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The Ice Cream Vanishes

Julia Sarcone-Roach - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

The almost Amazing Squirrel and their lovely assistant, Bear, are here to make snacks (and ice cream) disappear! A deliciously funny picture book from the award-winning creator of The Bear Ate Your Sandwich.. Squirrel is an expert at making acorns disappear. But making some ice cream vanish?!...
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Joy Takes Root

Gwendolyn Wallace - Kokila
Format: Hardcover

In her grandmother's garden, a young Black girl learns about mindfulness and herbal medicine in this soothing intergenerational story about our connection to nature.. It's Joy's first summer in her grandmother's South Carolina garden - a rite of passage. In the midst of okra,...
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The Brilliant Ms. Bangle

Cara Devins - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover

A brilliant librarian helps students to welcome big changes in this picture book by Cara Devins with illustrations from K-Fai Steele.It's a new school year, and something is different. The students' beloved librarian, Ms. Stack, has retired. The new librarian, Ms. Bangle, is not the same!...
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Cape

Kevin Johnson - Roaring Brook Press
Format: Hardcover

A young child learns that even superheroes hurt too in this heartrending story about loss and love, written by debut author Kevin Johnson and illustrated by #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator Kitt Thomas.When a child loses the person in his life that he loves more than anything,...
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A Very Dinosaur Birthday

Adam Wallace - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover

Your family will roar with laughter at this funny read-aloud from Adam Wallace, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the How to Catch series. What if dinosaurs showed up at your birthday party? From prehistoric presents to games crashing out of control and your snacks going extinct,...
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I Can Be All Three

Salima Alikhan - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Our Favorite Day of the Year meets Alma and How She Got Her Name in this warm, lyrical picture book about a child who learns to celebrate her multicultural identity and finds pride in all the stories and worlds that live inside of her.. When it's Multicultural Day at school, a young...
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How I Did It!

Anoosha Syed - Silver Dolphin Books
Format: Paperback

Of all the letters of the alphabet, only I was brave enough to jump off the page!. "Curious and inspired, I was full of ideas!" This encouraging tale about a daring letter in the alphabet who wants to stand out uses a clever play on words to deliver a message about creativity,...
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