Rex, Adam
Summary: When a bird and a crab team up to combine the advantages of flight and claws, it gives them an idea: why not expand the team to include other animals who have a special trait--and soon they all set out to rescue their lake from development, because united together they are unstoppable.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books LLC 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE REXThomson, Sarah L.
Summary: During the fire season in Australia, a wombat allows its underground shelter to become a place of refuge for other vulnerable animals in need. Discusses Australia's devastating 2019-2020 fire season, in which many animals lost their lives or their habitats.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE THOIlustrajo, Mariajo
Summary: "Flooded is the funny and beautifully illustrated tale of animals who live in a city that is ever so slowly flooding. The flood comes gradually at first. A business lion reads about it in the paper over his breakfast and absent-mindedly says 'hmm!', but does nothing about it. All the animals ignore the obvious and go about their busy lives, disjointed from one another and preoccupied by their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Editions 2022
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Summary: "Today, Amik is expecting her beaver cousins for a special visit, and she can't wait to show them her home. But as the visitors arrive, Amik suddenly realizes that her little sister, Nishiime, has disappeared. Where could she have gone? As Amik shows her cousins some of her favorite haunts, the reader also learns how beavers help all the other animals in the forest: they cut down poplar trees...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Owlkids Books 2023
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JE COOGenhart, Michael
Summary: Follows the reaction of a neighborhood of birds, from a congress of crows to a gaggle of geese, when a flamboyance of flamingos moves in.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magination Press, an imprint of the American Psychological Association 2021
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Summary: "Bitsy is a little bat with big star dreams of making friends at her new school. But when she arrives, Bitsy doesn't feel like she fits in. The other kids sit on their chairs, but sitting upright makes Bitsy dizzy. The other kids paint with their fingers, but Bitsy would rather use her toes. Everyone tells Bitsy she's doing things wrong-wrong-wrong, so she tries harder...and ends up having a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WINBoynton, Sandra
Summary: "When a group of winter animals see the falling snow, they know it's a sign that Christmastime is just around the corner. And they've got a song to sing!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boynton Bookworks 2023
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1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: JE BOYRosen, Michael
Summary: Worried that they will not have enough dreams for their upcoming winter hibernation, Little Bear journeys into the woods and collects dreams of happiness, homecoming, and hope from the different animals in the forest.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Children's Books 2023
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ROSPizzoli, Greg
Summary: A child and dog search for a lost pet, Mister Kitty, as the child describes what Mister Kitty looks like to the reader.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PIZLitwin, Eric
Summary: Pete the cat loves the buttons on his shirt so much that he makes up a song about them, and even as the buttons pop off, one by one, he still finds a reason to sing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LITUrban, Linda.
Summary: Mouse struggles to find the right way to express his anger, modeling the behavior of Hare, Bear, Hedgehog, and Bobcat, only to discover that his own way may be the best way of all.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Children's Books 2009
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Summary: Rat, Squirrel, Rabbit, and Mouse want to cross the bayou, but next to the log they are considering as a bridge is a sneaky tail, which may be attached to someone dangerous--each of the four approach the problem with a different strategy, with varying results.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W. W. Norton and Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PUMFeder, Tyler
Summary: Opal the ostrich pushes past her anxiety to take on a big responsibility at her family's annual party.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rocky Pond Books 2023
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Summary: "Fox has a not-so-new problem, and every possible solution leads to more problems for the other animals, until they all come together with the ultimate fix."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: A rhyming picture book reveals the way familiar animals, from elephants and pigs to monkeys and hippos, take baths, and how human children do not take baths by sinking in mud, thrashing about in dust or licking themselves clean.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A Knopf 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MCMAntony, Steve
Summary: While on an adventure to find the Rainbowsaurus, two dads and their children are joined by a menagerie of rainbow-colored animals who want to find the Rainbowsaurus too.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crocodile Books 2024
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Summary: In this story that incorporates Spanish words, Marta explores the world of opposites and animals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE AREYumoto, Kazumi
Summary: When the Bear's friend, the little bird, dies, Bear is inconsolable. Full of grief, he locks himself in his house and ventures out again only when the smell of spring grass blows in through his window. He meets a wildcat and finally feels understood. As the cat plays his violin, Bear remembers all the fun he had with the little bird. Now he can say goodbye to his friend, because he knows he'll...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gecko Press 2023
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Summary: Deer wakes up to find one of his antlers is missing...and there's a tennis racket in its place? One by one his friends also uncover that their important items from glasses to lucky boots have been swapped with silly, useless replacements like donuts and swim flippers. They've been hornswoggled! (Hornswoggled means tricked.) It's pure poppycock! (Poppycock means nonsense.) Once they gather...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Page Street Kids 2021
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Summary: Rather than fulfill the expectations of his persistent companion, an animal chooses to live as himself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE RUZTheodore, Adrea
Summary: "A trip to the zoo inspires a parent to list all the ways they love their child"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE THEPlohl, Igor
Summary: Lucas the lion learns how to live life with a phsyical disability with help from his friends and family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PLOPapp, Lisa
Summary: When Madeline Finn attends the Blessing of the Animals with Bonnie and Star, she finds herself thinking about the gifts each of us have to offer, and looks for an opportunity to share hers with the animals at her local shelter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peachtree Publishing Company Inc. 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PAPCousins, Lucy
Summary: "Little ones can help Maisy and her friends fix Cyril's car, which has broken down, in this interactive board book that has push, slide and play tabs on every spread"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2021