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For those unable to access libraries or bookstores, this is great way to listen to stories! Links like these offer read aloud videos!

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Access to hundreds of free read aloud videos for kids!

Click Here:
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With Storyline Online, readers are able to watch read aloud videos of their favorite books!

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https://storylineonline.net/

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Voted the best of the best, these books are all Award-Winning! 

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Voted the best of the best, these books are all Award-Winning! 

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By: Susan Justice
Illustrated By: Lena Bardy
Buy It Here:
https://a.co/d/8qeOuqI

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Children Who Dance in the Rain: 2023 Children's Book of the Year Award, a Book About Kindness, Gratitude, and a Child's Determination to Change the World

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Children Who Dance in the Rain: 2023 Children's Book of the Year Award, a Book About Kindness, Gratitude, and a Child's Determination to Change the World [Susan Justice, Brooke Vitale, Jennifer Rees, Sirah Jarocki, Lena Bardy] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers.

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By: Kevin Henkes
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https://a.co/d/cBaz8vS

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What are you waiting for? An owl, a puppy, a bear, a rabbit, and a pig wait for marvelous things to happen in this irresistible and resonant picture book by the New York Times -bestselling and Caldecott Medalist Kevin Henkes.

Five friends sit happily on a windowsill, waiting for something amazing to happen. The owl is waiting for the moon. The pig is waiting for the rain. The bear is waiting for the wind. The puppy is waiting for the snow. And the rabbit is just looking out the window because he likes to wait! What will happen? Will patience win in the end? Or someday will the friends stop waiting and do something unexpected?

Waiting is a big part of childhood-waiting in line, waiting to grow up, waiting for something special to happen-but in this book, a child sets the stage and pulls the strings. Timeless, beautiful, and deeply heartfelt, this picture book about imaginative play, the seasons, friendship, and surprises is a Caldecott Honor and Geisel Honor Book.

Share Waiting alongside Mo Willems's Waiting Is Not Easy at home or in a classroom-these books about waiting for kids will be enjoyed as picture book stories and also allow kids to explore their emotions about that ultimate frustration: waiting.

"The short sentences of the text flow with the precision one would expect from a master picture-book creator like Henkes. Little ones, to whom each experience is new, will know what it's like to dream and wait."-ALA Booklist

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Waiting: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner [Henkes, Kevin, Henkes, Kevin] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Waiting: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner

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By: Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrated By: Leonard Weisgard
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https://a.co/d/3SqrROq

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Children's book legend Margaret Wise Brown-author of the cherished classic Goodnight Moon- and Caldecott Medal-winner Leonard Weisgard bring young readers an enduring picture book about the magic of nature.

Winner of the 1947 Caldecott Medal, this beautifully moving story centers around a little island in the midst of the wide ocean, and the curious kitten who comes to visit. As the seasons pass, the island and the creatures who call it home witness an ever-changing array of sights, smells, and sounds-proving that, no matter how small, we are all an important part of the world.

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The Little Island: (Caldecott Medal Winner)

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Amazon.com: The Little Island: (Caldecott Medal Winner): 9780385746403: Brown, Margaret Wise, Weisgard, Leonard: Books

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By: Jane Yolen
Illustrated By: John Schoenherr
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https://a.co/d/1hHJtaP

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Late one winter night a little girl and her father go owling. The trees stand still as statues and the world is silent as a dream. Whoo-whoo-whoo, the father calls to the mysterious nighttime bird.

But there is no answer.

Wordlessly the two companions walk along, for when you go owling you don't need words. You don't need anything but hope. Sometimes there isn't an owl, but sometimes there is.

Distinguished author Jane Yolen has created a gentle, poetic story that lovingly depicts the special companionship of a young child and her father as well as humankind's close relationship to the natural world. Wonderfully complemented by John Schoenherr's soft, exquisite watercolor illustrations, this is a verbal and visual treasure, perfect for reading around and sharing at bedtime.

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Late one winter night a little girl and her father go owling. The trees stand still as statues and the world is silent as a dream. Whoo-whoo-whoo, the father calls to the mysterious nighttime bird. But there is no answer. Wordlessly the two companions walk along, for when you go owling you don't ...

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By: Deborah Underwood
Illustrated By: Cindy Derby
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https://a.co/d/bX7crl2

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Deborah Underwood grew up in Walla Walla, Washington. When she was little, she wanted to be an astronomer. Then she wanted to be a singer. Then she wanted to be a writer. Today her jobs are writing and singing. Two out of three's not bad! (Okay, she also wanted to work in a piano factory and paste the labels on new pianos, but let's just ignore that one.)

Her dad was a math professor, and her mom taught English. Her sister got all the math brains, but some of her mom's word sense rubbed off on her, thank goodness. After college, she moved to San Francisco and became a street musician. Then she worked in an office typing memos for accountants. When the accountants weren't looking, she wrote screenplays. She found that if she glowered at the computer screen and yelled, "Criminy!" once in a while, everyone thought she was typing a very demanding memo and left her alone.

In 2001, Deborah decided to start writing stories for kids. She also began writing children's nonfiction. When a publisher asks her to write a nonfiction book, she usually doesn't know much about the topic. That means she has to learn fast. Now she knows about lots of cool things, like smallpox and orangutans and Easter Island and whether or not it's okay to slurp your noodles in Japan (it is).

When she's not writing, you might find her singing in a chamber choir, playing a ukulele (very badly), walking around in Golden Gate Park, baking vegan cookies, or petting any dogs, cats, pigs, or turkeys that happen to be nearby.

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Outside In: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner

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Amazon.com: Outside In: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner: 9781328866820: Underwood, Deborah, Derby, Cindy: Books

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By: Kobi Yamada
Illustrated By: Mae Besom
Buy It Here:
https://a.co/d/f3iFty3

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A New York Times Best Seller and award-winning book, What Do You Do With an Idea? is for anyone who's ever had a big idea.Praise for The Children's Book Review

This is the story of one brilliant idea and the child who helps to bring it into the world. As the child's confidence grows, so does the idea itself. And then, one day, something amazing happens. This is a story for anyone, at any age, who's ever had an idea that seemed a little too big, too odd, too difficult. It's a story to inspire you to welcome that idea, to give it some space to grow, and to see what happens next. Because your idea isn't going anywhere. In fact, it's just getting started.

What Do You Do With an Idea?

National best seller, appearing in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly.

Gold medal winner of the Independent Publishers Award, the Washington State Book Award, and the Moonbeam Children's Book Award.

"What makes this message so unique is the simple but beautiful way it's delivered, in narrative and illustration, through the eyes and voice of an innocent and hopeful child. What Do You Do With An Idea? is a spectacular book for all ages and is a wonderful treasure for any home or school library."-

Publisher's Weekly
"Despite the fact that it's Yamada's first time writing a children's book, it's had breakout success, selling over 300,000 copies since its publication date of January 2014."-

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What Do You Do With an Idea? - New York Times best seller

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What Do You Do With an Idea? - New York Times best seller [Yamada, Kobi, Besom, Mae] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. What Do You Do With an Idea? - New York Times best seller

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By: Charlotte Zolotow
Illustrated By: Margaret Bloy Graham
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https://a.co/d/gK59aJG

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A Caldecott Honor book about a little boy's curiosity during a summer storm, poetically written by celebrated author Charlotte Zolotow and with stunning illustrations by Margaret Bloy Graham.

This beautifully crafted story is perfect to pull out and enjoy on rainy days and for classroom discussions on weather patterns.

It is a day in the country.

Quiet, dusty, expectant.

Everything is hot and still.

Then the hazy sky begins to shift.

Something is astir, something soundless.

Shadows move over the world.

And then it happens!

Shooting through the sky like starlight...

What was that?

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The Storm Book: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner

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The Storm Book: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner [Zolotow, Charlotte, Graham, Margaret Bloy] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Storm Book: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner

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Looking for something different? Something maybe a little more engaging? These interactive books are a great way to switch up from the normal books you might be reading daily!

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Looking for something different? Something maybe a little more engaging? These interactive books are a great way to switch up from the normal books you might be reading daily!

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By: Ron Keres
Illustrated By: Arthur Lin
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https://a.co/d/63fgqHY

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Finn is not like most frogs.
Finn likes things clean- . It's amazing . It's PERFECT can be fixed. And not all messes should This Book is Perfect! features enchanting illustrations by the talented Arthur Lin and is a perfect gift for fans of beloved series such as

But one day, an oopy, goopy mess begins to sneak its way onto Finn's pristine pages, threatening to disrupt his perfect world. Determined to restore order, Finn embarks on a mission to fix the mess. But he soon learns that not all messes Elephant & Piggie Books by Mo Willems and Don't Push the Button! This Book is Perfect! today and share the laughter with your little ones! Makes a great gift for kids ages: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 and grades K-3

Join Finn on a delightful and interactive journey that will captivate the whole family!

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This Book Is Perfect!: A Funny Interactive Read Aloud Picture Book For Kids Ages 3-7

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This Book Is Perfect!: A Funny Interactive Read Aloud Picture Book For Kids Ages 3-7 [Keres, Ron, Vitale, Brooke, Lin, Arthur] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. This Book Is Perfect!: A Funny Interactive Read Aloud Picture Book For Kids Ages 3-7

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If You Laugh, I'm Starting This Book Over

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If You Laugh, I'm Starting This Book Over

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By: Chris Harris
Illustrated By: Serge Bloch
Buy It Here:
https://a.co/d/4ol0Uzo

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Guaranteed to be a major hit at storytime, this hilarious interactive picture book is perfect for fans of The Book With No Pictures , The Serious Goose and Press Here . Okay, kid... I have a BIG THING that I really want to tell you. But it's VERY SERIOUS. So please, NO LAUGHING while I read you this book. Because...IF YOU LAUGH, I'M STARTING THIS BOOK OVER! I'm Just No Good at Rhyming and The Alphabet's Alphabet , the reader insists that listeners MUST. NOT. LAUGH-but the demand NOT to laugh leads to the absolutely irresistible temptation to do just that! Chock full of silly narrative twists, giggle-worthy character names, and ridiculously goofy illustrations by Serge Bloch, this interactive romp is sure to become a new storytime essential, whether you make it to the end or not!

In this riotous read-aloud from the bestselling author of

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If You Laugh, I'm Starting This Book Over

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Amazon.com: If You Laugh, I'm Starting This Book Over: 9780316424882: Harris, Chris, Bloch, Serge: Books

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By:  Erin Guendelsberger
Illustrated By: Ando Twin
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https://a.co/d/8FO9o13

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Always More Love is a heartwarming story and fun, interactive experience for families to read and share together, because the love for those special ones in your life only expands more and more each day. In this sweet, rhyming love book for kids, just tap, press, shake, touch, or flip the picture book and then turn the page to find out the many ways love grows!

Readers of Don't Push the Button and Press Here by Herve Tullet will love this cute, interactive story! It's the perfect read aloud for:

I love you so much, but there's more in my heart.

How is that possible? Well, where do I start?

