Gehl, Laura
Summary: Illustrations and simple, rhyming text challenge the idea that boys and girls should each wear only certain colors or play with certain toys, and encourages them to be true to themselves.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little bee Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GEHWallace, Adam
Summary: Two children set out to capture a mermaid, but she manages to escape all of their traps.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE WALHosford, Kate
Summary: In rhyming text, a mother and daughter spend a day together, enjoying the beauty of nature.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HOSShaw, Nancy (Nancy E.)
Summary: "Get ready for whimsical, woolly adventures in this collection of eight funny stories of everyone's favorite sheep by bestselling author Nancy Shaw and illustrator Margot Apple! Ride along with this crowd of mischievous, well-meaning sheep as they take a ride in a jeep, create chaos in a shop, and much more! Each adventure can be read aloud in five minutes, making it a perfect book for story...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019
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Summary: A baby encounters a variety of young animals, including a clever monkey, a hairy warthog, and a dusty lion cub, before discovering the most precious creature of all.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FOXCopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JEN Toddler FoxBrown-Wood, JaNay
Summary: In rhyming text, when the whole family and guests show up for the big dinner at Grandma's house, it becomes clear that the house is much too small to hold them all.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2017
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Summary: El prìcipe knows this girl is the one for him. But, as usual, his mother doesn't agree. The queen has a secret test in mind to see if this girl is really a princesa. But the prince might just have a sneaky plan, too ... Readers will be enchanted by this Latino twist on the classic story, and captivated by the vibrant art inspired by the culture of Peru. -- From dust jacket.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ELY1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JE SPANISH ELY
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ELYGreenawalt, Kelly
Summary: In rhyming text super girl Princess Truly goes on a camping trip with little brother Ty and her dog, Sir Noodles; with her super powers she is not afraid of dark caves, bugs, or things that go bump in the night, which is a problem when she develops hiccups, and needs something to scare them away.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn/Scholastic Inc. 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN GREMatheson, Christie
Summary: Illustrations and simple, rhyming text invite the reader to uncover the rainbow of colors hidden in a garden, which helps flowers bloom and bees find food. Includes facts about bees and their importance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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Summary: Illustrations and rhyming text follow the Winks as they guide their thirty-eight mouse children through snacks, baths, stories, and other bedtime preparations, including the last-minute need for a drink of water.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DIPBlabey, Aaron
Summary: Pig is a selfish pug who does not want to share his toys with his canine housemate, Trevor--until an accident teaches him the value of friendship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2017
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Summary: As Mouse prepares soup to keep herself warm on a snowy autumn day, her forest friends arrive, hoping to share.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2017
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Summary: A child brings a dragon to the library and learns a valuable lesson--libraries and dragons do not mix.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Gassman 2016Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GASSierra, Judy.
Summary: All poor Monkey has to eat are sour lemons. One day she spies a banana tree on a faraway island, but the only way to get there is to navigate the crocodile-infested waters of the Sallabobble Sea. That's no problem when you're a brave and clever monkey who can count to ten and back again!
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E SieCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SIECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE SIE (Basket)Brisson, Pat
Summary: As a family sits down to enjoy a meal, thoughts of those who provide the food, from farmers who plant and tend seeds to store clerks who sell groceries, fill each one with gratitude.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tilbury House, Publishers 2018
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Summary: Illustrations and simple, rhyming text reveal the day-to-day lives of cow space explorers, from what they look like, to how they keep busy, to how they deal with a noisy baby.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2018
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Summary: Lively text and retro-style artwork combine in a lively picture book about opposites that invites children to learn new perspectives on spreads depicting a topsy-turvy funhouse journey.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Studio, an imprint of Candlewick Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE HOOBerkes, Marianne Collins.
Summary: A counting book in rhyme presents various Arctic animals and their offspring, from a mother polar bear and her "little cub one" to an old father wolf and his "little pups ten." Includes related facts and activities.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dawn Publications 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BERBolling, 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 BOLFreedman, Claire
Summary: Tired trucks and construction machines get ready for bed after a long day at a building site.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2017
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Summary: Told in rhyming verse, a stone is considered from a variety of environmental and emotional perspectives, as it sits where it is, surrounded by grass, dirt, and water, an unchanging certainty in the world. To some animals it's a pebble, To others it's a hill, and to others, a home.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books LLC 2019
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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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A Knopf 2018
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MCMWallace, Chelsea Lin
Summary: Whether it is a splinter, a stomach ache, or a loose tooth, the children at Bluebell Elementary know to go to Miss P to fix their bumps and bruises.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WALCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE WALAnderton, Helen
Summary: This delightful book is packed with well-known fairy tales, whimsically illustrated by Stuart Lynch & retold in funny, rhyming text. Featuring ten classic stories: Cinderella, Rapunzel, Little Red Riding Hood, Hansel & Gretel, The Ugly Duckling, Beauty and the Beast, Snow White, The Princess and the Pea, Rumpelstiltskin & Puss in Boots.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Make Believe Ideas 2015