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"Each peach pear plum / I spy Tom Thumb" is the start of a wonderful book by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. Tom Thumb is hiding in a peach tree in the orchard; there are also some pear trees and plum trees. Do you know how it carries on? Recommended for grades: 6,7,8,9,10

"I didn't invite them. Did you invite them?" Sandra Boynton has created a delightful picture book about hippos assembling for a party and departing afterwards. Can you work out how it goes? Recommended for grades: 8,9,10,11,12

In Eric Carle's delightful picture book a little egg lay on a leaf in the moonlight. Then a tiny and very hungry caterpillar pops out in the warm sunshine on Sunday morning and starts to look for some food. Do you remember what he ate each day? Recommended for grades: 1,2,3

"We're going on a bear hunt. / We're going to catch a big one. / What a beautiful day! / We're not scared." Michael Rosen has written the words and Helen Oxenbury has provided the illustrations for this award-winning book from 1989.