{"id":182732,"date":"2006-08-12T12:50:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-12T12:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/2006\/08\/12\/charlotte-mason-living-book-list-for-year-0\/"},"modified":"2006-08-12T12:50:00","modified_gmt":"2006-08-12T12:50:00","slug":"charlotte-mason-living-book-list-for-year-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/2006\/08\/12\/charlotte-mason-living-book-list-for-year-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlotte Mason Living Book List for Year 0"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/o:p><\/SPAN> I am slowly implementing different elements of the Charlotte Mason structure into our homeschool environment.  The first element is to read from the booklist from Ambleside Online.  Here is the list.  The ones that are bolded are the ones that we have read.  The ones that are red are the books the boys really enjoyed.<\/FONT><\/P>
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Winnie the Pooh series by AA Milne and Ernest H. Shepard <\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P>
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The Little House by Virginia Burton<\/STRONG><\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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The Story About <\/SPAN>Ping<\/SPAN><\/st1:place> by Marjorie Flack<\/SPAN><\/STRONG><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/P>
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The Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper<\/SPAN><\/B><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/B><\/FONT><\/P>
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Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey<\/SPAN><\/B><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/B><\/FONT><\/P>
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Make Way For Ducklings by Robert McCloskey<\/STRONG><\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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One Morning in <\/SPAN>Maine<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:State> by Robert McCloskey<\/SPAN><\/STRONG><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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Ferdinand by Munro Leaf<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/P>
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Ox-Cart Man by Barbara Cooney<\/STRONG><\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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Stone Soup by Marcia Brown<\/STRONG><\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/P>
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Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney<\/STRONG> <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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The Story of Little Babaji by Helen Bannerman<\/STRONG><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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<\/SPAN><\/FONT>Brer Rabbit books by Joel Chandler Harris<\/STRONG><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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Poems and Prayers for the Very Young by Martha Alexander<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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A Child's <\/SPAN>Garden<\/SPAN><\/st1:PlaceType> of <\/SPAN>Verses<\/SPAN><\/st1:PlaceName><\/st1:place><\/STRONG> by Robert Louis Stevenson<\/STRONG> <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/P>
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The Little Red Hen<\/STRONG><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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The Gingerbread Man<\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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Goldilocks and the Three Bears<\/STRONG><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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The Three Billy Goats Gruff<\/STRONG><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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Aesop's Fables, such as the one illustrated by Milo Winter<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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The Real Mother Goose<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/A><\/SPAN> <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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The Oxford Book of Children's Verse edited by Peter Opie<\/o:p><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P>
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The World Treasury of Children's Literature selected by Clifton Fadiman. <\/o:p><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P>
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The Church Mice by Graham Oakley. <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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Hiawatha by Longfellow, illustrated by Susan Jeffers<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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Paul Revere's Ride by Longfellow, illustrated by Ted Rand<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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My Shadow by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by Ted Rand<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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Roxaboxen by Barbara Cooney<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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The Tale of Three Trees illustrated by Angela Elwell Hunt<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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Wynken, Blynken and Nod illustrated by either Susan Jeffers or Barbara Cooney
Books illustrated by Beatrix Potter (Meet Peter Rabbit and others)<\/STRONG>
My Little Book About God illustrated by Eloise Wilkin
Prayer for a Child by Rachel Field, illustrated by Elizabeth Orton Jones
<\/STRONG>The Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown
Poems to Read to the Very Young pictures by Eloise Wilkin
single-poem books illustrated by Dianne O'Quinn Burke, such as Wee Willie Winkie
My First Bible in Pictures by Kenneth Taylor
<\/FONT><\/SPAN>Frog and Toad readers by Arnold Lobel<\/FONT><\/SPAN>
<\/SPAN>Little Bear readers by Else Holmelund Minarek<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/SPAN>
<\/SPAN>George and Martha series by James Marshall <\/FONT><\/SPAN>
<\/SPAN>Frances books by Russell Hoban
Henry and Mudge series by Cynthia Rylant
Free online beginning readers by <\/FONT>Harriette Taylor Treadwell<\/FONT><\/A>   <\/FONT><\/SPAN>
<\/SPAN>Catch Me and Kiss Me and Say It Again by Clyde and Wendy Watson (nursery rhymes)
<\/SPAN><\/FONT>Good Night Moon by Margaret Wise Brown<\/FONT>
<\/SPAN><\/B><\/FONT>Picture books by Maud and Miska Petersham
<\/SPAN><\/FONT>Each Peach Pear Plum Janet and Allan Ahlberg<\/STRONG>
<\/SPAN><\/FONT>Amie and Anika by Terry Stafford (a La Leche League book)
<\/SPAN><\/FONT>On <\/SPAN>Market Street<\/SPAN><\/st1:address><\/st1:Street> by <\/SPAN>Arnold<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> Lobel
<\/SPAN><\/FONT>Picture books by Lucy Micklethwait
<\/SPAN><\/FONT>Brown Angels by Walter Dean Myers–poetry, we skip two poems, I believe.
