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TITLE
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AUTHOR
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IDEA
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| 50 Degrees Below Zero |
Munsch |
Short cord with a toe nose at the end |
| A Box Can Be Many Things |
Dana Meachen Rau |
Small Box |
| Abiyoyo |
P. Seeger |
Popsicle stix painted black with white tip (wand father used) |
| Acorn Magic |
Maggie Stern |
Acorn |
| Albert's Alphabet |
L. Tryon |
Blunt-nosed screw |
| Alexander and the Wind Up Mouse |
Leo Lionni |
Glass blobs |
| Alexander Who Used To Be Rich Last Sunday |
Judith Viorst |
Penny |
| All By Myself |
M. Mayer |
Gold Star |
| Amadillo Rodeo |
Jan Brett |
Swatch of fabric resembling buckskin |
| Amazon Alphabet |
Kathy Darling |
Picture of gorilla holding an 'G' |
| Anansi Stories |
Various Authors |
Plastic Spiders |
| Arctic Animal Story (generic) |
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Small square of white fur (fabric or craft store) |
| Are You My Mother? |
P.D. Eastman |
Tiny next and/or tiny bird from craft store |
| Ask Mr. Bear |
M. Flack |
Pipe cleaner hug (just make a circle out of it) |
| At the Wish of a Fish |
J. Patrick Lewis |
Goldfish snack crackers |
| Baby Bird |
Joyce Dunbar |
Feather |
| Baby Tamer |
Mark Teague |
Animal Crackers |
| Bad Case of Stripes |
D. Shannon |
Small square of striped fabric |
| Bear Story (generic) |
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Bean painted brown with 2 felt ears attached |
| Bear's Toothache |
D. McPhail |
Tooth Cutout |
| Benny's Pennies |
Pat Brisson |
Penny |
| Berlioz the Bear |
Jan Brett |
Teddy Graham Cracker |
| Bird Book (generic) |
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Feather from craft store |
| Blueberries for Sal |
Robert McLerran |
Ellison cut out of a jar with some blue beads glued on |
| Bunny Trouble Books |
H. Wilhelm |
Soccer ball erasers |
| Caps for Sale |
Esphyr Slobadkina |
Monkey from a barrel of monkey game from the dollar store |
| Chair For My Mother |
Vera B. Williams |
Penny |
| Charlotte's Web |
E.B. White |
Plastic spider ring |
| Chicka Chicka Boom Boom |
John Archambault |
Cocunut shell (piece of) or paper coconut tree with a few
bits of alphabet pasta attached |
| Chicken Little |
Various Authors |
Tiny ellison press apple |
| Christmas Stories (generic) |
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Tree icicle, ornament hook, time ornament, small candy cane |
| Chrysanthymum |
Kevin Henkes |
Flower off a mum plant |
| Clever Tom and the Leprechaun |
Linda Shute |
Pebble sprayed gold or a piece of red ribbon |
| Clifford |
Norman Bridwell |
Dog biscuit in the shape of a dog bone |
| Clocks and More Clocks |
Hutchins |
2 construction paper clock hands joined with a brad, a clock
stamped on paper |
| Corduroy |
Don Freeman |
Button |
| Corn is Maize: The Gift fo the Indians |
Aliki |
Dried grains of corn |
| Cucumber Soup |
Vickie Leigh Krudwig |
Plastic ants |
| Curious George |
H.A. Rey |
Die cut of a monkey or a die cut of a yellow hat. |
| Danny and the Dinasaur |
Hoff |
Small plastic dinosaurs |
| Do Not Open This Book? |
Joy Crowly |
Piece of spagetti |
| Doctor DeSoto |
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Lost tooth holder shaped like a tooth |
