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You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Trees!

Jim Pipe · Franklin Watts
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Trees are among natures most remarkable achievements, growing from a seed you can hold in your hand into a green giant several stories high. They are rugged survivors. They can live in baking hot deserts or icy arctic regions, competing with other plants for water and nutrients, while fending...
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The Starry Giraffe

ANDY BERGMANN · Aladdin
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

In the tradition of Shel Silverstein's The Giving Tree, a generous giraffe gives away all of his apples to his hungry friends in this winning picture book that begs to be read aloud.Poor starry giraffe: every time he reaches for a yummy red apple from a tall tree, one of his hungry...
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Why Am I Me?

Paige Britt · Scholastic Press
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Presented as a thoughtful, poetic exchange between two characters -- who don't realize they are thinking and asking the very same questions -- this beautiful celebration of our humanity and diversity invites readers of all ages to imagine a world where there is no you or me, only we. If the first...
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Molly and Mae: A Friendship Journey

DANNY PARKER · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

When Molly and Mae meet at the train station, two journeys begin: a trip through the countryside and an expedition through the highs and lows of friendship. At first the way is scenic and smooth - and then something goes off track. Can Molly and Mae build a bridge of kindness back to each...
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Brobot Bedtime

Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen · Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

The Brobots have had a long day, and it is time to recharge and enter sleep mode. Buzz and Crash have no problem falling asleep, but Beep's got a case of the flick-ups. Luckily, Buzz knows just the trick: scare Beep with a monster mask! Does it work? Affirmative. No more flick-ups....
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Anne Frank: A Life in Hiding

Wil Mara · Children's Press
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Meet Anne Frank. When she was 13 years old, Anne, her parents, and her sister went into hiding. As Jews living under Nazi rule, they were in constant danger. The Franks lived in a small secret spacealways quiet, always hungry, ever fearfulfor two years before they were betrayed. Annes diary...
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Trains Don't Sleep

Andria Warmflash Rosenbaum · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Puffing, chuffing, never yawning Climbing hills as day is dawning. Trains don't sleep, they CLANG and HOOT Cross bridges and canyons, plow through snow, charge down mountains, and meander across fields filled with sheep. And when it is time to rest and dreams are just ahead, never fear...
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How to Get Your Teacher Ready

Jean Reagan · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

How to Get Your Teacher Ready ... all year long, from the creators of the New York Times bestsellers How to Babysit a Grandpa, How to Babysit a Grandma, and How to Catch Santa. This humorous new book in the beloved HOW TO . . . series takes readers through a fun and busy school year....
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Amelia Bedelia on the Move

HERMAN PARISH · Greenwillow Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

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Community Helpers at the Hospital

Mari C Schuh · Little Pebble Books
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Presents the community helpers on the scene at a hospital using simple text and full-color photography.
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Bear Make Den

JANE GODWIN · Candlewick
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Bear has made a wonderful den for himself, but is something missing? A warm, playful story about what truly makes a home."Den good. Den great. Den just right."Bear is sitting on the floor of his empty new den when he suddenly notices it's not quite done. It needs . . . chairs!...
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In Your Hands

Carole Boston Weatherford · Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

A black mother expresses the many hopes and dreams she has for her child in this powerful picture book masterpiece that's perfect for gift-giving.When you are a newborn, I hold your hand and study your face. I cradle you as you drift to sleep. But I know that I will not always hold your...
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Amelia Bedelia Chapter Book #11: Amelia Bedelia Makes a Splash

Herman Parish · Greenwillow Books
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

In the eleventh book in the New York Times-bestselling series, Amelia Bedelia has big plans for her summer, until her mother insists she spend the summer at the same all-girls camp she attended when she was a girl. The camp is in disrepair and can't compete with the high-tech computer camp...
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All Ears, All Eyes

Richard Jackson · Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Shh ... look ... listen ... to the sounds of the dark say Goodnight!What sails? What flies? Those ... these, Down low, nearby, far off, up high. Who listens? Who looks? Who hears? Who sees? An homage to the melodies of nighttime, to each critter that sings, hoots, or glows, All Ears, All Eyes...
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A Horse Named Steve

Kelly Collier · Kids Can Press
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Steve is a fine horse, begins Kelly Collier s clever picture book. But he thinks he could be finer. He wants to be EXCEPTIONAL. When Steve finds a beautiful gold horn lying on the ground in the forest, he realizes he has found his path to the exceptional! He immediately ties the horn to the top of his head...
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