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ANTLER, BEAR, CANOE: A NORTHWOODS ALPHABET YEAR
by Betsy Bowen (Little, Brown & Company, 1991)

APPLES (LET'S INVESTIGATE)
by Shawndra Shofner (Creative Company, 2002)

BEADS ON ONE STRING
by Dennis Warner, illustrated by Alison Love Unzelman (MK Publishing, 2004)

THE BEST PET OF ALL
by David LaRochelle, illustrated by Hanako Wakiyama (Dutton Children's Books, 2004)

BOOZHOO
by Fond du Lac Headstart, photographs by Rocky Wilkinson (Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, 2002)

THE BORROWED HANNUKAH LATKES
by Linda Glaser, illustrated by Nancy Cote (Albert Whitman, 1997)

COLD LITTLE DUCK, DUCK, DUCK
by Lisa Westberg Peters, illustrated by Sam Williams (Greenwillow Books, 2000)

COUNTDOWN TO KINDERGARTEN
by Alison McGhee, illustrated by Harry Bliss (Harcourt, 2002)

COWBOY SAM AND THOSE CONFOUNDED SECRETS
by Kitty Griffin & Kathy Combs, illustrated by Mike Wohnoutka (Clarion Books, 2001)

DADDY PLAYED MUSIC FOR THE COWS
by Maryann Weidt, illustrated by Henri Sorensen (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1995 (hc); Windward Publishing (MN), 2004 (pap.)

DHEGDHEER: A SCARY SOMALI FOLKTALE
by Marian A. Hassan, illustrated by Betsy Bowen (Minnesota Humanities Commission, 2007)

DIA'S STORY CLOTH - THE HMONG PEOPLE'S JOURNEY OF FREEDOM
by Dia Cha, stitched by Chue and Nhia Thao Cha (Minnesota Humanities Commission, 2002)

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EARTHSHAKE: POEMS FROM THE GROUND UP
by Lisa Westberg Peters, illustrated by Cathie Felstead (Greenwillow Books, 2003)

ELLIS ISLAND: DOORWAY TO FREEDOM
by Steven Kroll, illustrated by Karen Ritz (Holiday House, 1995)

FAMILY
by Isabell Monk, illustrated by Janice Lee Porter (Carolrhoda Books, 2001)

FARMER'S MARKET: FAMILIES WORKING TOGETHER
by Marcie R. Randon and Cheryl Walsh Bellville, photographs by Cheryl Walsh Bellville (Carolrhoda Books, 2001)

THE FIDDLER OF THE NORTHERN LIGHTS
by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock, illustrated by Leslie Bowman (Dutton, 1996)

THE FIRST THING MY MAMA TOLD ME
by Susan Marie Swanson, illustrated by Christine Davenier (Harcourt, 2002)

FOLD ME A POEM
by Kristine O'Connell George, illustrated by Lauren Stringer (Harcourt, 2005)

GET DRESSED!
by Gwenyth Swain, photographed by multiple photographers (First Avenue Editions, 2002)

GOOSE MOON
by Carolyn Arden, illustrated by Jim Postier (Boyds Mills Press, 2004)

GRANDAD'S PRAYER OF THE EARTH
by Douglas Wood, illustrated by P. J. Lynch (Candlewick Press, 1999)

HEY, PANCAKES!
by Tamson Weston, illustrated by Stephen Gammell (Harcourt Books, 2003)

HORSEFLY
by Alice Hoffman, illustrated by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher (Hyperion Books for Children, 2000)

HOW MANY ELEPHANTS? A LIFT-THE-FLAP COUNTING BOOK
by Selby Beeler, illustrated by Barney Saltzberg (Candlewick Press, 2004)

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IF YOU WANT TO SEE A CARIBOU
by Phyllis Root, illustrated by Jim Meyer (Houghton Mifflin, 2004)

IF YOU WERE BORN A KITTEN
by Marion Dane Bauer, illustrated by JoEllen McAllister Stammen (Simon & Schuster, 1997)

IMAGINE A HOUSE: A JOURNEY OF FASCINATING HOUSES AROUND THE WORLD
by Angela Gustafson, illustrated by Matt Kania, Matt Mills & Amy Learn (Out of the Box, 2003)

IT'S FALL!
by Linda Glaser, illustrated by Susan Swan (Millbrook, 2001)

THE LION'S SHARE / QAYB LIBAAX
by Said Salah Ahmed, illustrated by Kelly Dupre (Minnesota Humanities Commission, 2007)

LITTLE QUACK
by Lauren Thompson, illustrated by Derek Anderson (Simon & Schuster, 2003)

LOVE AND ROAST CHICKEN A TRICKSTER TALE FROM THE ANDES MOUNTAINS
by Barbara Knutson (Carolrhoda Books, 2004)

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MARVEN OF THE GREAT NORTH WOODS
by Kathryn Lasky, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes (Harcourt Brace, 1997)

MILLIONS OF CATS
by Wanda Gag (Coward-McCann, 1928)

