Bea and Mr. Jones

LeVar uses the costumes from Reading Rainbow to dress up like people he has always wanted to be, and points out the importance of being ourselves and striving to be all we can be.

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Bea and Mr. Jones

A kindergartner and her father change places for a day. Bea works in an office and her father goes to school.

Author:Amy Schwartz
Illustrator: Amy Schwartz
Publisher: Simon & Schuster

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There's a Nightmare in my Closet

There's a Nightmare in my Closet

To cope with the fear of "something" in his closet at night, this boy chooses to face his fear.

Author: Mercer Mayer
Illustrator: Mercer Mayer
Publisher: Dial

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Max

Max

Max finds a new way to warm up for his Saturday baseball game – his sister's dancing class.

Author: Rachel Isadora
Illustrator: Rachel Isadora
Publisher: Simon & Schuster

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The Ugly Duckling

The Ugly Duckling

A retelling of the Hans Christian Anderson tale, in which an ugly duckling spends an unhappy year ostracized by the other animals in the barnyard before he grows into a beautiful swan.

Author: Hans Christian Andersen
Retold by: Lorinda Bryan Cauley
Publisher: Harcourt Brace




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