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Always More Love: A Touching Interactive Picture Book of Love for Toddlers and Kids

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Amazon.com: Always More Love: A Touching Interactive Picture Book of Love for Toddlers and Kids: 9781728213767: Guendelsberger, Erin, AndoTwin: Books

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By: Claudia Rueda
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https://a.co/d/55KhD4W

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Bunny Overboard (Bunny Interactive Picture Books)

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Bunny Overboard (Bunny Interactive Picture Books) [Rueda, Claudia] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Bunny Overboard (Bunny Interactive Picture Books)

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The Boo Crew Needs You!: An Interactive Halloween Story

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The Boo Crew Needs You!: An Interactive Halloween Story

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By: Vicky Fang
Illustrated By: Saoirse Lou
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https://a.co/d/gIwNjaJ

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There's no time to wait around... get the Boo Crew!

Get ready for a spooky interactive story experience with Luna, Bones, and Fang―a ghost, skeleton, and vampire team who need YOUR help fixing all the messes and frights of a Halloween night gone wrong! Whether it's tapping the page to mend a broken pumpkin or turning the book to set a toppling haunted house back upright, the action prompts let kids join in on the fun and save the day.

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The Boo Crew Needs YOU!: An Interactive Halloween Story

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The Boo Crew Needs YOU!: An Interactive Halloween Story [Fang, Vicky, Lou, Saoirse] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Boo Crew Needs YOU!: An Interactive Halloween Story

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The holidays are my favorite time of year! These are some fun Christmas/Winter themed stories to get you in the spirit!

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The holidays are my favorite time of year! These are some fun Christmas/Winter themed stories to get you in the spirit!

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By: Mo Willems
Buy It Here:
https://a.co/d/g6LGmPM

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My daughters (7 year old twins and 3 year old) and I are obsessed with Mo Willems' books. My twins started memorizing his books when they were 2 years old, so of course we were very excited for a new Pigeon book!
That persuasive pigeon is always up to something! I love the story. It's like the others, but unpredictable, so it was so much fun to read and I'm looking forward to reading it many more times. There's also a little "Easter egg" hidden on the page with the fireplace, and my daughters noticed it right away! I just saw stockings at first, but they knew! I don't want to spoil it for Mo Willems fans, so that's all I'll say. ;)
And the ending really made me hopeful for another Pigeon book. I sure hope he'll write more, because we love them!
It's another cute book, but what I love most about Mo Willems' books is that they're enjoyable no matter how old you are and they're educational. Toddlers love the silly characters and their lines, which they quickly memorize, and then that encourages them to read.
One of my twins was reluctant to practice reading sometimes, but she was always in the mood for Pigeon or Elephant and Piggie books. They really helped with her confidence. Both of them started reading chapter books last year, but we'll always enjoy Mo Willems' books. Of course I got "Be the Bus," which is targeted towards adults, too.
I definitely recommend this book for any age and it would make a wonderful Christmas gift! We just couldn't wait until then and had to read it now. :)

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Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Sleigh! [Willems, Mo] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Sleigh!

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This section includes some of my favorite picture books of all time! These books are so fun and always a fan favorite with all the kids!

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This section includes some of my favorite picture books of all time! These books are so fun and always a fan favorite with all the kids!

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By: Mo Willems
Buy It Here:
https://a.co/d/ePrSfJE

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The Pigeon Will Ride the Roller Coaster!

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The Pigeon Will Ride the Roller Coaster! [Willems, Mo] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Pigeon Will Ride the Roller Coaster!

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By: Mr. Jay
Illustrated By: Erin Wozniak
Buy It Here:
https://a.co/d/dZFEjuF

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The original, best-selling "Rock" book keeps on rolling, now celebrating its 5th anniversary! This modern-day classic follows 14 lovable rocks (and one wise little ladybug) on a heartwarming and hilarious journey, universally loved by children, parents and teachers alike. When the last knot was tied, and the work was all done,

From zippy little pebbles to big strong boulders, the rock friends get together to play and roll around their favorite hill, only to find that one of their friends, Ricky, can't roll with them. Unlike all of the other rocks, who are all round, Ricky can't roll because he's flat on one side.

Determined not to leave their friend behind, the rocks set out to help Ricky roll - one way or another.

the only step left was for Rick to have fun. They stood back and watched, feeling nervous and tense, as Rick breathed in deep, with increasing suspense. He moved slowly at first, testing out his new mold, and then, for the first time...Ricky the rock rolled! This sweet, imaginative picture book, written in verse, brings a fresh set of characters to life in a story that highlights perseverance and triumph in the face of adversity, and the power of true friendship, combining the spirit of The Giving Tree with the rhyme and rhythm of Dr. Seuss.

Targeted for children ages 3-11, this is the first of a series of books featuring the "You Rock Group" that kids are sure to cherish as they grow, and learn from through empowering, motivating and fun-to-read stories.

Kids ages: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9

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Ricky, the Rock That Couldn't Roll (You Rock Group)

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Ricky, the Rock That Couldn't Roll (You Rock Group) [Mr. Jay, Wozniak, Erin] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Ricky, the Rock That Couldn't Roll (You Rock Group)

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By: Jonathan Stutzman
Illustrated By: Jay Fleck
Buy It Here:
https://a.co/d/blw3LEv

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Hi! My name is Jonathan and I'm an author of children's books.

Some of my books are silly, some of them are sweet, some of them are a mix of both... and many of them have to do with food (I'm making myself hungry right now thinking about it). I grew up LOVING books of all kinds (I still do) and I'm so so happy I can spend my life writing stories that kids of all ages can enjoy.

One of the best parts of reading is finding books that we can enjoy over and over again. I found many through the years, and I'm still discovering new ones. I hope one (or ALL) of my books end up being special for you... or none, if they aren't quite your style...the most important part is finding something YOU love.

So happy searching and happy reading!

WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU AREN'T WRITING?

I'm glad you asked!

- I read

- I play with Hugo (my french bulldog)

- I find ways to cheer people up

- I draw silly things

- I explore new places

- I swing dance

- I watch old movies

- I eat donuts (Yes, please)

- I make movies

- I take pictures

- I go on forest adventures

- I go on bookstore adventures

- I play video games (Anyone want to challenge me?)

- I read ALL THE BOOKS (Uh, of course.)

WHERE DO YOU LIVE?

I live in the wilds of Pennsylvania, but I will be be traveling for events and readings, so if you see me please wave or come say hello!

Thanks for stopping by and have a spectacular book-filled day!

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Tiny T. Rex and the Impossible Hug [Stutzman, Jonathan, Fleck, Jay] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Tiny T. Rex and the Impossible Hug

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By: Diane Alber
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https://a.co/d/9CcrdFB

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A heartwarming story about finding your place in the world. Sticks is about a Popsicle that accidentally melts and becomes just a plain stick. He has a hard time adjusting to his new normal but with the help of some new friends (who happen to be sticks too) he realizes that everything happened for a reason and that melting was part of his journey.

Sticks is a story that almost anyone can relate to. It's about finding yourself in a situation that didn't turn out like you expected and having your friends and family help you find he courage to pick yourself back up and persevere.

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Sticks [Diane Alber] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Sticks

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By: Sally Hopgood
Illustrated By: Emma Levey
Buy It Here:
https://a.co/d/gF9bh9O

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Imagine That is a leading independent children's publisher that inspires children to read, learn, play and create, with a best-selling catalogue of activity, novelty and picture books.

From cheeky unicorns to roarsome dinosaurs and fluttering fairies to magical mermaids, Imagine That books will take children on a unique journey of fun, discovery and imagination. Whether it's aiding play, inspiring learning or occupying inquisitive young minds, every Imagine That title places the child's experience at the heart of the book.

Innovative and never-before-seen formats combine to create a catalogue of popular titles, with best-selling series including Scratch and Draw, How to Draw 101 and the multi-award-winning Arty Mouse brand.

Based in the picturesque, waterside town of Woodbridge, Suffolk, the company now sells over 11 million books and kits per year in over 70 countries around the world and recently celebrated its 20th anniversary.

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Amazon.com: See You Later, Alligator: 9781510704848: Hopgood, Sally, Levey, Emma: Books

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Inky the Octopus: The Official Story of One Brave Octopus' Daring Escape

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Inky the Octopus: The Official Story of One Brave Octopus' Daring Escape

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By:  Erin Guendelsberger
Illustrated By: David Leonard
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https://a.co/d/aIsKg7E

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Journey along with Inky the octopus as he makes a daring escape from his aquarium to the open sea―based on a real-life aquatic adventure! Published in partnership with the National Aquarium of New Zealand.

Follow Inky the octopus as he escapes from his tank at the National Aquarium of New Zealand to the open ocean! Based on a true story, this ocean picture book for children ages 4-7 chronicles the adventure that the real-life Inky might have taken on his escape to freedom. The best octopus book for kids looking to learn more about aquatic animals, marine biology, and aquariums, this delightful tale about a daring octopus's big dreams makes a wonderful gift for children for back-to-school, holidays, and summer reading!

Bonus educational pages in the back include the real-life stories of Inky and other daring octopuses, as well as fascinating facts about these masters of disguise! Perfect for at-home learning or the classroom!

A Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book of the Year (Ages 5-9)

A Florida Sunshine State Young Readers Award Winner

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Inky the Octopus: The Official Story of One Brave Octopus' Daring Escape (Includes Marine Biology Facts for Fun Early Learning!)

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Inky the Octopus: The Official Story of One Brave Octopus' Daring Escape (Includes Marine Biology Facts for Fun Early Learning!) [Guendelsberger, Erin, Leonard, David] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Inky the Octopus: The Official Story of One Brave Octopus' Daring Escape (Includes Marine Biology Facts for Fun Early Learning!)

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By: Adam Rubin
Illustrated By: Daniel Salmieri
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https://a.co/d/c4r0qSu

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A #1 New York Times bestselling phenomenon, this deliciously funny read-aloud is an unforgettable tale of new friends and the perfect snack that will make you laugh until spicy salsa comes out of your nose. Dragons Love Tacos 2: The Sequel ,

Dragons love tacos. They love chicken tacos, beef tacos, great big tacos, and teeny tiny tacos. So if you want to lure a bunch of dragons to your party, you should definitely serve tacos. Buckets and buckets of tacos. Unfortunately, where there are tacos, there is also salsa. And if a dragon accidentally eats spicy salsa . . . oh, boy. You're in red-hot trouble.

This makes the perfect gift for any special occasion, from award-winning team of Adam Rubin and Daniel Salmieri who created El Chupacabras , High Five , Robo-Sauce, and Secret Pizza Party.

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By: Craig Smith
Illustrated By: Katz Cowley
Buy It Here:
https://a.co/d/9iCqxZX

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Take a break from your dystopian novels and dive into the silly world of The Wonky Donkey. This little rhyming marvel chronicles the tale of - you guessed it - a donkey, but not just any old grey donkey - it's a donkey with character and description-defying eccentricities!

Upon reading, you might find yourself inadvertently transforming into a Shakespearean actor putting forth an Oscar-worthy dramatic performance. Every line delivers a burst of laughter, and I found myself cackling like a hyena, much to the amusement (and perhaps a smidgen of worry) of my neighbors.

