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Flotsam
David Wiesner - Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover
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A bright, science-minded boy goes to the beach equipped to collect and examine flotsam - anything floating that has been washed ashore. Bottles, lost toys, small objects of every description are among his usual finds. But there's no way he could have prepared for one particular discovery:... |
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Lon Po Po : a Red-Riding Hood story from China
Ed Young - Philomel Books
Format: Print book
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Award-winning artist Ed Young illustrates, with characteristic flair and energy, the ancient Chinese version of the favorite fairy tale "Little Red Riding Hood". Young's vibrant, yet delicate, pastels and watercolors add drama to the deftly translated story. "An extraordinary... |
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Smoky Night
Eve Bunting - Harcourt Brace; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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In a night of rioting, Daniel and his mother are forced to leave their apartment for the safety of a shelter. "Diaz has not been afraid to take risks in illustrating the story with thickly textured paintings against a background of torn-paper and found-object collage. Without becoming... |
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Officer Buckle & Gloria
Peggy Rathmann - Putnam's
Format: Hardcover
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"Besides the beguiling story, the affable illustrations of the smiling Gloria, the accidental mayhem in the background, and the myriad safety tips -- such as 'always pull the toothpick out of your sandwhich' and 'never lick a stop sign in the winter' -- add to the enjoyment. A glorious... |
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Grandfather's Journey
Allen Say - HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Lyrical, breathtaking, splendid - words used to describe Allen Say's Grandfather's Journey when it was first published. At once deeply personal yet expressing universally held emotions, this tale of one man's love for two countries and his constant desire to be in both places captured readers'... |
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Tuesday
David Wiesner - Clarion Books
Format: Book
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As the unpredictable events of a particular Tuesday unroll before the reader with the precision and clarity of a silent movie, every detail contributes to a perfectly convincing vision of a scenario so outlandish it might just be true. Full-color illustrations. Caldecott Medal Book. |
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Black and White
David Macaulay - HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Black and White, by Macaulay, David |
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Golem
David Wisniewski - Clarion Books
Format: Print book
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Retold from traditional sources and accompanied by David Wisniewski's unique cut-paper illustrations, Golem is a dramatic tale of supernatural forces invoked to save an oppressed people. It also offers a thought-provoking look at the consequences of unleashing power beyond human control.... |
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Rapunzel
Paul O Zelinsky - Weston Woods
Format: Audiobook
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Surely among the most original and gifted of children's book illustrators, Paul O. Zelinsky has once again with unmatched emotional authority, control of space, and narrativecapability brought forth a unique vision for an age-old tale. Few artists at work today can touch the level at which... |
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Snowflake Bentley
Jacqueline Briggs Martin - Houghton Mifflin
Format: Book
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"Of all the forms of water the tiny six-pointed crystals of ice called snow are incomparably the most beautiful and varied." -- Wilson Bentley (1865-1931) From the time he was a small boy in Vermont, Wilson Bentley saw snowflakes as small miracles. And he determined that one day his camera... |
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Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
Simms Taback - Viking
Format: Hardcover
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Joseph had a little overcoat, but it was full of holes - just like this book! When Joseph's coat got too old and shabby, he made it into a jacket. But what did he make it into after that? And after that?As children turn the pages of this book, they can use the die-cut holes to guess... |
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So You Want to Be President?
