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BIRD BUILDS A NEST : a first science storybook

MARTIN JENKINS · Candlewick Press (MA)
Pages: 32

A gentle, sweetly illustrated concept book takes on physical forces as young children learn about pushing and pulling. It's time for Bird to build her nest Follow her as she pulls a worm out of the ground, lifts some twigs that are just the right size, and pushes the twigs into place. Uh-oh...
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PJ Masks Race to the Moon!

Natalie Shaw · Simon Spotlight
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

The PJ Masks are blasting off on a special outer-space adventure in this Level 1 Ready-to-Read tie-in to the hit preschool series airing on Disney Junior!Join Catboy, Gekko, and Owlette as they go into space to save the day and keep Luna Girl from capturing the harvest moon crystal! PJ Masks...
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Mary Wears What She Wants

Keith Negley · Balzer + Bray
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

From the award-winning creator of My Dad Used to Be So Cool and Tough Guys Have Feelings Too comes a charming picture book inspired by the true story of Mary Edwards Walker, a trailblazing 19th-century doctor who was arrested many times for wearing pants.Once upon a time (but not that long...
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DK Readers L1: Wild Baby Animals

Karen Wallace · DK CHILDREN
Format: Hardcover

DK Readers now have a fresh new look featuring redesigned jackets and interiors, and up-to-date vocabulary throughout! Stunning photographs combine with lively illustrations and engaging age-appropriate stories in DK Readers, a multi-level reading program guaranteed to capture children's...
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The Secret Life of the Red Fox

Laurence Pringle · Boyds Mills Press
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

This gorgeous and lyrical picture book from renowned science author Laurence Pringle and debut illustrator Kate Garchinsky follows a year in the life of a red fox named Vixen as she finds food, hunts, escapes threats, finds a mate, and raises her kits - all the way to the day that she and her mate...
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Dinosaur Discoveries

Gail Gibbons · Holiday House
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

An introduction to different dinos--and the people who discover and study them--from beloved nonfiction picture book master Gail Gibbons, now updated to the minute!Who discovers dinosaurs? What happens to a dinosaur bone when it's found? What exactly were dinosaurs, anyway, and how many...
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Plant a Pocket of Prairie

Phyllis Root · Univ Of Minnesota Press
Format: Hardcover

Author Phyllis Root and illustrator Betsy Bowen last explored the vast, boggy peatlands of northern Minnesota in their book Big Belching Bog. Now, in Plant a Pocket of Prairie, Root and Bowen take young readers on a trip to another of Minnesota’s important ecosystems: the prairie.Once...
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About Bats

Sindy McKay · Treasure Bay
Format: Hardcover

For struggling readers, reading time is often a very frustrating experience-for both the readers and their parents. The result is little desire to spend much time reading. In contrast, We Both Read reduces frustrations and makes reading fun. Children practice reading at their own level...
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The Highest Number in the World

Roy MacGregor · Tundra Books
Format: Hardcover

9-year-old Gabe (Gabriella) Murray lives and breathes hockey. She's the youngest player on her new team, she has a nifty move that her teammates call "the Gabe," and she shares a lucky number with her hero, Hayley Wickenheiser: number 22. But when her coach hands out the team...
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MVP #1: The Gold Medal Mess

David A Kelly · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

From the author of the Ballpark Mysteries comes a brand-new sports-themed chapter book series featuring the coolest club around - the Most Valuable Players! Five friends are ready for their school's Olympics field day. There will be relay races, archery contests, and more! But not everyone...
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Hammer and Nails

Josh Bledsoe · Flashlight Press
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Nominee: Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy CLEL Bell Award, TALK Darcy has plans. She and her friend are going to play dress up, do each other's hair, and polish their nails. Daddy has plans, too. He's going to read the paper, mow the lawn, and fix the fence. When Darcy's friend cancels...
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Every Month's a New Year

Marilyn Singer · Lee & Low Books
Pages: 56
Format: Hardcover

In many places around the globe, the new year starts on January 1. But not everywhere! Chinese New Year is celebrated in January or February. Iranians observe Nowruz in March. For Thai people, Songkran occurs in April. Ethiopians greet the new year at Enkutatash in September. All these...
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Freedom in Congo Square

Carole Boston Weatherford · little bee books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

2017 Caldecott Honor 2017 Coretta Scott King Honor 2017 Charlotte Zolotow Award A 2016 New York Times Best Illustrated Book This poetic, nonfiction story about a little-known piece of African American history captures a human's capacity to find hope and joy in difficult circumstances...
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Renato and the Lion

BARBARA DILORENZO · Viking Books for Young Readers
Pages: 44
Format: Hardcover

The touching, magical story of a boy in a war-torn country and the stone lion that rescues him. Renato loves his home in Florence, Italy. He loves playing with his friends in the Piazza della Signoria. He loves walking home by the beautiful buildings and fountains with his father in the evenings....
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All Birds Have Anxiety

Kathy Hoopmann · Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pages: 72
Format: Hardcover

Life as a bird can be stressful! From worrying about airplanes, windows, and getting enough worms to eat, it is clear that birds can be anxious beings. Through a light-touch, quizzical depiction of bird behaviour, All Birds Have Anxiety uses colourful images and astute explanations to explore...
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