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Hugo
Atinuke - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover
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Hugo the pigeon has a very important job. He is a park warden: he tends to his small Parisian park and all the people who live around it. Hugo helps the park neighbors all year long: keeping Madame Grande company as she sits in the sun, discussing the news with Monsieur Occup, entertaining... |
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Madani's Best Game
Fran Pintadera - Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A heartfelt book featuring a neighborhood soccer team and its determined young star, who has a secret plan even more impressive than his bicycle kicks.No one plays soccer like Madani. When the ball lands on his bare feet, the whole town stops to watch. Even Madani's mother - still sewing... |
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I Am Small
Qin Leng - Kids Can Press
Format: Hardcover
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Mimi is so little, ?I might as well be called Mini,? she says. Everyone is taller than her, even the family dog! She can barely reach the bottom of the blackboard at school and isn't tall enough to see all the pretty cakes in the display case at the bakery. Though her friends try to tell... |
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A Walk in London
Salvatore Rubbino - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover
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A childs-eye view of Londons top attractions blends lively artwork with fascinating facts, and features a sweeping gatefold of the city skyline.London is calling! Come along on a mother-daughter day trip as they wend their way past the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace, through... |
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The Cat Who Walked Across France
Kate Banks - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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An unforgettable tour of FranceThe cat and the old woman have lived happily together for many years in the stone house by the sea. But when the old woman dies, the cat is packed up with her belongings and sent north to the village where she was born. Soon he is forgotten. He walks the streets... |
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The Iridescence of Birds: A Book About Henri Matisse
Patricia MacLachlan - Roaring Brook Press
Format: Hardcover
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If you were a boy named Henri Matisse who lived in a dreary town in northern France, what would your life be like? Would it be full of color and art? Full of lines and dancing figures? Find out in this beautiful, unusual picture book about one of the worlds most famous and influential artists... |
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A Head Full of Birds
Alexandra Garibal - Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A school story to encourage friendship and understanding among children of all abilities. When the other kids mock her at recess, Nanette doesn't listen. She'd rather focus on puddles, spider webs, and whatever she can create with her hands. One day a boy named Noah - who'd... |
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Squiggle's Tale
AndreÌ Dahan - Chronicle Books
Format: Print book
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When Squiggle gets to spend his vacation in Paris he promises to be good. He sends a letter to his parents to assure them that he is keeping his word. But what really happened when Squiggle and his cousins, Snook and Puddin, spent the day at the Luxembourg Garden? His letter home tells... |
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The Cottingley Fairies
Ana Sender - NorthSouth Books
Format: Hardcover
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Fairies exist and these girls have proof!Elsie and Frances feel sad for adults who simply can't see the magic in the forests around them. If only they could see what we see. In 1918, Elsie Wright and her cousin Frances Griffith photographed fairies in their garden, in the small... |
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What Degas Saw
Samantha Friedman - Museum of Modern Art, New York
Format: Hardcover
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What Degas Saw looks at the world through a beloved artists eyes and provides insight into his creative process. Walking through the streets of Paris with cape and cane, the French artist Edgar Degas observes the world around him, finding inspiration at every turn. From the blurry faces... |
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Bonjour, Lonnie
Faith Ringgold - Hyperion; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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The Love Bird visits the orphan Lonnie, who wants more than anything to find his family, and then transports him to 1920s Paris where Lonnie gets to meet his grandfather and eventually his African-American father and his Jewish mother |
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Stubby: A True Story of Friendship
Michael Foreman - Andersen Press USA
Format: Print Length
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Stubby was a brave soldier, a loyal friend . . . and a dog. From an army training camp to the trenches in France, this is the incredible true story of Sergeant Stubby, the dog who served bravely in World War I - sniffing out gas attacks, catching spies, and winning the hearts of his fellow... |
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Olu and Greta
Diana Ejaita - Rise x Penguin Workshop
Format: Hardcover
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Olu lives in Lagos, Nigeria; his cousin, Greta, lives in Milan, Italy. Though their lives may be different, their ways of living and playing are quite similar. They both roller skate; they both skip down the street; they both play with toy trains, trucks, and boats... and they both dream... |
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Paolo, Emperor of Rome
Mac Barnett - Abrams Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A daring dog takes a whirlwind tour of Rome in search of freedom in new picture book from beloved storyteller Mac Barnett and masterful illustrator Claire Keane Paolo the dachshund is trapped. Though he lives in Rome, a city filled with history and adventure, he is confined to a hair... |
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Hugo and Miles In I've Painted Everything
Scott Magoon - Houghton Mifflin Books for Children; None edition
Format: Hardcover
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What happens when a very creative artist runs out of things to paint? Just runs out—as in, he’s painted everything!Hugo, the artist in question, is in an elephunk, so he and his friend Miles leave Cornville for a whirlwind trip to Paris. They visit museums, parks, and landmarks.... |
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Anatole
Eve Titus - Knopf Books for Young Readers; 50 Anv edition
Format: Hardcover
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Anatole is a most honorable mouse. When he realizes that humans are upset by mice sampling their leftovers, he is shocked! He must provide for his beloved family--but he is determined to find a way to earn his supper. And so he heads for the tasting room at the Duvall Cheese Factory. On each... |
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The Story of Ferdinand
Munro Leaf - Viking Kestrel
Format: Hardcover
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In Spain lives a big and strong bull whose name is Ferdinand. Unlike the other bulls, Ferdinand does not like to fight. He would rather sit in the shade of his favorite cork tree and smell the flowers. |
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Strega Nona (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)
Tomie DePaola - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Book
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Strega Nona - "Grandma Witch" - is the source for potions, cures, magic, and comfort in her Calabrian town. Her magical everfull pasta pot is especially intriguing to hungry Big Anthony. He is supposed to look after her house and tend her garden but one day, when she goes... |
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Minette's Feast: The Delicious Story of Julia Child and Her Cat
Susanna Reich - Harry N. Abrams
Format: Hardcover
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Minette's Feast introduces the iconic American chef Julia Child to a new audience of young readers through the story of her spirited cat, Minette, whom Julia adopted when living in Paris. While Julia is in the kitchen learning to master delicious French dishes, the only feast Minette... |
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Madeline
Ludwig Bemelmans - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Board book
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Rediscover Madeline, now available in board book format . The story of twelve little girls in two straight lines, the smallest one being Madeline, has delighted children for more than seventy years. Now the beloved Caldecott Honor Book is available in a sturdy board book format and a reduced... |
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A Bunny in the Ballet
Robert Beck - Orchard Books
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With Paris-inspired pen-and-ink illustrations, this charming picture-book debut by an American ballet dancer stars Dsire, a spirited rabbit reaching for her dreamsDsire Rabbit LOVES to dance, and her sleek bunny form makes her a natural! But her dream to be a famous ballet dancer in her hometown... |
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Painting Pepette
Linda Lodding - little bee books
Format: Hardcover
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Join one little girl named Josette as she searches 1920s Paris to find the best artist to paint a portrait of her stuffed-animal rabbit, Pepette.After seeing all the fine portraits of her family in her house in Paris, Josette decides that her stuffed-animal rabbit Pepette needs a portrait... |
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The Mighty Lalouche
Matthew Olshan - Schwartz & Wade; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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"A bona fide knockout. C'est formidable!" declares Publishers Weekly in a starred review.In Paris, France, there lived a humble postman named Lalouche. He was small, but his hands were nimble, his legs were fast, and his arms were strong. When his job was replaced by an electric... |
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