The author clearly was high on fun and overtaken by a strange, compelling urge to create the quirkiest protagonist on four legs. As the donkey's description grows wackier, it challenges your tongue's flexibility. As I triumphantly navigated through phrases like a wonky, winky, honky-tonky, you can bet I had a bit of a workout for my jaws.

An overall uproarious literary event, The Wonky Donkey does, however, have some peculiarities worthy of sharing in my

PROS and CONS:

PROS:
1. Gut-busting humor: It's cheaper than a comedy club and you get a donkey!
2. Lip Gymnastics: Forget facial yoga. Try reading this aloud!
3. Kid-Friendly: Instant hit with the kids. Dining table or bedtime, Dearest Donkey reigns.

CONS:
1. Tongue Twister: Try saying "wonky, winky, wonky, honky-tonky donkey" three times fast.
2. Wee bit repetitive: Yes, we get it. He is a wonky donkey!
3. Advanced Vocabulary: Defogging instructions required on terms like 'honky-tonky'

In conclusion, The Wonky Donkey sets off a laughing riot - in your heart, your belly, and possibly your whole town. Now, if you'll excuse me, I plan to thermal lift my spirits and tonify my tongue with another round of our beloved four-legged friend's adventures. Reader diversion ahead, proceed with giggles!

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Curious? Wanting to learn some facts? Check out this list of non-fiction books to gain some knowledge on our world!

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Curious? Wanting to learn some facts? Check out this list of non-fiction books to gain some knowledge on our world!

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By: Rochelle Bartow
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The easy way for kids ages 3 to 6 (and parents) to learn American Sign Language offers a simple way to introduce both of you to ASL. helps you focus on the types of words you need most with chapters conveniently divided by category. Get chatty with activities that guide you through conversations. You'll be signing together in no time!

There has never been a better way to start learning American Sign Language. Ideal for parents of nonverbal children or children with communication impairments (ages 3-6), American Sign Language for Kids

Build your vocabularies with 101 signs perfect for everyday use, all featuring detailed illustrations, memory tips, and hands-on activities. American Sign Language for Kids

American Sign Language for Kids

101 Helpful signs -From family and feelings to meals and playtime, work with your child to master subjects that will help the two of you connect.

Fun ways to practice -Discover enjoyable activities at the end of each section that make it exciting and engaging to learn signs and start conversing!

Practical guides -Get useful advice for introducing signs to a child with autism, helpful primers on deaf culture, and more.

Discover an effective and meaningful way to deepen communication with your child- American Sign Language for Kids shows you the way.

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American Sign Language for Kids: 101 Easy Signs for Nonverbal Communication

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American Sign Language for Kids: 101 Easy Signs for Nonverbal Communication [Barlow, Rochelle] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. American Sign Language for Kids: 101 Easy Signs for Nonverbal Communication

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By: Dean Regas
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BLAST OFF into the WONDERS OF OUTER SPACE with ONE THOUSAND INCREDIBLE FACTS! and astronomer of the Cincinnati Observatory―takes you on an incredible tour of facts about each planet in our solar system, dwarf planets, our sun and other stars, exoplanets, comets, asteroids, galaxies, space travel, and so much more. Hundreds of stunning photographs bring the facts to life. Series Overview: Each book in the 1,000 Facts series focuses on a single topic of high interest to kids. Information is easy to read and easy to understand and is accompanied by colorful photos and illustrations. The fun-fact format and a lively design engage kids and help them forget they're learning. These are perfect reference books for kids who want to know everything there is to know about a specific subject and who love to share their knowledge with everyone around them.
Did you know ... that one of Saturn's moons is so hollow it would float in water? That the largest known star is 3.69 billion times bigger than our sun? Or that Jupiter likely has diamonds floating in its clouds?

Explore dazzling facts about the vast expanse of space, from glowing stars billions of light-years away to supermassive exploding supernovas to rockets thundering into the unknown. This comprehensive book takes you on a mind-blowing tour of our unbelievable universe and is full of fascinating facts on topics such as space exploration, our solar system and galaxy, and beyond.

Check out these other fact-filled books from NatGeo Kids:

Expert astronomer Dean Regas―former host of PBS's Star Gazers A universe of fun and discovery awaits! 1,000 Facts About Insects ; 1,000 Facts About Ancient Egypt ; 1,000 Facts About Dinosaurs, Fossils, and Prehistoric Life ; 1,000 Facts About the White House .

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1,000 Facts About Space [Regas, Dean] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. 1,000 Facts About Space

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By: Hinkler
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INCREDIBLE BUT TRUE: SPACE - STEM Hardback book. The universe is huge and includes everything in space, from large stars and galaxies to tiny pieces of dust. Learn all about the wonders of space in Incredible But True: Space! How hot is the sun? Which planet rotates on its side?

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What a Waste: Trash, Recycling, and Protecting our Planet

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What a Waste: Trash, Recycling, and Protecting our Planet

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By: Jess French
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In this informative book on recycling for children, you will find everything you need to know about our environment. The good, the bad and the incredibly innovative. From pollution and litter to renewable energy and plastic recycling. also shows what we are getting right! Discover plans to save our seas. How countries are implementing green projects worldwide, and how to turn waste into something useful. The tiniest everyday changes can make all the difference to ensure our beautiful planet stays lush and teeming with life.

This educational book will teach young budding ecologists about how our actions affect planet Earth and the big impact we can make by the little things we do.

It is a lively kid's educational book with fabulous illustrations and fun facts about the world broken into easy to digest bite-sized bits. Each page can be looked at in short bursts or longer reads for more detail, making it a great children's book for a range of age groups.

Almost everything we do creates waste, from litter and leftovers to factory gases and old gadgets. Find out where it goes, how it affects our planet and what we can do to reduce the problem.

From how to make your home more energy and water efficient, to which items can be recycled and tips for grocery shopping, this book is packed full of ideas on how you can get involved to make our planet a better place to live.

This environment book for children has a wealth of ideas for becoming a planet-defending hero:
- Discover shocking facts about the waste we produce and where it goes
- Learn where about our Earth's limited resources and how to take some pressure off
- Your trash is another man's treasure
- Small changes to take your home from wasteful to super resource efficient
- Dive into saving our oceans and super recycling
- And much, much more

Did you know that every single plastic toothbrush ever made still exists? Or that there is a floating mass of trash larger than the USA drifting around the Pacific Ocean?

It is not all bad news though. While this is a knowledge book that explains where we are going wrong, What a Waste Get Involved - Make A Difference! What a Waste is one of several nature books for kids written by Jess French, a passionate conservationist and veterinarian committed to protecting the beautiful world we live in.

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What a Waste: Trash, Recycling, and Protecting our Planet (Protect the Planet)

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What a Waste: Trash, Recycling, and Protecting our Planet (Protect the Planet) [French, Jess] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. What a Waste: Trash, Recycling, and Protecting our Planet (Protect the Planet)

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By: Gabrielle Balkan
Illustrated By: Sol Linero
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The 50 States: Explore the U.S.A. with 50 fact-filled maps!

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The 50 States: Explore the U.S.A. with 50 fact-filled maps! [Balkan, Gabrielle, Linero, Sol] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The 50 States: Explore the U.S.A. with 50 fact-filled maps!

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By: Whitney Stewart
Illustrated By: Nancy Harrison
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Whitney Stewart is the author of award-winning nonfiction for young readers-from tots to teens.

She weaves dreams, visions, and travels into books. And she'll go far for a story-across oceans, under water, into caves, and up mountains. She's trekked in the Himalaya with Sir Edmund Hillary, interviewed the 14th Dalai Lama in India, and sat with Aung San Suu Kyi in Burma. She's followed clues across former battlefields in Poland to learn the fate of her husband's uncle who went missing on the Russian Front of WWII. She's happiest when on a quest.

When not writing or traveling, Whitney teaches mindfulness to children and young adults.

Check out her website or invite her to speak at your school or library:

http://whitneystewart.com/

Or follow Whitney on Instagram @whitneystewart2

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Who Was Walt Disney? [Stewart, Whitney, Who HQ, Harrison, Nancy] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Who Was Walt Disney?

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By: Jesse Sullivan
Illustrated By: Davor Ratkovic
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You have found the book that is a wild, whirling tornado of breathless fascination.

This book, a gift for kids who revel in reading (or even those who find it tedious) is a most extraordinary, gratifying, daring affair, teeming with life and vivid stories, abundantly complete with diverse and unique marvels for the young mind, the whole forming a blazing vision of breathtaking splendor that will astonish, inspire, and capture the imagination of young readers everywhere.

Each story is an adventure, each tale a discovery.

Each page is dripping with captivating tales from history and scientific wonders, all of which have been specifically curated and written for YOUNG READERS.

The purpose of this book is to fascinate but also to empower and uplift.

These 100 stories filling over 280 pages will inspire awe and fascination in both reluctant readers as well as budding aficionados of the written word.

You will be amazed at what your child excitedly learns from a book like this.

Get this book today and ignite your child's curiosity.
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★ Fascination is an incredible gift. ★

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Spectacular Stories for Curious Kids: A Fascinating Collection of True Tales to Inspire & Amaze Young Readers

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Spectacular Stories for Curious Kids: A Fascinating Collection of True Tales to Inspire & Amaze Young Readers [Sullivan, Jesse, Ratkovic, Davor] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Spectacular Stories for Curious Kids: A Fascinating Collection of True Tales to Inspire & Amaze Young Readers

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By: Miriam Busch Goin
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National Geographic Readers: Storms! [Goin, Miriam Busch] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. National Geographic Readers: Storms!

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By: Ginger L. Clarke
Illustrated By: Pete Mueller
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Ginjer L. Clarke writes fun, fact-filled nonfiction beginning readers about weird, wonderful animals. Her love for strange creatures started early, as the first story she remembers writing in the third grade was "The Strange Animal" about a small, pink-spotted imaginary creature called a Woofa. She loves that her job entails visiting zoos and aquariums, reading lots of books, and even watching TV for research. And she can work at home in her pajamas, which is a lifelong dream!

Ginjer's books, most of which are part of the newly rebranded Penguin Young Readers series, have sold a combined total of more than 3 million copies worldwide. Her books Freak Out! and Gross Out! were on Publisher's Weekly's 2006 and 2007 lists of top 100 best-selling children's books. Her book Platypus! (Random House Step into Reading) was awarded the Maryland Library Association's 2005 Blue Crab Young Reader Award for Nonfiction and was selected by the National Science Teachers Association as recommended classroom reading. Her books have been favorably reviewed in Booklist, Horn Book, School Library Journal, Children's Literature, and regional newspapers and magazines.

Ginjer is an experienced and engaging school, library, and conference presenter, who has appeared at hundreds of elementary schools, regional reading and writing conferences, statewide book festivals, bookstores and libraries, and even a zoo. She is a graduate of James Madison University and lives in Richmond, Virginia, with her husband, young son, and several silly pets.

Connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter at /@#ginjerclarkebooks

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Fake Out!: Animals That Play Tricks (Penguin Young Readers, Level 3)

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Did you know that the mimic octopus can change its shape, skin color, and texture to match its surroundings, or that there is a type of goat that faints whenever it feels threatened? Find out about these and other creatures with bizarre behaviors in our farout book by Ginjer L.

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By: Jeff Foster
Illustrated By: Julie McLaughlin
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For Which We Stand: How Our Government Works and Why It Matters

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For Which We Stand: How Our Government Works and Why It Matters [Foster, Jeff, McLaughlin, Julie, King, Yolanda Renee] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. For Which We Stand: How Our Government Works and Why It Matters

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By: Faith Ringgold
Illustrated By: Faith Ringgold
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My Dream of Martin Luther King (Dragonfly Books)

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My Dream of Martin Luther King (Dragonfly Books) [Ringgold, Faith, Ringgold, Faith] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. My Dream of Martin Luther King (Dragonfly Books)

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The Crayon Man: The True Invention of Crayola Crayons

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The Crayon Man: The True Invention of Crayola Crayons

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By: Natascha Biebow
Illustrated By: Steven Salerno
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Natascha Biebow's favorite crayon color is periwinkle blue because it makes her heart sing. She loves to draw and make stuff, just like the inventor of the Crayola crayons, Edwin Binney. She lives in London, where she writes, edits, coaches and mentors children's book authors and illustrators at Blue Elephant Storyshaping, and is the long-time Regional Advisor of SCBWI British Isles. She has been awarded an MBE for her services to children's writers and illustrators. THE CRAYON MAN is her first non-fiction picture book.

PRAISE FOR THE CRAYON MAN:

Winner of the Irma Black Award for Excellence in Children's Literature

National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Best STEM Book 2020

Selected for International Literature Association Reading List (ILA)

Best 2019 Picture Book Biography selection - Betsy Bird, Fuse # 8

A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

Winner of Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award

Winner Grand Canyon Reader Award for Non-Fiction, AZ

Honor Book, Beehive Award for Children's Informational Books, Utah

Shortlisted Great Texas Mosquito List, Brazosport, TX

Shortlisted for North Carolina Children's Book Award, NC

Shortlisted for Charter Oak Children's Book Award, CT

Shortlisted for CFSID Horned Toad Tale Award, Houston, TX

Shortlisted for the Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, MD

Shortlisted Birdville ISD Battle of the Books, TX

Let's create, imagine, experiment!

I love to get kids fired up about true stories, using their imaginations and believing in themselves as future inventors and creators. Binney's story is a great springboard for exploring nature, color and getting creative.

Free resources including read-aloud, podcast, activities, educators' guide with curriculum links, craft tips and more on my website. Virtual author visits and online non-fiction workshops are a great way for me to share the fascinating story of the invention of Crayola crayons, ideas for research and author journey with children grades 2-6. Interested in a virtual author visit or workshop on researching and writing true stories? Please reach out to me at:

www.nataschabiebow.com

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The Crayon Man: The True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons

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The Crayon Man: The True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons [Biebow, Natascha, Salerno, Steven] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Crayon Man: The True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons

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By: Charlotte Foltz Jones
Illustrated By: John O'Brien
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SANDWICHES came about when an English earl was too busy gambling to eat his meal and needed to keep one hand free. POTATO CHIPS were first cooked by a chef who was furious when a customer complained that his fried potatoes weren't thin enough. Coca-Cola, Silly Putty, and X rays have fascinating stories behind them too! Their unusual tales, and many more, along with hilarious cartoons and weird, amazing facts, make up this fun-filled book about everyday items that had surprisingly haphazard beginnings.

And don't miss Eat Your Words about the fascinating language of food!

"A splendid book that is as informative as it is entertaining . . . a gem." - Booklist , Starred Review

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Mistakes That Worked: 40 Familiar Inventions & How They Came to Be

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Mistakes That Worked: 40 Familiar Inventions & How They Came to Be [Jones, Charlotte Foltz, O'Brien, John] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Mistakes That Worked: 40 Familiar Inventions & How They Came to Be

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Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean's Most Fearless Scientist

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Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean's Most Fearless Scientist

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By: Jess Keating
Illustrated By: Marta Alvarez Miguens
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One of New York Times ' Twelve Books for Feminist Boys and Girls!

This is the story of a woman who dared to dive, defy, discover, and inspire. This is the story of Shark Lady. One of the best science picture books for children, Shark Lady is a must for both teachers and parents alike!

An Amazon Best Book of the Month

Named a Best Children's Book of 2017 by Parents magazine

Eugenie Clark fell in love with sharks from the first moment she saw them at the aquarium. She couldn't imagine anything more exciting than studying these graceful creatures. But Eugenie quickly discovered that many people believed sharks to be ugly and scary―and they didn't think women should be scientists.

Determined to prove them wrong, Eugenie devoted her life to learning about sharks. After earning several college degrees and making countless discoveries, Eugenie wrote herself into the history of science, earning the nickname "Shark Lady." Through her accomplishments, she taught the world that sharks were to be admired rather than feared and that women can do anything they set their minds to.

An inspiring story by critically acclaimed zoologist Jess Keating about finding the strength to discover truths that others aren't daring enough to see. Includes a timeline of Eugenie's life and many fin-tastic shark facts!

The perfect choice for parents looking for:

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Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean's Most Fearless Scientist (Women in Science Books, Marine Biology for Kids, Shark Gifts)

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Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean's Most Fearless Scientist (Women in Science Books, Marine Biology for Kids, Shark Gifts) [Keating, Jess, Álvarez Miguéns, Marta] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers.

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Before holiday season starts, Fall comes! These are great books to get us ready for the seasons!

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Before holiday season starts, Fall comes! These are great books to get us ready for the seasons!

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By: Janell Cannon
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Celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of Stellaluna with a deluxe edition of this bestselling picture book classic, now with bonus crafts and activities! Kirkus Reviews

Knocked from her mother's safe embrace by an attacking owl, Stellaluna lands headfirst in a bird's nest. This adorable baby fruit bat's world is literally turned upside down when she is adopted by the occupants of the nest and adapts to their peculiar bird habits. Two pages of notes at the end of the story provide factual information about bats. "Delightful and informative but never didactic; a splendid debut."--

For this anniversary edition, color has been added to the ink drawings and the interior design now allows for more art to be see. Plus there is a code for a downloadable crafts and activity kit, two pages of updated notes about bats, and a special note from the author.

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Stellaluna 25th Anniversary Edition [Cannon, Janell] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Stellaluna 25th Anniversary Edition

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The Little Old Lady Who was Not Afraid of Anything

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The Little Old Lady Who was Not Afraid of Anything

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By: Linda D. Williams
Illustrated By: Megan Lloyd
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By: Drew Daywalt
Illustrated By: Oliver Jeffers
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Drew Daywalt (Author), Oliver Jeffers (Illustrator)

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The Crayons Trick or Treat [Daywalt, Drew, Jeffers, Oliver] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Crayons Trick or Treat

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By: Beth Ferry
Illustrated By: Eric & Terry Fan
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A Junior Library Guild Selection | An Indie Next List Pick | An Amazon Best 3-5 Books of 2019 Selection

"An emotionally impactful exploration of love and loneliness, this is an essential addition to any picture book collection." - School Library Journal (starred review)

Bestselling author Beth Ferry ( Stick and Stone ) and the widely acclaimed Fan Brothers ( The Night Gardener ) present a gorgeous and poignant picture book about two unexpected friends and the special connection they share.

This tender and affectionate story reminds us of the comforting power of friendship and the joy of helping others-a tale that will inspire and delight children for generations to come.

All the animals know not to mess with old Scarecrow. But when a small, scared crow falls from midair, Scarecrow does the strangest thing....

He saves the tiny baby crow.

Soon a loving bond grows between the two unlikely friends. But is it strong enough to weather the changing of the seasons?

"A welcome addition to autumnal storytelling."- Kirkus

"A novel twist on the theme of love between adversaries." - Publishers Weekly

"A beautifully crafted picture book." - Booklist

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The Scarecrow: A Fall Book for Kids [Ferry, Beth, Fan, Eric, Fan, Terry] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Scarecrow: A Fall Book for Kids

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By: Steve Metzger
Illustrated By: Miki Sakamoto
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https://a.co/d/2NZ2xgC

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Steve Metzger (Author), Miki Sakamoto (Illustrator)

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We’re Going on a Leaf Hunt [Steve Metzger, Miki Sakamoto] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. We’re Going on a Leaf Hunt

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By: Linda White
Illustrated By: Megan Lloyd
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https://a.co/d/1b6YxgL

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What can you do with too many pumpkins?

Rebecca Estelle has hated pumpkins ever since she was a girl when pumpkins were often the only food her family had. When an enormous pumpkin falls off a truck and smashes in her yard, she shovels dirt over the pieces and forgets about them. But those slimy pumpkin smithereens sprout up in autumn, and Rebecca Estelle finds a sea of pumpkins in her garden.

A heartwarming classic for more than twenty years, this story shows what happens when one thrifty gardener figures out how to make other people happy with the squash she can't stomach.

Filled with colorful illustrations from a season of gardening, this is a perfect book for young gardeners and pumpkin lovers. Its wonderful lesson about helping others can be appreciated in the classroom or at home.

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Amazon.com: Too Many Pumpkins: 9780823413201: White, Linda, Lloyd, Megan: Books

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By: Anna Smithers
Illustrated By: Martyna Nejman
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Tree Full of Wonder: An educational, rhyming book about magic of trees for children (World Full of Wonder)

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Tree Full of Wonder: An educational, rhyming book about magic of trees for children (World Full of Wonder) [Smithers, Anna, Bingham, Laura, Bontje, Laura, Nejman, Martyna] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Tree Full of Wonder: An educational, rhyming book about magic of trees for…

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Inclusion is so important to me as an educator! These are great books that give us a different perspective of some of the differences we see in our day to day lives!

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Inclusion is so important to me as an educator! These are great books that give us a different perspective of some of the differences we see in our day to day lives!

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By: Sharon Purtill
Illustrated By: Sujata Saha
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https://a.co/d/bWXRfi0

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It’s OK to be Different: A Children’s Picture Book About Diversity and Kindness

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It’s OK to be Different: A Children’s Picture Book About Diversity and Kindness [Purtill, Sharon, Saha, Sujata] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. It’s OK to be Different: A Children’s Picture Book About Diversity and Kindness

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By: Brandi Doughtery
Illustrated By: Kristen Richards
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https://a.co/d/3yQMxk2

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A sweet holiday story from a New York Times bestselling duo!

From the New York Times bestselling team that brought us The Littlest Pilgrim comes a sweet new holiday follow-up filled with Christmas cheer and adorable stickers!

Oliver may be the littlest elf in the North Pole, but he has a big desire to discover his very special job in Santa's workshop! But after getting lost in the toy shop, making a mess at the book shop, and falling in the mixing machine at the bakery, is the littlest elf just too little?

Perhaps he just needs the littlest reindeer to remind him what Christmas is all about!

