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Firefighters to the Rescue

Alana Olsen · PowerKids Press
Pages: 24
Format: Paperback

Firefighters are everyday heroes you can meet in your own community! This book follows a narrator as they go to work with their firefighter uncle. Readers will learn what firefighters do, where they work, and the tools they use to fight fires and stay safe. This book pairs a relatable story...
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Good Sports C.J. Slinger, Left Winger, Grades K - 2

K.A. Robertson · Treasure Chest Beginner Chapter Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

In the story of C.J. Slinger, Left Winger, young readers will enjoy a humorous story as they follow C.J., the newest member for the Baytown Blobfish ice hockey team. Featuring full-color illustrations that support the text, this funny fiction series is
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I Like My Bike

AG Ferrari · Holiday House
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

For readers just starting out! A bike can be faster than a car, a van, a bus and a truck! "I like my bike. I like my car. I like my big car. I like my truck."The text in this funny story is simple and repetitive--just right for new readers--but the pictures are wacky and imaginative....
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Blue Rider

GERALDO VALRIO · Groundwood Books
Pages: 44
Format: Hardcover

On a gray and crowded city sidewalk, a child discovers a book. That evening, the child begins to read and is immediately carried beyond the repetitive sameness of an urban skyscape into an untamed natural landscape. The child experiences a moment of true joy, and as if in response to that...
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Moth and Wasp, Soil and Ocean: Remembering Chinese Scientist Pu Zhelong's Work for Sustainable Farming

Sigrid Schmalzer · Tilbury House Publishers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Moth and Wasp, Soil and Ocean tells its story through the memories of a farm boy who, inspired by Pu Zhelong, became a scientist himself.The narrator is a composite of people Pu Zhelong influenced in his work. With further context from Melanie Chan's historically precise watercolors,...
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The Very Long Sleep

Polly Noakes · Childs Play Intl Ltd
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Fox, Chipmunk, Marmot and Bear are such good friends that they decide to build a forest home and live in it together. But when winter comes, Chipmunk, Marmot and Little Bear take to their beds. Fox can?t wake them up at all. Fox is lonely and confused, especially when parcels start to arrive...
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With Love, From Me to You

Mary Manz Simon · Zonderkidz
Pages: 18
Format: Board book

A red heart sends a messagethat says "I so love you,"but we can send those same wordsin what we say and do. If I see someone cryingor looking very sad,I'll stop to show some kindnessand he won't feel so bad.With Love, From Me to You is a board book for little ones that...
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You Are Light

Aaron Becker · Candlewick Studio
Pages: 16
Format: Hardcover

With a wondrously simple die-cut book, the Caldecott Honor-winning creator of the Journey trilogy brings his talents further into the light.This is the light that brings the day.Open this beautiful book to find a graphic yellow sun surrounded by a halo of bright die-cut circles. Now hold...
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Way Too Many Latkes: A Hanukkah in Chelm

Linda Glaser · Kar-Ben Publishing
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

Faigel makes the best Hanukkah latkes in Chelm, but somehow, this year she's forgotten how to make them! She sends her husband, Shmuel, to ask the rabbi for help. And in Chelm, the village of fools - oy vey! - this becomes a recipe for disaster!
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Melvin the Mouth

Katherine Blanc · Charlesbridge
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Melvin is an imaginative and noisy little boy who grows up to be Mel Blanc, Looney Tunes cartoon character pioneer and the voice behind Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Woody Woodpecker, the Tasmanian Devil, and so many more familiar personalities. Readers are treated to a typical day for young...
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A Frog's Life Cycle

MARY R DUNN · Capstone Press
Pages: 24
Format: Library Binding

The process of a new life starting is fascinating! Watch a frog grow from an egg to a hopping amphibian. Young readers will learn about the stages in a frog's life, including how and what they eat and what happens to them in the winter. The life cyce of a frog is a fun thing to see!
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Fergus and Zeke at the Science Fair

KATE MESSNER · Candlewick
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

Charming classroom pets invert expectations with a clever science project that puts a student through her paces.Fergus and Zeke love being the class pets in Miss Maxwell's classroom, and they do everything the students do - listening at storytime, painting masterpieces during art class,...
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From Grapes to Jelly

Bridget Heos · Amicus
Pages: 24
Format: Hardcover

Ice cream might be your favorite dessert, but do you know how it's made? This new series explains just that. Come along on the journey as common household foods travel from farm to factory to table. Learn how grapes are made into jelly and peanuts are made into peanut butter. With clear process explanations and charming illustrations, this series answers the questions of curious and hungry kids. A child wonders where jelly comes from and learns about the jobs of a grape farmer and workers in a jelly factory. This illustrated narrative nonfiction book includes a map of where Concord grapes are grown, glossary, and further resources.
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The Outlaw

NANCY VO · Groundwood Books
Pages: 42
Format: Hardcover

In this spare and powerful story set in the Old West, people in a small town live in constant worry of another visit from the Outlaw. Then the Outlaw suddenly and mysteriously disappears. Time passes, and one day a stranger rides into town. He takes it upon himself to fix everything that...
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Geothermal Energy: Putting Earth's Heat to Work

JESSIE ALKIRE · Super Sandcastle
Pages: 24
Format: Library Binding

We use energy every day. It lets us cook food, drive cars, and so much more. But where does energy come from? Geothermal energy comes from heat inside Earth. Kids will read this book to learn how Earth's heat is captured and used. Applied to STEM Concepts of Learning Principles. Super...
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