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Publisher Annotation: There will be times when you walk into a room and no one there is quite like you. There are many reasons to feel different. Maybe it's how you look or talk, or where you're from; maybe it's what you eat, or something just as random. It's not easy to take those first steps into a place where nobody really knows you yet, but somehow you do it. Jacqueline Woodson's lyrical text and Rafael Lopez's dazzling art reminds us that we...
4) The bad seed
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English
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This is a book about a bad seed. A baaaaaaaaaad seed. How bad? Do you really want to know? He has a bad temper, bad manners, and a bad attitude. He's been bad since he can remember! This seed cuts in line every time, stares at everybody and never listens. But what happens when one mischievous little seed changes his mind about himself, and decides that he wants to be'happy? With Jory John's charming and endearing text and bold expressive illustrations...
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Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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From New York Times bestselling creators Drew Daywalt, author of The Day the Crayons Quit and The Day the Crayons Came Home , and Adam Rex, author-illustrator of Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich , comes a laugh-out-loud hilarious picture book about the epic tale of the classic game Rock, Paper, Scissors. 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...
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Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
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First edition.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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"A little penguin argues that home, far from being free from worries and responsibilities, is freezing, filled with natural predators, and overrun by identical penguins that make it difficult to find one's mom." --
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Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
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1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm
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English
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"As an artist creatively incorporates her slip-ups into a drawing, readers see the ways in which 'mistakes' can provide inspiration and opportunity, and reveal that both the art and artist are works-in-progress"--
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Fountas & Pinnell
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 26 cm
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English
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While riding the subway home from the pool with his abuela one day, Julián notices three women spectacularly dressed up. Their hair billows in brilliant hues, their dresses end in fishtails, and their joy fills the train car. When Julián gets home, daydreaming of the magic he's seen, all he can think about is dressing up just like the ladies in his own fabulous mermaid costume, a butter-yellow curtain for his tail, the fronds of a potted fern for...
10) Wolf in the snow
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Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 26 cm
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English
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Publisher Annotation: When a girl who is lost in a snowstorm meets a wolf cub who is also alone and scared, she helps him, even though she too is far from home. How the cub's family repays her will leave readers of all ages appreciating the power of kindness and the warmth of home.
11) Drawn together
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Disney/Hyperion
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
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1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
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English
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A boy and his grandfather cross a language and cultural barrier using their shared love of art, storytelling, and fantasy.
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Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
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1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
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English
Description
A knight who feels secure on his side of the wall that divides his book discovers that his side is not as safe as he thought, and the other side is not as threatening.
13) Sweety
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Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
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English
Description
Sweety is awkward, even for a naked mole rat, but with encouragement from her Aunt Ruth, she begins to see that being herself is the best way to find a friend.
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Misunderstood Shark volume 2
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Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
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English
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Shark interrupts the filming of Underwater World With Bob, scattering the other creatures (and the audience), but he claims it is all a terrible misunderstanding--that he would never think of eating the fish, the squid, the audience...or Bob.
16) Potato pants!
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Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
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English
Description
Potato is very excited to buy a pair of pants on sale at Lance Vance's Fancy Pants Store, but when he sees Eggplant, who pushed him the day before, he is afraid to go inside.
18) Hawk rising
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Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Early morning and a ruffle of feathers, a shadow gliding through the backyard. High above your house Father Hawk circles, sharp eyes searching for prey. Swoosh! He dives after chipmunks, crows, sparrows, squirrels. Screech! The sun hangs low in the sky as three hungry chicks wait. Will they eat today?
19) Detective camp
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Series
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130 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm.
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English
Description
While learning detective skills at summer camp, Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose undercover a real mystery involving stolen paintings. Includes a hidden message.
20) Frankencrayon
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Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016?]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
If the crayons cannot stop the scribble monster, this picture book and the play "Frankencrayon" may have to be canceled.
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