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The Littlest Elf [Dougherty, Brandi, Richards, Kirsten] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Littlest Elf

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By: John Rox
Illustrated By: Whatley
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Christmas is coming, and one little girl wants nothing more than a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy. But will Santa Claus and her parents make her Christmas wish come true?

Based on the popular Christmas song by John Rox, this edition also includes the sheet music and lyrics to "I Want A Hippopotamus for Christmas." With catchy refrains, classic artwork, and a heartwarming story, this timeless Christmas tale has been a favorite since 1953.

Music and lyrics for the song included!

* Through the Looking Glass Children's Book Review

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I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas: A Christmas Holiday Book for Kids

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I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas: A Christmas Holiday Book for Kids [Rox, John, Whatley, Bruce] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas: A Christmas Holiday Book for Kids

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By: Alice Walstead
Illustrated By: Andy Elkerton
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Jingle all the way in this new Christmas story for kids from the New York Times and USA Today bestselling How to Catch series!

It's Christmas Eve and Santa's team is off to deliver presents when one of the trusted reindeer Comet decides to explore on her own... the perfect opportunity for our How to Catch Kids to trap her and prove Santa exists! Come along on this fun Christmas adventure to see if you can catch Comet!

Poised to become a new holiday tradition, this merry picture book is filled with silly rhymes and illustrations sure to delight young readers and educators alike with STEAM concepts and classic hilarity and chaos. The perfect Christmas gift or holiday stocking stuffer for children ages 4-10!

Reindeer fly on Christmas Eve and bring us all good cheer.

To catch one takes a special trap―will YOU meet one this year?

Also in the How to Catch Series:

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By: Alicia Ortego
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Teach your children the power of Kindness, one of the most important skills a child can learn.

Are you one of 90 percent of parents, saying that their top priorities for their kids is to be caring? This makes sense: Kindness and concern for others are held as moral virtues in nearly every society and every major religion.

The best social-emotional learning (SEL) book for raising kind children.

This charming story with peaceful rhymes and colorful illustrations will explain to your child that it is okay to make a mistake and say I'm sorry. Lucas will teach your child good manners and positive behaviour at home, at school, in the store, and on the playground.

Kids learn best by example.

With the perfect examples, this book offers, your child will have more understanding for others, accept diversity, thrive in a multicultural and inclusive environment, and show more empathy. Throughout the story, little superhero Lucas will learn what kindness means and understand what it is like to be kind, sensitive, caring, and generous.

Awards & Recognition

#1 Amazon Bestseller in Children's Multiculturalism & Tolerance (US)

Updated on February 2022

Practice Random Acts of Kindness.

Also included are Acts of Kindness Cards to promote empathy and kindness.

Kindness is something anyone can learn:

Give to others and ask nothing in return.

Helping others is simply the best thing to do.

When you are kind, kindness comes back to you.

"Kindness is my Superpower" is intended for children of all ages. We warmly recommend it to parents, teachers, and anyone who works with children.

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Kindness is my Superpower: A children's Book About Empathy, Kindness and Compassion (My Superpower Books)

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By: Parragon Books & Gail Yerrill
Illustrated By: Gail Yerrill
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"Run, run as fast as you can. You can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man!" Follow the gingerbread man as he runs from the old woman, the old man, pig, cow, and horse, and meets a sly fox. This padded storybook of the classic fairy tale features engaging text and delightful, colorful illustrations by Gail Yerrill. Designed to encourage vocabulary development and help children read aloud, this story uses large font types and vibrant, contemporary illustrations to help early learning skills. It's a perfect addition to any children's library.

Check out the wide range of Christmas books for toddlers, holiday gifts, and hundreds of other Children's titles from Cottage Door Press!

Classic children's stories come to life with beautiful illustrations

Larger font for beginning and emerging readers to practice reading aloud

Bond with your child through family story time and strengthen a love for books and reading

Your toddler will love having this vintage story added to their Christmas book collection

Collect all titles available in the Parragon padded fairytale picture book collection . Classics such as Three Little Pigs, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Little Red Riding Hood, and more will bring cherished memories to all children's libraries

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The Gingerbread Man Padded Hardcover Christmas Storybook

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You're Always Enough: And More Than I Hoped For

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You're Always Enough: And More Than I Hoped For

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By: Emily Ley
Illustrated By: Romina Galotta
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Kids often learn to fear messing up and worry about not being good enough. Combat perfectionism and build your children's self-confidence with this sweet, inspirational picture book from Emily Ley.

These days, more children struggle with mistakes, anxiety, and emotional wellbeing. But Emily's life-giving message of "grace, not perfection" gives kids the freedom to be themselves without any expectations, because they're already fully loved and treasured by God.
You're Always Enough and More Than I Hoped For features vibrant illustrations of a diverse cast of characters and will enhearten children who are always trying so hard, are afraid of making mistakes, or need reassurance that they are enough exactly as they are. Hold your child close as you share this sweet message and show them just how proud you are of the fun, amazing, and so very special person that they are.

This picture book:

Is great for children ages 0 through 8

Will help build your children's self-confidence and self-esteem

Would make a great gift for baby showers, birthdays, graduations, or holiday gift-giving

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One of the biggest tragedies our country has ever faced. Here you can find some books to learn a little bit more about such an devastating day and the heroes that we can recognize. 

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One of the biggest tragedies our country has ever faced. Here you can find some books to learn a little bit more about such an devastating day and the heroes that we can recognize. 

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My family is full of heroes! From firefighters, to nurses, to police officers, to military, and to teachers, I have them all! Labor Day is such an important holiday. These are great finds to learn a little bit more about our heroes!

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My family is full of heroes! From firefighters, to nurses, to police officers, to military, and to teachers, I have them all! Labor Day is such an important holiday. These are great finds to learn a little bit more about our heroes!

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These books take you to a different world! They are so immersive and always a fun read!

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These books take you to a different world! They are so immersive and always a fun read!

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By: Julia Zheng
Illustrated By: Graziella Miligi
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I was born and grew up in a small town in southern China. My childhood was very different from those of the American children that I have seen in the past seven years. When I was little, I used to pick water chestnuts in the mud, roast sweet potatoes in the backyard, raise silkworms as pets, and jump rope with my neighbors.

Those memories are forever precious to me because they always remind me of how caring my mother was and how close my bonds with my siblings were.

At school, my favorite thing to do was write. At first, I wrote in Chinese. Once I learned more English, especially after I went to University and majored in English, I started to love to write in English too. I have always dreamed of being a writer, a storyteller, creating interesting stories.

After I graduated from University, I became an English teacher in a primary school in China. I loved teaching children, and my students loved me. They showed me their pure minds and beautiful souls. That was the first thing that inspired me to write children's books. The second was my passion for traveling. I have traveled to five continents, and I hope to travel more. During my trips I have seen beautiful children, nature, animals, and adults. I have heard many fascinating stories from different cultures. This, too, has been a big inspiration for me to write children's books.

Last, but most importantly: I'm a proud aunt of my niece, Candy, and nephew, Leon. Their bubbly personalities always give me new ideas to create. I am the kind of aunt who loves to tell stories. Watching Candy and Leon growing up has inspired me to create stories for children.

I hope you enjoy my books. There is more to come!

If you would like to write to me and see the updates of my books, please follow my instagram author page@ julialovestowrite. Thank you!

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The Giving Snowman: A Children's Bedtime Story about Gratitude

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By: Chris Van Allsburg
Illustrated By: Chris Van Allsburg
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This beautiful hardcover edition of The Polar Express is the perfect gift for all those-of any age-who believe, come Christmas Eve, that they too will hear the sweet sound of a reindeer's silver bell. This edition includes a keepsake ornament.

A young boy, lying awake one Christmas Eve, is welcomed aboard a magical train to the North Pole . . .

Through dark forests, over tall mountains, and across a barren desert of ice, the Polar Express makes its way to the huge city standing alone at the top of the world, where the boy will make his Christmas wish.

For millions of readers around the world, this mysterious journey to the North Pole has become a beloved Christmas classic. In this thirtieth-anniversary edition, the inimitable artistry of Chris Van Allsburg is showcased with a bold new jacket design and expanded interior layout.

The Polar Express is a Caldecott Medal winner, and reading the story together is a beloved holiday tradition held by generations of families. It has also become a favorite holiday movie and been translated into stage productions that take place across the United States during the holiday season.

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Polar Express 30th Anniversary Edition: A Christmas Holiday Book for Kids

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By: Brad Montague
Illustrated By: Brad & Kristi Montague
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The debut picture book from the creator of the viral sensation Kid President is a moving take on how we can create bigger and bigger circles of community and connections as we grow-now a New York Times bestseller! In the circles all around us, everywhere that we all go, there's a difference we can make and a love we can all show. Circles as an Instagram video adorably narrated by his kids, and now this picture book adaptation is the perfect way to start a conversation about how to expand our worlds with kindness and inclusivity-even if it seems scary or uncomfortable. This book makes an ideal new-baby, first-day-of-school, or graduation gift, or any milestone that celebrates someone's world getting bigger.

This is the story of a circle. When we're first born, our circle is very small, but as we grow and build relationships, our circle keeps getting bigger and bigger to include family, friends, neighbors, community, and beyond. Brad Montague originally created

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Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You!

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Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You!

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By: Sonia Sotomayor
Illustrated By: Rafael Lopez
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The illustrations created by Rafael López bring diverse characters to children's books and he works to produce and promote books that reflect and honor the lives of all young people.

His 2018 picture book release, The Day You Begin written by Jacqueline Woodson was a New York Times #1 Children's Picture Books Bestseller and the recipient of the 2019 Jane Addams Children's Book Award. Just Ask! Be Different, Be Brave, Be You, written by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor focuses on differently abled kids working together to create a garden. The book is a #1 New York Times Children's Picture Books Bestseller and won the American Library Association's 2020 Schneider Family Book Award.

Rafael López has received three Pura Belpré Award medals from the American Library Association for Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln (2020) Drum Dream Girl (2016) and Book Fiesta! (2010). In addition he secured three Pura Belpré honors. Upcoming illustrated books in 2022 include The Year We Learned to Fly by Jacqueline Woodson released in January and The Little Book of Joy by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu due out in September.

His illustrations for Bravo! Poems about Amazing Hispanics were honored with the 2017 Silver Medal from the Society of Illustrators New York Original Art Exhibition. The book Maybe Something Beautiful based on his own work reclaiming neighborhoods with community murals secured the 2017 Tomás Rivera Book Award. Additional children's books have received three Pura Belpré honors and two Américas Book Awards for illustration.

He created a series of 54 portraits for the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Latino. In 2022 he served as the first guest artist of the Smithsonian National Postal Museum giving workshops to children and families. He was asked by the Library of Congress to create the National Book Festival Poster in 2012, an event featuring best-selling authors, poets and illustrators on the National Mall in Washington D.C. He has created thirteen stamps for the United States Postal Service.

To learn more visit rafaellopez.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_L%C3%B3pez_(illustrator_and_artist)

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By: Drew Daywalt
Illustrated By: Oliver Jeffers
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By: Alice Hemming
Illustrated By: Nicola Slater
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Perfect for fans of Fletcher and the Falling Leaves , The Leaf Thief is a funny picture book that teaches kids about autumn, adapting to change, and the seasons.

