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"The Big Cheese is the best at everything, and brags about it, too. When the annual Cheese-cathlon comes around, the Big Cheese is prepared to win, as always. But what happens when the quiet new kid, Wedge Wedgeman, comes out on top? Is a slice of humility all the Big Cheese needs to discover that some things are better than being the best?"--
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"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...
5) We could fly
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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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.
6) Big
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2023.
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English
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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.
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[2023]
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English
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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...
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Tilbury House Publishers
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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Now that she is ten, Lailah is delighted that she can fast during the month of Ramadan like her family and her friends in Abu Dhabi, but finding a way to explain to her teacher and classmates in Atlanta is a challenge until she gets some good advice from the librarian, Mrs. Scrabble.
9) Rainbow boy
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Beaming Books
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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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.
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Greystone Kids
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"A love letter to Indigenous communities everywhere, this picture book gorgeously illustrated by Julie Flett celebrates seasons, nature, and community. Based on Academy Award-winning Cree icon Buffy Sainte-Marie's song of the same name, Still This Love Goes On is a stunning celebration of Indigenous experience. Breathtaking illustrations from celebrated Cree-Métis artist Julie Flett combine with Sainte-Marie's vivid lyrics to craft a remarkable piece...
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Princeton Architectural Press
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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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...
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Pigeon (Picture books) volume 5
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Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
2012.
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English
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Pigeon is very angry when the duckling gets a cookie just by asking politely.
13) Jump in!
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Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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Celebrates a community coming together through their love of double Dutch.
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Philomel
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"The crayons are getting ready to go back to school, and each crayon has a subject they're looking forward to the most. They're also ready to meet new friends ... and let loose during their very favorite time of day: art class"--
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Minerva
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Little Jesús is excited to spend a Saturday with his landscaper Papá at the 'family business.' He loves Papá's cool truck and all the tools he gets to use. Papá even puts him in charge of the magical water jug, which is also a clock! When it's empty, Papá explains, the workday will be done. It's a big job, and Jesús wants to do it right. But he just can't help giving water to an array of thirsty animals--a dog in a sweater, some very old cats,...
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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Spring Sings for The Grouchy Ladybug celebrates the new life that blossoms during spring. The animals are playing outside, the flowers are blooming, and everyone is joyous--even The Grouchy Ladybug!
17) Crane Jane!
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Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"Jane works as crane operator at the docks, but she faces her biggest challenge when hoisting a firetruck in high winds"--
20) A bed of stars
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A reassuring picture book about finding one's place in the world follows a father as he takes his child on their first camping trip where he shows, under a blanket of stars, that the universe is a friendly place.
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