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A Good Day

by Kevin Henkes · 2007

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It started out as a bad day for little yellow bird, little white dog, little orange fox, and little brown squirrel. Until . . .

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A discovery, and love, and luck and persistence, and a different point of view changed all that. What can turn a bad day into a good day? You decide.

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animalsanimalsMore like thisLess of thisnaturenatureMore like thisLess of thisdogsdogsMore like thisLess of thisbirdsbirdsMore like thisLess of thispregnancypregnancyMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2000s2000sMore like thisLess of this
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emotionalemotionalMore like thisLess of this
Audience
picture bookschildrens
Length
short · 32 pages

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