Squirrel loves counting the leaves on his tree―red leaves, gold leaves, orange, and more. But hold on! One of his leaves is missing! On a quest to find the missing leaf, Squirrel teams up with his good friend Bird to discover who the leaf thief could be among their forest friends.

With vibrant art and captivating characters, the magic of autumn is captured beautifully on each page as readers tag along Squirrel's forest adventure. Is there truly a leaf thief afoot, or is something else going on in Squirrel's forest? A perfect exploration of change―both seasonal, and the anxiety that change sometimes causes. Bonus material explaining about the changing of the seasons. Poised to be a new fall classic.

Pick up The Leaf Thief if you are looking for:

A classic read for ages 4 and up

Back to school books, ideal for your classroom, homeschool curriculum, and more!

Seasonal and educational stories about the changing seasons

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The Leaf Thief: (The Perfect Fall Book for Children and Toddlers)

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By: L. Frank Baum
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Lyman Frank Baum was born in Chittenango, New York, on May 15, 1856. Over the course of his life, Baum raised fancy poultry, sold fireworks, managed an opera house, opened a department store, and an edited a newspaper before finally turning to writing. In 1900, he published his best known book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Eventually he wrote fifty-five novels, including thirteen Oz books, plus four "lost" novels, eighty-three short stories, more than two hundred poems, an unknown number of scripts, and many miscellaneous writings. Baum died on May 6, 1919. He is buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, in Glendale, California.

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The story tells the tale of a young farm girl, Dorothy, and her dog Toto. After a tornado hits their farm, they Dorothy and Toto realize they have been transported from their farm in Kansas to the land of Oz. When she arrives is Oz, Dorothy is told that the only way to return to Kansas is to foll...

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By: Roald Dahl
Illustrated By: Quentin Blake
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The Trunchbull lifted the water-jug and poured some water into her glass. And suddenly, with the water, out came the long slimy newt straight into the glass, plop!

The Trunchbull let out a yell and leapt off her chair as though a firecracker had gone off underneath her.

She stared at the creature twisting and wriggling in the glass. The fires of fury and hatred were smouldering in the Trunchbull's small black eyes.

"Matilda!" she barked. "Stand up!"

"Stand up, you disgusting little cockroach! You filthy little maggot! You are a vile, repellent, malicious little brute!" The Trunchbull was shouting. "You are not fit to be in this school! You ought to be behind bars, that's where you ought to be! I shall have the prefects chase you down the corridor and out of the front-door with hockey-sticks!"

The Trunchbull was in such a rage that her face had taken on a boiled colour and little flecks of froth were gathering at the corners of her mouth. But Matilda was also beginning to see red. She had had absolutely nothing to do with the beastly creature in the glass. By golly, she thought, that rotten Trunchbull isn't going to pin this one on me!

Puffin Books by Roald Dahl

Boy: Tales of Childhood

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

Danny the Champion of the World

Dirty Beasts

The Enormous Crocodile

Fantastic Mr. Fox

George's Marvelous Medicine

The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me

James and the Giant Peach

The Magic Finger

The Minpins

Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes

The Vicar of Nibbleswicke

The Witches

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More

illustrated by Quentin Blake

PUFFIN BOOKS

For Michael and Lucy

The Reader of Books

Mr Wormwood, the Great Car Dealer

The Hat and the Superglue

Arithmetic

The Platinum-Blond Man

The Trunchbull

The Parents

Throwing the Hammer

Bruce Bogtrotter and the Cake

The Weekly Test

The First Miracle

The Second Miracle

Miss Honey's Cottage

Miss Honey's Story

The Practice

The Third Miracle

The Reader of Books

It's a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful.

Some parents go further. They become so blinded by adoration they manage to convince themselves their child has qualities of genius.

School teachers suffer a good deal from having to listen to this sort of twaddle from proud parents, but they usually get their own back when the time comes to write the end-of-term reports. If I were a teacher I would cook up some real scorchers for the children of doting parents. "Your son Maximilian", I would write, "is a total wash-out. I hope you have a family business you can push him into when he leaves school because he sure as heck won't get a job anywhere else." Or if I were feeling lyrical that day, I might write, "It is a curious truth that grasshoppers have their hearing-organs in the sides of the abdomen. Your daughter Vanessa, judging by what she's learnt this term, has no hearing-organs at all."

Occasionally one comes across parents who take the opposite line, who show no interest at all in their children, and these of course are far worse than the doting ones. Mr and Mrs Wormwood were two such parents. They had a son called Michael and a daughter called Matilda, and the parents looked upon Matilda in particular as nothing more than a scab. A scab is something you have to put up with until the time comes when you can pick it off and flick it away. Mr and Mrs Wormwood looked forward enormously to the time when they could pick their little daughter off and flick her away, preferably into the next county or even further than that.

It is bad enough when parents treat ordinary children as though they were scabs and bunions, but it becomes somehow a lot worse when the child in question is extra ordinary, and by that I mean sensitive and brilliant. Matilda was both of these things, but above all she was brilliant. Her mind was so nimble and she was so quick to learn that her ability should have been obvious even to the most half-witted of parents. But Mr and Mrs Wormwood were both so gormless and so wrapped up in their own silly little lives that they failed to notice anything unusual about their daughter. To tell the truth, I doubt they would have noticed had she crawled into the house with a broken leg.

By the time she was three , Matilda had taught herself to read by studying newspapers and magazines that lay around the house. At the age of four , she could read fast and well and she naturally began hankering after books. The only book in the whole of this enlightened household was something called Easy Cooking belonging to her mother, and when she had read this from cover to cover and had learnt all the recipes by heart, she decided she wanted something more interesting.

"Daddy," she said, "do you think you could buy me a book?"

"To read, Daddy."

"What's wrong with the telly, for heaven's sake? We've got a lovely telly with a twelve-inch screen and now you come asking for a book! You're getting spoiled, my girl!"

Nearly every weekday afternoon Matilda was left alone in the house. Her brother (five years older than her) went to school. Her father went to work and her mother went out playing bingo in a town eight miles away. Mrs Wormwood was hooked on bingo and played it five afternoons a week. On the afternoon of the day when her father had refused to buy her a book, Matilda set out all by herself to walk to the public library in the village. When she arrived, she introduced herself to the librarian, Mrs Phelps. She asked if she might sit awhile and read a book. Mrs Phelps, slightly taken aback at the arrival of such a tiny girl unaccompanied by a parent, nevertheless told her she was very welcome.

"Where are the children's books please?" Matilda asked.

"They're over there on those lower shelves," Mrs Phelps told her. "Would you like me to help you find a nice one with lots of pictures in it?"

"No, thank you," Matilda said. "I'm sure I can manage."

From then on, every afternoon, as soon as her mother had left for bingo, Matilda would toddle down to the library. The walk took only ten minutes and this allowed her two glorious hours sitting quietly by herself in a cosy corner devouring one book after another. When she had read every single children's book in the place, she started wandering round in search of something else.

Mrs Phelps, who had been watching her with fascination for the past few weeks, now got up from her desk and went over to her. "Can I help you, Matilda?" she asked.

"I'm wondering what to read next," Matilda said. "I've finished all the children's books."

"You mean you've looked at the pictures?"

"Yes, but I've read the books as well."

Mrs Phelps looked down at Matilda from her great height and Matilda looked right back up at her.

Mrs Phelps was stunned. "Exactly how old are you, Matilda?" she asked.

"Four years and three months," Matilda said.

Mrs Phelps was more stunned than ever, but she had the sense not to show it. "What sort of a book would you like to read next?" she asked.

Matilda said, "I would like a really good one that grown-ups read. A famous one. I don't know any names."

Mrs Phelps looked along the shelves, taking her time. She didn't quite know what to bring out. How, she asked herself, does one choose a famous grown-up book for a four-year-old girl? Her first thought was to pick a young teenager's romance of the kind that is written for fifteen-year-old schoolgirls, but for some reason she found herself instinctively walking past that particular shelf.

"Try this," she said at last. "It's very famous and very good. If it's too long for you, just let me know and I'll find something shorter and a bit easier."

"Great Expectations," Matilda read, "by Charles Dickens. I'd love to try it."

I must be mad, Mrs Phelps told herself, but to Matilda she said, "Of course you may try it."

Over the next few afternoons Mrs Phelps could hardly take her eyes from the small girl sitting for hour after hour in the big armchair at the far end of the room with the book on her lap. It was necessary to rest it on the lap because it was too heavy for her to hold up, which meant she had to sit leaning forward in order to read. And a strange sight it was, this tiny dark-haired person sitting there with her feet nowhere near touching the floor, totally absorbed in the wonderful adventures of Pip and old Miss Havisham and her cobwebbed house and by the spell of magic that Dickens the great story-teller had woven with his words. The only movement from the reader was the lifting of the hand every now and then to turn over a page, and Mrs Phelps always felt sad when the time came for her to cross the floor and say, "It's ten to five, Matilda."

During the first week of Matilda's visits Mrs Phelps had said to her, "Does your mother walk you down here every day and then take you home?"

"My mother goes to Aylesbury every afternoon to play bingo," Matilda had said. "She doesn't know I come here."

"But that's surely not right," Mrs Phelps said. "I think you'd better ask her."

"I'd rather not," Matilda said. "She doesn't encourage reading books. Nor does my father."

"But what do they expect you to do every afternoon in an empty house?"

"Just mooch around and watch the telly."

"She doesn't really care what I do," Matilda said a little sadly.

Mrs Phelps was concerned about the child's safety on the walk through the fairly busy village High Street and the crossing of the road, but she decided not to interfere.

"A great number," said the astounded Mrs Phelps. "Shall I choose you another?"

Over the next six months, under Mrs Phelps's watchful and compassionate eye, Matilda read the following books:

Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

Gone to Earth by Mary Webb

The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

The Good Companions by J. B. Priestley

Brighton Rock by Graham Greene

Animal Farm by George Orwell

It was a formidable list and by now Mrs Phelps was filled with wonder and excitement, but it was probably a good thing that she did not allow herself to be completely carried away by it all. Almost anyone else witnessing the achievements of this small child would have been tempted to make a great fuss and shout the news all over the village and beyond, but not so Mrs Phelps. She was someone who minded her own business and had long since discovered it was seldom worth while to interfere with other people's children.

"Mr Hemingway says a lot of things I don't understand," Matilda said to her. "Especially about men and women. But I loved it all the same. The way he tells it I feel I am right there on the spot watching it all happen."

"A fine writer will always make you feel that," Mrs Phelps said. "And don't worry about the bits you can't understand. Sit back and allow the words to wash around you, like music."

"I will, I will."

"Did you know", Mrs Phelps said, "that public libraries like this allow you to borrow books and take them home?"

"Of course," Mrs Phelps said. "When you have chosen the book you want, bring it to me so I can make a note of it and it's yours for two weeks. You can take more than one if you wish."

