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Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Ernestine is beyond excited to go camping. She follows the packing list carefully (new sleeping bag! new flashlight! special trail mix made with Dad!) so she knows she is ready when the weekend arrives. But she quickly realizes that nothing could have prepared her for how hard it is to set up a tent, never mind fall asleep in it, or that swimming in a lake means that there will be fish -- eep! Will Ernestine be able to enjoy the wilderness, or will...
Author
Series
Princess in Black volume 1
Language
English
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Description
Stopping monsters is no job for a prim and perfect princess in pink. So when trouble calls, Princess Magnolia transforms into her alter ego and confronts the monster as...The Princess in Black. Can the princess sneak away, transform into her alter ego, and defeat the monster before the nosy duchess discovers her secret?
5) Saturday
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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2023 Monarch Award Nominees
Anti-Racism: Contemporary Black Life
Black Authors: Board and Picture Books (SCPL-YS)
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Anti-Racism: Contemporary Black Life
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Description
When all of their special Saturday plans go awry, Ava and her mother still find a way to appreciate one another and their time together.
6) The dark
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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Description
Laszlo is afraid of the dark which lives in the same big, creaky house as him, until one night the dark pays him a visit.
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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2022 Most Checked Out by Cardholders - Youth
2023 Monarch Award Nominees
2023 Monarch Read-a-Likes (SCPL-YS)
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Description
Grub is a lonely raccoon rumbling in the trash for food. Seed is a seed patiently waiting in the trash, hoping someone will plant it. When the two finally meet, they realize they might be able to help each other! Grub wonders what Seed will grow, and is hoping it's Grub's favorite food, mouthwatering cheeseburgers.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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2022 Department Favorites! (SCPL-YS)
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Summer Reads - Picture Books
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Summer Reads - Picture Books
Description
From the team behind See the Cat: Three Stories About a Dog comes a funny and handy guide that explains just how (and how not!) to say I'm sorry. Wouldn't the world be a better place if everyone knew how to apologize? Luckily, this humorous guidebook is full of practical tips about when, why, and how to say you're sorry. From a porcupine who accidentally popped his friend's balloon to a snail who was running so fast he stepped on a sloth's toes, hilarious...
9) Lou
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
"Meet Lou. Lou has an important job . . . as the neighborhood toilet for dogs on their walks. Useful as he may be, he gets the feeling that deep down inside, there might be more to him than that. He just doesn't seem to know exactly what yet. When disaster strikes, will Lou find out what he's made of and save the day?"--
10) Lion lessons
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Learning to be a lion takes some serious lessons, but luckily, this kid has a teacher who is a real pro"--
Author
Series
Cornbread and Poppy volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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2023 Summer Book Picks with Miss Rachel
2024 Monarch List Read-a-Likes (SCPL-YS)
Favorite Early Chapter Book Series (SCPL-YS)
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Description
Cautious Cornbread and carefree Poppy are best friends, so when Poppy fails to prepare for winter, Cornbread ventures up Holler Mountain with her to help her find food.
Author
Series
Infamous Ratsos volume 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Description
Rat brothers Louie and Ralphie Ratso try to prove they can be as rough and tough as their father in the Big City, but every time they try to show how tough they are, they end up accidentally doing good deeds instead.
Author
Publisher
Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Description
Convinced that pizza is the best food, Pipo will eat nothing else until her fed-up parents send her on a quest to prove that no dishes in their multicultural neighborhood are better.
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
Meet Doug, an ordinary kid who doesn't like hugs, in this fun and exuberant story which aims to spark discussions about bodily autonomy and consent. Doug doesn't like hugs. He thinks hugs are too squeezy, too squashy, too squooshy, too smooshy. He doesn't like hello hugs or goodbye hugs, game-winning home run hugs or dropped ice cream cone hugs, and he definitely doesn't like birthday hugs. He'd much rather give a high five--or a low five, a side...
16) Grandpa grumps
Author
Publisher
Little Bee
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
When Daisy's grandfather, or Yeh-Yeh, visits from China, she does everything she can think of to make him smile and finally finds a way. Includes glossary of Chinese words and recipe for fried rice.
Author
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Group
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"This fresh and very funny non-fiction picture book shares lots of fascinating facts about spiders in an entirely captivating way. If I'm Trying to Love Spiders doesn't cure your spider phobia, it'll at least make you appreciate how amazing they are...and laugh a lot as you learn about them."--
Author
Language
English
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Diversity Equity and Inclusion - Youth
Hispanic & Latino Authors: Picture Books (SCPL-YS)
Kindergarten
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Description
Sonia and her friends plant a garden, and each one contributes in his or her own special way, in a book that celebrates the many differences among humans.
19) Thank you, Omu!
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Black Authors: Board and Picture Books (SCPL-YS)
Black Lives (kids)
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Description
When the aroma of Omu's homemade stew fills the air, her neighbors arrive, one by one, for a taste until all is gone except for her generous spirit.
20) Wildfire!
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and easy-to-read text reveal the struggles of forest animals to survive when fire breaks out on Spruce Mountain, and the actions of the firefighters who work through the night to stop the blaze.
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