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No Moon, No Milk
Author:  Chris Babcock
Title:  No Moon, No Milk

A cow goes on strike unless she can go to the moon.
c1993 - HUMOROUS

 

The Paper Crane
Author:  Molly Bang
Title:  The Paper Crane

A mysterious man enters a restaurant and pays for his dinner with a paper crane that magically comes alive and dances.
c1985 - SERIOUS

 

The Eleventh Hour: A Curious Mystery
Author:  Graeme Base
Title:  The Eleventh Hour: A Curious Mystery

Birthday mystery.
c1989 - VARIETY

 

Presenting Reader's Theater: Plays and Poems to Read Aloud
Author:  Caroline Feller Bauer
Title:  Presenting Reader's Theater: Plays and Poems to Read Aloud

Children's plays.
c1987 - VARIETY

 

The Strange and Wonderful Tale of Robert McDoodle: The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Dog
Author:  Steven Bauer
Title:  The Strange and Wonderful Tale of Robert McDoodle: The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Dog

Young Robert McDoodle thinks his parents plan to give him a shirt for his sixth birthday, so he decides to go to obedience school to learn how to be a dog.
c1999 - HUMOROUS, VERSE CHOIR

 

 
Author:  Byrd Baylor
Title:  Before You Came This Way

Cave drawings prompt questions about their prehistoric creators.
c1969 - SERIOUS

 

Desert Voices
Author:  Byrd Baylor
Title:  Desert Voices

Desert inhabitants describe the beauty of their lives.
c1981 - SERIOUS

 

Everybody Needs a Rock
Author:  Byrd Baylor
Title:  Everybody Needs a Rock

Discusses the qualities needed for a perfect rock for play or pleasure.
c1974 - SERIOUS

 

I'm in Charge of Celebrations
Author:  Byrd Baylor
Title:  I’m in Charge of Celebrations

Desert dweller celebrates wilderness wonders.
c1986 - SERIOUS

 

The Table Where Rich People Sit
Author:  Byrd Baylor
Title:  The Table Where Rich People Sit

Girl discovers what rich means.
c1994 - SERIOUS

 

Secret Spells and Curious Charms
Author:  Monika Beisner
Title:  Secret Spells and Curious Charms

Charms and incantations.
c1985 - VARIOUS

 

Air Mail to the Moon
Author:  Tom Birdseye
Title:  Air Mail to the Moon

Ora Mae looks for her stolen tooth and plans to send the thief "airmail to the moon."
c1988 - HUMOROUS

 

 
Author:  Tom Birdseye
Title:  A Song of Stars

An Asian legend, a love story which inspires the Festival of the Milky Way in China and the Weaving Loom Festival in Japan.
c1990 - SERIOUS

 

Slave Testimony: Two Centuries of Letters, Speeches, Interviews, and Autobiographies
Author:  John Blassingame
Title:  Slave Testimony: Two Centuries of Letters, Speeches, Interviews, and Autobiographies

Personal narratives of slavery.
c1977 - SERIOUS

 

Wolf!
Author:  Becky Bloom
Title:  Wolf!

A wolf learns to read in order to impress a group of farmyard animals he has met.
c1999 - HUMOROUS

 

Planet Was
Author:  Amy Boesky
Title:  Planet Was

The royal policy on Planet Was is never to change anything, until young Prince Heirre decides that change would be fun and takes matters into his own hands.
c1990 - VERSE CHOIR

 

 
Author:  Martha Bolton
Title:  Humorous Monologues

Collection of humorous monologues divided into categories.
c1989 - HUMOROUS

 

 
Author:  Arna Bontemps
Title:  Great Slave Narratives

First person accounts.
c1969 - SERIOUS

 

 
Author:  Arna Bontemps
Title:  Hold Fast to Dreams

Poetry; English and American.
c1969 - SERIOUS

 

Bootsie Barker Bites
Author:  Barbara Bottner
Title:  Bootsie Barker Bites

Bootsie only wants to play games in which she bites until one day her friend comes up with a better game.
c1992 - VERSE CHOIR

 

 
Author:  James Cloyd Bowman
Title:  Mike Fink

Tall tale exploits of the legendary riverman.
c1957 - HUMOROUS

 

 
Author:  Ray Bradbury
Title:  Dandelion Wine: A Novel

An eventful summer in the life of a 12-year-old boy in a small Illinois town.
c1946 - SERIOUS

 

Armadillo Rodeo
Author:  Jan Brett
Title:  Armadillo Rodeo

An armadillo mistakes a boot for another armadillo
c1995 - HUMOROUS

 

Caddie Woodlawn
Author:  Carol Brink
Title:  Caddie Woodlawn

Adventures of an 11-year-old tomboy growing up on the Wisconsin frontier in the mid-19th century.
c1973 - SERIOUS

 

A Dark, Dark Tale
Author:  Ruth Brown
Title:  A Dark, Dark Tale

Journeying through a dark house, a black cat provides a surprise.
c1981 - VERSE CHOIR

 

Fanny's Dream
Author:  Caralyn Buehner
Title:  Fanny's Dream

Farm girl dreams of marrying a prince, but when her fairy godmother does not arrive, she decides on a local farmer instead, and does not regret her decision.
c1996 - HUMOROUS

 

A Day's Work
Author:  Eve Bunting
Title:  A Day's Work

Francisco tries to help his non-English- speaking Grandpa find work.
c1994 - SERIOUS

 

Fly Away Home
Author:  Eve Bunting
Title:  Fly Away Home

Homeless boy watches a trapped bird find freedom.
c1991 - SERIOUS

 

The Wall
Author:  Eve Bunting
Title:  The Wall

Father and son visit the Vietnam War Memorial and find the name of the boy's grandfather.
c1990 - SERIOUS

 

Goal
Author:  Robert Burleigh
Title:  Goal

Poetic text describes the movement and feel of the final moments of a tied soccer game. Barely three minutes of material.
c2001 - SERIOUS SOLO OR DUO

 

The Fall of Freddie the Leaf
Author:  Leo Buscaglia
Title:  The Fall of Freddie the Leaf

Freddie the Leaf finds out about life and death
c1982 - SERIOUS

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