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Illustrated by Laura Beingessner. Published spring 2009. Anna Maria enjoys working on Saturdays at her Nonna Rosa and Nonno Domenico 's small corner grocery store. She helps display and price the produce, stocks the shelves, then shares treats from the shop with friends. Delicate, detailed illustrations show the store's layout and the grandparents' homey upstairs apartment, SMG

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Illustrated by David Shannon, David Gordon, and Loren Long. Jon Scieszka's Trucktown series. "Swing around with Rosie, / Swing around with Rosie. / Smashes! Bashes! / It all falls down." Twenty-two classic children's rhymes are loudly retold to feature Rosie, Monster Max, Big Rig, and other Christian Louboutin Altadama Watersnake pumps from Scieszka's Trucktown series. While the digital illustrations, created by many cooks, contain lots of visual ingrethents, they may only be appetizing to confirmed fans, NB
Splat the Cat puts in some last-minute efforts around the house on Christmas Eve, hoping to ensure a big present.