FRUITS
ART
FRUIT PRINTS
Cut apples, oranges and pears in half. Dip the cut side into paint and print with the fruit.
STRAWBERRY MOBILE
Need: 5 walnuts Red paint Green felt, Plastic Berry basket, paintbrush,
scissors, glue, yarn
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Paint walnuts red.
Glue long piece of green yarn to top of each walnut for hanger.
Cut 5 star shapes from green felt. Clip a small hole in the center of
each one. String one down the yarn hanger of each walnut
strawberry and glue in place.
Tie strawberries to the berry basket. Leave four inches of yarn
above each knot. Turn the basket upside down so the berries hang
down. Tie hanger on top.
STRAWBERRY PLAYDOUGH
1 cup flour
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 package unsweetened strawberry Kool-Aid
1/4 cup salt
2 tablespoons cream of tartar
1 cup water
Mix flour, salt, cream of tartar and Kool-Aid in a medium saucepan. Add water and oil.
Stir over medium heat 3 to 5 minutes. When mixture forms a ball in pan, remove.
Knead until smooth. Store in a covered plastic container.
BERRY BASKET PRINTING
Materials: plastic berry baskets • tempera paints • white paper
shallow container or paper plate
1. Pour a small amount of paint into a shallow container or
plate.
2. Dip the bottom of a plastic berry basket into the paint. Press
it on paper to make designs.
3. Provide several baskets as well as a variety of paint colors.
Encourage child to make prints in several bright colors
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HAND BANANAS
Trace child's hand, including small part of the wrist onto white paper.
Turn the hand tracing upside down and turn it into a bunch of bananas
by having them paint the fingers yellow and the wrist brown.
HAND STRAWBERRY
Trace child’s hand onto paper. Turn hand upside down.
Paint red and add black “seeds.” Top off with a green stem.
FINGER GRAPES
Dip fingers into purple paint and make grape prints. Use brown
marker to add stems.
SNACK
FRUITY LEATHER ROLL-UPS
2 Cups applesauce
¼ cup honey
Microwave safe plastic wrap
Microwave safe tray
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4.
Stir applesauce and honey together in a small bowl.
Line a microwave safe tray with plastic wrap.
Pour a 1/8” layer of applesauce/honey mixture on top of plastic wrap.
Dry the mixture in microwave on Medium setting for 3 minutes. Let cool for 3
minutes and then repeat the process until the leather begins to dry. Results may
vary depending on the wattage of the microwave.
5. Remove the leather from tray keeping plastic wrap as backing. Cut into strips
and roll it up.
NO-BAKE APPLE CRISP
Apple Pie Filling
Granola
Sugar
Cinnamon
Whipped topping
Put 1 scoop of pie filling in cup. Sprinkle on granola, sugar, and cinnamon. Add a dollop
of whipped topping.
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OTHER FUN STUFF
SIMON SAYS
Play "Simon Says" using a variety of commands in relationship to fruits.
Simon Says “Peel a banana"
"Pick apples from a tree."
"Crack a Coconut"
"Squish the grapes"
"Eat the cherries"
"Squeeze the oranges"
ORANGE POMANDER BALL
Materialswhole cloves
orange
cinnamon
plastic bag
ribbon or netting
string
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2.
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8.
9.
Push the pointed stems of whole cloves into the skin of an orange. Cover the
entire orange.
Sprinkle cinnamon into a plastic bag.
Place orange in bag.
Hold top of bag and shake orange in cinnamon.
Remove orange from bag.
Tie length or ribbon around orange and knot, or tie orange in net.
Tie a second ribbon criss-crossing the first at bottom, and knot at the top.
Tie length of string around the knotted ribbon.
Hand the ball in a special place. The orange will eventually shrink in size and
become hard, but should not lose its scent.
SOUND EFFECTS
Crack a coconut. After eating the meat, use the empty halves to make hoofbeat
sounds.
HIDDEN STARS
Cut an apple or a pear through the seedpods to reveal the star shape.
