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"A powerful true story of a young girl who has never known life outside a refugee camp and a father determined to help her dream beyond the fences that confine them"--

2) Scaredy squirrel

Author

Watt, Mélanie

Series

Scaredy Squirrel volume 1

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Meet Scaredy Squirrel, a squirrel who never leaves his nut tree because he's afraid of the unknown "out there." But then, something unexpected happens that may just change his outlook.

3) The boy who loved everyone

Author

Porter, Jane

Pub. Date

2021.

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 x 29 cm

Description

"Dimitri may be small, but his heart is as big and open as a cloudless sky. "I love you," Dimitri tells his new friends at preschool. "I love you," Dimitri tells the class guinea pig. "I love you," Dimitri tells the tree with heart-shaped leaves. So why doesn't anyone say it back? Maybe there are ways of saying "I love you" without words. A heart-bursting tribute to the tender ones, like Dimitri, who spread love and kindness without hesitation, fear,...

4) Alma and how she got her name

Author

Martinez-Neal, Juana

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When Alma Sofia Esperanza José Pura Candela asks her father why she has so many names, she hears the story of her name and learns about her grandparents.

5) Luminous: living things that light up the night

Author

Kuo, Julia

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"Kids 4 to 8 will marvel at the brightly glowing creatures and other living organisms in this stunning, poetic, and science-based exploration of bioluminescence. When it's dark out, we need light to see. But what if your body could make its own light? From acclaimed author-illustrator Julia Kuo comes a remarkable picture book about bioluminescence, the light made from living things, and its many forms: fireflies and foxfire, fungi and glow-worms,...

6) Boot & Shoe

Author

Frazee, Marla

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Boot and Shoe are dogs that live in the same house, eat from the same bowl, and sleep in the same bed but spend their days on separate porches until a squirrel mixes things up.

7) When we are kind

Author

Gray Smith, Monique

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"This beautiful picture book looks at how the simple act of being kind, to others and oneself, affects all aspects of a child's life."--

8) The red tin box

Author

Burgess, Matthew

Pub. Date

2023.

Formats

Description

On her eighth birthday Maude buries a red tin box with some special treasures at the foot of a flowering dogwood tree and makes a promise to herself--and many years later she and her granddaughter travel to her childhood home to dig it up and pass it on.

9) Dinosaur kisses

Author

Stein, David Ezra

Formats

Description

An energetic young dinosaur figures out her own way to give a kiss.

10) We are water protectors

Author

Lindstrom, Carole

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Description

NYT - Children’s Picture Books

Water is the first medicine. It affects and connects us all... When a black snake threatens to destroy the Earth and poison her people's water, one young water protector takes a stand to defend Earth's most sacred resource. Inspired by the many indigenous-led movements across North America, this bold and lyrical picture book issues an urgent rallying cry to safeguard the Earth's water from harm and corruption.

11) Creepy carrots!

Author

Reynolds, Aaron

Series

Creepy tales! volume 1

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Description

The carrots that grow in Crackenhopper Field are the fattest and crispiest around and Jasper Rabbit cannot resist pulling some to eat each time he passes by, until he begins hearing and seeing creepy carrots wherever he goes.

12) The legend of rock paper scissors

Author

Daywalt, Drew

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You've played the game. Now read the legend of how it all began...Long ago, in an ancient and distant realm called the Kingdom of Backyard, there lived a warrior named ROCK. Meanwhile in the Empire of Mom's Home Office, a second great warrior sought the glory of battle. And his name was PAPER. At the same time, in the Kitchen Realm, in the tiny village of Junk Drawer, lived a third warrior. They called her SCISSORS. These three were the strongest,...

13) Gravity

Author

Chin, Jason

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Description

"What keeps objects from floating out of your hand? What if your feet drifted away from the ground? What stops everything from floating into space? Gravity ... Jason Chin has taken a complex subject and made it brilliantly accessible to young readers in this unusual, innovative, and very beautiful book.

14) Comets, stars, the Moon, and Mars: space poems and paintings

Author

Florian, Douglas

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"Twenty whimsical poems about space." amazon.com

15) Pink is for boys

Author

Pearlman, Robb

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Shape trilogy
The Shapes Trilogy

A celebration of how colors are for everyone depicts characters engaging in their favorite activities.

16) Square

Author

Barnett, Mac

Series

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Description

When his friend Circle asks him to do her portrait after praising him as a sculptor and genius, Square struggles to carve her likeness from a stone block.

17) Hike

Author

Oswald, Pete

Pub. Date

2020.

Formats

Description

A father and child head out on a hike, keeping a cherished family tradition alive.

18) Bats

Author

Gibbons, Gail

Description

There are about 1,100 different kinds of bats, and they live on every continent except Antarctica. The book offers and intriguing look at some of the many different kinds of baths, their amazing abilities, and how these mammals fit into the natural world." -- adapted from inside front book jacket flap.

19) The boring book

Author

Yoshitake, Shinsuke

Pub. Date

2019.

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