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Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears
The animals in the forest have a meeting who call upon different creatures, each who blame another creature for startling them first. It seems like a never-ending blame game all to discover who killed the baby owlet. Eventually it comes down to the iguana who blames the mosquito for annoying him and that is how the owlet died.
Aardema, V., & Dillon, L. (1978). W hy mosquitoes buzz in people's ears: A West African t a l e . N e w Y o r k : D i a l P r e s s .
Jumanji
When Peter’s parents leave him and his sister home for the afternoon they decide to play a game called Jungle Adventure.This book implies that when parents leave their children their minds are able to be set free and wish that anything that desire can happen.This book shows that children have a large imagination and creativity without the help of their parents. Once Judy
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Late one Christmas Eve, a boy boards a mysterious train: The Polar Express bound for the North Pole. On Christmas morning, the boy finds the bell under the tree.
Allsburg, C. (1985). T he Polar Express. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
The Sun is a Golden Earring
The book was a group of folktales, from countries all over the world, which were used to explain the sun, moon, stars, lightning and thunder.
Belting, N., & Bryson, B. (1962). T he sun is a golden earring. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
Chanticleer and The Fox
Barbara Cooney's illustrations are simple and warm, yet she gives a glimpse of what life might have looked like for a family in the Middle Ages. Chanticleer and the other characters learn about the dangers of failing to be watchful, talking when one should be silent, and trusting in flattery. Chanticleer and the Fox, an adaptation of the Nun's Priest's Tale, is a simple and delightful tale with a moral (or three) at the

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