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Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"When Santa arrives at a child's house on Christmas Eve, does he go down the chimney feetfirst or headfirst? What if he gets stuck? What if there's no chimney? Maybe he slides under the door, as thin as a piece of paper? Or is it possible he pours himself through the faucet? What happens once he's inside? Whether it's shape-shifting or impromptu laundry use, Mac Barnett's iconic talent for earnest deadpan humor and Jon Klassen's irresistibly funny...
Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Once, in a tiny village in India, there was a young boy who loved to paint. He lived with his grandfather, who taught him to paint with his fingers, to make paints from marigolds and brushes made from jasmine flowers. Sometimes, the village children would watch them painting together, and the boy's grandfather would invite them to join in. They didn't have much, but they had each other. After his grandfather dies, the boy notices a little box wrapped...
5) Powwow day
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Language
English
Description
Because she has been very ill and weak, River cannot join in the dancing at this year's tribal powwow, she can only watch from the sidelines as her sisters and cousins dance the celebration--but as the drum beats she finds the faith to believe that she will recover and dance again.
7) We could fly
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Shares the incantatory dialogue between a mother and daughter that celebrates love, resilience and the spiritual power of tradition and shared cultural memory to sustain and uplift.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When Zimdalamashkermishkada starts a new school, he decides to shrink his name to the shorter, simpler Zim, but when his new friend Elly sees him for who he truly is, Zimdalamashkermishkada finds the confidence to step proudly into his long name.
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Thought-provoking stanzas encourage readers of all ages to consider they ways in which they live in connection to the world around them and encourages them to think deeply about their behaviors. Rooted in Indigenous teachings, the message delivered by the authors is universal, be a good ancestor to the world around you."--
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In an alternate past--or possible future--a mighty tree stands on the banks of a winding river, bearing silent witness to the flow of time and change. A family farms the fertile valley. Soon, a village sprouts, and not long after, a town. Residents learnto harness the water, the wind, and the animals in order to survive and thrive. The growing population becomes ever more industrious and clever, bending nature itself to their will and their ambition:...
11) Big
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Praised for acting like a big girl when she is small, as a young girl grows, "big" becomes a word of criticism, until the girl realizes that she is fine just the way she is.
Author
Series
Pigeon (Picture books) volume 2
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
"Pigeon learns about sharing when a curious duckling keeps asking questions about the hot dog Pigeon has found"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
An LGBTQ-inclusive story about understanding your peers, your feelings, and yourself, The Wishing Flower is a love letter to longing, belonging, and longing to belong. Birdie finds comfort in nature and books, but more than anything she longs for connection, to be understood. At school, Birdie feels like an outsider. Quiet and shy, she prefers to read by herself, rather than jump rope or swing with the other kids. That all changes when Sunny, the...
15) I am enough
Author
Language
English
Description
Shares a story of loving who you are, respecting others and being kind to one another.
Author
Publisher
Princeton Architectural Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In this heartfelt and joyous story, little Nina embarks on a boisterous day of exploration, a colorful day where she sets out to find, well, Kind. With a backpack full of her favorite things, Nina guides readers through the neighborhood to identify kindness in the wild. Along the way she shines a light on the importance of loving yourself as well as others, revealing that sharing your unique form of kindness--the you kind of Kind--is the most wonderful...
17) Rainbow boy
Author
Publisher
Beaming Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Unable to choose one favorite color, a young boy enjoys wearing a pink tutu on Sundays, playing with an orange basketball on Tuesdays, and trying to change things with a purple wand on Saturdays.
Author
Publisher
Soaring Kite Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Explore the different ways to eat kimchi in this ... rhyming tale that also teaches the days of the week. Korean American author-illustrator Erica Kim shares her pride in her delicious cultural food through her cut paper art technique. The Hanji paper that is used to illustrate the book comes from a paper mulberry tree native to Korea"--Amazon.com.
20) Pumpkin heads!
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
When Halloween comes around, pumpkins are turned into pumpkin heads of different kinds and greet trick-or-treaters.
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