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Memoirs of an Elf
Devin Scillian · Sleeping Bear Press
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover |
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It's Christmas Eve and Spark Elf has the very important job of keeping Santa Claus on schedule as he travels the globe in 24 hours delivering presents. Small in stature with pointy ears and stopwatch in hand, Spark lets Santa know it's time to go. He programs the GPS while the other... |
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The Journey
Francesca Sanna · Flying Eye Books
Pages: 48
Format: Print book |
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With haunting echoes of the current refugee crisis this beautifully illustrated book explores the unimaginable decisions made as a family leave their home and everything they know to escape the turmoil and tragedy brought by war. This book will stay with you long after the last page is turned.Francesca... |
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Batman's Dark Secret
Kelley Puckett · Scholastic Press
Pages: 32
Format: Print book |
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Batman's Dark Secret is an inspiring story of how a young child overcame his fear of the dark and became a crime-fighting superhero. One day, a lonely orphan named Bruce Wayne finds himself in a dangerous situation. He defends himself against a monster bat--and he wins. From that time on, he is determined... |
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Du Iz Tak?
Carson Ellis · Candlewick Press
Pages: 48
Format: Print book |
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The creator of Home turns a droll eye to the natural world, with gorgeous art and a playful invented language.Du iz tak? What is that? As a tiny shoot unfurls, two damselflies peer at it in wonder. When the plant grows taller and sprouts leaves, some young beetles arrive to gander, and soon... |
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City Shapes
Diana Murray · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover |
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Hunt for shapes of all kinds on this journey through a bustling city, illustrated by four-time Caldecott Honoree Bryan Collier!From shimmering skyscrapers to fluttering kites to twinkling stars high in the sky, everyday scenes become extraordinary as a young girl walks through her neighborhood... |
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The sound of silence
Katrina Goldsaito · Little
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover |
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"Do you have a favorite sound? " little Yoshio asks. The musician answers, "The most beautiful sound is the sound of "ma, " of silence. "But Yoshio lives in Tokyo, Japan: a giant, noisy, busy city. He hears shoes squishing through puddles, trains whooshing,... |
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Snappsy the Alligator
Julie Falatko · Viking
Pages: 40
Format: Print book |
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Snappsy the alligator is having a normal day when a pesky narrator steps in to spice up the story. Is Snappsy reading a book ... or is he making CRAFTY plans? Is Snappsy on his way to the grocery store ... or is he PROWLING the forest for defenseless birds and fuzzy bunnies? Is Snappsy... |
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Before Morning
Joyce Sidman · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 48
Format: Print book |
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There are planes to fly and buses to catch, but a small child wishes for a different sort of day in this striking picture book. When clouds gather and heavy flakes begin to fall, her invocation comes true. As a too-busy world falls silent, a family revels in the freedom and peace of a snow... |
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Shy
Deborah Freedman · Viking
Pages: 40
Format: Print book |
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A dazzlingly beautiful new book from the author of Blue Chicken, The Story of Fish and Snail, and By Mouse and Frog!Shy loves birds. He'd love to watch them fly and hear them sing, but he's only ever read about them in books. . .until a real bird comes along. He's dying to meet... |
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Hensel and Gretel: Ninja Chicks
Corey Rosen Schwartz · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 40
Format: Print book |
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New from the team behind The Three Ninja Pigs and Ninja Red Riding HoodThese ninja chicks are anything but chicken! When Hensel and Gretel's dad gets snatched by a fox, the sisters put their ninja skills to work to track him down before he can be stir-fried. But are these two little... |
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Henry & Leo
Pamela Zagarenski · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 40
Format: Print book |
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Leo isn't just a stuffed toy, he is Henry's best friend and brother. He is as real as a tree, a cloud, the sun, the moon, the stars, and the wind. But when the two are accidentally separated, no one in Henry's family believes Leo is real enough to find his way home. With... |
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The Most Perfect Snowman
Chris Britt · Balzer Bray
Pages: 32
Format: Print book |
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A heartwarming winter story perfect for fans of classics like The Snowy Day, The Mitten, The Snowman, and The Giving Tree.Drift was a very plain snowman. Every day he dreamed of wearing a stylish hat, a scarf, and mittens just like the other snowmen - and, most of all, having a pointy orange... |
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Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
Javaka Steptoe · Little
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover |
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A visually stunning picture book biography about modern art phenomenon Jean-Michel Basquiat, written and illustrated by Coretta Scott King Award winner Javaka Steptoe.Jean-Michael Basquiat and his unique, collage-style paintings rocked to fame in the 1980s as a cultural phenomenon unlike... |
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When Spring Comes
Kevin Henkes · Greenwillow Books
Pages: 40
Format: Print book |
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The award-winning, bestselling husband-and-wife team of Kevin Henkes and Laura Dronzek collaborate for the first time since their acclaimed picture book Birds. Before spring comes, the trees are dark sticks, the grass is brown, and the ground is covered in snow. But if you wait, leaves... |
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Waiting for Snow
Marsha Diane Arnold · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 32
Format: Print book |
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Badger cannot wait one more minute for it to snow. When his friend Hedgehog explains that everything comes in its time, Badger is as unconvinced and impatient as ever. But Badger's friends have a few tricks up their sleeve to try to get the snow's attention and distract their pal in the meantime.... |
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The Kid from Diamond Street: The Extraordinary Story of Baseball Legend Edith Houghton
Audrey Vernick · Clarion Books, 2016.
