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We Are Water Protectors

Carole Lindstrom - Roaring Brook Press
Format: Hardcover

Inspired by the many Indigenous-led movements across North America, Carole Lindstrom's bold and lyrical picture book We Are Water Protectors issues an urgent rallying cry to safeguarding the Earth's water from harm and corruption.Water is the first medicine.It affects and connects...
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What's Inside A Flower?: And Other Questions About Science & Nature

Rachel Ignotofsky - Crown Books for Young Readers; Illustrated edition
Format: Hardcover

Budding backyard scientists can start exploring their world with this stunning introduction to these flowery show-stoppers--from seeds to roots to blooms. Learning how flowers grow gives kids beautiful building blocks of science and inquiry.In the launch of a new nonfiction picture book...
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A New Day

Brad Meltzer

Sunday quit, just like that. She said she was tired of being a day. And so the other days of the week had no choice but to advertise: "WANTED: A NEW DAY. Must be relaxing, tranquil, and replenishing. Serious inquires only." Soon lots of hopefuls arrived with their suggestions,...
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La Princesa and the Pea

Susan Middleton Elya - G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

The Princess and the Pea gets a fresh twist in this charming bilingual retelling. El prncipe knows this girl is the one for him, but, as usual, his mother doesn't agree. The queen has a secret test in mind to see if this girl is really a princesa. But the prince might just have a sneaky...
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Watercress

Andrea Wang
Format: Hardcover

Driving through Ohio in an old Pontiac, a young girl's parents stop suddenly when they spot watercress growing wild in a ditch by the side of the road. Grabbing an old paper bag and some rusty scissors, the whole family wades into the muck to collect as much of the muddy, snail covered...
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I Talk Like a River

Jordan Scott - Neal Porter Books
Format: Hardcover

What if words got stuck in the back of your mouth whenever you tried to speak? What if they never came out the way you wanted them to? Sometimes it takes a change of perspective to get the words flowing.I wake up each morning with the sounds of words all around me. And I can't say them...
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A Book for Escargot

Dashka Slater - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

In A Book for Escargot, the standalone sequel to Escargot--written by award-winning author Dashka Slater and illustrated by Sydney Hanson--we follow a funny and charming French snail through a library to find the book of his dreams.Bonjour! It is moi, Escargot, your favorite French snail.Today...
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Dragons Love Tacos

Adam Rubin - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times bestselling phenomenon, this deliciously funny read-aloud from the creators of Robo-Sauce and Secret Pizza Party will make you laugh until spicy salsa comes out of your nose. Dragons love tacos. They love chicken tacos, beef tacos, great big tacos,...
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Give It a Try, Yasmin!

Saadia Faruqi - Picture Window Books
Format: Paperback

In this fun collection of four new Yasmin stories, Yasmin tackles every challenge she faces with her head and her heart! Whether she's helping to solve a recycling problem at school, trying to avoid a science fair fiasco, searching for a favorite lost book, or gathering her courage...
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I Am Golden

Eva Chen
Format: Hardcover

What do you see when you look in the mirror, Mei? Do you see beauty?We see eyes that point toward the sun, that give us the warmth and joy of a thousand rays when you smile. We see hair as inky black and smooth as a peaceful night sky. We see skin brushed with gold.
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Llama Llama Back to School

Anna Dewdney
Format: Hardcover

A Netflix Original seriesWith over 30 million copies in print, Anna Dewdney's New York Times bestselling Llama Llama books have provided hours of comfort and fun-to-read-aloud rhyme.Summer days are getting shorter and it's almost time for the first day of school for Llama! But Llama...
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Mister Seahorse

Eric Carle - Philomel Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

When Mrs. Seahorse lays her eggs, she does it on Mr. Seahorse's belly! She knows he will take good care of them. While he swims waiting for the eggs to hatch, he meets some other underwater fathers caring for their babies: Mr. Tilapia, who carries his babies in his mouth; Mr. Kurtus,...
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The Wheels on the Bus

Jane Cabrera - Holiday House
Format: Hardcover

The wheels on the bus go round and round on the way to the watering hole. But who's on the bus? A lion roars, flamingos flap, and a hyena laughs a big ha-ho-hee as they travel on the bus with their animal friends. Don't forget to watch out for the crocodile too, whose jaws go snap!...
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Fred Gets Dressed

Peter Brown - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

The boy loves to be naked. He romps around his house naked and wild and free. Until he romps into his parents' closet and is inspired to get dressed. First he tries on his dad's clothes, but they don't fit well. Then he tries on his mom's clothes, and wow! The boy looks...
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The Book Hog

Greg Pizzoli - Disney-Hyperion
Format: Hardcover

The Book Hog loves books-the way they look, the way they feel, the way they smell-and he'll grab whatever he can find. There's only one problem: he can't read! But when a kind librarian invites him to join for storytime, this literature-loving pig discovers the treasure that books...
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The Day the Crayons Quit

Drew Daywalt - Philomel Books
Format: Hardcover

The hilarious, colorful #1 New York Times bestselling phenomenon that every kid wants! Gift a copy to someone you love today. Poor Duncan just wants to color. But when he opens his box of crayons, he finds only letters, all saying the same thing: His crayons have had enough! They...
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We Are Still Here!: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know

Traci Sorell - Charlesbridge
Format: Hardcover

Too often, Native American history is treated as a finished chapter instead of relevant and ongoing. This companion book to the award-winning We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga offers readers everything they never learned in school about Native American people's past, present, and future....
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Our Planet! There's No Place Like Earth

Stacy McAnulty
Format: Hardcover


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Can Bears Ski?

Raymond Antrobus - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover


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Rumble and Roar: Sound around the World

Sue Fliess - Millbrook Press
Format: Hardcover

Babble / Swoosh / Roar and WHOOSH! The roar of a waterfall, the chirp of insects, the thump of a heartbeat -- sound is all around us! Rhyming text and atmospheric illustrations present four children in different parts of the world who encounter all sorts of sounds.
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Tomorrow I'll Be Brave

Jessica Hische - Penguin Workshop
Format: Hardcover

Journey through the beautifully hand-lettered messages by award-winning illustrator Jessica Hische. This uplifting and positive book encourages kids to promise that tomorrow, they will try new things, do their best, and be brave.Tomorrow I'll be all the things I tried to be today:Adventurous,...
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