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Book Wish List

This is a list of wonderful books that ODNS would love to receive as gifts.
Links are provided to purchase the books online, but we heartily endorse the idea of supporting your local independent bookseller, where many of these books can be purchased or ordered. Thank you!

Harriet’s Halloween Candy, by Nancy Carlson

I Love my Pirate Papa, by  Linda Leuck

Orange Pear Apple, by Emily Gravett

Pigs Love Potatoes, byAnika Denis, Chistopher Denise

Mother Goose at the Loose, byLeo & Dianne Dillon

Here’s a Little Poem, Collected by Jane Yolen, Andrew Peters

Vulture View, byApril Pulley

Up, Down & Around, byKatherine Ayres, Nadine Westcott

My Truck is Stuck. by Kevin Lewis

I Knew Two Who Said Moo, by Judi Barrett

Pigs Ahoy!, by David McPhail

Don’t Rock the Boat, by Sally Grindley

Case of Missing Caterpillar (1st book of lifecycle of butterfly), by Sam Godwin

Is It Red? Is It Yellow? Is It Blue?, by Tana Hoban

You Can Name 100 Trucks!, by Randy Chewning

Look Closer: Desert Life, by Barbara Taylor

What’s Under the Ocean (Now I Know), by Janet Craig

Dinorella : A Prehistoric Fairytale, by Pamela Duncan Edwards

Seven Weeks on an Iceberg, by Keith R. Potter

The Life Cycle of a Tree, by Bobbie Kalman

I Am A Leaf, by Jean Marzollo

Ten Seeds, by Ruth Brown

How Big Were They?a Matching Game with Dinosaurs

Can’t You Sleep, Little Bear?,by Martin Waddell

The Kissing Hand, by Audrey Penn

Room for Ripley, by Stuart Murphey

Barnyard Banter, by Denise Fleming

In the Small, Small Pond, by Denise Fleming

In the Tall, Tall Grass, by Denise Fleming

Tumble Bumble, by Felicia Bond

Big Red Barn, by Margaret Wise Brown

Little Quack, by Lauren Thompson

I Went Walking, by Sue Williams

Mrs. McNosh Hangs Up Her Wash, by Sarah Weeks

Silly Sally, by Audrey Wood

Flower Garden, by Eve Bunting

Biggest, Strongest, Fastest, by Steve Jenkins

Animal Tracks, by Olaus Murie and Mark Elbroch

Russell the Sheep, by Rob Scotton

When Rain Falls, by Melissa Stewart

Corn Is Maize:  The Gift of the Indians, by Aliki

Fun With Nature Take-Along Guide, by Mel Boring

More Fun with Nature Take-Along Guide, by Mel Boring

Everybody Needs a Rock, by Byrd Baylor

Mouse Shapes by Ellen Stoll Walsh

Mouse Count by Ellen Stoll Walsh