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Sophie Blackall · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

A lavish new picture book from Caldecott-winner Sophie Blackall that will transport readers to the seaside in timeless, nautical splendor!Watch the days and seasons pass as the wind blows, the fog rolls in, and icebergs drift by. Outside, there is water all around. Inside, the daily life...
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Islandborn

Junot Di?az · Dial Books
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

From New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize winner Junot Díaz comes a debut picture book about the magic of memory and the infinite power of the imagination. Every kid in Lola's school was from somewhere else. Hers was a school of faraway places. So when Lola's teacher asks...
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Rules of the House

Mac Barnett · Disney * Hyperion Books
Pages: 48
Format: Book

Ian always follows the rules. His sister, Jenny, breaks them all the time-especially "Don't pinch. " So Ian is thrilled when the house where his family is vacationing posts a tidy list of rules. But when Jenny breaks them all, the house itself decides it's time for payback. The rug,...
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I Got a Chicken for My Birthday

Laura Gehl · Carolrhoda Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

What a birthday girl wants more than anything from her Abuela are tickets to the amusement park. Instead she gets a chicken. But this chicken is no ordinary chicken; it has plans! With a lot of hard work, and help from lots of other animals, this chicken may just end up building the girl...
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Be Kind

PAT ZIETLOW MILLER · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

From the award-winning author of Sophie's Squash comes a thoughtful picture book about the power of kindness.When Tanisha spills grape juice all over her new dress, her classmate contemplates how to make her feel better and what it means to be kind. From asking the new girl to play to standing...
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Colette's Lost Pet

ISABELLE ARSENAULT · RANDOM House
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

Colette can't find something to talk about with the new kids in the neighborhood...so she invents a pet! Her fib quickly escalates, and suddenly her parakeet is a larger-than-life world-traveler named Marie Antoinette. Have her new friends figured out her secret? What will they do?This...
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I Won a What?

Audrey Vernick · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

The hilarious and heartwarming story of a boy who tries to win a goldfish and winds up with FAR more than he bargained for . . . A young boy wins a humongous new pet at the carnival, and before long, they become fast friends. But his parents are skeptical. After all, Nuncio doesn't...
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Grandpa Green

Lane Smith · Roaring Brook Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Grandpa Green wasnt always a gardener. He was a boy who lived on a farm and a child who had chickenpox. He was a soldier, a husband and, most of all, an artist. Follow his grandson through a garden where memories are handed down through the shapes of topiary trees and imagination recreates...
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Love

Matt de la Pen?a · G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

From Newbery Medal-winning author Matt de la Peña and bestselling illustrator Loren Long comes a story about the strongest bond there is and the diverse and powerful ways it connects us all."In the beginning there is light and two wide-eyed figures standing near the foot of your...
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Astronaut Annie

SUZANNE SLADE · Tilbury House Publishers
Pages: 36
Format: Hardcover

Annie's joyful exuberance and her family's whole-hearted support leave no doubt that her dream is within her grasp. This delightful story -- with backmatter about women astronauts -- encourages young readers to pursue their dreams and reach for the stars.Career Day is approaching,...
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