Williams, Vera B.

Summary: Three babies are caught up in the air and given loving attention by a father, grandmother, and mother.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books 1990

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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WIL

Van, Muon

Summary: ""The shape of the earth is a sphere." So begins The Shape of You, as a mother tells her toddler daughter about the shapes that make up their lives--and the reader is invited into their cosy world. There's the triangle hill their house is on, the square of their kitchen table, the cubes of ice in their drinks... There's also the shape of light (all the colours of the sunset) and the shape of...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE VAN

Ho, Richard

Summary: A multicultural family celebrates the traditions of two New Years--the Jewish Rosh Hashanah in the autumn, and the Asian Lunar New Year several months later.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2023

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE HO

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HO

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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JE HO

Bolling, Valerie

Summary: Told in rhyming text, a young boy learns to swim in a pool with the example and encouragement of his family.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BOL

Pallotta, Jerry

Summary: Contains facts about the tyrannosaurus rex and the velociraptor, comparing such aspects as their sizes, body types, and abilities.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2010

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J Series Who Pallotta

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE PAL

Juster, Norton

Summary: Looking through the kitchen window, a little girl and her doting grandparents watch stars, play games, and, most importantly, say hello and goodbye.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Michael di Capua Books/Hyperion Books for Children 2005

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Caldecott Juster 2005

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC JUS

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JUS

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JUS

Dwivedi, Avani

Summary: "It's Friday night, and on the bustling streets of Mumbai, a girl heads out with her family to the cinema. As she rides through the winding blocks with her maa, baba, and bhai, old melodies fill the car. And as she captures the sights and sounds of the city with her camera, she imagines a movie unfolding before her eyes. A choreographed dance sequence atop a long line of cars! When they arrive...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DWI

Germein, Katrina

Summary: Captain Dad and his crew are having a day at the beach, and of course Dad is bringing his treasure trove of jokes. Whether it's a ship he bought on sail or an earring that costs one buccaneer, a day with Dad is shore to be hilarious! At least he seems to think so.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GER

Poskitt, Kjartan

Summary: "It's dinnertime, and one pesky pea has decided to ping himself off the plate in search of fun. He hops, skips, and bounces across the kitchen. But the house if a perilous place, and our rogue pea might find more adventure that he bargained for!"--Jacket.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE POS

Arnold, Andrew

Summary: For Stevie, speaking up in class can be scary. So, when Ms. Gail asks, "Are there any questions?" Stevie looks around the classroom, hoping someone will raise their hand. But no one does. No one has a single question. Except Stevie. "I can't ask, can I? If I do, I know just what will happen," Stevie thinks, beginning a journey of worried imagination. Everyone will certainly laugh, they'll think...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ARN

Stutzman, Jonathan

Summary: A parent's ode to everything their child is, and will be, capable of doing as they grow. Tonight, each small hand fits inside their parent's hand. But soon, this hand will grow-- to dig deep in the dirt, make masterpieces and mistakes, and tell stories only it can tell. With text that captures the potential in every child and glowing art that exudes warmth, this book braids three children's...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE STU

Daise, Natalie

Summary: Papa has something special planned for tonight's family dinner--and Bobo can't wait! Excited to learn how to make okra stew like his ancestors, Bobo helps Papa pick veggies from the garden, catch shrimp from the creek, rain down rice in the pot, simmer the stew, and even make a tasty side of cornbread. When the stew begins to bubble and pop, Bobo and his family gather around for a mouthwatering...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DAI

Kelkar, Supriya

Summary: On a hike with her grandparents, a young Indian-American girl makes note of all the things in the wilderness that are brown, too. Includes instructions on how to make a scrapbook.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KEL

Stemple, Heidi E. Y.

Summary: "Kids can learn how to help protect bird species, with Counting Birds - the real-life story of bird counting and watching. Frank Chapman loved birds. He created bird exhibits at the American Museum of Natural History, and started a magazine "Bird-Lore." Back then, some sports hunters had a "Christmas Day bird hunt". People shot every bird they could see and counted them at the end of the hunt....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Seagrass Press 2018

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 598.072 STE

Fallon, Jimmy

Summary: Con Pollo: A Bilingual Playtime Adventure is an engaging and hilarious picture book that serves young readers as an introduction to basic Spanish vocabulary, brought to life by superstar team-up Jimmy Fallon and Jennifer Lopez. Meet Pollo, a friendly little chicken who just wants to play. And play, and play, and play all day! Pollo makes any activity more fun. Why just go to the beach when you...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FAL

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: Je Tod Fallon

Theresa Tha S.O.N.G.B.I.R.D.

Summary: "A celebration of the meaning of Blackness"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE THE

Wright-Ruiz, Kiera

Summary: "Even from Ramen's small shelf in the supermarket, they see spaghetti propaganda everywhere. They want to be celebrated, too. Maybe, Ramen misguidedly thinks, I have to change to be loved like that. "I want to be spaghetti!" they proclaim to the dismay of the rest of the instant noodle section."--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Kokila 2023

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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JE WRI