<\/SPAN><\/FONT>I'm Listening, God, Psalm 19 for Children by Elspeth Campbell Murphy
<\/SPAN><\/FONT>Flossie and the Fox by Patricia McKissack
<\/SPAN><\/FONT>The King with Six Friends by Jay Williams
<\/SPAN><\/FONT>Miss Suzy by Miriam Young
<\/SPAN><\/FONT>Books by Tomie dePaola
<\/SPAN><\/B><\/FONT>In the Night Kitchen (slight nudity) <\/I><\/FONT>by Maurice Sendak
<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/B><\/FONT>Jump series by Van Dyke Parks, Malcolm Jones (adaptations of Brer Rabbit)
<\/I><\/SPAN><\/FONT>Year at Maple Hill Farm and others by Alice and Martin Provensen
<\/SPAN><\/FONT>When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant
<\/SPAN><\/FONT>The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant
<\/SPAN><\/FONT>Babar books (the originals by Laurent De Brunhoff, not the TV spin-offs<\/I>)
<\/SPAN><\/FONT>What Do You Do, Dear, and<\/I> What Do You Say, Dear by Sesyle Joslin–comical books about manners.
<\/I><\/SPAN><\/FONT>Rose in My Garden by <\/SPAN>Arnold<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> Lobel
<\/SPAN><\/FONT>The Man Who Loved Books by Jean Fritz
<\/SPAN><\/FONT>Ivy Cottage and sequels by E. J. Taylor<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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The Princess and the Admiral by Charlotte Pomerantz<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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The Story of Holly and Ivy and others by Rumer Godden<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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The Plain Princess by Phyllis McGinley<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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Alfie series by Shirley Hughes (very sweet and family friendly)<\/I><\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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A House is a House for Me by Mary Ann Hoberman <\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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Fool of the World and the Flying Ship by Ransome\/Shulevitz<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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OR The King with Six Friends by Williams (they're similar)<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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Crictor by Tomi Ungerer<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain by Edward Ardizzone<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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The Jumblies and Other Nonsense Verses by Edward Lear (esp one illustrated by Brooke)<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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Doctor Desoto by William Steig (the best dentist story ever)<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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Lonely Doll series by Dare Wright<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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The Sugar Mouse Cake by Gene Zion<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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Umbrella (about a little Japanese girl in <\/SPAN>New York City<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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The Crane Maiden by Miyoko, Matsutani <\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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Two by Two by Barbara Reid (plasticine illustrated Noah's <\/SPAN>Ark<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:State>)<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback <\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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Yellow and Pink by William Steig (a good argument for creationism)<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle<\/SPAN><\/B><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/B><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/P>
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Read Aloud Bible Stories by Ella K. Lindvall Volumes 1-4 <\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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Owl Babies by Martin Waddell<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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Least of All by Carol Purdy<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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The Real Pretend by Joan Donaldson, illustrated by Tasha Tudor<\/SPAN><\/B><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/B><\/FONT><\/P>
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Miss Spider's Tea Party by <\/SPAN>David<\/SPAN><\/st1:PersonName> Kirk<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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A House is a House for Me by Mary Ann Hoberman<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World by Marjorie Priceman <\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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You Are Special by Max Lucado<\/SPAN><\/B><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/B><\/FONT><\/P>
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The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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Down, Down the Mountain by Ellis Credle<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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All the Places To Love by Patricia MacLachlan<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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Sophie & Rose by Kathryn Lasky<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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Jan Brett books, particularly The Mitten, The Hat, and The Gingerbread Boy<\/SPAN><\/B><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/B><\/FONT><\/P>
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On Mother's Lap by Ann Herbert Scott <\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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Laurie and the Yellow Curtains (an early reader)<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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Billy and Blaze by C. W. Anderson<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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I Love You the Purplest by Barbara M. Joosse<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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Fireflies for Nathan by Shulamith Levey Oppenheim<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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The Rainbabies by Laura Krauss Melmed <\/SPAN><\/B><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/B><\/FONT><\/P>
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Miss Fannie's Hat by Jan Karon<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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With You All the Way by Max Lucado<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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No More Singing by Norman Bonner<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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The Little Fur Family by Margaret Wise Brown<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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The Color Kittens by Margaret Wise Brown
Mommy Hugs (also Daddy Kisses) by Anne Gutman and Georg Hallensleben
Angus series by Marjorie Flack<\/B><\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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The Three Little Kittens illustrated by Paul Galdone<\/SPAN> <\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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The Poky Little Puppy by Gustaf Tenggren <\/SPAN><\/B><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/B><\/FONT><\/P>
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Jesse Bear What Will You Wear? by Nancy White Carlstrom<\/SPAN><\/B><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/B><\/FONT><\/P>
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Millions of Cats by Wanda Gag<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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Andy and the Lion by James Daugherty<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Burton<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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Caps for <\/SPAN><\/B>Sale<\/SPAN><\/B><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> by Esphyr Slobodkina <\/SPAN><\/B><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/B><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/P>
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The Biggest Bear by Lynd Ward<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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Billy and Blaze books by C.W. Anderson<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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Scuffy the Tugboat by Golden Books<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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Seven Little Rabbits by John Becker (a repetitive counting\/rhyming book)<\/I><\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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