Suggested Reading
Charlene’s bookshelf. Here you will find a selection of children’s picture books that feature The Twelve Gifts at work. Reading and talking about them helps little ones to see and appreciate the resources we want to cultivate in them.
 
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| BRAVE IRENE by William Steig | THE STORY OF JUMPING MO-- USE by John Steptoe | LITTLE SQUAREHEAD by Peggy O’Neill | MATTHEW'S DREAM by Leo Lionni |
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| LYLE, LYLE CROCODILE by Bernard Waber | THE PRINCESS KNIGHT by Cornelia Funke | SHEILA RAE, THE BRAVE by Kevin Henkes | SYLVESTER AND THE MAGIC PEBBLE by William Steig |
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| TICO AND THE GOLDEN WINGS by Leo Lionni | DANDELIONS by Eve Bunting | TOO MANY MURKLES by Heidi Charissa Schmidt | ONE SMILE by Cindy McCinley |
 
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| SILENT LOTUS by Jeanne M. Lee | LOUANNE PIG IN THE TALENT SHOW by Nancy Carlson | ANGEL AND THE ACROBAT by Mark Shannon | I PRETEND by Heidi Goennell |
 
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| FREDERICK by Leo Lionni | A MOTHER'S SONG by Janet Lowler | BE NICE TO SPIDERS by Margaret Bloy Graham | FABLES by Arnold Lobel |
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| AESOP'S FABLES by Milo Winter | THE KING AND THE TORTOISE by Tololwa M. Mollel | THE CARROT SEED by Ruth Krauss | AMOS AND BORIS by William Steig |