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3) Frederick
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
39 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Frederick, the poet mouse, stores up something special for the long cold winter. "While other mice are gathering food for the winter, Frederick seems to daydream the summer away. When dreary weather comes, it is Frederick the poet-mouse who warms his friends and cheers them with his words".-Wilson Library Bulletin. Illustrated. A field mouse appears to be ignoring the coming of winter, but actually he is not.
Author
Language
English
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Formats
Description
What's in a name? For one little girl, her very long name tells the vibrant story of where she came from - and who she may one day be. Spanish language edition! If you ask her, Alma Sofia Esperanza Jose Pura Candela has way too many names: six! Just think of how hard it is to fit them all on the back of a little photograph How did such a small person wind up with such a large name? Alma turns to Daddy for an answer and learns of Sofia, the grandmother...
5) The big snow
Author
Language
English
Description
Despite their elaborate preparations for the winter, the animals and birds are delighted by a surprise banquet after a big snow.
Author
Series
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
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Description
When a bus driver takes a break from his route, a very unlikely volunteer springs up to take his place.
When the bus driver decides to take a break from driving, a wild and wacky pigeon pleads and begs to take his place, capturing the antics of a preschooler's temper tantrum.
7) Snow
Author
Language
English
Description
As snowflakes slowly come down, one by one, people in the city ignore them, and only a boy and his dog think that the snowfall will amount to anything.
8) Jumanji
Author
Language
English
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Description
Left on their own for an afternoon, two bored and restless children find more excitement than they bargained for in a mysterious and mystical jungle adventure board game. Reading Rainbow (Television series) collection--look for green spine label. Caldecott Medal winner, 1982. Caldecott Medal collection--look for Caldecott spine label.
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
"First published in 1970, Frog and Toad Are Friends was the first of the four beloved Frog and Toad books. This special edition contains all of the original stories--from the story about going swimming, to finding lost buttons! ... includes seven pages of rarely seen bonus material, including archival photographs, sketches, pages from the original book dummy, the manuscript of the first story "Spring" (written in Lobel's cursive on lined notebook...
10) Inch by inch
Author
Publisher
Weston Woods Studios
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 sound disc (5 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (unpaged : col. ill. ; 28 cm.)
Language
English
Description
To keep from being eaten, an inchworm measures a robin's tail, a flamingo's neck, a toucan's beak, a heron's legs, and a nightingale's song.
11) Watercress
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Language
English
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AAPI Heritage Month
Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Green Mountain Book Fest 2023 Youth/Teen
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Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Green Mountain Book Fest 2023 Youth/Teen
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Description
"Driving through Ohio in an old Pontiac, a young girl's parents stop suddenly when they spot watercress growing wild in a ditch by the side of the road. Grabbing an old paper bag and some rusty scissors, the whole family wades into the muck to collect as much of the muddy, snail covered watercress as they can. At first, she's embarrassed. Why can't her family get food from the grocery store? But when her mother shares a story of her family's time...
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
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Description
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.
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
A retelling of a traditional West African tale that reveals how the mosquito developed its annoying habit. A mosquito annoyed the iguana, who frightened the python, who scared the rabbit, and now the whole jungle is in an uproar because the sun won't rise. The animals discuss the situation and decide to punish the mosquito. Even today, whenever we hear a mosquito buzz, we smack it hard!
Author
Series
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
1st ed.
Fountas & Pinnell
K
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 x 32 cm.
Language
English
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Description
A trip to the laundromat leads to a momentous occasion when Trixie, too young to speak words, realizes that something important is missing and struggles to explain the problem to her father. Using a combination of muted black-and-white photographs and expressive illustrations, this book tells a true-to-life tale about what happens when Daddy's in charge and things go terribly, hilariously wrong.
In this special edition of Mo Willems's beloved and...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
When Farmer Brown's cows find a typewriter in the barn they start making demands, and go on strike when the farmer refuses to give them what they want. Farmer Brown thinks it's odd when he hears the sounds of typing coming from the barn, but his troubles really begin when his cows start leaving him notes. First they demand better working conditions, then they stage a strike!
16) Leave me alone
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Grandmother wants so badly to be left alone to finish the knitting for her grandchildren that she leaves her tiny home and her big family to journey to the moon and beyond to find peace and quiet to finish her knitting.
17) Bear came along
Author
Fountas & Pinnell
J
Language
English
Formats
Description
An assortment of animals living separate lives discover they need each other when they have a chance encounter on a river.
18) Hot dog
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A summery picture book about mindfulness, featuring an overheated--and overwhelmed-- canine in need of sea, sand, and fresh air"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking Press
Pub. Date
1953
Physical Desc
56 p. illus. 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
Madeline and her friends become very upset when Genevieve, a dog that has become a cherished school pet since rescuing Madeline from an accidental fall into the Seine, is tossed out by the school board chairman.
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