Pages: 40
Format: Print book |
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Audrey Vernick and Steven Salerno have again collaborated to bring us a captivating picture book about a compelling but little-known piece of baseball history. Beginning in 1922, when Edith Houghton was only ten years old, she tried out for a women's professional baseball team, the Philadelphia... |
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A Poem for Peter: The Story of Ezra Jack Keats and the Creation of The Snowy Day
Andrea Davis Pinkney · Viking Books for Young Readers
Pages: 60
Format: Print book |
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A celebration of the extraordinary life of Ezra Jack Keats, creator of The Snowy Day.The story of The Snowy Day begins more than one hundred years ago, when Ezra Jack Keats was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. The family were struggling Polish immigrants, and despite Keats's obvious talent, his father... |
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A Greyhound, a Groundhog
Emily Jenkins · Schwartz & Wade
Pages: 32
Format: Print book |
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From a heavyweight author-and-illustrator duo comes a delicious tongue twister of a picture book that features a little round greyhound and a little round groundhog. With very spare, incredibly lively language, this is an entertaining read-aloud, with two amazing - and oh-so-adorable - characters... |
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The water princess
Susan Verde · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 40
Format: Print book |
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Based on supermodel Georgie Badiel s childhood, a young girl dreams of bringing clean drinking water to her African village With its wide sky and warm earth, Princess Gie Gie s kingdom is a beautiful land. But clean drinking water is scarce in her small African village. And try as she might,... |
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Excellent Ed
Stacy McAnulty · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 32
Format: Print book |
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Dog lovers will adore this imperfect yet lovable mutt and his quest for excellence! Everyone in the Ellis family is excellent--except Ed. Ed wonders if this is why he isn't allowed to eat at the table or sit on the couch with the other children. So he's determined to find his own thing... |
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Arctic White
Danna Smith · Henry Holt and Company, 2016.
Pages: 32
Format: Print book |
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When you live in the Arctic in winter, everything is a shade of white. A young girl looks around her home in the Arctic and sees only white, white, white...but one day her grandfather takes her on a journey through the tundra. And at the end of their cold walk across the ice, they find... |
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Marta! Big & Small
Jen Arena · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 32
Format: Print book |
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Marta is una niña, an ordinary girl . . . with some extraordinary animal friends!As Marta explores the jungle, she knows she's bigger than a bug, smaller than an elephant, and faster than a turtle. But then she meets the snake, who thinks Marta is sabrosa -- tasty, very tasty! But Marta... |
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Quick, Little Monkey!
