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The Circles All Around Us by Brad Montague 

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The Circles All Around Us by Brad Montague 

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This book is a great book for organization because it keeps consistent with the circles getting bigger as the character gets older.

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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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The Circles All Around Us [Montague, Brad, Montague, Brad, Montague, Kristi] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Circles All Around Us

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I chose this book because I love the information it provides and how the information is organized. Each page makes sure to discuss an animal that Dr. Sugar Glider is taking care of. The organization was done very well.

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When animals have problems, they call on Dr. Sugar Glider to help!

Help me, Dr. Glider. My stomach is killing me! I eat all the same food as my family, but I'm the only one that feels sick. What's wrong with me?

Dr. Sugar Glider travels around the world to help animals (and, on occasion, plants!) with all sorts of problems. Whether it's a crocodile with a sick stomach, a creeped-out krill, a stressed meerkat, or a male praying mantis trying to date, Dr. Glider is ready to offer advice!

From powerhouse duo Jess Keating ( Pink Is for Blobfish ) and New York Times bestselling illustrator Pete Oswald ( The Bad Seed ), Eat Your Rocks, Croc! features hilarious stories, charming illustrations, and awesome true facts that will leave young readers enthralled by the real world of the animal kingdom. Robust back matter, featuring a glossary and a list of the featured creatures, makes this the perfect fit for the school curriculum.

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Eat Your Rocks, Croc!: Dr. Glider's Advice for Troubled Animals (1)

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Eat Your Rocks, Croc!: Dr. Glider's Advice for Troubled Animals (1) [Keating, Jess, Oswald, Pete] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Eat Your Rocks, Croc!: Dr. Glider's Advice for Troubled Animals (1)

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What Do You Do With an Idea? by Kobi Yamada illustrated by Mae Besom

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What Do You Do With an Idea? by Kobi Yamada illustrated by Mae Besom

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I LOVE this book. It offers so much creativity and literally encourages ideas in the reader. No matter the age, background, it encourages ideas within the pages .

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

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The word choice is the book is outstanding. It uses so many words you dont normally see in kids books and offers a wide vocabulary.

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I whoosh over tundra, yodel over Everest, skim westward on whitecaps! I am the wind and I am everywhere!

With dynamic text and atmospheric illustrations, this book invites you to celebrates the world all around us through the unique perspective of the wind. Journey through the frozen forests and bayou bogs, wonder at the northern lights, and meet unique animals like wolverines and olinguitos along the way.

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I am the Wind [Karg, Michael, Diao, Sophie] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. I am the Wind

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In this story, an OX writes a love letter. In every letter, you can practically hear his love and devotion he poured onto those pages for the one he admired.

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"Using the medium of written letters, a simple ox professes his love for the glamorous gazelle who thinks she doesn't like him. Or does she? Confidence and perseverance win the day in this picture book with a humorous style early elementary school readers can appreciate." - Seira Wilson, Amazon Editor

Dear Gazelle, For some time now I have wanted to write a letter to say how much I admire you. You are so graceful and fine. Even when you are running from tigers you are like a ballerina who is running away from tigers. I think that what I'm trying to say is that I love you. XO, OX

And so begins an epic, if initially unrequited, love affair between a graceful gazelle and a clumsy, hapless ox. Romance will never be the same.

Adam Rex's hilarious, sweet, and at times heartbreaking letters between a hopelessly romantic ox and a conceited, beautiful gazelle are paired perfectly with Scott Campbell's joyful illustrations to bring you a romance for the ages.

A Neal Porter Book

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XO, OX: A Love Story [Rex, Adam, Campbell, Scott] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. XO, OX: A Love Story

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Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman and Caroline Binch

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Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman and Caroline Binch

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You can hear Grace as she poured herself into every performance. And when she looked to her grandmother and mother for reassurance, their voices carried through the pages as they encouraged her to do whatever she put her mind to.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Book
Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2020

Bought these for my first grader. I read Grace books when I was a little girl and am happy to share them with my daughter. Wish they could have been purchased as a set.