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GAME
FRUIT BASKET TURN OVER
Give each child a picture of the fruit he is assigned. Children sit in circle on mats. One
child is "It" and stands in center of circle. He calls out the name of a fruit. All those with
the fruit called must run and exchange places with another player. "It" also tries to get a
seat. Whoever is left without a seat is the new "it."
SONGS
WATERMELON (to tune of “Frere Jacque”)
Watermelon, Watermelon (Make a circle with your arms.)
On the vine, on the vine, (Curve hands and arms beside body.)
Sweet and red and juicy, Sweet and red and juicy, (Rub your tummy.)
Please be mine! Please be mine! (Palms together as though pleading.)
Watermelon, Watermelon (Make a circle with your arms.)
Thump, thump, thump; Thump, thump, thump, (Make a thumping movement with thumb
and middle finger.)
I think that you are ready- I think that you are ready- (Point, resting finger on your
temple.)
Big and plump! Bug and plump! (Make a circle with your arms.)
Watermelon, watermelon, (Make a circle with your arms.)
How it drips; how it drips, (wiggle fingers)
Up and down your elbows, up and down your elbows (hold up arms)
Drip, drip, drip! Drip, drip, drip! (wiggle fingers)
PICKED A BERRY (to tune of “Clementine”)
Picked a berry,
Picked a berry
That was growing
In the sun.
Then I washed it,
And I ate it,
And I picked another one
STRAWBERRIES (to tune of “Pop, goes the Weasel”)
All around the strawberry fields,
We picked some juicy berries
We brought them home and washed them off,
Pop! - go the berries!
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OH WATERMELON (to tune of “Oh, Christmas Tree”)
Oh watermelon, big and green,
You’re the biggest that I’ve seen!
Oh, watermelon, big and green
You’re the biggest that I’ve seen.
Underneath the green and white,
You’re jucy red. Let’s take a bite!
Oh, watermelon, fun to eat,
You are my favorite summer treat!
STRAWBERRY PATCH (to tune of "Paw Paw Patch")
Where oh where are all the children?
Where oh where are all the children?
Where oh where are all the children?
Way down yonder in the strawberry patch.
Pickin' up strawberries, put 'em in the basket,
Pickin' up strawberries, put 'em in the basket,
Pickin' up strawberries, put 'em in the basket,
Way down yonder in the strawberry patch.
Take the berries home and wash em up
Take the berries home and wash em up
Take the berries home and wash em up
Way down yonder in the strawberry patch!
Slice the berries up and make a pie.
Slice the berries up and make a pie.
Slice the berries up and make a pie.
Way down yonder in the strawberry patch!
HAVE YOU EVER? (to tune of “Have you Ever Seen a Lassie”
Have you ever had an apple, an apple an apple?
Have you ever had an apple
And heard it go crunch?
Have you ever had an orange, an orange..Etc..
And heard it go slurp?
Banana...... go mush?
(think of other fruits and the noises that go along with them)
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WEB SITES
http://www.zoomwhales.com/themes/fruit.shtml From Enchanted learning.
Activities and printouts with fruits and vegetables.
http://www.preschoolprintables.com/filefolder/watermelon/filefolderwatermelon.s
html From Preschool Printables. Copy and assemble a file folder game featuring
watermelons and numbers.
http://www.storyplace.org/preschool/activities/monkey.asp Online game. Help the
monkey count the bananas.
FINGERPLAYS
BANANAS
Bananas are my favorite fruit (make fist as if holding banana)
I eat one every day (hold up one finger)
I always take one with me (act as if putting one in pocket)
When I go out to play (wave goodbye)
It gives me lots of energy (make muscle)
To jump around and run (move arms as if running)
Bananas are my favorite fruit (rub tummy)
To me they're so much fun! (point to self and smile)
FIVE FRUITS
(can use flannel pieces)
Five different fruits at the grocery store.
Tom chose an apple and now there are four.
Four different fruits we all can see.
Mary picked an orange and that leaves three.
Three different kinds left for you.
Jeff chose a pear and now there are two.
Two yummy fruits will soon be done.
Sarah took the banana and now there is one.