Sarah L. Thomson · Boyds Mills Press
Pages: 32
Format: Print book |
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When Little Monkey's curiosity causes her to slip and fall to the dark, shadowy rainforest floor, she must hide - quick! - because an ocelot is looking for lunch. Thanks to Papa, Little Monkey knows just what to do to stay safe. And thanks to her own wit and speed, she escapes. But no sooner... |
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Rudas: Niño's Horrendous Hermanitas
Yuyi Morales · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 40
Format: Print book |
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Señoras y señores, niños y niñas, the time has come to welcome the spectacular, two-of-a-kind . . . LAS HERMANITAS!No opponent is too big a challenge for the cunning skills of Las Hermanitas, Lucha Queens! Their Poopy Bomb Blowout will knock em' down! Their Tag-Team Teething... |
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Goodnight Everyone
Chris Haughton · Candlewick Press
Pages: 32
Format: Print book |
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From the creator of Shh! We Have a Plan comes a mesmerizing bedtime tale of a forest settling into slumber and one little bear trying to stay awake.The sun is setting, and everyone in the forest is getting sleepy. The mice, rabbits, and deer all give great big yawns as they snuggle up with... |
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Steamboat School
Deborah Hopkinson · Disney Hyperion
Pages: 40
Format: Print book |
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Missouri, 1847When James first started school, his sister practically had to drag him there. The classroom was dark and dreary, and James knew everything outside was more exciting than anything he'd find inside.But his teacher taught him otherwise. "We make our own light here,"... |
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The Princess and the Warrior: A Tale of Two Volcanoes
Duncan Tonatiuh · Harry N Abrams
Pages: 40
Format: Print book |
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Award-winning author Duncan Tonatiuh reimagines one of Mexico's cherished legends. Princess Izta had many wealthy suitors but dismissed them all. When a mere warrior, Popoca, promised to be true to her and stay always by her side, Izta fell in love. The emperor promised Popoca if he could... |
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There Is a Tribe of Kids
Lane Smith · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover |
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When a young boy embarks on a journey alone . . .he trails a colony of penguins, undulates in a smack of jellyfish,clasps hands with a constellation of stars, naps for a night in a bed of clams,and follows a trail of shells, home to his tribe of friends.If Lane Smith's Caldecott Honor... |
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Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph
Roxane Orgill · Candlewick Press
Pages: 66
Format: Print book |
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What happens when you invite as many jazz musicians as you can to pose for a photo in 1950s Harlem? Playful verse and glorious artwork capture an iconic moment for American jazz.When Esquire magazine planned an issue to salute the American jazz scene in 1958, graphic designer Art Kane pitched... |
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Be a Friend
Salina Yoon · Bloomsbury, 2016.
Pages: 40
Format: Print book |
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Dennis is an ordinary boy who expresses himself in extraordinary ways. Some children do show-and-tell. Dennis mimes his. Some children climb trees. Dennis is happy to BE a tree . . . But being a mime can be lonely. It isn't until Dennis meets a girl named Joy that he discovers the power... |
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Lotus and Feather
Ji-li Jiang · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 40
Format: Print book |
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A winter illness left Lotus, a little girl, without a voice and without friends. A hunter's bullet left Feather, a crane, injured and unable to fly. As Lotus nurses Feather back to health, their bond grows. Soon Feather is following Lotus everywhere, even to school The bird dances to the girl's... |
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The Typewriter
Bill Thomson · Two Lions
Pages: 40
Format: Print book |
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Using just nine words, the award-winning creator of Chalk takes readers on another unforgettable journey. When three children discover a typewriter on a carousel, they are transported on an adventure of their own creation - complete with a giant beach ball and a threatening crab. Stunning,... |
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The Airport Book
Lisa Brown · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 40
Format: Print book |
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Follow a family and the youngest member's favorite sock monkey through all the inner and outer workings of an airport.In a book that is as intriguing as it is useful and entertaining, we follow a family on its way through the complexities of a modern-day airport. From checking bags and watching... |
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Miracle Man: The Story of Jesus
John Hendrix · Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Downloadable archival material |
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Miracle Man is a beautifully illustrated biography of Jesus Christ by award-winning author and illustrator John Hendrix. For all Christian denominations and perfect for families to share throughout the year, this book will be especially beloved by the faithful as a gift for Easter, communions,... |
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Giant squid.
Candace Fleming · Roaring Brook
Pages: 36
Format: Print book : English |
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Have You Seen My Trumpet?
Michal Escoffier · Enchanted Lion Books
Pages: 48
Format: Print book |
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The final book in Michael Escoffier and Kris Di Giacomo's surprising, clever, and fun wordplay trilogy that includes Take Away the A and Where's the Baboon? Here you will find ridiculously delightful art, an engaging narrative, and wordplay that will keep even preschoolers deeply... |
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The Night Gardener
Terry Fan · Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2016.
Pages: 48
Format: Print book |
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In the spirit of Goodnight Moon and The Curious Garden comes a stunning debut picture book filled with whimsy and creativity from brothers Terry and Eric Fan.One day, William discovers that the tree outside his window has been sculpted into a wise owl. In the following days, more topiaries... |
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First Light, First Life: A Worldwide Creation Story
Paul Fleischman · Henry Holt Company
Pages: 32
Format: Print book |
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In this companion to Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal, Newbery Medal winner Paul Fleischman and Julie Paschkis turn to the universal story of creation.In the beginning there was only darkness. . . . There was fire and ice. . . . There was a single drop of milk. Combining elements of the creation... |
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The Steadfast Tin Soldier
Hans Christian Anderson · Enchanted Lion Books
Pages: 64
Format: Print book |
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The Steadfast Tin Soldier is the first story Andersen wrote without a folktale source or literary model, so it stands as a completely original work of the imagination, which changed the fairytale genre for all time. "There were once five-and-twenty tin soldiers. They were all brothers,... |
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