Mem Fox
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Early Readers: Representation Matters
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
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Despite the differences between people around the world, there are similarities that join us together, such as pain, joy, and love.
4) Koala Lou
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A young koala, longing to hear her mother speak lovingly to her as she did before other children came along, plans to win her distracted parent's attention.
6) Time for bed
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Illustrations and simple text tell a story about how various members of the animal kingdom get their children ready for sleep.
7) Possum magic
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When Grandma Poss's magic turns Hush invisible, the two possums take a culinary tour of Australia to find the food that will make her visible once more.
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A small boy, Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge, knows and likes all of the old folks in the home next door, but his favorite is Miss Nancy Alison Delacourt Cooper she has four names, too. Hearing that she has lost her memory, he asks the old folks what a memory is ("Something from long ago" ; "Something that makes you laugh;" "Something warm;" etc.), ponders the answers, then gathers up memories of his own (seashells collected long ago last summer,...
10) Hello baby!
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A baby encounters a variety of young animals, including a clever monkey, a hairy warthog, and a dusty lion cub, before discovering the most precious creature of all.
12) Tough Boris
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Although he is a very tough pirate, Boris von der Borch cries when his parrots dies.
13) Wombat divine
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Wombat auditions for the Nativity play, but has trouble finding the right part.
15) The magic hat
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A wizard's hat blows into town, but it changes people into different animals when it lands on their heads.
16) Cat Dog
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"A call-and-response-style adventure in which a cat and dog are astonished to find a mouse in their house! The three circle each other while the story sometimes correctly describes their antics--and sometimes doesn't"--
19) Roly Poly
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Roly Poly the polar bear never wanted a brother, but then little Monty arrives and Roly Poly has to adjust to his new sibling.
20) This & that
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In rhyming text, Mother mouse tells her child stories at bedtime.
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