MISS ALAINEUS: A VOCABULARY DISASTER
by Debra Frasier (Harcourt, 2000)

MRS. WATSON WANTS YOUR TEETH
by Alison McGhee, illustrated by Harry Bliss (Harcourt, 2004)

MUD
by Mary Lyn Ray, illustrated by Lauren Stringer (Harcourt, 1996)

NATURE'S YUCKY! GROSS STUFF THAT HELPS NATURE WORK
by Lee Ann Landstrom and Karen I. Schragg, illustrated by Contstance R. Bergum (Mountain Press Publishing, 2003)

NIGHT DRIVING
by John Coy, illustrated by Peter McCarty (Henry Holt, 1996)

NIGHTLIGHT
by Jeannine Anderson, illustrated by Nikki Johnson, art direction by Joy Dey (Windward, 2004)

OLD BLACK FLY
by Jim Aylesworth, illustrated by Stephen Gammell (Henry Holt & Company, 1992)

ONE-DOG CANOE
by Mary Casanova, illustrated by Ard Hoyt (Melanie Kroupa Books, 2003)

OUR BIG HOME: AN EARTH POEM
by Linda Glaser, illustrated by Elisa Kleven (Millbrook, 2000)

OUR FAMILY TREE: AN EVOLUTION STORY
by Lisa Westberg Peters, illustrated by Laura Stringer (Harcourt Brace, 2003)

OUR JOURNEY
by Lyz Jaakola, illustrated by Karen Savage-Blue (Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, 2001)

OUT OF THE OCEAN
by Debra Frasier (Harcourt Brace & Company, 1998)

PAPA'S LATKES
by Michelle Edwards, illustrated by Stacey Shuett (Candlewick Press, 2004)

PRAIRIE TRAIN
by Marsha Wilson Chall, illustrated by John Thompson (HarperCollins, 2003)

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THE RACE OF THE BIRKEBEINERS
by Lise Lunge-Larsen, illustrated by Mary Azarian (Houghton Mifflin Company, 2001)

THE RANGE ETERNAL
by Louise Erdrich, illustrated by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher (Hyperion Books for Children, 2002)

THE RAVEN'S GIFT: A TRUE STORY FROM GREENLAND
by Kelly Dupre (Houghton Mifflin, 2001)

RATTLETRAP CAR
by Phyllis Root, illustrated by Jill Barton (Candlewick Press, 2001)

ROXABOXEN
by Alice McLerran, illustrated by Barbara Cooney (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1991)

RULES OF THE WILD
by Bridget Levin, illustrated by Amanda Shepherd (Chronicle Books, 2004)

SACAGAWEA
by Lise Erdrich, illustrated by Julie Buffalohead (Carolrhoda Books, 2003)

SONG OF THE WATER BOATMAN AND OTHER POND POEMS
by Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Beckie Prange (Houghton Mifflin Children's Books, 2005)

STRONG TO THE HOOP
by John Coy, illustrated by Leslie Jean-Bart (Lee & Low Books, 1999)

  • Directo al Aro (Spanish translation of Strong to the Hoop)
    by John Coy, illustrated by Leslie Jean-Bart (Lee & Low Books, 1999)

SUGAR (LET'S INVESTIGATE SERIES)
by Sheryl Peterson (Creative Company, 2002)

SWING AROUND THE SUN
by Barbara Juster Esbensen, illustrated by Cheng-Khee Chee, Janice Lee Porter, Mary GrandPré and Stephen Gammell (Carolrhoda Books, 2003)

TELL ME WHAT WE DID TODAY
by Rick Kupchella, illustrated by Warren Hanson (TRISTAN Publishing, 2003)

THROW YOUR TOOTH ON THE ROOF: TOOTH TRADITIONS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
by Selby B. Beeler, illustrated by G. Brian Karas (Houghton Mifflin Company, 1998)

THE TORTILLA FACTORY
by Gary Paulsen, illustrated by Ruth Wright Paulsen (Harcourt, 1998)

  • La Tortilleria (Spanish translation of The Tortilla Factory)
    by Gary Paulsen, illustrated by Ruth Wright Paulsen (Harcourt, 1998)

TWO OLD POTATOES AND ME
by John Coy, illustrated by Carolyn Fisher (Alfred A. Knopf, 2003)

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UP NORTH AT THE CABIN
by Marsha Wilson Chall, illustrated by Steve Johnson (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, 1992)

V IS FOR VIKING: A MINNESOTA ALPHABET
by Kathy-jo Wargin, illustrated by Karen Latham and Rebecca Latham (Sleeping Bear Press, 2003)

WHAT DADS CAN'T DO
by Douglas Wood, illustrated by Doug Cushman (Simon & Schuster, 2000)

WIIL WAAL
by Kathleen Moriarty, illustrated by Amin Amir, Somali translation by Jamal Adam (Minnesota Humanities Center, 2007)

THE WOLFHOUND
by Kristine L. Franklin, illustrated by Kris Waldherr (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1996)

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