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Eyes That Weave the World's Wonders

Joanna Ho - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling Joanna Ho, of Eyes that Kiss in the Corners, and award-winning educator Liz Kleinrock, comes a powerful companion picture book about adoption and family. A young girl who is a transracial adoptee learns to love her Asian eyes and finds familial connection...
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Gravity Is Bringing Me Down

Wendelin Van Draanen - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Gravity becomes a very personal problem for a girl as she stumbles and tumbles through a long day. A hilarious look at a core science concept for any kid who has ever had a case of the clumsies!. When Leda wakes up by falling out of bed, she knows that gravity is in a very bad mood. Again.....
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Imagine You and Me

Benson Shum - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover

A gentle story - with a surprise twist! - about the bond between an imaginative bear and his best friend.. Randall and Parker are the very best of friends - they do everything together, from building elaborate sand castles to swimming with mermaids. One day while they're playing, they...
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I Love You, Leonard! (Look! It's Leonard!)

Jessie James - DK Children
Format: Hardcover

Meet Leonard, the caring little shrew, in this charming Valentine's story. . This heart-warming picture book introduces young children to unconditional love and has an underlying message about kindness and diversity. . The Shrew family are having a day out. As the young shrews show...
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Bugs on the Rug

Johnette Downing - Pelican Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Based on a song from author and illustrator Johnette Downing's album Boogie Woogie Bugs, the singsong rhyming text introduces babies and youngsters to the wonderful world of bugs. Illustrated with Johnette's bold, bright foam and paper collages, the bugs seem to hop, skip, fly,...
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One Sweet Song

Jyoti Rajan Gopal - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

In an ode to the power of music and community, this vibrantly illustrated picture book steps out on the balcony for a shared moment of spontaneous joy and celebration.. In a quiet neighborhood, a single note trills through the air. Another note joins, and then another. One by one, curious...
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Jump for Joy

Karen Gray Ruelle - Astra Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Kid seeks dog. Dog seeks kid. In this charming and imaginative tale of friendship, picture book readers will delight in what it means to have a furry best friend.. For as long as she can remember, Joy has wanted a dog. It doesn't matter what kind: big, little, spotted, curly. She wants...
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Pepper and Me

Beatrice Alemagna - Hippo Park
Format: Hardcover

From three-time NYT Best Illustrated creator of On a Magical Do-Nothing Day comes a stunning picture book about a little girl, the scab on her knee, and the healing they do together.. In this utterly enchanting and unexpected tale from international picture book star Beatrice Alemagna,...
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Snail in Space

Rachel Bright - Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Format: Hardcover

From bestsellers Rachel Bright and Nadia Shireen comes a charming picture book about a snail determined to beat the odds and achieve her dream of being the first snail in space. . Gail is not an average snail. Snails are small and slow, but Gail wants to blaze a different trail. "Be...
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Ellie Mae Dreams Big!

Kristina McMorris - ?Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Format: Hardcover

When her teacher asks what she wants to be when she grows up, Ellie Mae can’t choose just one and arrives at school dressed as the one-and-only astronaut-chef, candy-farmer, pirate-dentist, zookeeper-teacher, ballerina-painter in the world!

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