Judith St. George - Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
Format: Book
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So you want to be President! Why not? Presidents have come in every variety. They've been generals like George Washington and actors like Ronald Reagan, big like William Howard Taft and small like James Madison, handsome like Franklin Pierce and homely like Abraham Lincoln.From the embarrassment... |
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The Three Pigs
David Wiesner - Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover
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This Caldecott Medal-winning picture book begins placidly (and familiarly) enough, with three pigs collecting materials and going off to build houses of straw, sticks, and bricks. But the wolf's huffing and puffing blows the first pig right out of the story . . . and into the realm... |
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My Friend Rabbit
Eric Rohmann - Roaring Brook Press
Format: Hardcover
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When Mouse lets his best friend, Rabbit, play with his brand-new airplane, trouble isn't far behind. From Caldecott Honor award winner Eric Rohmann comes a brand-new picture book about friends and toys and trouble, illustrated in robust, expressive prints. |
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The Man Who Walked Between The Towers
Mordicai Gerstein - Roaring Brook Press
Format: Audiobook
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In 1974, French aerialist Philippe Petit threw a tightrope between the two towers of the World Trade Center and spent an hour walking, dancing, and performing high-wire tricks a quarter mile in the sky. This picture book captures the poetry and magic of the event with a poetry of its own:... |
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Kitten's First Full Moon
Kevin Henkes - Greenwillow Books
Format: Hardcover
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The nationally bestselling picture book about a kitten, the moon, and a bowl of milk, written by the celebrated author and illustrator Kevin Henkes, was awarded a Caldecott Medal.From one of the most celebrated and beloved picture book creators working in the field today comes a memorable... |
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The Hello, Goodbye Window
Chris Raschka - Hyperion Book CH
Format: Hardcover
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This is a love song devoted to that special relationship between grandparents and grandchild. The kitchen window at Nanna and Poppy's house is, for one little girl, a magic gateway. Everything important happens near it, through it, or beyond it. Told in her voice, her story is both a voyage... |
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The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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Orphan, clock keeper, and thief, Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric, bookish girl and a bitter old man who runs a toy booth in the station, Hugo's undercover... |
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The House in the Night
Susan Marie Swanson - Houghton Mifflin Company
Format: Hardcover
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2009 Caldecott Medal Winner A spare, patterned text and glowing pictures explore the origins of light that make a house a home in this Caldecott Medal-winning bedtime book for young children. Naming nighttime things that are both comforting and intriguing to preschoolers - a key, a bed,... |
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A Sick Day for Amos McGee
Philip Christian Stead - Roaring Brook Press
Format: Hardcover
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The Best Sick Day Ever and the animals in the zoo feature in this striking picture book debut. Friends come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. In Amos McGee's case, all sorts of species, too! Every day he spends a little bit of time with each of his friends at the zoo, running races... |
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A Ball for Daisy
Christopher Raschka - Schwartz & Wade Books
Format: Print book
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Winner of the 2012 Randolph Caldecott MedalThis New York Times Bestseller and New York Times Best Illustrated Book relates a story about love and loss as only Chris Rashcka can tell it. Any child who has ever had a beloved toy break will relate to Daisy's anguish when her favorite... |
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This Is Not My Hat
Jon Klassen - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover
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The 2013 Caldecott Medal winner!From the creator of the #1 New York Times best-selling and award-winning I Want My Hat Back comes a second wry tale.When a tiny fish shoots into view wearing a round blue topper (which happens to fit him perfectly) , trouble could be... |
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Locomotive
Brian Floca - Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books
Format: Hardcover
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The Caldecott Medal Winner, Sibert Honor Book, and New York Times bestseller Locomotive is a rich and detailed sensory exploration of America's early railroads, from the creator of the "stunning" (BOOKLIST ) Moonshot.It is the summer of 1869, and trains,... |
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The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend (Caldecott Medal Winner)
Dan Santat - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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. Dan Santats Caldecott Medal-winning The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend is a humorous and thoughtful celebration of friends.This magical story begins on an island far away where an imaginary friend is born. He patiently waits his turn to be chosen by a real child, but when... |
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Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear
Lindsay Mattick - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Audiobook
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"Finding Winnie introduces young readers to the fascinating world of nonfiction with a Caldecott Medal winning story of the bear that inspired Winnie-the-Pooh. " - Seira Wilson, Amazon EditorA #1 New York Times Bestseller and Winner of the Caldecott Medal about the remarkable... |
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Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
Javaka Steptoe - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Winner of the Randolph Caldecott Medal and the Coretta Scott King Illustrator AwardJean-Michel Basquiat and his unique, collage-style paintings rocketed to fame in the 1980s as a cultural phenomenon unlike anything the art world had ever seen. But before that, he was a little boy who saw art everywhere:... |
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Mirette on the Highwire
Emily Arnold McCully - G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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One day, a mysterious stranger arrives at a boardinghouse of the widow Gateau- a sad-faced stranger, who keeps to himself. When the widow's daughter, Mirette, discovers him crossing the courtyard on air, she begs him to teach her how he does it.But Mirette doesn't know that the stranger... |
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