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The Helping Sweater

Rachel Más Davidson - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Follow along as Maya spreads joy through random acts of kindness in this vibrant and heartwarming book celebrating empathy and community. . It's finally cold enough for Maya to wear her favorite sweater! But when her cat pulls a thread loose, her beloved sweater quickly begins to unravel....
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Up Periscope!: How Engineer Raye Montague Revolutionized Shipbuilding

Jennifer Swanson - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Discover the hidden figure who created the first comprehensive computer program to design ships for the US Navy. Girls like Raye Montague weren't supposed to like math or science, or go to engineering school. But tenacious Raye had a plan, one that eventually took her all the way to the US Navy....
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The Creature of Habit Tries His Best (A Creature of Habit Story)

Jennifer E. Smith - Random House Studio
Format: Hardcover

The Creature of Habit is back in this humorous picture book that tackles a perennial challenge for every kid - learning to ride a bike! This story celebrates the power of persistence and reminds us that sometimes, it's not about being the best but about giving it your best try!. On the island...
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Alice in a Winter Wonderland

Jan Brett - G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

A striking rendition of Alice in Wonderland transported to a shimmering Alaskan tundra, in Jan Brett's rich signature style.. When Alice spies a white rabbit checking his pocket watch before hippity-hopping down a crevasse in an Alaskan glacier, she knows she must follow him. And so she pops...
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A Hat for House: One Storm, Many Helpers

Audrey Perrott - G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

An uplifting picture book debut about community and hope.. One windy day, House's hat blows clean o? his head!. His friends are happy to help, but nothing they try seems quite right. Then the wind gets even stronger and thunder rumbles, making House wonder how he can keep his family...
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Each Day Is a Gift

Lisl H. Detlefsen - Beaming Books
Format: Hardcover

With a yawn and a stretch, another day is delivered to you.Each day brings the possibility of new gifts. We welcome some gifts with delight. Others are the kind we'd rather return. Lyrical and explorative, Each Day Is a Gift gently reveals how gifts' purposes are not always clear...
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Ruffles and the Cold, Cold Snow

David Melling - Candlewick Press
Format: Hardcover

Join in Ruffles's adventures as he faces all the troubles of toddler life in this brightly colored picture book series.. Ruffles loves a lot of things, like howling, scratching, eating, and playing with the teeny, tiny kittens. He does not love the snow. But when the kittens want to play...
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Tiny Floating Coral (Start Small, Think Big #3)

Mary Auld - Red Comet Press
Format: Hardcover

Follow the life cycle of a tiny coral planula and learn the broader impact of coral reefs on the health of our oceans. Tiny Floating Coral starts small with a tiny coral planula floating through the ocean in a soup of plankton, looking for the perfect place to settle, divide, and grow....
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Whirligigs: The Wondrous Windmills of Vollis Simpson's Imagination

Carole Boston Weatherford - Calkins Creek
Format: Hardcover

Take a journey through the creative process that led folk artist Vollis Simpson to create his wonderful and whimsical wind-powered whirligigs and more in this STEAM/STEM picture book.. Vollis Simpson was a man with a curious mind - always eager to know how things worked and how to fix them....
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You Are My Everything

Kelly Conroy - Tiger Tales
Format: Hardcover

A lyrical and heartfelt tribute from a parent to their "everything," their child.. Following a parent and child elephant on their annual migration to join the herd, this sweet story celebrates all of the ways in which a child is "everything" to their parent, their family,...
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