Heikkilä, Cecilia
Summary: Grandpa and Little Bear share a dream to visit Faraway Valley -- a special, hard-to-find place full of wild and wonderful creatures, a place where the air smells of pine needles, a place they've only seen on a postcard. The determined pair study maps, read books and practice camping to prepare for their adventure, then set sail for the long journey. But when they arrive in the north, they find...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Floris Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HEIWang, Holman
Summary: "Being a mom is eleven jobs in one! This unique picture book for very young readers celebrates the many jobs being a parent encompasses: A general who rallies the troops (or unruly kids), a curator of modern art (or finger paintings), an archaeologist looking for buried treasures (or socks)... when Mom gets home from her day job as a carpenter, she never knows which job will be waiting for her,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tundra Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WANFoley, James
Summary: Stella wants to be an astronaut. There is only one problem: Stella is an elephant. Every time she applies to Space Command, they come up with a new reason she can't join. But where there's a will, there's a way and Stella is determined to reach for the stars.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kane Miller, a Division of EDC Publishing 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC FOLHolowaty, Lauren
Summary: It's People Who Help Us day at playgroup so Peppa and her friends get a very special visit from Dr Brown Bear and Nurse Fox. They've come to show the children how to keep fit, eat healthy snacks and, most importantly, always remember to wash their hands! Then the children get to have a go at playing doctors and nurses.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2020
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Summary: "Being a dad is eleven jobs in one! This unique picture book for very young readers celebrates the many jobs being a parent encompasses: A receptionist scheduling important meetings (for playdates), an architect designing buildings (or pillow forts), an inspector (of diapers!).... When Dad gets home from his day job at the office, he never knows which job will be waiting for him, but he knows...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tundra Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WANScarry, Richard
Summary: Bridget spends a day at work with her father, Sergeant Murphy, and learns what an important job being a police officer is.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Golden book 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SCABustard, Anne
Summary: In this family-oriented picture book, one brave cat discovers how rad trying new things can be! Esther, Chester, Hester, and Sylvester are stoked to shred at the skate park! But unlike his daring brothers and sisters, Lester is a total fraidy-cat. Skateboarding doesn't come easily to him--and with only nine lives to spare, why should he risk one on the half-pipe? When Lester sees how much fun...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2020
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Summary: When a young girl has to move countries and start at a new school, her fear tells her to be alone and afraid. How can she hope to make friends if she doesn't understand anyone? Surely no one else feels the same way...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flying Eye Books 2018
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Summary: An exuberant, hilarious picture book about a substitute reindeer and the trouble she causes
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Publisher / Publication Date: Allen & Unwin 2013
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1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: E GREMelling, David
Summary: Come on an alphabet adventure with Duck. Duck is a magician. Abracadabra! He can conjure up a bunny, a chicken and even the king of the jungle. But can he make a dragon disappear?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing 2017
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1 available in JE Concept Crates, Call number: JE MELDaciūtė, Evelina
Summary: A beautifully illustrated story for children about the nature of happiness. Learn about family, happiness, and friendship in this hope-filled children's book. Our story starts with a boy named Paul, who lives in a cozy treehouse in a big city with his family. And then something unexpected happens - Paul befriends a wise, friendly fox on a walk home from the bakery. The fox gives Paul a space to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames & Hudson 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DACSeuss
Summary: Rhyme and silhouette drawings introduce the shape of bugs, balloons, peanuts, camels, spider webs, and many other familiar objects.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1997
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Summary: Poor Mouse! A bear has settled in his favourite chair and that chair just isn't big enough for two. Mouse tries all kinds of tactics to move the pesky Bear but nothing works and poor Mouse gives up. Once Mouse has gone, Bear gets up and walks home. But what's that? Is that a Mouse in Bear's house?!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nosy Crow, An imprint of Candlewick Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E COLHirst, Daisy
Summary: Monstrously funny clothes combinations to delight little monsters everywhere! When monsters get up in the morning, they have to find something to wear. Simon wears socks, Darrell puts on a dress and Terrence tries on a tomato. Meanwhile, Cassie is wearing cars and Lester has the latest fashion - leaves! Daisy's adorable, cheeky little monsters try all sorts of hilarious combinations of clothes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2021
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Summary: Ruby has red blocks. Benji has blue blocks. But what happens when they won't share?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nosy Crow 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DICMartins, Elsa
Summary: A highly interactive board book with a simple rhyming text and die-cut holes that allow children's fingers to become elephant trunks in a story about a big and a baby elephant. Very little children and their grown-ups can poke their fingers through the holes to become the trunks of Big Elephant and Baby Elephant and tell a simple story. Baby Elephant learns to reach for leaves to munch, suck up...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Usborne Publishing Ltd. 2021
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Summary: When everyone is asleep, Hannah wakes up and discovers the quiet, exciting night-time world. When Hannah wakes suddenly in the night, she discovers a whole new world of adventure. With nobody awake to tell her off, she can do just as she pleases. The book combines simple language with beautifully textured images, capturing the innocence and wonder of young children at play.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gecko Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SAKHale, Nathan
Summary: Twins Axl and Ivan, with Sid as their driver, make a late-night fast-food run for a high school theater crew but return to discover that goo monsters are copying--and mutating--everything in sight.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2019
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Summary: A sunny garden hums, buzzes, creeps and crawls with life. Lift the flaps and peep through the delicate laser-cut holes to discover a whole host of butterflies, birds and bees, caterpillars, squirrels, frogs and other garden wildlife. A delightful information book for the very young.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Usborne 2015
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Summary: A retelling of the Snow White and seven dwarfs fairy tale.
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Publisher / Publication Date: EDC Publishing 2015
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Summary: From the creator of Home Alone comes this delightful celebration of a day spent by the sea, complete with salty air, run-ins with sea life, and making forever friends. Frido is back and this time he's at the seaside. While his owner takes a nap in the shade, Frido sets off to explore. There are sandcastles to dig, waves to surf, beach games to disrupt and the arrival of an ice-cream truck. But...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thames & Hudson 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE NASWest, Tracey
Summary: Does Ash have what it takes to be an Orange League champion?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2017
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J Fiction PokZombie, Zack
Summary: Have you ever wondered what life is like for a Minecraft Zombie? After Steve and Zombie accidentally launch a prototype display rocket and get sucked through a wormhole (it's a long story), they are relieved to land safely back in the Overworld. However, nothing is as it seems. Zombie's dad is organised, his mum is scatty, he is allowed to stay up all day and the Humans are scaring the mobs!...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Koala Books 2019
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Summary: Little Mouse astonishes Lion in this lively retelling for little children. Lion thinks Little Mouse is too small to do anything... but will Little Mouse surprise him? A wonderful retelling of a much-loved fable by Aesop, with charming illustrations by John Joven.
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Publisher / Publication Date: EDC Publishing 2022