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Splashy illustrations and simple text explore water in its many shapes and forms.
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Using a wide variety of stunning photographs, author Kevin Kurtz poses thought-provoking questions to help readers determine if things are living or nonliving. For example, if most (but not all) living things can move, can any nonliving things move? As part of the Compare and Contrast series, this is a unique look at determining whether something is living or nonliving.
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Who says words need to be concrete? This collection shapes poems in surprising and delightful ways.Concrete poetry is a perennially popular poetic form because they are fun to look at. But by using the arrangement of the words on the page to convey the meaning of the poem, concrete or shape poems are also easy to write!
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From her imaginative childhood to her career as an illustrator, designer, and animator for Walt Disney Studios, Mary wouldn't play by the rules. At a time when studios wanted to hire men and think in black and white, Mary painted twinkling emerald skies, peach giraffes with tangerine spots, and magenta horses that could fly.
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An illustrated picture book autobiography in which award-winning author Yuyi Morales tells her own immigration story. (2019 Pura Belpré winner)
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A picture book chronicle of the life of children's book pioneer John Newbery describes how he imagined books filled with stories, science and games before becoming a celebrated author and publisher, changing the literary world forever.
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A naughty little boy, sent to bed without his supper, sails to the land of the wild things where he becomes their king. (1964 Winner)
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Frogs rise on their lily pads, float through the air, and explore the nearby houses while their inhabitants sleep. (1992 winner)
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Trickiest! introduces readers to some of the slyest animals on the planet.
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Introduces wolves, describing their physical features, what they eat, where they live, and how they care for their young.
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When Buzz captures a fly to enter in The Amazing Pet Show, his parents and the judges tell him that a fly cannot be a pet, but Fly Guy proves them wrong.
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Unicorn and Yeti run into each other (literally) while looking for sparkly things, and despite some differences, (for instance Unicorn is magic, Yeti is not, Yeti likes snowball fights, Unicorn can not throw snowballs)--the two become friends over a shared love of hot chocolate with rainbow sprinkles.
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A little squirrel counts as he tosses nuts, one at a time, into a bigger squirrel's mouth until he discovers that it is possible to have enough.
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Told in rhyme, Moby Shinobi tries to put his ninja skills to work helping Papa Peppy in the pizza shop, but everything he does ends in ruined pizza--until the key to the cabinet where the secret sauce is stored gets lost.
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Yellow Bird has found a button and wants to share it with Red Bird and Blue Bird. This is just an ordinary button. It does not do anything when you press it. But when Red Bird and Blue Bird give it a try, they are delighted to find that the button does not do nothing, and that is something.