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Aldrin, Buzz |
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Look To the Stars |
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Astronaut Buzz Aldrin takes readers on a journey through the
history of space exploration, offering the perfect
introduction to first rockets, America's space race with
Russia, Apollo missions, and the space station. |
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Arnold, Ted |
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I Spy Fly Guy! |
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While playing hide-and-seek with Buzz, Fly Guy is taken away
by a garbage man. |
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Aylesworth, Jim (reteller) |
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Mitten, The* |
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A retelling of the traditional tale of how a boy's lost
mitten becomes a refuge from the cold for an increasing
number of animals. |
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Brown, Peter |
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Curious Garden |
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Liam discovers a hidden garden and with careful tending
spreads color throughout the gray city. |
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Brun-Cosme, Nadine |
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Big Wolf and Little Wolf |
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Big Wolf has always lived alone at the top of a hill under a
tree, so when a little wolf suddenly arrives one day, he
does not know what to think. |
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Cassino, Mark with Jon Nelson |
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Story of Snow: The Science of Winter's Wonder |
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This book about the science of snow features photos of snow
crystals in their beautiful diversity and includes how snow
crystals are formed into different shapes and
snow-crystal-catching instructions in the back of the book. |
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Cousins, Lucy |
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Yummy: Eight Favorite Fairy Tales* |
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Simple text and bold illustrations tell eight classic fairy
tales, including "The Three Little Pigs" and "Little Red
Riding Hood." |
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Cruise, Robin |
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Bartleby Speaks! |
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As he grows from infancy to three-years of age, Bartleby
Huddle remains quiet, not speaking a word, until the day
Grampy Huddle arrives and discovers the solution. |
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Crum, Shutta |
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Thunder-Boomer!* |
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A farm family scurries for shelter from a violent
thunderstorm that brings welcome relief from the heat and
also an unexpected surprise. |
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Fleischman, Sid |
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Dream Stealer |
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A plucky Mexican girl tries to recover her dream from the
Dream Stealer who takes her to his castle where countless
dreams and even more adventures await. |
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Fleming, Candace |
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Imogene's Last Stand |
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Enamored of history, young Imogene Tripp tries to save her
town's historical society from being demolished in order to
build a shoelace factory. Includes notes about historical
figures quoted in the story. |
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Franco, Betsy |
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Messing Around on the Monkey Bars and Other School Poems for
Two Voices |
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A collection of nineteen school-related poems designed to be
read aloud by two voices, but also appropriate for one or
many readers. |
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Hayes, Geoffrey |
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Benny and Penny in the Big No-No! |
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Two mice meet their new neighbor and discover that she is
not as scary as they feared. |
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Heide, Florence Parry |
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Princess Hyacinth: The Surprising Tale of a Girl Who
Floated. |
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Princess Hyacinth is bored and unhappy sitting in her palace
every day because, unless she is weighed down by
specially-made clothes, she will float away, but her days
are made brighter when kite-flying Boy stops to say hello. |
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Henkes, Kevin |
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Birds* |
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Fascinated by the colors, shapes, sounds, and movements of
the many different birds she sees through her window, a
little girl is happy to discover that she and they have
something in common. |
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Hughes, Langston (illustrations by Charles R. Smith, Jr.) |
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My People* |
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Hughes's spare yet eloquent tribute to his people has been
cherished for generations. Now, acclaimed photographer Smith
interprets this beloved poem in photographs that capture the
the soul of being a black American today. |
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Johnston, Tony |
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My Abuelita |
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With great gusto, a child's grandmother performs deep knee
bends, consumes a breakfast of "huevos estrellados," and
practices vocal exercises before going to work as a
storyteller. |
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Look, Lenore |
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Alvin Ho: Allergic to Camping, Hiking, and Other Natural
Disasters* |
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A retelling of the traditional tale of how a boy's lost
mitten becomes a refuge from the cold for an increasing
number of animals. |
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Lowry, Lois |
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Crow Call |
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Nine-year-old Liz accompanies the stranger who is her
father, just returned from the war, when he goes hunting for
crows in Pennsylvania farmland. |
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McGhee, Alison |
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Only a Witch Can Fly |
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An illustrated story, written as a non-rhyming sestina poem,
about a little girl who is lured outside by the moon on
Halloween night, attempts to fly on her broom like a witch,
and eventually soars through the sky before returning to her
family. |
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Meschenmoser, Sebastian |
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Waiting For Winter |
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Deer has told Squirrel how wonderful snow is. But Squirrel
gets bored with the wait. With his friend Hedgehog they pass
the time by singing and waking Bear. Soon things are falling
from the sky, but they aren't snow. But eventually they find
what snow is. |
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Mills, Claudia |
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How Oliver Olson Changed the World |
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Afraid he will always be an outsider like ex-planet Pluto,
nine-year-old Oliver finally shows his extremely
overprotective parents that he is capable of doing great
things without their help while his class is studying the
solar system. |
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Mora, Pat |
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Book Fiesta!: Celebrate Children's Day/ Book Day; Celebremos
El dia de los ninos/ El dia de los libros |
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Children read aloud in various settings to celebrate of El
