Juvenile Fiction, Stories In Verse
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Hop, Stop or Go!
by Venita Ramanna
Little Bunny causes chaos on the road as she hoppity-hops to school with her brothers and sisters. Then, along comes kind Officer Beals to sort things out and keep everyone safe. The charming "jay-hopping" bunny learns an important lesson about road ...
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I Heard Two Hippopotami
by Russel Hirst
I Heard Two Hippopotami is a narrative poem about a child who comes upon two hippos talking in a river. The child hears the male hippo telling the female hippo she is fat, slow, clumsy, muddy, and loud— which doesn’t seem nice. The child is worried ...
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Little Shots for Little Tots
by Lorraine Fraser
Getting sick is the worst. You can't play with your friends or do your favorite things because you feel awful and you could make other people sick too. Luckily, there are nice doctors who have a way to make you better and keep you better for many ...
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The Stump Gump
by Noreen Philippa Hesthammer and Margit Hesthammar
Mother Nature honours a decaying stump for being a kind, inclusive host to a wide variety of lives. With the help of some rain and sun, a few trees and a good fairy, she transforms the stump into an elf called the Stump Gump. The Gump is warmly ...
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Trashcan Twilight
by Paul Toffanello
Trashcan Twilight is the story of a young girl who is babysitting one night in Blackburn Hamlet. She falls asleep watching television but is awoken by an eerie sound coming from the back yard. When she steps out to investigate, she quickly runs back ...
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Land of Fun
by Yasmin Fattahi and Zahra Mahdavi
Have you ever been to the Land of Fun? Join Annette the talking cloud and find out how every kid can visit the Land of Fun! There’s spaghetti, jumping and shouting “Hooray!”, and of course Missy the Cow, always getting in the way. It’s time to ...
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"What If I Had No Toes?"
a summer day adventure by Lynn Kastner
In this story, accompanied by richly detailed drawings, we come along on an interesting adventure with an eight-year-old boy. Over the course of a long summer day, he meets five physically challenged individuals. He asks the people in every ...
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I Am Ajooni
Yes, That's Me! by Tina Johal
At school, Ajooni’s teacher asks her what she wants to be when she grows up. Daydreaming, she imagines all the career options available to her…and the options are endless! She might want to be a firefighter, or a politician, or an architect ...
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You are the Perfect You
by Melinda Gibbons
Tex just wants to find a friend but gains a whole lot more! Tex is a little T-rex with a big heart. After being teased by some of the other young dinosaurs, he wanders off, feeling sad and lonely. When he comes across several dinosaurs in trouble, ...
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Hobbledy Gobbledy
by Sharlene Yarish
Come meet Hobbledy Gobbledy, Joopy, and all the gang, and discover how together they overcome Hobbledy’s unseen challenge. Through empathy, problem solving and a little bit of kindness, they find a happy solution for all, while at the same time ...
