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10 Things I Love About Dinosaurs More Info Borrow
By Samantha Sweeney. From Tiger Tales.
A lively celebration of all the wonderful things that make dinosaurs so much fun to learn about, from knowing their names to fossil hunts. A counting element makes this book perfect for reading aloud!
10 Things I Love About Dinosaurs is a lively celebration of the most wonderful things about dinosaurs, from learning facts and figures and knowing the names of the dinosaurs, to a fossil hunt and a trip to the dinosaur museum! A fun counting element makes this the perfect book for reading aloud. |
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Fox Versus Fox More Info Borrow
By Corey R. Tabor. From Balzer + Bray.
The clever and hilarious star of the Geisel Award winners Fox at Night and Fox the Tiger is back in another I Can Read adventure.
There’s only one Fox . . . except when there are two!
Will Fox outfox this new fox? Or will he make a new friend?
Carefully crafted using basic language, word repetition, sight words, and whimsical illustrations, Fox versus Fox is ideal for sharing with your emergent reader. The active, engaging My First I Can Read stories have appealing plots and lovable characters, encouraging children to continue their reading journey. |
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Just Try It! More Info Borrow
By Phil Rosenthal and Lily Rosenthal. From Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.
From Netflix star and New York Times bestselling author Phil Rosenthal and his daughter Lily comes a hilarious picture book about a food-loving dad encouraging his picky eater daughter to just try something new.
Phil has one rule about food: try everything at least once. Otherwise, how will you know what you like? His daughter Lil disagrees. She already knows what she likes—just bread and pasta with no sauce—and that’s all there is to it! |
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You're Going to Love This Book! More Info Borrow
By Jory John. From Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR).
Sure to bring a smile to the faces of even the grumpiest readers, this laugh-out-loud picture book from #1 New York Times–bestselling author Jory John and internationally acclaimed illustrator Olivier Tallec is hilarious enough to come back to again and again.
Attention, reader: You’re going to LOVE this book!
No, really, you are. It’s got everything you could ever want: comedy, drama, action, heart. Plus―are you ready? It’s got homework! Ahh yeah! And a trip to the best place ever, the dentist! Ahhhh yeahhh! Additionally―brace yourself―it’s got raisins! Nature’s candy. |
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Ferris More Info Borrow
By Kate DiCamillo. From Candlewick.
The masterful Kate DiCamillo has outdone herself with a hilarious and achingly real love story about a girl, a ghost, a grandmother, and growing up.
It’s the summer before fifth grade, and for Ferris Wilkey, it is a summer of sheer pandemonium: Her little sister, Pinky, has vowed to become an outlaw. Uncle Ted has left Aunt Shirley and, to Ferris’s mother’s chagrin, is holed up in the Wilkey basement to paint a history of the world. |
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Free Period More Info Borrow
By Ali Terese. From Scholastic Press.
This middle-grade Moxie centering period equity is Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret for the next generation!
Helen and Gracie are pranking their way through middle school when a stinky stunt lands them in the front office -- again. Because nothing else has curbed their chaos, the principal orders the best friends to do the unthinkable: care about something. So they join the school’s Community Action Club with plans to do as little as humanly possible. |
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Miss Nichol Is in a Pickle! My Weirdtastic School #4 More Info Borrow
By Dan Gutman. From HarperCollins.
With more than 34 million books sold, the My Weird School series really gets kids reading! In this fourth book of the My Weirdtastic School arc, Ella Mentry School starts a vegetable garden with one zany gardening instructor.
Everyone likes veggies, right? Wrong! When Principal Stoker decides that Ella Mentry School needs a vegetable garden, A. J. and his friends just want to plant junk food. But when gardening expert Miss Nichol comes to oversee the planting, things get totally out of control. What could possibly go wrong? |
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Partly Cloudy More Info Borrow
By Deborah Freedman. From Viking Books for Young Readers.
What do you see when you look at clouds?
Two curious bunnies enjoy watching clouds go by. But when they look at the sky, they each see something completely different! While one bunny likes to use his imagination and sees cotton candy or whipped cream, the other bunny can only see the science behind them. Together they learn that cloud watching is much more fun when they can see it through each other's eyes. |
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Jumper: A Day in the Life of a Backyard Jumping Spider More Info Borrow
By Jessica Lanan. From Roaring Brook Press.
