Three Little Pigs
 * Cook-A-Doodle-Do
 * Waynetta and the Cornstalk
 * An Extraordinary Egg
 * Froggy Bakes a Cake
 * Froggy Rides a Bike[[image:froggybike.jpg]]
 * Froggy Learns to Swim

|| E LON || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12px;">Froggy and his dad celebrate Father's Day with a game of miniature golf, among other things. || E PFI || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12px;">A mouse discovers an extraordinary stone that can bring delight or disaster to the world. Halfway through, the book splits into two sections, each offering a different ending. || E PFI || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12px;">The most beautiful fish in the entire ocean discovers the real value of personal beauty and friendship. ||
 * Froggy's Day with Dad
 * Milo and the Magical Stone
 * The Rainbow Fish
 * Holey Moley by Marc Pfister || Out of Print ||
 * How Leo Leonard Learned to Be King || Out of Print ||