| Easter Books (generic) |
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Plastic Easter egg |
| Emperor's New Clothes |
Various Authors |
Crown from Mardi Gras party supplies |
| Everybody Needs a Rock |
Byrd Baylor |
Small stone |
| Fish is Fish |
Lionni |
Fish sticker or pasta |
| Follow the Drinking Gourd |
Winter |
Star sticker or punched star |
| Foot Book |
Dr. Seuss |
Foot die cut |
| Franklin |
Paulette Bourgeois |
Finger pupper |
| Friends |
Heine |
Heart pasta |
| Frog and Toad are Friends |
Arnold Lobel |
A button |
| From Peanuts to Peanut Butter |
George W. Carver |
Roaster peanut in a shell |
| From Seed to Sunflower |
Gerald Legg |
Sunflower seed |
| George Washington Story (generic) |
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Cut out of the United States (Die cut or from note pad) |
| Give a Mouse a Cookie |
Laurg Joffe Numeroff & Felicia Bond |
A cookie |
| Goldilocks and the Three Bears |
Various Authors |
One tiny ellison press bear or three |
| Goodnight Moon |
Asch |
Pin pong ball (moon) |
| Hansel and Gretel |
Various Authors |
Piece of candy or gingersnap, or fake pepermint form a Christmas
garland |
| Happy Birthday Moon |
Asch |
Birthday Candles |
| Harold and the Purple Crayon |
Crockett Johnson |
Purple crayon |
| Hatchet |
Gay Paulson |
Paper/plastic airplane, hatchet, |
| Heckedy Ped |
Wood |
Large-holed wood bead glued on the end of a popsicle stick |
| Hey, Al! |
Yorinks |
Feather |
| Honk! |
Edwards |
White Feather |
| House for Hermit Crab |
Eric Carle |
Shell or past shell |
| How Do Airplanes Fly? |
Melvin Berger |
Paper airplane |
| How I Spent My Summer Vacation |
Mark Teague |
Small plastic cowboy |
| I Hate My Bow |
Hans Wilhelm (Hello Reader) |
Small bow made of ribbon |
| I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly |
Various Authors |
Plastic fly |
| I Wish I Were A Butterfly |
James Howe |
Bow-tie pasta dyed with food color to look like a butterfly,
or a paper butterfly |
| If You Made a Million |
Kellogg |
Play paper money |
| In the Tall, Tall Grass |
Denise Fleming |
Blade of grass |
| Inch by Inch |
Lionni |
Inch worm die cut or gnocci pasta |
| Islands of the Blue Dolphins |
S. O'Dell |
Shell |
| It Looked Like Spilt Milk |
Charles G. Shaw |
Piece of cotton |
| Jack and the Beanstalk |
Various Authors |
Bean seed or gold piece or gold covered chocolate coin |
| Jasper's Beanstalk |
Nick Butterworth |
Bean seed |
| Joe's Wish |
Proimus |
Star |
| Jumanji |
Van Allsburg |
A die |
| Jump Frog Jump |
Robert Kalan |
Origami frog |
| Junie B. Jones Series |
Barbara Park |
Bookmark with Junie pictured |
| Knots on a Counting Rope |
Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault |
Piece of rope/twine |
| Legend of Indian Paintbrush |
Tomie DePaola |
Cheap dimestore paintbrush |
| Leo the Late Bloomer |
Robert Kraus |
Flower shape or sticker |
| Liang and the Magic Paintbrush |
Demi |
A paintbrush |
| Lily |
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Gold star sticker |
| Little Bear |
Else Homelund Minarik |
Finger pupper |
| Little House on the Praire |
Laura Ingalls Wilder |
New shinny penny (kids in story get them at Christmas) |
| Lon Po Po |
Ed Young |
Chinese Noodles |
| Love You Forever |
Robert Munsch |
Paper or candy heart |
