Mary Newell DePalma

• Apr-2001
• / General Fiction
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A bird.
A strange egg.
A monkey.

A little bird, flying high in the sky, spies something very beautiful below. She pokes, pecks, and makes a great noise to try and wake it up. Thinking it a very strange egg indeed, she sits upon it. A mon...

• Apr-2002
• / General Fiction
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On what began as a fine day, a bear named Rembrandt lost his hat. As all of us do now and then, Rembrandt meets up with an unlucky day. He loses something special, something that belonged to him, something hard to replace. It is a frustrating predica...

• Sep-2005
• / General Fiction
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Once there was a grand old tree, whose roots sank deep into the earth and whose arms reached high into the sky. Every spring the grand old tree flowered and bore cherries for the squirrels and birds that made their homes in her leafy branches. And ev...

• Oct-2007
• / General Fiction
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Tutus, stage lights, and tights-wearing mice - a girl's giddy first experience dancing in "The Nutcracker" is celebrated for all to share. For a young dancer, everything about "The Nutcracker" is thrilling, from auditions to opening night. Readers ex...

• Jan-2010
• / General Fiction
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A tiny bird has found the most beautiful red strawberry to give her grandmother, but PLOP it falls into the river. Not even the help of all of the bird's friends can get it back before a hungry crocodile snatches it up. The friends put their heads to...

• Jun-2011
• / General Fiction
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Using bright and comical watercolor paintings, this nearly wordless book tells the story of a hapless little dinosaur’s disastrous day. Children will be amused as they follow the endearing main character from one scrape right into another....

• May-2012
• / General Fiction
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What begins as a playful game of fetch between a boy and his dog turns into a wild goose chase that springs from one page to the next in this delightful book. Young readers will find themselves caught up in the bright and charming watercolor painting...

• Feb-2014
• / General Fiction
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Two little birds hatch and grow until one day, they see an amazing sight: hundreds of birds, all flying together in one direction. They decide to join in, and so begins an amazing and sometimes dangerous journey that they never could have imagined. E...