The Butter Man: the challenge and beauty of delayed gratification

The Butter Man: the challenge and beauty of delayed gratification

Set in Morocco—the baba (father) in this story is telling his little girl about a time when he was a child living in Morocco. There was a drought and his family was running out of food, so they ate less and less each day. Eventually, the gnawing hunger pervaded all of his thoughts ...
ages 4 to 12 years

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Make Way For Ducklings: Caldecott Medal winners tend to hold their appeal!

Make Way For Ducklings: Caldecott Medal winners tend to hold their appeal!

Make Way for Ducklings is the story of Mr. & Mrs. Mallard and their quest to find a place to nest and then to raise their family of ducklings. It has cult status in Boston, where the duck statues in the public gardens never need polishing because children sit on them so often they naturally keep up the sheen!

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