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Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2016

Just like any child, Grace loves to hear stories. For Grace these stories came from her grandma. Once she had heard them she would start reenacting them giving herself the most important parts. (Children will recognize most of the stories and get a kick out of Grace's costumes.)
One day the school teacher told the class that they were going to do the play Peter Pan. Who wanted to be Peter? Why Grace of course! Kids being kids told Grace that she couldn't play the part of Peter because not only was she a girl but she was black! Thankfully her mother and grandmother knew that Grace could be anything she wanted to and thus encouraged her. Read the entire book to see how it ends.

A truly delightful and inspiring, well written and illustrated book. This book was on our son's second grade "Suggested Reading List" so I purchased this USED from Amazon. I was not required to do a review but chose to do so. Thanks, Liz

Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2020

Bought these for my first grader. I read Grace books when I was a little girl and am happy to share them with my daughter. Wish they could have been purchased as a set.

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Book
Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2020

Bought these for my first grader. I read Grace books when I was a little girl and am happy to share them with my daughter. Wish they could have been purchased as a set.

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Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2014

Grace was a girl who dreamed big dreams. She loved stories and acted out the parts from stories she knew - Joan of Arc, a soldier hidden in a wooden horse at the gates of Troy, a pirate, an explorer, a doctor. When her class at school was going to perform "Peter Pan," Grace knew she wanted to play Peter! Lots of other children wanted to play Peter too, so the teacher held auditions to see who would earn the part. Two of her classmates said she could not play that role, because Peter Pan was not a girl, nor was he black. But her mother and her grandmother encouraged her to keep on dreaming. "You can be anyone you want," Grandma said, "if you put your mind to it." Grace worked hard learning her lines. When the audition was over, she was named Peter Pan, because she did the best acting of all the class.
What child, what adult really, has not been told, "You can't do that!" and given a long list of reasons why she can't. We all can do much more than even we can dream, so don't let anyone tell you, "You can't."

Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2021

This book deals with issues of gender and race in a beautiful way! A creative and determined little black girl wants to be Peter Pan in the school play. With the help of her grandmother, she discovers she can be whoever she wants to be! She raises her hand high and ignores the negative voices of others. A beautiful story and an important message. Great for preschool-early elementary.

Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2013

Fantastic book. Though, I hadn't been aware that dealing with skin color or gender and overcoming stereotypes was the focus of this book and it was a surprise for my 5 year old to read that kids were telling Grace that she couldn't play the part she wanted in the play because she was Black or because she was a girl. She kept asking me "what does it mean that she can't do something because of her brown skin?" I just told her those kids were being ridiculous telling Grace she could not do something good that she wanted to do and that, thankfully, the kids at her school are smarter than the kids in the book. And I'm glad for that!

Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2018

Great book! I gave this book to my granddaughter who is 4 1/2 years old. Her mother was looking for a nice story and introducing her daughter to more ethnic diversity. Her mother was thrilled!

Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2020

We first heard this book being read at a story time and I love that it introduces the reality that some people may think you can’t do things just because you look different but in a way that’s understandable for my 4 year old. It then goes on to show you can do anything you put your mind to. This is the first book we own that blatantly shows racism in a kids book and a good book to start conversations.

Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2022

Great Book. Bought for our teachers to read to there class. Very good quality.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A lovely illustrated book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 1, 2020

This is a delightful book for a child up to the age of about 5. Unfortunately, it was not age appropriate for my older Granddaughter.
I was however, very impressed with the swift refund offered. Many thanks.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 22, 2013

A brilliant story with a lovely message about accepting people for who they are. Grace wants to be Peter Pan but is convinced by her class mates that she can't because she is a girl and black. Her grandmother shows her that she can be whatever she wants to be and sure enough she makes a fantastic Peter in the school play. I have used it as a class teacher and have now bought a copy for my niece...

5.0 out of 5 stars Confidence booster for little black girls

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 22, 2016

Bought this book for my princess(neice) who since starting school as lost her self . I am hoping after a few rounds with this book she will start to believe in herself again. I read the book before i gave it to her, totally loved it.

