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BKLYN First Line Fridays

Beloved children's books featured on the Brooklyn Public Library Family Facebook page as part of the First Line Fridays series.

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The mouse and the motorcycle
Beverly Cleary ; illustrated by Tracy Dockray.
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The bad beginning
by Lemony Snicket ; illustrations by Brett Helquist.
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The one and only Ivan
Katherine Applegate ; illustrations by Patricia Castelao.
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"Hello. I am Ivan. I am a gorilla. It’s not as easy as it looks."

The voyage of the Dawn Treader
C.S. Lewis ; illustrated by Pauline Baynes.
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"There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb and he almost deserved it."

It's like this, Cat
by Emily Neville ; pictures by Emil Weiss.
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"My father is always talking about how a dog can be very educational for a boy. This is one reason I got a cat."

Outside over there
Maurice Sendak ; [calligraphy by Jeanyee Wong].
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Miss Rumphius
story and pictures by Barbara Cooney.
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"The Lupine Lady lives in a small house overlooking the sea. In between the rocks around her house grow blue and purple and rose-colored flowers. The Lupine Lady is little and old. But she has not always been that way."

Miss Nelson is missing!
By Harry Allard and James Marshall.
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"The kids in room 207 were misbehaving again."

Tar Beach
Faith Ringgold.
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"I will always remember the night the stars fell down around me and lifted me up above the George Washington Bridge."

How I became a pirate
written by Melinda Long ; illlustrated by David Shannon.
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"Pirates have green teeth--when they have any teeth at all."