| Make Way for Ducklings |
Robert McLerran |
Ellison press duck |
| Maniac Magee |
Jerry Spinelli |
A knotted piec of twine- then have a contest ot see who
can untie theirs the quickest |
| Marianthe's Story: Painted Words and Spoken Memories |
Aliki |
Watercolor set |
| Martha Calling |
Susan Meddaugh |
Alphabet pasta glued in a tiny paper bowl of red soup |
| Max's Chocolate Chicken |
Rosemary Wells |
Jellybeans |
| Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel |
Virginia Lee Burton |
A lego block (building the Town Hall), baggie of dirt |
| Milk: From Cow to Carton |
Aliki |
Small milk carton from cafeteria |
| Millions of Cats |
Wand Gag |
Bean painted gray with Sharpie drawn face |
| Morri's Disappearing Bag |
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Small drawstring sack (get parents to sew) |
| Mrs. Wishy Washy |
Joy Cowley |
Tiny sop bar (like the hotel ones) |
| Mud Puddle |
Munsch |
Small soap |
| Mudcakes |
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Chocolate pudding |
| Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters |
John Steptoe |
Fabric snake (cut it crosswise on fake fur, about 2-3" long,
and it will move when stroked) |
| Music Story (generic) |
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Musical note die cut or a note shaped from pipe cleaner |
| My Feet |
Aliki |
Die cut of feet |
| Night of the Twister |
Ivy Ruckman |
Nebraska cornhusker sticker |
| Number the Stars |
Lois Lowry |
Die cut star |
| Old Black Fly |
Jim Aylesworth |
Plastic Fly |
| One Grain of Rice: A Mathmatical Folktale |
Demi |
Grains of rice |
| One Hundred Hungry Ants |
Elinor J. Pinczes |
Plastic Ants |
| Peter Rabbit |
Various Authors |
Cut a little blue jacket from felt |
| Polar Express |
Chris VanAllsburg |
Jingle Bell |
| Rainbow Crow |
Van Laan |
Colorful feather (or black one) |
| Red Riding Hood |
Various Authors |
A silk flower or shark tooth (wolof's teeth) |
| Rough Faced Girl |
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Gauze bandages |
| Roxaboxen |
Alice McLerran |
Glass blobs |
| Rumplestiltskin |
Various Authors |
Piece of gold thread or rick rack |
| Runaway Bunny |
Margaret Wise Brown |
Cotton ball |
| Sadako and 1000 Paper Cranes |
E. Coerr |
Origami Crane |
| Saving Sweetness |
Diane Stanley |
Sheriff badge |
| Shiloh |
Phyllis Reyolds |
Dog biscuit/sticker |
| Sister Anne's Hands |
Lorbiecki |
Hand cutout |
| Snow |
Uri Schulevitz |
Paper Snowflake |
| Snow Treasure |
Marie McSwigan |
Cut out snowflake |
| Snowy Day |
Ezra Jack Keats |
Torn paper snowball |
| Socks |
B. Cleary |
Cat Sticker |
| Something Beautiful |
Wyeth |
Piece of sponge |
| St. Patrick's Day in the Morning |
Eve Bunting |
Green streamer |
| Stephanie's Ponytail |
Robert Munsch |
Licorice |
| Stone Soup |
Marica Brown or Ann McGovern |
Stone glued in cut out soup kettle |
| Swimmy |
Lionni |
Fish sticker or pasta |
| Sylvester and the Magic Pebble |
William Steig |
Rock or pebble |
| Thank You, Mr. Falker |
Polacco |
Chenille Bead |
| The Bee Tree |
Patricia Polacco |
Pipe cleaner bee |
| The Blue and the Grey |
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Two hands attached together with a brad |
| The Boy Who Ate Dog Biscuits |
Betsy Sachs |
Dog biscuits |
| The Cat in the Hat |
Dr. Seuss |