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 28, 2020

Beautiful book with beautiful illustrations.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book with important message

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 12, 2020

Well written, good message without tokenism.

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Although a classmate says that she cannot play Peter Pan in the school play because she is black, Grace discovers that she can do anything she sets her mind to do., When Grace hears that her class is putting on a production of "Peter Pan" she immediately decides she wants to play Peter.

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The sentence fluency in the book was just amazing. Everything flowed together so well, almost like a song.

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Renée Watson is a New York Times bestselling author, educator, and community activist. Her young adult novel, Piecing Me Together (Bloomsbury, 2017) received a Coretta Scott King Award and Newbery Honor. Her children's picture books and novels for teens have received several awards and international recognition. She has given readings and lectures at many renown places including the United Nations, the Library of Congress, and the U.S. Embassy in Japan and New Zealand. Her poetry and fiction centers around the experiences of Black girls and women, and explores themes of home, identity, and the intersections of race, class, and gender.

Her books include young adult novels, Love is a Revolution, Piecing Me Together, This Side of Home, and Watch Us Rise, co-written with Ellen Hagan. Her middle grade novels include the Ryan Hart series, (Ways to Make Sunshine and Ways to Grow Love), Some Places More Than Others, Betty Before X, co-authored with Ilyasah Shabazz, and What Momma Left Me. Her picture book, Harlem’s Little Blackbird: The Story of Florence Mills received several honors including an NAACP Image Award nomination in children’s literature.

One of Renée’s passions is using the arts to help youth cope with trauma and discuss social issues. Her picture book, A Place Where Hurricanes Happen is based on poetry workshops she facilitated with children in New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

Renée was a writer in residence for over twenty years teaching creative writing and theater in public schools and community centers throughout the nation. She founded I, Too Arts Collective, a nonprofit that was housed in the home of Langston Hughes from 2016-2019. Watson is on the Council of Writers for the National Writing Project and is a member of the Academy of American Poets’ Education Advisory Council. She is also a writer-in-residence at The Solstice Low-Residency Creative Writing Program of Pine Manor College.

Renée grew up in Portland, Oregon, and splits her time between Portland and New York City.

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Ways to Make Sunshine (A Ryan Hart Story)

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Ways to Make Sunshine (A Ryan Hart Story) [Watson, Renée] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Ways to Make Sunshine (A Ryan Hart Story)

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Punctuation Takes a Vacation By: Robin Pulver

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Punctuation Takes a Vacation By: Robin Pulver

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This book focuses on nothing but punctuation. This is such a great way to incorporate punctuation in a child's reading without them realizing it.

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Oh, no! Mr. Wright's class can't believe it. All the punctuation marks in the classroom have disappeared. Where can they be? What will the class do without them?

After a lesson goes awry on the hottest, stickiest day of the year, Punctuation decides to go on vacation. Maybe if the kids have to live without punctuation for a while, they'll appreciate all the hard work commas, apostrophes, exclamation points, and question marks do!

Chaos erupts! The class can't read their book, and the letters they write to ask punctuation to come back home are a mess.

This clever and funny tale shows just how important punctuation is to reading and writing, and helps illustrate how different types work. From the question mark's inquisitive postcards to the quotations' constant chatter, this story is full of fun detail, elaborated on by bright acrylic illustrations, full of action and personality.

For more language-arts fun, check out Robin Pulver and Lynn Rowe Reed's other collaborations, including Me First, Happy Endings, and Silent Letters, Loud and Clear .

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Ramon illustrates throughout the pages and I just love how well the presentation flows and matches the theme to the book so well.

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Ramon loved to draw. Anytime. Anything. Anywhere.

Drawing is what Ramon does. It¹s what makes him happy. But in one split second, all that changes. A single reckless remark by Ramon's older brother, Leon, turns Ramon's carefree sketches into joyless struggles. Luckily for Ramon, though, his little sister, Marisol, sees the world differently. She opens his eyes to something a lot more valuable than getting things just "right." Combining the spareness of fable with the potency of parable, Peter Reynolds shines a bright beam of light on the need to kindle and tend our creative flames with care.

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