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Staff Picks: New Children's Books January 2018
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Mock Newbery and Caldecott Awards Issue!
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Picturebook - Caldecott Contender - CFPL Choice
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How to Be an Elephant
by Katherine Roy
This tale of a baby elephant growing up in a herd on the African Savanna is as gripping as any novel, and as informative as a National Geographic special, but the pictures make that elephant just jump out a the reader!
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Picturebook - Caldecott Contender - CFPL Choice
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A Different Pond
by Bao Phi
Bao Phi fished as a child with his father early in the morning on the shores of a small pond in Minneapolis. They fished for food, and between casts, Bao's father told him about a different pond in their homeland of Vietnam. An immigrant's story about the power of hope, family and food, with deceptively beautiful pictures.
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Picturebook - Caldecott Contender - CFPL Choice
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Wolf in the Snow
by Matthew Cordell
Very rare for all the staff to love a wordless picture book, but this one has been a favorite since it first appeared, with dreamy images that hover in the mind.
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Picturebook - Caldecott Contender - CFPL Choice
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Big Cat, Little Cat
by Elisha Cooper
This book is about so much, simple opposites, making friends, the joy of good companionship, the sadness of loss, and the hope in new relationships. Beautifully illustrated, like all of Cooper's work, and a lovely read aloud, an instant classic.
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Picturebook - Caldecott Contender - CFPL Choice
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Chapter Book - Newbery Contender - CFPL Choice
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Beyond the Bright Sea
by Lauren Wolk
Set adrift on the ocean in a small skiff as a newborn but rescued so she can spend her childhood on a small Massachusetts island off Cape Cod , 12-year-old Crow embarks on a quest to find the missing pieces of her history and gets more than she could ever have expected.
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Chapter Book - Newbery Contender - CFPL Choice
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The Stars Beneath Our Feet
by David Barclay Moore
Unable to celebrate the holidays in the wake of his older brother's death in a gang-related shooting, 12-year-old Lolly struggles to avoid being forced into a gang himself while constructing a fantastically creative LEGO city at the Harlem community center.
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Chapter Book - Newbery Contender - CFPL Choice
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Hello, Universe
by Erin Entrada Kelly
Two boys and two girls react to the reality of bullying, family, and friendship in the wake of a prank that traps one of them at the bottom of a well and compels the others to embark on a search-and-rescue mission.
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Chapter Book - Newbery Contender - CFPL Choice
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Amina's voice
by Hena Khan
A Pakistani-American Muslim girl struggles to stay true to her family's culture while simultaneously keeping her changing relationships at school and discovering her talent for singing.
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Chapter Book - Newbery Contender - CFPL Choice
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Felix Yz
by Lisa Bunker
Accidentally connected most of his life to a fourth-dimensional being whose presence would prevent him from reaching adulthood, 13-year-old Felix records in his secret blog their last shared month before a procedure that will separate or kill them. So much going on in this story, so well done!
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