Amy Krouse Rosenthal
2) Dear Girl
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Encourages readers to accept and love themselves as they are and advises them to be confident, curious, adaptable, and willing to speak up.
3) Straw
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A bendy drinking straw loves to speed through life, but he learns to appreciate taking it slow with the help of a friend.
7) Spoon
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Spoon's always been a happy little utensil. But lately, he feels like life as a spoon just isn't cutting it. He thinks Fork, Knife, and The Chopsticks all have it so much better than him. But do they? And what do they think about Spoon?
8) Friendshape
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Presents a story of friends Triangle, Circle, Square, and Rectangle as they have fun together and support one another through life.
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"In the ten years since her beloved, groundbreaking Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life, New York Times bestselling author Amy Krouse Rosenthal has been quietly at work on this modest but mighty magnum opus, creating a spectacular literary experience that is unprecedented, unforgettable, and explosively human. Amy Krouse Rosenthal has cultivated a distinct blend of nonlinear memoir, observational humor, wistful reflections, and interactive connections...
11) Little Oink
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Little Oink is a neat little pig, but his parents will not allow him to play until he is messy, as pigs should be.
13) Choo-choo school
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"Lighthearted verse portrays a world where train stations are classrooms, the conductor doubles as the teacher, and Boxcar is happy to hand out tissues to anyone who ah-choo-choos"--OCLC.
14) Chopsticks
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When a pair of chopsticks get separated, after some traumatic moments the two friends eventually learn to stand on their own.
15) Plant a kiss
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One small act of love blooms into something bigger and more dazzling than Little Miss could have ever imagined.
16) Little Pea
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Little Pea hates eating candy for dinner, but his parents will not let him have his spinach dessert until he cleans his plate.
17) I wish you more
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In simple text and pictures, the author and illustrator create a compendium of small daily moments.
18) Don't blink!
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Win the staring contest and you don't have to go to bed! An interactive bedtime story that gives young readers a chance to avoid bedtime, provided they don't blink, but for every blink, a page turns, bringing the end of the story and sleep closer.
20) The OK book
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A character enumerates a great many things that it enjoys doing, although not great at any of them, knowing that someday it will excel at something.