día de los niños, or Children's Day, in this bilingual
story. Includes facts about Mexico's annual celebration of
children and the book fiestas that are often included. |
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Mora, Pat |
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Gracias Thanks* |
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A young multiracial boy celebrates family, friendship, and
fun by telling about some of the everyday things for which
he is thankful. |
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Mortenson, Greg and Susan L. Roth |
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Listen To the Wind: The Story of Dr. Greg and Three Cups of
Tea |
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A children's book that tells the story of Dr. Greg
Mortenson's promise to build a school in a remote Himalayan
village after the villagers saved his life. |
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Myers, Walter Dean |
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Looking Like Me* |
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Jeremy sets out to discover all of the different "people"
that make him who he is, including brother, son, writer, and
runner. |
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Palatini, Margie |
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Lousy Rotten Stinkin' Grapes |
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Retells the fable of a frustrated fox that, after many tries
to reach a high bunch of grapes, decides they must be sour
anyway. |
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Pinkney, Andrea Davis |
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Sojourner Truth's Step-Stomp Stride |
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Text and illustrations tell the life story and describe the
work of African-American abolitionist and women's rights
activist Sojourner Truth. |
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Pinkney, Jerry |
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Lion & the Mouse* |
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In this wordless retelling of an Aesop fable, an
adventuresome mouse proves that even small creatures are
capable of great deeds when he rescues the King of the
Jungle. |
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Salley, Coleen |
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Epossumondas Plays Possum |
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Forgetting his mother's warnings, Epossumondas goes into the
swamp alone then must pretend to be dead time and again as
he hears frightening sounds and fears they are being made by
the dreaded loup garou. |
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Scanlon, Liz Garton |
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All the World* |
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Pictures and rhyming text celebrate a family's day spent
going to the beach, shopping at the market, eating at a
restaurant and spending the evening with the rest of the
extended family. |
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Schertle, Alice |
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Button Up!: Wrinkled Rhymes |
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An illustrated collection of poetry features animals wearing
an array of shoes, jackets, hats, and other fun attire to
demonstrate their unique personalities. |
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Schlitz, Laura Amy |
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Night Fairy |
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When Flory the night fairy's wings are accidentally broken
and she cannot fly, she has to learn to do everything
differently. |
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Scieszka, Jon |
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Robot Zot! |
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On a mission to conquer planet Earth, tiny but fearless
Robot Zot and his mechanical sidekick leave a path of
destruction as they battle kitchen appliances. |
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Sidman, Joyce |
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Red Sings From the Treetops: A Year in Colors* |
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Nature displays different colors to announce the seasons of
the year. |
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Sierra, Judy |
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Sleepy Little Alphabet: A Bedtime Story From Alphabet Town* |
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It's sleepy time in Alphabet Town, but the twenty-six little
letters of the alphabet all have something they want to do
before big-letter moms and dads tuck them in. |
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Smith, Jeff |
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Little Mouse Gets Ready |
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Little Mouse gets dressed to go to the barn with his mother,
brothers, and sisters. |
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Spires, Ashley |
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Binky the Space Cat |
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Binky's blast-off into outer space (outside) to battle
aliens (bugs) is delayed when he realizes he's left
something behind--and it's not the anti-gravity kitty
litter. |
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Stewart, Melissa |
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Place for Birds |
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Examines the environmental needs of birds around the world
and the effect that human behavior has had on their ability
to survive, with examples of the efforts being made by
scientists and conservationists to save specific species of
birds. |
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Stewart, Melissa |
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Under the Snow |
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A journey through the fields, forests, ponds and wetlands to
see how animals survive in the snowy winter months, and when
the sun's rays grow stronger, join all the animals as they
get ready for springtime. |
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Wadsworth, Ginger |
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Up, Up, and Away |
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Chronicles the real-life drama of one spider as she eats,
grows, spins a dragline of silk and soars up, up, and away
to find a home of her own. |
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Willems, Mo |
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Pigs Make Me Sneeze! |
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When Gerald the elephant begins sneezing around his friend
Piggie, he begins to suspect that he might be allergic to
pigs and is afraid this could mean the end of their
friendship. |
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Winter, Jonah |
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You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?!* |
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In this striking picture book biography, an old-timer tells
us what made Sandy Koufax so amazing, why people are still "scratchin'
their heads over Sandy," who remains a modest hero and a
mystery to this day. |
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Yaccarino, Dan |
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Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau |
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A pictorial biography of Jacques Cousteau, covering his
adventures aboard "Calypso" with his team of scientists,
diving equipment, and waterproof cameras, and work to
protect the oceans from pollution. |
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Yee, Wong Herbert |
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Mouse and Mole: Fine Feathered Friends |
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When spring arrives, Mole and Mouse find a unique way to
bird watch. |
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Yolen, Jane |
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My Uncle Emily |
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In 1881 Amherst, Massachusetts, six-year-old Gilbert finds
it both challenging and wonderful to spend time with his
aunt, the reclusive poet Emily Dickinson, who he calls
Uncle. |
