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Eat Like a Bear

April Pulley Sayre - Henry Holt and Company
Format: Print book

Can you eat like a bear?A sleepy bear awakes in spring and goes to find food. But what is there to eat in April? In May? Follow along and eat like a bear throughout the year: fish from a stream, ants from a tree, and delicious huckleberries from a bush. Fill up your belly and prepare...
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How Did That Get In My Lunchbox?: The Story of Food

Chris Butterworth - Candlewick

Fresh retro artwork lures little readers on a tasty trip to farms, dairies, and more. Yum!The best part of a young childs day is often opening a lunchbox and diving in. But how did all that delicious food get there? Who made the bread for the sandwich? What about the cheese inside? Who plucked...
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Tool Book

Gail Gibbons - Holiday House; 1st edition

An illustrated introduction to the many interesting uses of such basic tools as rulers, saws, planes, hammers, and drills
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Building a House

Byron Barton - Greenwillow Books

"You could almost do it yourself--by carefully noting the steps depicted in each bright, brisk, clearly delineated picture....With independently interesting pictures and a definite, sunny personality, a very fine piece of work indeed."--Kirkus Reviews
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Old Manhattan has some farms : (e-i-e-i-grow!)

Susan Lendroth - Charlesbridge
Format: Print book

In this new take on "Old MacDonald," farmers are city dwellers and farms consist of rooftops, empty lots, patios, hydroponic labs, and other urban nooks.
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Flowers are calling

Rita Gray - HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Flowers are calling to all the animals of the forest, "Drink me!" - but it's the pollinators who feast on their nectar. In rhyming poetic form and with luminous artwork, this book shows us the marvel of natural cooperation between plants, animals, and insects as they each play...
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Adding with Ants

Tracey Steffora - Heinemann Educational Books
Format: Library Binding

It's time for some math ""ant-ics""! Illustrated with cut-out photos on striking, colorful backgrounds to retain reluctant mathematician's interest, this book looks at adding with ants!
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Mice on Ice

Eleanor May - Kane Press
Format: Paperback

It’s time to go mice skating ! Albert joins his friends in skating cool shapes into the ice—but will the shapes get the better of Albert? (Math Concept: 2D Shapes)
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Jake Makes a World: Jacob Lawrence, A Young Artist in Harlem

Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts - Distribution General
Format: Hardcover

Jake Makes a World follows the creative adventures of the young Jacob Lawrence as he finds inspiration in the vibrant colors and characters of his community in Harlem. From his mother's apartment, where he is surrounded by brightly colored walls with intricate patterns; to the streets...
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B is for Bear: A Natural Alphabet

Hannah Viano - Little Bigfoot
Format: Print book

A is for Acorn; B is for Bear; C is for Cloud. Celebrated paper artist Hannah Viano has created this beautiful alphabet book that will appeal to children as well as adults. The flora, fauna, and landscape elements in this book are found throughout North America, so readers around the country...
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What's Your Favorite Animal?

Eric Carle - Henry Holt
Format: Print book

Everybody has a favorite animal. Some like little white dogs or big black cats or hoppy brown bunnies best. Others prefer squishy snails or tall giraffes or sleek black panthers. With beautiful illustrations and charming personal stories, 14 children's book artists share their favorite...
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How Things Work: In the House

Lisa Campbell Ernst - Blue Apple Books
Format: Hardcover

How Things Work Around the House is a fun introduction to non-fiction that celebrates young children's inquisitiveness about the world around them. How does a spoon work? Or a bathtub? Or a toilet? Award-winning author and illustrator Lisa Campbell Ernst takes a close look and quirky...
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