Kevin Henkes
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"Amelia Albright dreams about going to Florida for spring break like everyone else in her class, but her father--a cranky and stubborn English professor--has decided Florida is too much adventure. Now Amelia is stuck at home with him and her babysitter, the beloved Mrs. O'Brien. The week ahead promises to be boring, until Amelia meets Casey at her neighborhood art studio. Amelia has never been friends with a boy before, and the experience is both...
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Caldecott Award Books
Caldecott Award Winners
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
Caldecott Award Winners
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
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When Kitten mistakes the full moon for a bowl of milk, she ends up tired, wet, and hungry trying to reach it.
9) Egg
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Presents a simple picture book centered around four eggs. While three of the eggs hatch their chicks, one egg remains stubbornly intact. When the shell finally cracks, the baby crocodile that emerges comes as quite a shock. But the animals remain friends as the three chicks hop aboard the crocodile and float away.
13) Little houses
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A young girl visiting her grandparents at the beach stays in a little house and walks along the shore gathering seashells, wondering about the creatures who used to live in each shell, about the hidden treasures of the sea--and about the world.
14) Winter is here
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"Snow falls, animals burrow, and children prepare for the wonders winter brings"--Provided by publisher.
15) Sun flower lion
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English
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Invites the reader to see the sun, bright as a flower, a flower on a hill that looks like a lion, a lion that dreams of flowers as big as the sun, and more.
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Emotions: Books for Kids
Friends with Feelings: Puppet Talking with Friends
Lorraine: The Girl Who Sang the Storm Away 2024
Friends with Feelings: Puppet Talking with Friends
Lorraine: The Girl Who Sang the Storm Away 2024
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When brave Sheila Rae, who usually looks out for her sister Louise, becomes lost and scared one day, Louise comes to the rescue.
18) Olive's ocean
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On a summer visit to her grandmother's cottage by the ocean, twelve-year-old Martha gains perspective on the death of a classmate, on her relationship with her grandmother, on her feelings for an older boy, and on her plans to be a writer.
19) Birds
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Fascinated by the colors, shapes, sounds, and movements of the many different birds she sees through her window, a little girl is happy to discover that she and they have something in common.
20) Old Bear
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When Old Bear falls asleep for the winter, he has a dream that he is a cub again, enjoying each of the four seasons.