Carole Lexa Schaefer
1) The squiggle
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As she walks to the park with her school class, a young girl finds a piece of string which her imagination turns into a dragon's tail, an acrobat, fireworks, a storm cloud, and more.
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Monkey and Elephant volume 1
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[2012]
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In three episodes two friends cool off on a hot day, sing songs, and outsmart some riffraff wildcats.
6) Snow pumpkin
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2000.
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When it snows in October, two friends build a snowman using a pumpkin as its head.
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2007
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After reading a book about dragons with their teacher, inventive preschoolers decide to make their own dragon out of colored paper, yarn, feathers, and . . . themselves! Soon theyre out the door, onto the playground, and into another world-the world of imagination. Becoming a magnificent dragon, the children dance over snowy mountains, through tall forests, and into whispery meadows, before returning to school for a wonderful birthday treat.
10) Someone says
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2003.
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A day at preschool has leaping frogs, dancing ponies, flapping wings, eating like tigers, and all the things that children can dream.
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Monkey and Elephant volume 3
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℗♭2014.
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Suggesting to a confused Elephant that they spend their unscheduled day gadding about, Monkey explains that they will walk and look around while making brief stops whenever they encounter something interesting or run into other friends.
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2013.
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"Monkey and Elephant are very good friends who have a lot in common. They both like morning time. They both like shiny rocks. And they both like to hear their own voices: "TAH. TAH. TAH." But Monkey is Monkey and Elephant is Elephant. They are not exactly the same. So when Elephant starts to sneeze--achoo!--Monkey has her own ideas of what will make him feel better. And when Monkey gets the sniffles, Elephant has his own ideas of what will make her...
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Monkey and Elephant volume 4
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2015.
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When monkey confides to elephant that today is his birthday, elephant decides to turn Clever Rat's get together into a surprise birthday party for his friend.
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2018.
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When Baby and Nonna head to the park for the day, what will they see? There's a squirrel -- Ciao, Squirrel! -- and a grasshopper -- Ciao, Grasshopper! Baby scoots over to meet them and share a friendly hello. Who else might be hiding around the park? Ciao, animals! Ciao, Baby!