Kenard Pak
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As the sun shines bright, rainy days disappear, and new flowers begin to bloom, everyone knows summer is on its way! Join a young girl as she roams grassy plains and shady forests, greeting all the signs of the coming season. In a series of conversations with everything from the rolling hills to the chickadees up above, she says goodbye to Spring and welcomes the liveliness of summer.
6) Forts
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Children explore the world around them and discover different ways to create forts--magical spaces for play, imagination, and belonging.
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"From two-time Newbery medalist and living legend Lois Lowry comes a moving account of the lives lost in two of WWII's most infamous events: Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima. With evocative black-and-white illustrations by SCBWI Golden Kite Award winner Kenard Pak"-- Provided by publisher.
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"One hundred years ago, a little boy watched his family and community come together to build a grand red barn. This barn become his refuge and home-a place to play with friends and farm animals alike. As seasons passed, the barn weathered many storms. The boy left and returned a young man, to help on the farm and to care for the barn again. The barn has stood for one hundred years, and it will stand for a hundred more: a symbol of peace, stability,...
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April Showers, Spring Flowers
Arab American Heritage Month for Young People
Diverse Books - Near East/Levant/Arabian Peninsula Picture Books
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Arab American Heritage Month for Young People
Diverse Books - Near East/Levant/Arabian Peninsula Picture Books
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Walking to her grandmother's home to help make warak enab, Lina discovers many ways to hear snow, from the scrape of a shovel on a sidewalk to the quiet pats of snowman-building.
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"In this picture book for young readers, we learn just why the mother nesting bird stays quiet and still while sitting on her eggs."-- Provided by publisher.
Two children hear the calls of several birds, but not the robin who sits quietly in her nest waiting for her eggs to hatch. Includes an interview with a robin who explains why she stays quiet and still while on her eggs.
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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Celebrate AAPI Heritage
Goldilocks 2025
Nursery Rhymes
Celebrate AAPI Heritage
Goldilocks 2025
Nursery Rhymes
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In this cumulative rhyme in the style of "The House That Jack Built," a family celebrates Hawaii and its culture while serving poi at a luau.
15) I wonder
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In this unusual text, young listeners and readers follow a group of diverse kids trying to make sense of the world as they see it.
16) Leo + Lea
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Leo is totally fixated on numbers and counting everything, even the words in the story the teacher reads; Lea is the shy new girl who shares his desk, and spends all her time drawing--but one day, in the noise of the playground, an accident brings them and their obsessions together in the beginning of a friendship.
17) The fog
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When the fog arrives on his island, a bird with a passion for people watching sets out to discover if anyone else has noticed it taking over the island.
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Eric Carle and fourteen other beloved children's book artists illustrate their favorite bugs and explain why they love them. Everybody has a favorite bug. Some like shiny, colorful beetles or busy ants or soft pale moths best. Others prefer spindly walking sticks or fuzzy caterpillars that turn into bright butterflies. With beautiful illustrations and charming personal stories, 15 children's book artists share their favorite bugs and why they love...
19) The hello atlas
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Explore the languages of the world in this colorful atlas, which presents basic words and phrases from more than 100 different languages.