From then on, Matilda would visit the library only once a week in order to take out new books and return the old ones. Her own small bedroom now became her reading-room and there she would sit and read most afternoons, often with a mug of hot chocolate beside her. She was not quite tall enough to reach things around the kitchen, but she kept a small box in the outhouse which she brought in and stood on in order to get whatever she wanted. Mostly it was hot chocolate she made, warming the milk in a saucepan on the stove before mixing it. Occasionally she made Bovril or Ovaltine. It was pleasant to take a hot drink up to her room and have it beside her as she sat in her silent room reading in the empty house in the afternoons. The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives. She went on olden-day sailing ships with Joseph Conrad. She went to Africa with Ernest Hemingway and to India with Rudyard Kipling. She travelled all over the world while sitting in her little room in an English village.

Mr Wormwood, the Great Car Dealer

Matilda's parents owned quite a nice house with three bedrooms upstairs, while on the ground floor there was a dining-room and a living-room and a kitchen. Her father was a dealer in second-hand cars and it seemed he did pretty well at it.

"Sawdust", he would say proudly, "is one of the great secrets of my success. And it costs me nothing. I get it free from the sawmill."

"What do you use it for?" Matilda asked him.

"Ha!" the father said. "Wouldn't you like to know."

"I don't see how sawdust can help you to sell second-hand cars, daddy."

"That's because you're an ignorant little twit," the father said. His speech was never very delicate but Matilda was used to it. She also knew that he liked to boast and she would egg him on shamelessly.

"You must be very clever to find a use for something that costs nothing," she said. "I wish I could do it."

"You couldn't," the father said. "You're too stupid. But I don't mind telling young Mike here about it seeing he'll be joining me in the business one day." Ignoring Matilda, he turned to his son and said, "I'm always glad to buy a car when some fool has been crashing the gears so badly they're all worn out and rattle like mad. I get it cheap. Then all I do is mix a lot of sawdust with the oil in the gear-box and it runs as sweet as a nut."

"How long will it run like that before it starts rattling again?" Matilda asked him.

"Long enough for the buyer to get a good distance away," the father said, grinning. "About a hundred miles."

"But that's dishonest, daddy," Matilda said. "It's cheating."

"No one ever got rich being honest," the father said. "Customers are there to be diddled."

Mr Wormwood was a small ratty-looking man whose front teeth stuck out underneath a thin ratty moustache. He liked to wear jackets with large brightly-coloured checks and he sported ties that were usually yellow or pale green. "Now take mileage for instance," he went on. "Anyone who's buying a second-hand car, the first thing he wants to know is how many miles it's done. Right?"

"Right," the son said.

"So I buy an old dump that's got about a hundred and fifty thousand miles on the clock. I get it cheap. But no one's going to buy it with a mileage like that, are they? And these days you can't just take the speedometer out and fiddle the numbers back like you used to ten years ago. They've fixed it so it's impossible to tamper with it unless you're a ruddy watchmaker or something. So what do I do? I use my brains, laddie, that's what I do."

"How?" young Michael asked, fascinated. He seemed to have inherited his father's love of crookery.

"I sit down and say to myself, how can I convert a mileage reading of one hundred and fifty thousand into only ten thousand without taking the speedometer to pieces? Well, if I were to run the car backwards for long enough then obviously that would do it. The numbers would click backwards, wouldn't they? But who's going to drive a flaming car in reverse for thousands and thousands of miles? You couldn't do it!"

"Of course you couldn't," young Michael said.

"So I scratch my head," the father said. "I use my brains. When you've been given a fine brain like I have, you've got to use it. And all of a sudden, the answer hits me. I tell you, I felt exactly like that other brilliant fellow must have felt when he discovered penicillin. 'Eureka!' I cried. 'I've got it!'"

"What did you do, dad?" the son asked him.

"Yes, daddy," young Michael said.

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Madeleine was born on November 29th, 1918, and spent her formative years in New York City. Instead of her school work, she found that she would much rather be writing stories, poems and journals for herself, which was reflected in her grades (not the best). However, she was not discouraged.

At age 12, she moved to the French Alps with her parents and went to an English boarding school where, thankfully, her passion for writing continued to grow. She flourished during her high school years back in the United States at Ashley Hall in Charleston, South Carolina, vacationing with her mother in a rambling old beach cottage on a beautiful stretch of Florida Beach.

She went to Smith College and studied English with some wonderful teachers as she read the classics and continued her own creative writing. She graduated with honors and moved into a Greenwich Village apartment in New York. She worked in the theater, where Equity union pay and a flexible schedule afforded her the time to write! She published her first two novels during these years-A Small Rain and Ilsa-before meeting Hugh Franklin, her future husband, when she was an understudy in Anton Chekov's The Cherry Orchard. They married during The Joyous Season.

She had a baby girl and kept on writing, eventually moving to Connecticut to raise the family away from the city in a small dairy farm village with more cows than people. They bought a dead general store, and brought it to life for 9 years. They moved back to the city with three children, and Hugh revitalized his professional acting career.

As the years passed and the children grew, Madeleine continued to write and Hugh to act, and they to enjoy each other and life. Madeleine began her association with the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, where she was the librarian and maintained an office for more than thirty years. After Hugh's death in 1986, it was her writing and lecturing that kept her going. She lived through the 20th century and into the 21st and wrote over 60 books. She enjoyed being with her friends, her children, her grandchildren, and her great grandchildren.

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From the author of The BFG and Matilda !

Willy Wonka's famous chocolate factory is opening at last! But only five lucky children will be allowed inside. And the winners are: Augustus Gloop, an enormously fat boy whose hobby is eating; Veruca Salt, a spoiled-rotten brat whose parents are wrapped around her little finger; Violet Beauregarde, a dim-witted gum-chewer with the fastest jaws around; Mike Teavee, a toy pistol-toting gangster-in-training who is obsessed with television; and Charlie Bucket, Our Hero, a boy who is honest and kind, brave and true, and good and ready for the wildest time of his life!

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30,000 Stitches: The Inspiring Story of the National 9/11 Flag

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By: Amanda Davis
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An MASL Dogwood Reader's Award Title Discover the inspiring story of the American flag that flew over Ground Zero, traveled across all fifty states as it was repaired, and returned to New York as a restored symbol of unity.

In the days following September 11th, a 30-foot American flag hung torn and tattered at 90 West Street, across from Ground Zero. A few weeks later, the flag was taken down by a construction crew and tucked away in storage, where it stayed for nearly seven years.

The flag was brought out of storage in 2008 when the New York Says Thank You Foundation headed to Greensburg, Kansas, a town nearly destroyed by a tornado. NYSTY brought the flag with them, sparking a grassroots restoration effort that traveled over 120,000 miles across all fifty states, bringing together thousands of people, and helping America heal and rebuild . . . hand by hand, thread by thread, one stitch at a time.

This book is the story of that journey, a journey that ended at the opening of the National September 11 Museum, where the flag remains today. Along the way, the flag was restored using pieces of retired flags from every state-including a piece of the flag that Abraham Lincoln was laid on after he was shot at Ford's Theater and threads from the original Star-Spangled Banner flag, which flew at Fort McHenry in the War of 1812 and inspired Francis Scott Key to write the national anthem. The pieces and threads were stitched in by military veterans, first responders, educators, students, community-service heroes, and family members of 9/11 victims, among others. At each stop, communities came together to remember, to heal, and to unite.

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Miracle of Little Tree: The 9/11 Survivor Tree's Incredible Story

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Miracle of Little Tree: The 9/11 Survivor Tree's Incredible Story

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Little Tree is happily growing near the Twin Towers in New York City on the morning of September 11, 2001. Suddenly a terrorist attack changes him, and the world, forever. Finding himself burnt, broken, and alone under tons of debris, he can do nothing to help himself. Yet he finds inner strength...

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By: Tom Rogers
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Alex Douglas always wanted to be a hero. But nothing heroic ever happened to Alex. Nothing, that is, until his eleventh birthday. When Alex rescues a stray dog as a birthday gift to himself, he doesn't think his life can get much better. Radar, his new dog, pretty much feels the same way. But this day has bigger things in store for both of them. This is a story about bullies and heroes. About tragedy and hope. About enemies with two legs and friends with four, and pesky little sisters and cranky old men, and an unexpected lesson in kindness delivered with a slice of pizza. This is Eleven : the journey of a boy turning eleven on 9/11. A best-seller at the 9/11 Memorial Museum, a Kirkus "Best Books" selection, and winner of Writer's Digest and Moonbeam Children's Book awards.

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By: Jewel Parker Rhodes
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Dr. Jewell Parker Rhodes is an award-winning and New York Times bestselling author and educator for both youth and adults. She is the author of seven books for children including the New York Times bestsellers Ghost Boys and Black Brother, Black Brother, both named Amazon's Best Children's Books of the Year. Her other books include Paradise on Fire, Towers Falling, and the Louisiana Girls Trilogy: Ninth Ward, Sugar, and Bayou Magic.

Jewell is the author of six adult novels: Voodoo Dreams, Magic City, Douglass' Women, Season, Moon, and Hurricane, as well as the memoir Porch Stories: A Grandmother's Guide to Happiness, and two writing guides, Free Within Ourselves: Fiction Lessons for Black Authors and The African American Guide to Writing and Publishing Non-Fiction.

Jewell has won the American Book Award, the Black Caucus of the American Library Award for Literary Excellence, and the Jane Addams Peace Association Book Award.

Jewell regularly visits schools, a speaker at colleges and conferences. The driving force behind all of her work is to inspire social justice, equity, and environmental stewardship.

Jewell is the Founding Artistic Director and Piper Endowed Chair at the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing at Arizona State University. She was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Carnegie-Mellon University. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, she currently lives in Seattle.

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Thanks to Frances Perkins: Fighter for Workers' Rights

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An engaging picture book biography of Frances Perkins, the activist and first female United States cabinet member who created the Social Security program. From award-winning author Deborah Hopkinson.

At 31, Frances Perkins witnessed the Triangle Waist Factory fire in 1911, one of the worst industrial disasters in United States history. The event forever changed her, and she dedicated herself to the fight for workers' rights.

When she became Secretary of Labor in Franklin Delano Roosevelt's administration, she had the opportunity to make real her bold vision of a country where no one is left out and everyone is protected. Thanks to her efforts, we have the Social Security program, a move that changed Americans' lives for generations to come.

Deborah Hopkinson's energetic text and Kristy Caldwell's appealing illustrations unite to tell Perkins' fascinating story as well as introduce early concepts of financial literacy, the Social Security Act, and the New Deal. Back matter features more information about Frances Perkins, Social Security, and resources for economic education.

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By: Tony Armier
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By: Leslie Kimmelman
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Look for the Helpers is a shaped board book that highlights the emergency vehicles that help make our world a better place. It's a big, beautiful world,But sometimes emergencies happen. When they do, look for the helpers!
filled with awesome adventures. Look for the Helpers
Helpers are all around you. is an adventurous book that introduces little ones to the caring helpers who make the world safer.

Fire trucks, ambulances, police cars, and more crowd the pages of this shaped board book that teaches children to look for helpers wherever they go. With a search-and-find twist, each scene highlights different types of emergency vehicles in action.

