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Hazel the Handful
by Jamie Michalak
Puppy Hazel rules the roost at home with her girl Bea, until the baby arrives and everything changes, and Hazel is no longer the center of attention, so she runs off to hide, leaving the family desperate to find her.
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| George & Lenny Are Always Together by Jon AgeeAnxious brown bear George and curious gray rabbit Lenny are BFFs who do everything together. So what will happen when Lenny wants to try a bit of solitude? This sweet and simple story offers expressive art to explore a timeless question about friendship. Read-alikes: I Am Going! by Mo Willems; Days with Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel. |
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The Suitcase
by Daniela Sosa
While visiting his grandparents for the summer, a young boy is bored until he finds a suitcase in the attic filled with incredible things and pictures of a young couple exploring the world, having fun adventures and dancing and singing and wonders who they could be.
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| Where the Deer Slip Through by Katey Howes; illustrated by Beth KrommesFrom sunrise to nightfall, various wild animals visit a woodland farmyard. Each creature is portrayed distinctly in rhyming words packed with alliteration and onomatopoeia, and kids can follow each delicious detail in the delicate, meticulous scratchboard-and-watercolor art by Caldecott Medalist Beth Krommes. |
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Mixed Feelings
by Liana Finck
Going beyond introductory concepts about feelings, this sophisticated, cartoon-illustrated picture book explores the ways in which emotions overlap. One kid feels mostly happy and a little sad; another feels stuck indoors but also cozy; another feels mad and a bit hungry (who hasn't been there?). For a sillier take on the complexity of emotions, try Andy Rash's The Happy Book.
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Gravity is Bringing Me Down
by Wendelin Van Draanen; illustrated by Cornelia Li
Leda starts her day by falling out of bed, and things only get clumsier from there. Is it possible for gravity to be in a bad mood? This gently humorous STEM story combines science facts with colorful, stylized cartoon art.
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A friend for Eddy
by Ann Kim Ha
When lonely Eddy the goldfish spies two new friends on the other side of his fishbowl glass, he decides to leap out to meet them and gets quite a surprise to learn that friendship can be found in unexpected places. Illustrations.
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| Emergency Quarters by Carlos Matias; illustrated by Gracey ZhangBeginning with a note about the pre-cellular days of pay phones, this detail-rich peek into the past follows city kid Ernesto, proud to be a "niño grande" allowed to walk to school on his own. His mom gives him a daily quarter in case he needs to make an emergency call -- but with a bustling neighborhood full of tempting treats, how's a kid supposed to resist? |
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The Truth About the Couch
by Adam Rubin
Most people think couches are just for sitting, or maybe napping, and don't give it a second thought. But did you know couches can go berserk if you don't feed them a steady diet of coins, cell phones, and remote controls? And did you know some couches are grown on a farm? (Where do you think the term couch potato comes from?) Some come from two chairs who love each other very much, and some are actually aliens in disguise. And that's just the tip of the iceberg...
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| My Daddy Is a Cowboy by Stephanie Seales; illustrated by C.G. EsperanzaA pre-dawn trip to the ranch means precious one-on-one time for a Panamanian American girl and her father. The sensory details of their ride through the nearby streets are captured in eye-popping, hyper-realistic colors and compositions that pulse with energy, creating a distinctive and indelible celebration of family. |
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 0-8!
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