One bunch of grapes for everyone,
We will all share them and now there are none.
LEMON COUNTDOWN
Five big lemons in the bowl
One fell out and started to roll
It bumped the table and hit my toe
How many lemons in the bowl
1, 2, 3, 4
Four big lemons...
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WATERMELON FINGER PUPPETS
Copy the patterns onto poster board. Color. Help children cut the circles from the
pictures. Insert fingers into holes to make legs for the watermelon men.
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LEMONADE LACING
Reproduce onto card stock. Punch holes and let kids lace with shoestrings.
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FRUIT BOOKS
641.64 HIL
E ADA
E ALLEN
E ALVAREZ
E ANDERSON
E APPLE
E ARMSTRONG
E ARNOLD
E ASTON
E BANG
E BARRON
E BARRON
E BATTUT
E BEARD
E BERENDES
E BERENSTAIN
E BERRY
E BOLDT
E BRAVO
E BROWN
E BUNTING
E BUNTING
E BUTLER
E CARLSON
E CAVE
E CHURCH
E COX
E CUYLER
E DEGAN
E DELESSERT
E DEVLIN
E DEVLIN
E DEVLIN
E DEVLIN
E DEVLIN
E DEVLIN
E DILLON
E DIXON
E DUKE
E EGAN
E EGAN
Hill
Ada
Allen
Alvarez
Anderson
Spirin
Armstrong
Arnold
Aston
Bang
Barron
Barron
Battut
Beard
Berendes
Berenstain
Berry
Boldt
Bravo
Brown
Bunting
Bunting
Butler
Carlson
Cave
Church
Cox
Cuyler
Degan
Dellessert
Devlin
Devlin
Devlin
Devlin
Devlin
Devlin
Dillon
Dixon
Duke
Egan
Egan
Apple Cookbook
Three Golden Oranges
Banana
Gift Of Gracias
Gladys Goes Out To Lunch
A Apple Pie
Once Upon A Banana
That Apple Is Mine
Orange In January
Grey Lady & The Strawberry Snatcher
Fed Up! – A Feast Of Frazzled Foods
Showdown At The Food Pyramid
Little Mouse’s Big Secret
Pumpkin Man From Piney Creek
Fox And The Grapes
Berenstain Bears And The Double Dare
Ducking For Apples
Odd Dog
Olga's Cup And Saucer
Fierce Yellow Pumpkin
One Green Apple
Pumpkin Fair
Mouse And The Apple
Harriet And George’s Christmas Treat
One Child, One Seed
Little Apple Goat
Pick A Pumpkin, Mrs. Millie!
Bumpy Little Pumpkin
Jamberry
Hungry For Numbers
Cranberry Autumn
Cranberry Birthday
Cranberry Easter
Cranberry Halloween
Cranberry Summer
Cranberry Thanksgiving
Jeb Scarecrow’s Pumpkin Patch
Blueberry Shoe
Ready For Pumpkins
Chestnut Cove
Trial Of Cardigan Jones
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E EHLERT
E EHLERT
E ELLIOTT
E EVANGELISTA
E FRENCH
E FRENCH
E FREYMANN
E FREYMANN
E FREYMANN
E FREYMANN
E FREYMANN
E FREYMANN
E FREYMANN
E FROST
E GARDELLA
E GARLAND
E GIBBONS
E GORBACHEV
E GRAVETT
E GREENE
E HANSON
E HILL
E HOLUB
E HOLUB
E HOLUB
E HOPKINSON
E HORACEK
E HOROWITZ
E HOWE
E HUBBELL
E HUTCHINS
E INKPEN
E JOHNSTON
E JOHNSTON
E KIMMEL
E KLEVEN
E KLINGEL
E KLINGEL
E KOLLER
E KROLL
E LAIRD
E LEWIS
E LIONNI
E LIONNI
Ehlert
Ehlert
Elliott
Evangelista
French
French
Freymann
Freymann
Freymann
Freymann
Freymann
Freymann
Freymann
Frost
Gardella
Garland
Gibbons
Gorbachev
Gravett
Greene
Hanson
Hill
Holub
Holub
Holub
Hopkinson
Horacek
Horowitz
Howe
Hubbell
Hutchins
Inkpen
Johnston
Johnston
Kimmel
Kleven
Klingel
Klingel
Koller
Kroll
Laird
Lewis
Lionni
Lionni
Eating The Alphabet
Pie In The Sky
Boy Who Loved Bananas
In Search Of The Perfect Pumpkin
Oliver's Fruit Salad
Too Many Pears!