Make origami boxes to hold cotton ball 'Thing One and Thing
Two', glue wiggle eyes on the 'Things' |
| The Cloud Book |
Tomie DePaola |
Cotton Ball |
| The Crayon Box that Talked |
Shane Derolf |
Crayon hot-glued to a card that was about the size of a
business card |
| The Doorbell Rang |
Pat Hutchins |
Chocolate chip cookies |
| The Empty Pot |
Demi |
Small clay flowerpot |
| The Enormous Egg |
Oliver Butterworth |
Plastic egg with plastic dinosaur inside |
| The Fall of Freddie the Leaf |
Leo F. Buscaglia |
Fall leaf |
| The Fiddle Ribbon |
Margo LeMieux |
Piece of ribbon |
| The Football That Won |
Michael Sampson |
Brown football |
| The Giving Tree |
Shel Silverstein |
Apple, appleseed, or twig |
| The Goat in the Rug |
Charles L. Blood and Martin Link |
Long strand of real mohair yarn (the loosely woven kind) |
| The Grouchy Ladybug |
Eric Carle |
A lima bean painted like a ladybug (spray paint, dots with
a Sharpie) |
| The Indian in the Cupboard |
Lynne Reid Banks |
Small plastic Indian |
| The Jolly Postman |
Janet and Allan Ahlberg |
Cancelled stamp/letter from teacher |
| The Kissing Hand |
Audrey Penn |
Heart sticker or cutout |
| The Lorax |
Dr. Seuss |
Save Our Earth' sticker |
| The Lost and Found |
Mak Teague |
Hat cutout |
| The Mitten |
Jane Yolen |
Length of white yarn or cut out felt mitten with rickrack
glued on |
| The Napping House |
Audrey Wood |
Monopoly house from the game or a milk carton house |
| The Paper Bag Princess |
Robert Munsch |
Paper lunch bag |
| The Pinballs |
Betsy Cromer Burnett |
Small marbles |
| The Popcorn Book |
Tomie DePaola |
Popcorn kernals |
| The Rainbow Fish |
Marcus Pfister |
Silver piece of tinfoil, colored fish |
| The Sand Castle |
Shannon Brenda Yee |
Sand/piece of sandpaper |
| The Secret Garden |
Frances Hodgson |
Artificial flower |
| The Story of Johnny Appleseed |
Aliki |
Apple seeds |
| The Story of Little Babji |
Bannerman |
Paper umbrella (for cocktails) |
| The Stupids |
Allard |
Picture of something mislabeled |
| The Talking Eggs |
Robert D. SanSouci |
Small Easter egg erasers |
| The Tiny Woman's Coat |
Joy Cowley |
Leaf, seed and brown thread |
| The Very Busy Spider |
Eric Carle |
Leaf/pompom as caterpillar |
| The Very Hungry Caterpilar |
Eric Carle |
Spider ring |
| The Widows Broom |
Van Allsburg |
Miniature broom |
| There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly |
Simms Taback |
Plastic Fly |
| There's a Boy in the Girls Bathroom |
Louis Sachar |
Gold Star |
| Three Billygoats Gruff |
Various Authors |
Little piece of fake grass carpet |
| Three Little Pigs |
Various Authors |
Piece of straw or a stick |
| Ticket to Curlew |
C. Lotteridge |
Photocopied train ticket |
| Tikki Tikki Tembo |
Moselle |
Little ladders amde of toothpicks |
| Truman's Aunt Farm |
Jama Kim Rattigan |
Plastic Ant |
| Two Bad Ants |
Van Allsburg |
A plastic ant and some sugar in a baggie |
| Very Busy Spider |
Eric Carle |
Plastic Spider |
| Wanda's Rose |
Wanda Clapham |
Small ribbon rose |
| Where Once There Was a Wood |
Denise Fleming |
Orang leaf |
| Where the Wild Things Are |
Maurice Sendak |
A paper plate (his dinner was 'still hot',Toy sailboat,
Toy monster, folded paper boats |
| Winnie the Pooh |
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Balloon |
| Wreck of the Zephar |
Chris VanAllsburg |
Die cut sailboat |