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Duck Stays in the Truck, by Doreen Cronin

I’m picky about early readers, and I like this one. The familiar characters (Farmer Brown and his crew) will draw kids in, and the amusing illustrations support the text. The sentences are simple and repetitive enough to support emergent readers, but they still manage to tell a story kids can relate to — heading off on an adventure, everybody enjoying their own preferred amusements, and then coming together to roast marshmallows over a campfire.