Baby Food
Dog Food
Dr. Pompo's Nose
Fast Food
Gus And Button
How Are You Peeling? Foods With Moods
One Lonely Seahorse
Cow In Apple Time
Blackberry Booties
How Many Mice?
Seasons Of Arnold's Apple Tree
Where Is The Apple Pie?
Orange, Pear, Apple, Bear
Legend Of The Cranberry
Tangerine Tree
Marley And The Runaway Pumpkin
Apple Countdown
Garden That We Grew
Pumpkin Countdown
Apples To Oregon
Jonathan And Martha
Ugly Pumpkin
Pinky And Rex And The Perfect Pumpkin
Pumpkin Jack
Ten Red Apples
Picnic
Vanishing Pumpkin
Very Scary
Pumpkinhead
Apple Doll
Bananas
Pumpkins
Peter Spit A Seed At Sue
Biggest Pumpkin Ever
Beautiful Bananas
Runaway Pumpkin
Frederick’s Fables - In The Rabbitgarden
In The Rabbitgarden
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E LOW
E MANUSHKIN
E MARTIN
E MARTIN
E MASON
E MCBRATNEY
E MCCLOSKEY
E MCCLURE
E MCDERMOTT
E MCDONALD
E MCGRORY
E MCKY
E MCMILLAN
E MCMULLAN
E MCNAMARA
E MCNAMARA
E MILLER
E MINOR
E MINOR
E MOORE
E MORTIMER
E MOSER
E MUIR
E MUNSCH
E MURPHY
E MURPHY
E MURRAY
E NASLUND
E NIGHTINGALE
E OCHILTREE
E OCONNOR
E PALATINI
E PARISH
E PARISH
E PARKS
E PASCHKIS
E PATERSON
E PEET
E PIERCE
E PILKEY
E PIZZOLI
E POCHOCKI
E POLACCO
E PRICEMAN
Low
Manushkin
Martin
Martin
Mason
McBratney
McCloskey
McCluire
McDermott
McDonald
McGrory
McKy
McMillan
McMullan
McNamara
McNamara
Miller
Minor
Minor
Moore
Mortimer
Moser
Muir
Munsch
Murphy
Murphy
Murray
Naslund
Nightingale
Ochiltree
O’Connor
Palatini
Parish
Parish
Parks
Paschkis
Paterson
Peet
Pierce
Pilkey
Pizzoli
Pochocki
Polacco
Priceman
Blueberry Mouse
Latkes And Applesauce
All For Pie, Pie For All
Blueberry Train
Stella And The Berry Thief
Just One
Blueberries For Sal
Apple
Monkey – A Trickster Tale From India
Fishing Surprise
Quick, Slow, Mango!
Pumpkin Town!
Growing Colors
Fluffy Goes Apple Picking
How Many Seeds In A Pumpkin?
Pumpkin Patch
Ten Red Apples
How Big Could Your Pumpkin Grow?
