Cynthia Cotten

• Nov-2001
• / General Fiction
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Magical ponies create the first snowfall of winter

On a cold, gray day, Old Man Winter leads his snow ponies outside. "Are you ready?" he asks. Yes! Faster and faster the ponies gallop. Everything they touch turns white with snow as they bring...

• Sep-2002
• / General Fiction
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Can you count all the animals that live in the woods?

"At the edge of the woods, the grass grows tall,
the daisies dance and the blackbirds call.
One chipmunk lives in the old stone wall
at the edge of the deep, dark woods."

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• Sep-2006
• / General Fiction
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It’s the early 1800s, and Abbie’s sister, Sarah, is a proper young lady who loves needlework. She has already made a sampler displaying her neat and even stitching. But when it becomes time for Abbie to make her sampler, she despairs â€" she hate...

• Jan-2007
• / General Fiction
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Some babies sleep high up in a tree.

Some babies rock in the waves of the sea.

Some sleep in the desert, some sleep in the snow,

some sleep in a meadow where tall grasses grow.

This simple, soothing rhyme is paired with lush, ...

• Apr-2007
• / General Fiction
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Every year, twelve-year-old Michael looks forward to his summer visit to his grandparents' farm, to the sights and sounds of the country that always make him feel so alive, and especially to spending time with his grandfather. When Grandpa dies sudde...

• Apr-2008
• / General Fiction
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• Oct-2008
• / Christian
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A gorgeous, poetic new version of the Nativity story

Wondrous things are happening in this humble little stable. The animals are gathering round. Shepherds and wise men and angels are coming from afar. All of them are flocking to see the Chr...

• Jan-2013
• / General Fiction
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Jesse has waited for months for the arrival of the book boat. There he finds a used copy of "The Swiss Family Robinson" that he desperately wants, but at twenty cents the book costs too much. After working hard, Jesse is deeply disappointed: he has o...

• Jul-2013
• / Historical
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These eight stories of young people who came to know the same stone house in a small upstate New York canal town over almost 2 centuries, give readers a look inside (or a window to) America’s history....