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1) The three questions

Author

Muth, Jon J

Publisher

Scholastic Press

Pub. Date

2002

Language

English

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Nikolai asks his animal friends to help him answer three important questions: "When is the best time to do things?" "Who is the most important?" and "What is the right thing to do?"

2) Zen ties

Author

Muth, Jon J

Publisher

Scholastic Press

Pub. Date

2008

Language

English

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When Stillwater the panda encourages Koo, Addy, Michael, and Karl to help a grouchy neighbor, their efforts are rewarded in unexpected ways.

3) Stone soup

Author

Muth, Jon J

Publisher

Scholastic Press

Pub. Date

2003

Language

English

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Three hungry men charm a poor village into making enough soup to feed them all.

4) Zen ghosts

Author

Muth, Jon J

Publisher

Scholastic Press

Pub. Date

2010

Language

English

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On Halloween night, Stillwater the giant panda tells Karl, Addy, and Michael a spooky and unusual story. Based on a Zen koan.

5) Zen shorts

Author

Muth, Jon J

Publisher

Scholastic Press

Pub. Date

2005

Language

English

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When Stillwater the bear moves into the neighborhood, the stories he tells to three siblings teach them to look at the world in new ways.

6) Come on, Rain

Author

Hesse, Karen

Publisher

Scholastic Press

Pub. Date

1998

Language

English

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A young girl eagerly awaits a coming rainstorm to bring relief from the oppressive summer heat.

7) Mr. George Baker

Author

Hest, Amy

Publisher

Candlewick Press

Pub. Date

2004

Language

English

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Harry sits on the porch with Mr. George Baker, an African American who is one hundred years old but can still dance and play the drums, waiting for the school bus that will take them both to the class where they are learning to read.

8) No dogs allowed!

Author

Manzano, Sonia

Publisher

Atheneum

Pub. Date

c2004

Language

English

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When Iris, her family, and the neighbors take a trip to Enchanted Lake, everyone brings what they think is needed, but the family dog turns out to present a problem.

9) City Dog, Country Frog

Author

Willems, Mo

Publisher

Hyperion Books for Children

Pub. Date

c2010

Language

English

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When City Dog comes to the country, he meets Country Frog for the first time, and every season afterward, the two have a fun time playing together.

10) On Christmas Eve

Author

Martin, Ann M

Publisher

Scholastic Press

Pub. Date

2006

Language

English

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Eight-year-old Tess is convinced that if she believes and stays aware of the magic around her, she will meet Santa Claus on Christmas Eve of 1958, when she will thank him for his gifts and ask him to use his magic to cure her best friend's father of cancer.

11) The Christmas magic

Author

Thompson, Lauren

Publisher

Scholastic Press

Pub. Date

2009

Language

English

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Santa prepares his reindeer and sleigh, cleans his boots and suit, and chooses a toy for every child in the world as he awaits the magic that happens on Christmas Eve.

12) Old Turtle and the broken truth: a story

Author

Wood, Douglas

Publisher

Scholastic Press

Pub. Date

2003

Language

English

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Earth is full of suffering and war until one little girl seeks Old Turtle, who tells her about a "broken truth" and how mending it will help her community to understand the common bond of all humanity.