Donovan, Sam
Summary: "Daddy is the Mystery Reader at Tori's school today, and he's coming dressed as Miss Rita! Tori helps Daddy gloss, glitter, glamour, and glimmer to get ready. It takes time--because sparkle is serious business! Tori loves helping Daddy become Miss Rita. But will the other kids at school love Miss Rita like Tori does? Luckily, a last-minute idea helps Daddy and Tori find a way to make story time...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2022
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Summary: When a little boy see a long list of chores on the refrigerator, he utilize his creative energy with a green crayon to transform time spent with his dad into a celebration of fun.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2017
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Summary: "Little penguin is hiding! Children will love searching for the penguin by peeping through the holes in this endearingly illustrated book. Each time they turn the page, what they thought was the penguin turns out to be something else, until finally they find it at the end"--Publisher's description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: EDC Publishing. 2021
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1 available in Board Books, Call number: BOARD TAPWedelich, Sam
Summary: Chicken Little is NOT afraid of anything. Well, okay, maybe a mysterious BONK to the head can produce panic. But only momentarily. It's not as though she meant to send the barnyard into a tailspin, thinking that the sky was falling. How ridiculous! But can she calm her feathered friends with facts and reason?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2020
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Summary: Where's the spotted shirt? Where's the yellow square? This adorable book is full of rhyming questions for little children to answer by looking at and talking about the charming illustrations. A lovely way to encourage young children to talk and form sentences, and a delightful book to enjoy together.
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Publisher / Publication Date: EDC Publishing 2018
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Summary: When Chicken Little runs into the Big Bad Wolf (literally), her first instinct is to fly, like the other chickens, but she decides to investigate instead--and finds that this particular wolf is not interested in eating chickens, he is just looking for a place to call home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WEDWinston, Sam
Summary: Fine artist Sam Winston, cocreator of the New York Times best-selling A Child of Books, celebrates the power of stories and written languages--and the imperative to preserve them. Once there were many stories in the world. There were stories with sunsets and wonderful tales filled with fairies and dinosaurs. But one day, a story decided that it was the best, the most important story ever. It...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Studio, an imprint of Candlewick Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE WINHundley, Sam
Summary: A helpful magpie misunderstands her friends' requests, but they soon discover her gifts are more useful than they first thought.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HUNBoughton, Sam
Summary: Joe lives in a very grey world. Nothing special ever happens to him, but he does have a wild and wondrous imagination. Then, one day, Joe has the seed of an idea that will take his world from ordinary to extraordinary!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tate Publishing 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC BOUHay, Sam
Summary: When a little boy stumbles across a lost star, he decides to take care of it, putting it in a jar and carrying it with him everywhere. But when the sky calls out for its missing star, can the little boy and his sister figure out a way to return the star to its friends in the sky...even if it means saying goodbye forever?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E HAYTaplin, Sam
Summary: Are you there little bee? Children will love peeking through the holes in this beautifully illustrated book in search of the elusive little bee. -- Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: EDC 2021
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1 available in Board Books, Call number: BOARD TAPCline-Ransome, Lesa
Summary: "The award winners behind Before She Was Harriet explore the story of the saxophone, from its beginnings in 1840s Belgium all the way to New Orleans, where an instrument in a pawn shop caught the eye of musician Sidney Bechet and became the iconic symbol it is today"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 788.7 CLICopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 788.7 CLIFong, Pam
Summary: "After a fire leaves the forest smoldering, a determined marmot and her resourceful bird friend set off on a rescue mission in this beautifully illustrated, wordless story. They clear away fallen branches and scorched bushes. They rake and dig and plant new seedlings in the earth. With determination and ingenuity, as the seasons pass, they care for the little trees by making sure they have...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FONDavid-Sax, Pauline
Summary: "A shy girl who feels most at home in the school library gains the courage to extend herself to others when she encounters a group of unique, diverse, inspiring women at the diner where her mother works"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG DAVDavid-Sax, Pauline
Summary: "A shy girl who feels most at home in the school library gains the courage to extend herself to others when she encounters a group of unique, diverse, inspiring women at the diner where her mother works"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday Books for Young Readers 2022
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Summary: "Written from the perspective of children who observe the world through their windows, this book for young readers looks at the lives of housebound children during the coronavirus pandemic. Inspired by true events and people from around the world, "From My Window" shows children that we all have the same fears, and that we can overcome them by being creative and empathetic, and by staying...
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Publisher / Publication Date: United Nations Publications 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BAILadwig, Tim
Summary: A version of the prodigal son parable, with text taken directly from Scripture. Themes of God's love and forgiveness come alive through the expressive illustrations of the two sons and their father. An application page at the end of the book encourages meaningful discussion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Discovery House from Our Daily Bread Ministries 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 220.95 LADPhi, Bao
Summary: Every child is bursting with amazing possibilities and poet Bao Phi celebrates the complex identity of the children of immigrants and refugees.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Editions 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PHISorell, Traci
Summary: "Mary Golda Ross designed classified projects for Lockheed Air Corporation as the company's first female engineer. Find out how her passion for math and the Cherokee values she was raised with shaped her life and work"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Millbrook Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ROSKim, Aram
Summary: "From Korean American author-illustrator Aram Kim, Tomorrow is New Year's Day follows a little girl sharing the fun customs of Seollal--the Korean Lunar New Year--with her classmates. Seollal, the Korean Lunar New Year, is Mina's favorite day of the year. Mina can't wait to share the customs of Seollal with all of her friends at school. She will show her classmates her colorful hanbok,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KIMStahl, Asa
Summary: The Big Bang presents the mystery of how the universe began in a way we can all understand. Written by an astrophysicist, the pages describe what we know--and what we don't--in a compelling, accessible way.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creston Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 523.18 STAChen, Nathan
Summary: "Olympic gold medalist and three-time World Champion Nathan Chen delivers an inspirational picture book about facing your fears and finding the joy in sports, no matter the outcome. Wei has loved ice-skating ever since his first visit to the rink. He loves gliding across the ice, taking flight on jumps, and moving with the music--there's nothing else like it! But as Wei's first big competition...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CHEPhi, Bao
Summary: "As a young boy, Bao Phi awoke early, hours before his father's long workday began, to fish on the shores of a small pond in Minneapolis. Unlike many other anglers, Bao and his father fished for food, not recreation. Between hope-filled casts, Bao's father told him about a different pond in their homeland of Vietnam"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2017
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Summary: On their way to a May Day parade, twins Hue and Hoa spy a confused-looking duck and try to help it reach the pond, while neighbors from many countries offer help and greetings in different languages.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Editions 2021