Pumpkin Heads
Grandma’s Smile
Pumpkin Cat
Watermelon Wishes
Gibbus Moony Wants To Bite You
Andrew's Loose Tooth
Fair Bear Share
Lemonade For Sale
Apple Pie ABC
Our Apple Tree
Cider Apples
Sixteen Runaway Pumpkins
Fancy Nancy – Apples Galore
Lousy Rotten Stinkin’ Grapes
Amelia Bedelia’s First Apple Pie
Granny And The Desperadoes
Farmers Market
Apple Cake – A Recipe For Love
Blueberries For The Queen
Kweeks Of Kookatumdee
Blackberry Banquet
Dragon’s Halloween
Watermelon Seed
Gypsies’ Tale
Orange For Frankie
How To Make A Cherry Pie & See The
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E PRICEMAN
Priceman
E PURMELL
E RAY
E RAY
E RAZVAN
E ROCKWELL
E ROCKWELL
E ROOT
E ROSEN
E RUIZFLORES
E RYLANT
E RYLANT
E SAEZ
E SAVADIER
E SAVAGE
E SAYRE
E SCHAEFER
E SCHERTLE
E SERFOZO
E SEUSS
E SHAPLEYBOX
E SHERRY
E SILVERMAN
E SILVERSTEIN
E SIMON
E SLOAT
E SLOAT
E SPURR
E STAAKE
E STEWIG
E STOEKE
E TANKARD
E THOMPSON
E TRYON
E TRYON
E TSENG
E VANALLSBURG
E VANHECKE
E VANNUTT
E VAUGHAN
E VERE
E WALTON
Purmell
Ray
Ray
Razvan
Rockwell
Rockwell
Root
Rosen
Ruiz-Flores
Rylant
Rylant
Saez Castan
Savadier
Savage
Sayre
Schaefer
Schertle
Serfozo
Seuss
Shapley-Box
Sherry
Silverman
Silverstein
Simon
Sloat
Sloat
Spurr
Staake
Stewig
Stoeke
Tankard
Thompson
Tryon
Tryon
Tseng
VanAllsburg
VanHecke
Van Nutt
Vaughan
Vere
Walton
U.S.A
How To Make An Apple Pie & See The
World
Apple Cider Making Days
Apple-Pip Princess
Pumpkins
Lemon Whip
Apples And Pumpkins
Pumpkin Day, Pumpkin Night
Hungry Monster
Night Of The Pumpkinheads
Alicia’s Fruity Drinks
Henry And Mudge And The Funny Lunch
Mr. Putter And Tabby Pick The Pears
Three Hedgehogs
Will Sheila Share?
Ten Orange Pumpkins
Go, Go, Grapes
Snow Pumpkin
Down The Road
Plumply, Dumply Pumpkin
Ten Apples Up On Top
Apples For Fred
Acorns Everywhere
Big Pumpkin
Giving Tree
Let’s Pick Apples
Berry Magic
Patty's Pumpkin Patch
Pumpkin Hill
Red Lemon
Making Plum Jam
Letting Go
Me Hungry!
Apple Pie That Papa Baked
Albert's Field Trip
Albert's Halloween
Ned’s New Home
Sweetest Fig
Apple Pie For Dinner
Pumpkins From The Sky
Lemonade Stand
Banana!
Mrs. McMurphy’s Pumpkin
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E WELLINGTON
E WHELAN
E WHITE
E WILDSMITH
E WILLIAMS
E WITTTE
E WRIGHT
E YACOWITZ
E YAGELSKI
E YORINKS
E ZAGWYN
E ZAGWYN
E ZIEFERT
J 292 MAR
J 398.2 BRU
J 398.2 DEF
J 398.2 GOB
J 398.2 KIM
J 398.2 SAN
J 398.2 SIE
J 398.24 DOM
J 398.2646 TEG
J 513.2 PAL
J 571.8 SCH
J 571.82 SAU
J 582 DOW
J 582 MAE
J 583 HAL
J 583.6 PFE
J 583.7 GAN
J 583.7 MAT (Spanish)
Wellington
Whelan
White
Wildsmith
Williams
Witte
Wright
Yacowitz
Yagelski
Yorinks
Zagwyn
Zagwyn
Ziefert
Martin
Bruchac
DeFelice
Goble
Kimmel
Sanfield
Sierra
Dominic
Tegen
Pallotta
Schaefer
Saunders-Smith
Dowden
Maestro
Hall
Pfeffer
Ganeri
Mattern
J 634 DAV
J 634 FOW
J 634 LEM
J 634 MIC
J 634 PAT
J 634 TUR
J 634.1 – 634.11
J 634.31 SNY
J 634.7 GIB
J 634.76 SNY
J 634.77 LAN
J 634.8 KLI
Davies
Fowler
Lember
Micucci
Patent
Turner
Snyder
Gibbons
Snyder
Klingel
Apple Farmer Annie
Jam & Jelly By Holly & Nellie
Too Many Pumpkins
Apple Bird
Cherries And Cherry Pits
Parrot Tico Tango
Sneeze, Big Bear, Sneeze!
