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Big Bike, Little Bike by Kellie DuBay GillisA charming cast of different animals approach the same simple bike, in a story that celebrates how circumstances can change perspective and how far one's perspective -- and one bike -- can take someone. A bike. Is it a big bike or a little bike? Fast or slow? Dirty or clean? It all depends on who is taking it for a ride.
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First Day Around the Worldby Ibi Aanu ZoboiA picture book offers a lyrical celebration of the first day of school across every continent and explores what going back to school looks like, including breakfast-to-bedtime routines, for children in countries around the world.
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Growing Home by Beth FerryA motley crew of talkative plants, a curious spider, and a grumpy goldfish use their newfound magical abilities to defend their family from a greedy human.
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Please Pay Attentionby Jamie SumnerAfter surviving a school shooting that left her in a wheelchair, Bea finds healing and empowerment through horseback riding therapy and begins to advocate for change. This moving story is written in verse.
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A Hero's Guide to Summer Vacationby Pablo CartayaGonzalo Alberto Sánchez García has never considered himself the hero of his own story. He’s an observer, quietly snapshotting landscapes and drawing the creatures he imagines emerging from them. Forced to spend the summer with his estranged grandfather, Alberto William García—the very famous reclusive author—Gonzalo didn’t expect to learn that heroes and monsters are not only the stuff of fantasy.
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The Otherwhere Post by Emily J. TaylorMaeve Abenthy lives under a fake name and avoids putting down roots to escape the stain of her father's crime -- but, when she receives a letter saying her father was innocent, she starts looking into her father's past. To uncover the truth, she poses as an apprentice at the Interworld Post Office, where she will learn the art of scriptomancy: the dangerous magic that allows messengers to cast spells on letters and send them to other worlds.
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A Catalog of Burnt Objectsby Shana YoungdahlSeventeen-year-old Caprice wants to repair her family now that her brother has returned home, but wildfires strike her small California town, in a love story and a reflection of the heartbreaking, true story of the 2018 wildfire that destroyed Paradise, California.
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Bingsu for Two by Sujin WitherspoonRiver Langston-Lee dumps his girlfriend, quits his job at his parents' cafe and gets a job at a failing Korean cafe working with grumpy goth Sarang Cho, in an enemies-to-lovers coffee shop romance.
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