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Just Like Rube Goldberg: The Incredible True Story of the Man Behind the Machines

Sarah Aronson · Beach Lane Books
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

Discover how Rube Goldberg followed his dreams to become an award-winning cartoonist, inventor, and even an adjective in the dictionary in this inspiring and funny biographical picture book. Want to become an award-winning cartoonist and inventor? Follow your dreams, just like Rube Goldberg!...
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Music for Mister Moon

Philip C. Stead · Neal Porter Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

What if you threw your teacup out your window...and what if it accidentally knocked the moon out of the sky?A girl named Harriet longs to play her cello alone in her room. But when a noisy owl disrupts her solitude, Harriet throws her teacup out the window and accidentally knocks the moon...
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Swarm of Bees

Lemony Snicket · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Dark comes another brilliantly illustrated picture book that takes on an intense childhood emotion--this time, anger--in a rollicking, kid-friendly way.Whether you're a kid or a bee, sometimes you feel so mad, you buzz around looking for people to sting...
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Lion and Mouse

Jairo Buitrago · Groundwood Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Funny, fresh and very modern, this update on the fable of the lion and the mouse is a marvelous tale of a relationship between two unlikely friends. One day, the mouse marches into the lion's den without an invitation. Before the lion can eat him for breakfast, the mouse begs for mercy....
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Anne's Kindred Spirits: Inspired by Anne of Green Gables

Kallie George · Tundra Books
Pages: 72
Format: Hardcover

The sweet and funny second book in a new early-reader series, starring the spirited and outspoken Anne Shirley as she makes friends and settles into life at Green Gables -- with a few hijinks along the way, of course!Anne is nervous and excited to meet Diana, a neighbor girl who she just...
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Hair Love

Matthew A. Cherry · Kokila
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

It's up to Daddy to give his daughter an extra-special hair style in this ode to self-confidence and the love between fathers and daughters, from former NFL wide receiver Matthew A. Cherry and New York Times bestselling illustrator Vashti Harrison.Zuri's hair has a mind of its own....
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Papa Put a Man on the Moon

Kristy Dempsey · Dial Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

In time for the fiftieth anniversary of the moon landing, this father-daughter story celebrates a small community's big contribution to one of America's greatest accomplishments.Marthanne and her father sit side by side, looking out over their mill village as the moon glows in the sky....
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Sign Off

Stephen Savage · Beach Lane Books
Pages: 56
Format: Hardcover

From award-winning author-illustrator Stephen Savage comes a playful wordless picture book about what the figures on road signs do when no one is around!What do the figures on signs do when no one is watching? Under cover of night, they leave their signs to play and collaborate in this...
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Camp Tiger

Susan Choi · G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Imagination meets reality in this poetic and tender ode to childhood, illustrated by Caldecott Honor winner, John Rocco.Every year, a boy and his family go camping at Mountain Pond. Usually, they see things like an eagle fishing for his dinner, a salamander with red spots on its back, and chipmunks...
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Hello

Fiona Woodcock · Greenwillow Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

A brother and sister enjoy a brilliant day full of spills, thrills, and silly adventures in this playful story comprised only of words that contain a double L (such as spills, thrills, and silly) !The spare, engaging text works as an interactive read-aloud, and the stunning illustrations...
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