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Title	Author	Description
Foxie: The Singing Dog Foxie	Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire Aulaire	Based on the Chekhov short story "Kashtanka," this beautiful and touching picture book about a little singing dog is "one of the best of the excellent books by Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire." —The New York Times
Too Big Too Big	Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire Aulaire	A silly story about a little tow-headed boy who's getting "TOO BIG" to do just about everything he's wants to do. Brightly colored and simply told, this picture book will appeal to preschoolers exploring the world around them.
Jenny's Moonlight Adventure Jenny's Moonlight	Esther Averill Averill	It's Halloween—a special night for black cats everywhere, especially Jenny .
Jenny's Birthday Book Jenny's Birthday Book	Esther Averill Averill	Today is the day, the day of days, the day of Jenny Linsky's birthday!
The Hotel Cat Hotel Cat	Esther Averill Averill	One wintry day a lonely stray cat wandered into the Royal Hotel. He chased mice so well that he was given the job of Hotel Cat.
Captains of the City Streets Captains of the City	Esther Averill Averill	Ready for any challenge, Sinbad and the Duke, the Captains of the City Streets, charm the Cat Club's admirers with their free spirits and "nifty" street smarts, as they grow up and ultimately find friendship and a place where they belong.
Jenny Goes To Sea Jenny Goes to Sea	Esther Averill Averill	In Jenny Goes to Sea, our heroine makes her passage on the good ship Sea Queen with her master, Captain Tinker, and her adopted brothers, tiger cat Edward, and black-and-white cat Checkers.
The School For Cats School for Cats	Esther Averill Averill	"Five to eight-year-olds who have their own problems of adjustment in school will rejoice in Jenny's moral triumph." —The New York Times
The Peregrine Peregrine	J.A. Baker Baker	A classic of nature writing. Contributors: Robert Macfarlane
Looking Back Looking Back	Baker	In these eleven essays, all originally published in The New York Review of Books, Russell Baker looks back on a group of iconic public figures from his own past.