In the Middle of the Puddle Collins Book Bus the Emergent Phase

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How far will a rubber band stretch?

By Mike Thaler

Bears

By EZRA JACK KEATS, Barbara Reid, Ludwig Bemelmans, Scholastic Inc., Leonard P Kessler, Ruth Krauss, Mike Thaler, Rita Golden Gelman, Gwen Molnar, Joanne Oppenheim, Janet Ahlberg, Arnold Lobel, Robert Kalan, Priscilla Lynch, Lucinda McQueen, Margaret Wise Brown, Allen Ahlberg

Captioned drawings depict bears in some unusual places and poses.

The clown's smile

By Mike Thaler

An elusive smile flies from clown to acrobat to lion tamer to other people at the circus, until the clown's crying prompts its return.

The clown's smile

By Mike Thaler

An elusive smile flies from clown to acrobat to lion tamer to other people at the circus, until the clown's crying prompts its return.

In the middle of the puddle

By Mike Thaler

A frog and a turtle watch the rain turn their puddle into an ocean before the sun comes along and returns things to normal.

In the Middle of the Puddle

By Mike Thaler

My Puppy

By Mike Thaler

A boy with more imagination than money gets an extraordinary puppy.

My Puppy

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Moonkey

By Mike Thaler