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Bella Gets Her Skates On

Ian Whybrow - Harry N. Abrams
Format: Hardcover

A wintertime confidence-boosterWhen Daddy Rabbit suggests skating on the frozen lake, Bella’s big brother and sister are excited. But little Bella is nervous. What if she falls over and everyone laughs at her? Gently encouraged by the others, Bella gains confidence and steps out onto...
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Brave Irene (Sunburst Books)

William Steig - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Paperback

Brave Irene is Irene Bobbin, the dressmaker's daughter. Her mother, Mrs. Bobbin, isn't feeling so well and can't possibly deliver the beautiful ball gown she's made for the duchess to wear that very evening. So plucky Irene volunteers to get the gown to the palace on time,...
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Brave Squish Rabbit

Katherine Battersby - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Who's afraid of the dark? Not Squish! Squish Rabbit is a very small rabbit, and he's afraid of lots of things. Like storms. And chickens (you would be too, if you were small!). And the dark. Especially the dark. But when he goes to meet his good friend Twitch the squirrel one evening,...
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The Cat Who Walked Across France

Kate Banks - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

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 Greatest Skating Race: A World War II Story from the Netherlands

Louise Borden - Margaret K. McElderry Books
Format: Print book

"You're a strong skater, Piet, and you have a quick mind. This is why I know you'll succeed in this important task. I wouldn't ask you to do this if I didn't know it could be done." In 1941 Piet, a young Dutch boy from Sluis, gets the assignment of a lifetime:...
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The Loathsome Dragon

David Wiesner - Clarion Books; New title edition
Format: Print book

A lovely princess, a brave prince, a wicked stepmother, evil enchantments, magic rowan wood, and an immense, scaly dragon. . . . Favorite fairytale elements sparkle in The Loathsome Dragon, a traditional English tale. Majestic, romantic paintings by two-time Caldecott medalist David Wiesner...
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One

Kathryn Otoshi - KO Kids Books
Format: Hardcover

Blue is a quiet color. Reds a hothead who likes to pick on Blue. Yellow, Orange, Green, and Purple dont like what they see, but what can they do When no one speaks up, things get out of hand until One comes along and shows all the colors how to stand up, stand together, and count. As budding...
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Sheila Rae, the Brave

Kevin Henkes - Greenwillow Books
Format: Library Binding

"I am very brave," Sheila Rae said, patting herself on the back. She wasn't afraid of anything - not thunder, not lightning, not the big black dog at the end of the block. And when she wanted to walk home a new way and Louise wouldn't, she called her sister a scaredy-cat...
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You Can Do it, Bert!

Ole Konnecke - Gecko Press
Format: Paperback

Burt was mentally and physically prepared. He checked everything. Again and again. He hesitated. There was something missing-- Oh yes! Refreshment. Not that Burt tried to retreat, no, no, he has just gone for a banana. Maybe if his friends had not all encouraged him, Burt would not dare....
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The Day You Begin

Jacqueline Woodson - Nancy Paulsen Books
Format: Hardcover

Jacqueline Woodson is the 2018-2019 National Ambassador for Young People's LiteratureNational Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson and two-time Pura Belpr Illustrator Award winner Rafael Lpez have teamed up to create a poignant, yet heartening book about finding courage to connect, even...
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