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Friends and Foes: Poems About Us All

Douglas Florian · Beach Lane Books
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

In the tradition of Shel Silverstein, celebrated picture book poet Douglas Florian offers an honest, touching, and often humorous collection of twenty-three poems about relationships - both good and bad!There are all kinds of friends - good friends, bad friends, old friends, new friends...
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A Boy, a Ball, and a Dog

Gianna Marino · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

There was never a ball the boy wouldn't throw.Luckily, there was never a ball that his dog couldn't catch.When a new kind of ball (a balloon) floats into the picture, both boy and dog try to find a way to play with it, and they become separated. Will they find their way back to each...
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The Berenstain Bears Respect Each Other

Stan and Jan Berenstain w/ Mike Berenstain · Zonderkidz
Pages: 32
Format: Paperback

Gramps and Gran go on a picnic with Mama and Papa Bear and the cubs. As the family searches high and low for the perfect picnic spot, they end up learning a few things about good manners and respecting others. The Berenstain Bears Respect Each Other entertains readers while relaying the importance...
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If You Were a Kid During the Civil Rights Movement

Gwendolyn Hooks · Children's Press
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Joyce Jenkins has recently moved to a new town with her family, and she will soon be attending a segregated school for the first time. Meanwhile, Connie Underwood is trying to figure out what her twin brothers are planning in secret. Follow along with the two girls as they find themselves...
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The Unforgettable Joke Book

Rh Disney. · Disney Books For Young Re
Pages: 80
Format: Print book

Disney/Pixar Finding Dory reunites the friendly-but-forgetful blue tang fish with her loved ones, and everyone learns a few things about the true meaning of family along the way. This book of jokes based on the film will have boys and girls ages 6 to 9 laughing along with Dory and her friends.
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Heart to Heart

Lois Ehlert · Beach Lane Books
Pages: 72
Format: Hardcover

From beloved Caldecott Honor artist Lois Ehlert comes a clever and funny valentine celebrating love and friendship.Readers of all ages will go bananas for this pun-filled and sweet story filled with rebuses and love. Alphabet letters and bold, graphic images of fruits and vegetables come...
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Mysticons: Quest for the Codex

Sadie Chesterfield · Imprint
Pages: 118
Format: Paperback

This junior novelization retells storylines from many episodes of the hit new show Mysticons!In Drake City, where magic and technology meet, four girls are brought together by an ancient prophecy. Princess Arkayna, her friend Em, and street kids Zarya and Piper are transformed into the Mysticons...
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Blowing in the Wind

SAMANTHA BROOKE · Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 32
Format: Paperback

Next stop...The Magic School Bus heads to the forest to learn about aerodynamics. Ms. Frizzle's class is putting on a play of The Three Little Pigs. The kids want to build a house for their play that even a super-powered fan can't blow down. So Ms. Frizzle and her Magic School Bus take...
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All Kinds of Families: 40th Anniversary Edition

Norma Simon · Albert Whitman
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

In a book far ahead of its time, All Kinds of Families celebrated the broad diversity of American families when it was first published in 1976. Now Norma Simon and Sarah S. Brannen have updated this classic for the modern age. Multicultural and multigenerational people demonstrate what...
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Little Fox in the Forest

Stephanie Graegin · Schwartz & Wade
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Fans of Aaron Becker's Caldecott Honor winner Journey will love this utterly enchanting wordless picture book in which two friends follow a young fox deep into the woods and discover a wondrous and magical world. When a young girl brings her beloved stuffed fox to the playground, much...
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Lighter than Air: Sophie Blanchard, the First Woman Pilot

Matthew Clark Smith · Candlewick
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Take to the skies with the beautifully told tale of Sophie Blanchard - a woman meant for the air - as she discovers the incomparable sensation of flight.Behold the story of Sophie Blanchard, an extraordinary woman who is largely forgotten despite her claim to being the very first female...
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Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix

JACQUELINE BRIGGS MARTIN · Readers to Eaters
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Chef Roy Choi calls himself a "street cook."He wants outsiders, low-riders,kids, teens, shufflers and skateboarders,to have food cooked with care, with love,with sohn maash."Sohn maash" is the flavors in our fingertips. It is the love and cooking talent that Korean mothers...
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I Am Enough

Grace Byers · Balzer + Bray
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

I Am Enough is the picture book everyone needsThis is a gorgeous, lyrical ode to loving who you are, respecting others, and being kind to one another - from Empire actor and activist Grace Byers and talented newcomer artist Keturah A. Bobo. This is the perfect gift for mothers and daughters,...
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Talkin' Guitar: A Story of Young Doc Watson

Robbin Gourley · Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover

Arthel Doc Watson 19232012 was a Grammy-winning guitarist, singer, and songwriter, high in the pantheon of bluegrass and country music greats. This picture book tells the story of a country boy, born blind, who found music in the sounds around him and learned to play that music on his guitar....
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Stop That Yawn!

Caron Levis · Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

Pack your toothbrushes, but leave your pajamas and pillows behind for this one-of-a-kind bedtime story from Ida, Always author Caron Levis and bestselling illustrator LeUyen Pham. And whatever you do ... DON'T YAWN!Gabby Wild has had enough of bedtime. Yawn, curl, snuggle, snore - what...
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