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By: Baby Professor
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Baby Professor showcases a collection of subjects that are educational for kids to help them learn how to do something themselves, exactly how something is done or how it came about.

Children love to learn through attractive visuals and Baby Prof. is ideal to get your child the head start he or she needs for the future. Our Motto - "Learning is Fun, so let's Make it Fun to Learn".

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Who Started the Labor Day Celebration? Holiday Book for Kids Children's Holiday Books

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What is the Labor Day and who started it? Like all other celebration, the Labor Day has deep historic roots. This book will give you the juicy details that led to the celebrated annual holiday. Don't settle with just the knowledge that today is Labor Day. Dig deeper and explain to your child furt...

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This section will include some of my favorite books I read as a child. The list includes my favorites all throughout K-6!

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This section will include some of my favorite books I read as a child. The list includes my favorites all throughout K-6!

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By: Rick Riordan
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Rick Riordan is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, the Kane Chronicles, and the Heroes of Olympus. He is also the author of the multi-award-winning Tres Navarre mystery series for adults.

For fifteen years, Rick taught English and history at public and private middle schools in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Texas. In 2002, Saint Mary's Hall honored him with the school's first Master Teacher Award.

While teaching full time, Riordan began writing mystery novels for grownups. His Tres Navarre series went on to win the top three national awards in the mystery genre - the Edgar, the Anthony and the Shamus. Riordan turned to children's fiction when he started The Lightning Thief as a bedtime story for his oldest son.

Today over 35 million copies of his Percy Jackson, Kane Chronicles, and Heroes of Olympus books are in print in the United States, and rights have been sold into more than 35 countries. Rick is also the author of The 39 Clues: The Maze of Bones, another #1 New York Times bestseller.

Rick Riordan now writes full-time. He lives in Boston with his wife and two sons.

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Percy Jackson Collection 7 Books Set (Lightning Thief, Sea of Monsters, Titan's Curse, Battle of the Labyrinth, Last Olympian, Greek Heroes, Greek Gods)

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By: Sharon M. Draper
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This is an excellent book, well written, and well worth your time. Its lessons and characters will not be quickly forgotten. Fans of vampires, zombies, and gore should go elsewhere; this one is for someone with a keen intellect and a sense of humor. Someone who'd like to learn what life might be like for a person who simply cannot communicate her higher thoughts and emotions, although they're always boiling away in the percolator of her videocamera mind.

You might know or be related to a special needs child or grownup. Then again, perhaps you don't often think about special needs people because they're "invisible" to society in general, or perhaps you look away when they pass because you don't want them to think you are staring, or perhaps you'd rather not think about it at all because you feel all creeped out. Maybe if you knew that they're actually just like anyone else, you'd feel better. Here's an eloquent peek inside just such a life.

First, let me say that I concur entirely with the researchers who say that "spoilers" do not spoil a story for most skilled readers, so I'm not going to fret about leaving behind clues to the events in this tale. On the other hand, you can get a good synopsis from just about every other review, so I won't be summarizing the story. I want to address instead the value of what you take away from the tale. From here on, *spoiler alert* for those who worry about such things.

The writing is smooth and funny, and the prose is cadenced, so readers who are accustomed to the plod-plod-thump of potboilers may be pleasantly surprised. The story is in intimate first person, and for once the reader is plunked into the mind of someone who is locked into a malfunctioning physical prison. She has no way to show or tell others about her (high) abilities and must endure constant frustration at not even being able to tell someone when something is going wrong. She eventually gets a very rudimentary way (a picture board) to communicate, but it's useless for abstract thoughts and for anything that the pictures don't tell about. Her world opens up when she finally gets a Medi-Talker like Big Steve Hawking's so people realize that there are great thoughts inside her. (Whether they appreciate this is a mixed issue.)

I do agree with the quibble that others have brought up: nowadays, when someone needs and can use a "box of words," he or she is generally issued one by the time he or she starts school. It takes an awfully long time in this book for anyone to come up with the idea of giving one to the main character. I would've liked to hear some kind of excuse as to why this couldn't be afforded previously and how someone suddenly found a charity that would pay for it. That would've given us a reason for the long delay.

I can't agree with critics who say that the author shouldn't let "bad things" and "mean people" stand unchanged. That's realistic. There have been objections saying that the bullies don't change, and the other characters in the book don't change. I believe that in this type of story, a character arc of redemption doesn't have to happen for everybody. Bullies sometimes stay bullies and often get worse over time. Didn't these readers notice that the teacher had a change of heart from not believing that Melody could have done her own work on the quizzes to knowing that she got every answer right and putting her on the team? He redeemed himself somewhat in that way. But then he fell back into the swamp like a backslider when he didn't insist on holding the flight for her. (This is, alas, typical of people. Because they are not saints. They are but mortal flesh with souls that sometimes go with the most expedient answer instead of the right action.)

Bullies like Claire and Molly are out there. We have all come across them. Ditto for Rose, who is a pleaser, a classic "I want everyone to like me" type who is not sincere about her "friendship" pose and reveals her true colors in the end. Melody's reaction of standing up for herself at the end of the novel was totally appropriate, and THAT was the lesson we were to take away--standing up for what's right. Not a pretend lesson of sweetness and light that would lie to us and tell us that all bullies turn into friends and people always repent and are redeemed. Sometimes the apology you get is too little and too late.

After seeing the reviews that bemoaned the "awful things at the end of the book," I feared that it meant the dog or a person might die; worry not, however, because everyone lives. I want to tell you that in advance because it SLAYS me when things like that happen, especially for egregious reasons. I like to know going in that no pets or grandparents or children were zapped in the course of the book. Yes, a crisis takes place, but it's ultimately OK. The incident is meant to show that Melody still faces challenges in communication, even though things are much better. And that people who are angry and in a hurry can make awful mistakes. Life is like that. I have defended similar plot choices in more than one of my published novels because even though people in publishing said they wanted YA fiction to always show that there's a second chance, I believe that sometimes there is not, and we must find ways to cope and assign meaning anyway. Sometimes the cookie just crumbles, despite our best efforts.

Still, the heroine's dream is crushed because of silly middle school posturing, and she can't communicate with her mother at a critical moment (although WHY her box of words was ever not in her hands I don't know--I know of one student with such a device, and it NEVER leaves her side, even to ride in the car!) This is life. These things happen, and we have to cope and find the meaning in the events and figure out how to do it differently next time, if we can.

So for those who claim that it's too difficult an ending to inflict on young readers--hey, this is LIFE and that is the sort of thing that happens. I can totally believe that they "accidentally" left her behind so they wouldn't have "the retard" (a term one of the bullies actually uses! If anyone wants to get outraged, get outraged about that pejorative term!) on their team. The other students were not happy about the extra attention from reporters that focused on Melody. They didn't want her at their breakfast because she couldn't feed herself and they thought it unsightly, no doubt--and when the opportunity arose to leave before planes were grounded, they skipped out on her. I can see this happening.

As for the sister being hurt--well, the mother was angry and impatient and having to do something she didn't want to do, and so she wouldn't check out WHY Melody was upset and trying to tell her something. People are just LIKE that. The lesson is that we should avoid this sort of acting in anger. It would be nice if I could learn that myself.

People have complained that the book is ageist or too "mean." I think that to invoke political correctness (always showing people of all ages being all-diversity-loving and so forth) is to dumb down a work of realistic fiction. You really have to hunt to find instances of the young being shown as "nicer" than the old here--especially since the caregiver who finally gets Melody a box of words is an older woman. Also, the author is African American, yet she gives no indication as to the races of the various characters. Color-blindness here is a GOOD thing and should be lauded.

I sort of wish that the title could be different, especially because Andy Rooney has a book in print by that same title. It isn't really indicative to me of the book's content.

In summary, the pluses of the book far outweigh any quibbles that we may have. I think young readers NEED to be exposed to realistic endings. And to the possibility that appearances can be deceptive. Next time you see someone who appears to be "slow," "dumb," hampered, or whatever . . . well, it may be decieving. You don't know what difficulties and hurts others may have. Walk a mile in someone else's shoes today, or roll a few yards in their adaptive device, and THEN tell me you don't understand . . . I think you'll start to understand.

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Out of My Mind (The Out of My Mind Series)

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By: Stan & Jan Berenstain
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Stan and Jan Berenstain were already successful cartoonists for magazines and adult humor books when they began writing children's books. The first story starring the bear family, The Big Honey Hunt, appeared in 1962. Since then, more than 370 Berenstain Bears books have been published, and more than 300 million copies have been sold. What began as an idea sparked by their young sons' love of reading has become over the years arguably the best-selling children's book series ever.

Since their inception, the Berenstain Bears stories have expanded to include picture books, beginning readers, and chapter books--even a hit TV show on PBS. Writing and illustrating the books has become a Berenstain family affair. Mike joined with his parents as a creative team in the late 1980s. The Bear family has expanded over the years as well. Sister Bear arrived in 1974, and baby Honey joined the family in 2000.

Though Stan died in 2005 and Jan in 2012, Mike continues to create the delightful Bear adventures from his studio in Pennsylvania.

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By: Laura Joffe Numeroff
Illustrations By: Felicia Bond
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Laura Joffe Numeroff is the acclaimed #1 New York Times best-selling children's author of "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" and the subsequent If You Give... series. First printed in 1985, "Mouse" is now beyond its 60th printing. The fourth book in the series, "If You Take a Mouse to the Movies" was on the New York Times Children's Best Seller list for five months- nine weeks at number one.

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Laura grew up as the youngest of three girls, surrounded by art, music, and books. She attended Pratt Institute and graduated with a degree in communications and a contract for her first children's book, "Amy for Short," published in 1975 by Macmillan.

In 2000, If You Give a Pig a Pancake" was featured on the Oprah show three times, and was recommended by Oprah's first kids' book club, as well as being noted as Oprah's favorite children's book of the year on her Christmas show. "Pig" was also on Publishers Weekly Bestseller List for over a year. In addition, the series has sold over 4.5 million copies, been printed in fourteen languages, and won the prestigious Quill Award in the picture book category.

An avid animal lover, Laura, with co-creator Sean Hanrahan, released "Raising a Hero," about a puppy learning to become a service dog and help children with disabilities and special needs. A portion of all sales supports Canine Companions for Independence, a non-profit providing skilled service dogs to children, adults and veterans with disabilities, free of charge.

President George W. Bush, First Lady Laura Bush and Hillary Clinton have all read Numeroff's books to children. First Lady Michelle Obama, with her mother and two daughters Malia and Sasha, read Laura's "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" at the 2010 Easter Egg Roll on the White House Lawn. Laura was one of ten children's authors invited to a literacy day in Washington during the Bush administration in 2001. Laura has also visited over 100 elementary schools and has been a speaker at teacher conferences around the country.

In addition to her work with service dogs and kids with disabilities, Laura donates a portion of her book royalties to First Book, a non-profit organization that provides brand new books to children who otherwise would not have access to them. She donated all royalties from "The Hope Tree - Kids Talk About Cancer," to the Susan B. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.

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