From critically acclaimed illustrator of The Lost Package comes a bold nonfiction story following a day in the life of a backyard jumping spider - meticulously researched and utterly charming.
What if you were small as a bean,
Could walk on the walls and ceiling,
Sense vibrations through your elbows,
And jump five times your body length?
That is Jumper's world.
Open this book to discover the vibrant, hidden life of a backyard jumping spider. |
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Gut Reaction More Info Borrow
By Kirby Larson and Quinn Wyatt. From Scholastic Press.
Critically acclaimed, bestselling author and Newbery Honor-winner, Kirby Larson, and her daughter, debut author, Quinn Wyatt, pen this gorgeously moving and often funny story that explores what living with a chronic illness is like. Inspired by Quinn's own personal journey, Gut Reaction is full of heart and humor and highlights the importance of asking for help when it comes to mental and physical health alike.
Tess Medina is still dealing with the loss of her father when she starts at a new school. |
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I Am Extraordinary More Info Borrow
By Stephen Curry. From Penguin Workshop.
In his sophomore picture book, NBA superstar Stephen Curry encourages kids to embrace the differences that make them extraordinary!
It’s the first day of school for Zoe, a young girl with hearing loss who dreams of playing on her school’s soccer team. But, self-conscious of her hearing aids, Zoe is too nervous to try out. With the help of and perspectives from new friends, what begins as a bumpy, anxiety-filled start for Zoe, soon transitions into an eye-opening experience about what it means to be different—and what it means to be extraordinary. |
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Oops! Rabbit More Info Borrow
By Jo Ham. From Candlewick Studio.
Rabbit on. Oops! Rabbit off . . . With some endearing misadventures, Jo Ham’s international sensation hops into the pages of a picture-book series.
Big waves and sandcastles, paint cans and tippy chairs—accidents happen! And with cheeky, curious, and sweet-toothed Rabbit, they’re almost inevitable. The creation of Jo Ham, whose art celebrates the magic of everyday life, Rabbithas been spotted everywhere from the Centre Pompidou in Paris to the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston and on mugs and nursery decorations in homes around the world. |
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Two Homes, One Heart More Info Borrow
By Jessica Young. From HarperCollins.
From acclaimed creators Jessica Young and Chelsea O’Byrne comes a heartening picture book about evolving families and enduring love.
Two parents, one me.
Are we still a family?
Living in two homes can be a big adjustment, but it can also present opportunities for growth. Jessica Young’s poignant story and Chelsea O’Byrne’s tender illustrations offer gentle reassurance to kids navigating separation or divorce and remind us that while families change, love is constant. |
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Gigi Shin Is Not a Nerd More Info Borrow
By Lyla Lee. From Aladdin.
This first book in a sparkling middle grade series giving a fresh take on The Baby-Sitters Club follows a young Korean American girl who starts a business with her best friends to support her artistic dreams.
Jiyoung “Gigi” Shin loves to create, from her zany outfits to self-executed haircuts. She dreams of becoming an artist and doodles every chance she gets—at school instead of taking notes, in choir instead of singing, and at home instead of homework. Art is her way of escaping her boring life in suburban Middle of Nowhere, Texas. |
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The First State of Being More Info Borrow
By Erin Entrada Kelly. From Greenwillow Books.
It's August 1999. For twelve-year-old Michael Rosario, life at Fox Run Apartments in Red Knot, Delaware, is as ordinary as ever—except for the looming Y2K crisis and his overwhelming crush on his fifteen-year-old babysitter, Gibby. But when a disoriented teenage boy named Ridge appears out of nowhere, Michael discovers there is more to life than stockpiling supplies and pining over Gibby.
It turns out that Ridge is carefree, confident, and bold, things Michael wishes he could be. Unlike Michael, however, Ridge isn’t where he belongs. |
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The Lumbering Giants of Windy Pines More Info Borrow
By Mo Netz. From Clarion Books.
In this debut spooky adventure, Jerry and her trusty wheelchair move into a creepy motel at the edge of the woods where nothing is as it seems. When her mom disappears, it’s up to Jerry to brave the forest and its demons so she can save what’s left of her family.
Ever since her dad died, 11-year-old Jerry Blum and her mom have bounced around dead-end towns, staying in a series of rundown motels where her mother picks up housekeeping work and Jerry can get around in her wheelchair.
But the Slumbering Giant motel is different. |
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