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Candlewick Press
Language
English
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An owl and a bat family endeavor to share living spaces on the same tree branch, where initial wariness is overcome by the curiosity of the families' babies on a wild and stormy night that compels them to set aside their apprehensions.
6) Frindle
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Language
English
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When he decides to turn his fifth grade teacher's love of the dictionary around on her, clever Nick Allen invents a new word and begins a chain of events that quickly moves beyond his control.
7) Watersong
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Language
English
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"A fox's journey to take shelter from a rainstorm, told entirely in onomatopoeia"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"One of the preeminent linguists of our time examines the realms of language that are considered shocking and taboo in order to understand what imbues curse words with such power--and why we love them so much"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Pajama Press Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Full-color photographs show trains and related noise-making features including brakes, engines horns, crossings, and door chimes. Repeating text identifies the machine and presents rhythmic onomatopoeia for the sound it produces. A final spread directed at caregivers shares age-appropriate enrichment activities for toddlers learning to identify sounds, rhyme, rhythm, and related language structures."-- Provided by publisher.
10) Pip & Pup
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Language
English
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In this wordless story, a newborn chick befriends a dog on a farm.
12) Hocus pocus
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
A mischievous little rabbit from a magician's hat sets his eye on a bunch of fresh carrots on the magician's kitchen counter, but before he can enjoy them he must get past a grumpy dog that is intent on keeping the clever little rabbit away.
13) Fox's garden
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Series
Publisher
Enchanted Lion Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"One snowy night, a fox loses its way, entering a village. Chased away by the grown ups, Fox takes shelter in a greenhouse. A little boy sees this from his window. Without hesitating, he brings a basket of food to the greenhouse, where he leaves it for the fox. His gift is noticed and the night becomes a garden of new life, nourished by compassion and kindness. Princesse Camcam's cut-paper illustrations, along with the beautiful lighting of the sets...
14) Another
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Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Language
English
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"A young girl and her cat take an imaginative journey into another world"-- Provided by publisher.
15) Journey
Author
Series
Journey trilogy (Aaron Becker) volume 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Language
English
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Description
Using a red marker, a young girl draws a door on her bedroom wall and through it enters another world where she experiences many adventures, including being captured by an evil emperor.
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Language
English
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It first surfaced in the gripes of GIs during World War II and was captured early on by the typewriter of a young Norman Mailer. Within a generation it had become a basic notion of our everyday moral life, replacing older reproaches like lout and heel with a single inclusive category-a staple of country outlaw songs, Neil Simon plays, and Woody Allen movies. Feminists made it their stock rebuke for male insensitivity, the set movement used it for...
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English
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"Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham explores the seven last sayings of Jesus as recorded in the Gospels, combining rich historical and theological insights to reflect on the true heart of the Christian story. For Jon Meacham, like believers worldwide, the events of Good Friday and Easter reveal essential truths about Christianity. A former vestryman of Trinity Church Wall Street and St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, Meacham delves into that intersection...
18) Draw the line
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Language
English
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Description
After two boys drawing their own lines realize they can connect them, a misstep creates a rift between them.
19) Lines
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Language
English
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Description
In this wordless picture book, each image starts with a single line, whether made by a pencil or the blade of a skate--and the magic flows from there.
20) Once, a bird
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Language
English
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"In this wordless picture book, a bird emerges after winter to find the world has gone quiet. As she settles on a tree outside an apartment building, its residents notice her through their windows and find hope in her resilience and the continued rhythms of nature."-- Provided by publisher.
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