Pumpkin Fiesta
Day The Lifting Bridge Stuck
Invisible Man
Apple Batter
Pumpkin Blanket
Rabbit And Hare Divide An Apple
Race Of The Golden Apples
First Strawberries
Three Perfect Peaches
Iktomi And The Berries
Anansi And The Talking Melon
Strudel, Strudel, Strudel
Counting Crocodiles
First Woman And The Strawberries
Story Of The Jack O’lantern
Apple Fractions
Pick, Pull, Snap
From Bud To Blossom
From Flower To Fruit
How Do Apples Grow?
Apple Pie Tree
From Seed To Pumpkin
From Seed To Apple
How Apple Trees Grow = Como Crecan
Los Manzonas
My Apple
Apples Of Your Eye
Book Of Fruit
Life And Times Of The Apple
Apple A Day
Apple Valley Year
This section has books on apples
Oranges
Berry Book
Cranberries
This section has books on bananas
Grapes
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J 635.6 – 635.62
J 641.3 FOW
J 641.34 CLE
J 641.51 CHA
Fowler
Cleary
Charney
J 641.6 GIL
J 641.6 SAU
J 641.64 MAY
J 641.65 ELF
J 664.8 RYA
J 745.5 COO
J 745.5 ELF
J 811 BLO
J 811 MOR
J 811 POW
J 92 APPLESEED
J 92 APPLESEED
J 92 APPLESEED
J 92 APPLESEED
Gillis
Saunders-Smith
Mayo
Elffers
Ryan
Cook
Elf
Bloom
Mora
Powell
Kellogg
Moses
Yolen
Codell
This section has books on pumpkins
It’s A Fruit, It’s A Vegetable, It’s A Pumpkin
Apples, Cherries, Red Raspberries
ABC’s Of Fruits And Vegetables And
Beyond
Apple A Day
Eating Apples
Applesauce
Play With Your Pumpkins
How Do You Raise A Raisin?
Kids’ Pumpkin Projects
Play With Your Food
Fruits : A Caribbean Counting Poem
Yum! Mmmm! Que Rico
Amazing Apples
Johnny Appleseed
Johnny Appleseed
Johnny Appleseed
Seed By Seed
DVDS
J 634.11 APP
J 634.3 CIT
J 791.43 AME
J 791.43 BER
J 791.43 DAN
J 791.43 GRE
J 791.43 HOW
J 791.43 LEM
J 791.43 MAG
J 791.43 MAX
J 791.43 POS
J 791.43 ROB
J 791.43 SCR
J 791.43 VEG
Apple Farming For Kids
Citrus Farming For Kids
American Legends (Includes Johnny Appleseed)
Berenstain Bears – Celebrations (Double Dare)
Dancing Pumpkin
Green Eggs & Ham (includes 10 Apples Up On Top)
How To Make An Apple Pie And See The World
Lemonade For Sale
Maggie And The Ferocious Beast – Recipes For Trouble
(pumpkins)
Max And Ruby – Perfect Pumpkin
Postcards From Buster – Buster’s Outdoors Journeys
(pumpkin competition)
Robert McCloskey Library (Blueberries For Sal)
Scrambled States Of America & More Stories To Celebrate
Our Country (Includes Johnny Appleseed)
Big Idea’s Veggie Tales – Madame Blueberry
SOUND RECORDINGS
J 782.42 BIG
Big Idea’s Veggie Tunes – A Queen, A King, And A Very Blue
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J RABBIT
Berry
Rabbit Ears Treasury Of Tall Tales (Includes Johnny
Appleseed)
This list was updated on November 1, 2013.
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