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There's never before been a book like Gallop! Employing a patented new technology called
Scanimation, each page is a marvel that brings animals, along with one shining star, to life with
art that literally moves. It's impossible not to flip the page, and flip it again, and again, and
again.
A first book of motion for kids, it shows a horse in full gallop and a turtle swimming up the
page. A dog runs, a cat springs, an eagle soars, and a butterfly flutters. Created by Rufus Butler
Seder, an inventor, artist, and filmmaker fascinated by antique optical toys, Scanimation is a
state-of-the-art six-phase animation process that combines the "persistence of vision" principle
with a striped acetate overlay to give the illusion of movement. It harkens back to the old magical
days of the kinetoscope, and the effect is astonishing, like a Muybridge photo series springing into
action-or, in terms kids can relate to, like a video without a screen. Complementing the art is a
delightful rhyming text full of simple questions and fun, nonsense replies: Can you gallop like a
horse? giddyup-a-loo! Can you strut like a rooster? cock-a-doodle-doo!
Every child who opens the book will be amazed-and so will every parent.
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It's a zoo in here!
Have you ever...
Seen a Gritchen in your kitchen?
Dared to dance with the One-Legged Zantz?
Declined to dine with the Glub-Toothed Sline?
You haven't? Well then, step inside -- but only if you are ready to be amazed, tickled,
astonished and entertained by this most unusual bestiary of silly and scary creatures!
First published in 1964, Don't Bump the Glump was Shel Silverstein's first poetry collection
ever and has been out of print for more than three decades. It's back and better than ever!
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In this hilarious collection of poems, comedian Jeff Foxworthy creates a neighborhood filled
with fun, family, friends, and more. Here you'll meet Cousin Lizzy, Uncle Ed and Aunt Foo Foo,
cows with horns that don't go beep, dads in sweaters, also sheep. From the thrill of flying to the
imaginary planet Woosocket to bonding with a friend over a shared hatred of spinach, these poems
capture the very essence of being a kid.
Filled with sly humor and always affectionate, Dirt on My Shirt is sure to delight kids, big
and little, everywhere.
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Summer has arrived -- and so has Koo, Stillwater's haiku-speaking young nephew. And when
Stillwater encourages Koo, and his friends Addy, Michael, and Karl to help a grouchy old neighbor
in need, their efforts are rewarded in unexpected ways.
Zen Ties is a disarming story of compassion and friendship that reaffirms the importance of our
ties to one another.
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Jack Truck. Dump Truck Dan. Best friends. Jack and Dan. They are built for SMASHING! CRASHING! and
playing all day. Just like some kids you might know
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