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Sweep

Louise Greig · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

From award-winning author Louise Greig and acclaimed illustrator Julia Sardà comes an uplifting story about how to confront big emotions.

Ed's bad mood begins as something really small, hardly a thing at all. But before long it grows, gathers pace, and spreads through the whole...
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Amy on Park Patrol

CALLIE BARKLEY · LITTLE SIMON
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

Amy must come up with a plan to save a park - and all the animals living there - in the seventeenth book of the Critter Club series.When Amy learns that part of a nearby park may be destroyed and replaced by a shopping center, she's devastated. Amy has spent her whole life visiting...
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Straw

Amy Krouse Rosenthal · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

Meet Straw!
He's always rushed straight to the finish. But when his speedy streak gets the best of him, it takes a friend to show Straw how to drink in the amazing world around him. A companion to Spoon and Chopsticks, this delightful story celebrates the joys of taking...
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Big Game Jitters

L M Nicodemo · Formac Publishing Company Limited
Pages: 91
Format: Print book

Meet Maximus Todd! He's the kid who can't sit still! It's the soccer championship and Max's team is playing the school bully's team. Of course, as soon as the match starts, Max's gets a case of the Super Fidgets. If Max can't invent a secret game to calm them,...
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My Bike

Byron Barton · Greenwillow Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

A picture book about vehicles and things that go - in this case, bicycles and unicycles - by Byron Barton, the acclaimed creator of My Car, My Bus, and numerous other classic titles!

Tom, the narrator of this cheerful picture book for preschoolers, is the proud owner of a bright...

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Princess Pistachio and the Pest

Marie-Louise Gay · Pajama Press
Pages: 44
Format: Print book

It's the first day of the summer holidays and Pistachio Shoelace has big plans. Plans that involve a compass, a cave, and a buried treasure. Plans that do not involve a troublemaking little sister wearing bunny ears and a Superman cape. Forced to take baby Penny to the park, Pistachio...
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Puppies

Julie Murray · Abdo Kids Junior
Pages: 24
Format: Library Binding

This title covers the first days and weeks of a puppy's life through simple sentences. Fun and colorful photographs correlate with the text. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Jr. is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO.
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Henri's Scissors

Jeanette Winter · Beach Lane Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Step into the colorful world of Henri Matisse and his magnificent paper cutouts!In a small weaving town in France, a young boy named Henri-Emile Matisse drew pictures everywhere, and when he grew up, he moved to Paris and became a famous artist who created paintings that were adored around...
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Somebody Cares: A Guide for Kids Who Have Experienced Neglect

Susan Farber Straus · Magination Press
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Useful to read with a caring adult, Somebody Cares is a book for children who have experienced parental neglect and have been taking care of many things on their own. It helps them understand their feelings, thoughts, and behaviors and prepares them for changes in their families. Most importantly,...
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Tsunamis

Ann Squire · Children's Press
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

"Learn all about the violent waves known as tsunamis, from how they are formed to how they can affect people around the world"--
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