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"We shall all, in the end, be led to where we belong. We shall all, in the end, find our way home. In a time of war, a mysterious child appears at the monastery of the Order of the Chronicles of Sorrowing. Gentle Brother Edik finds the girl, Beatryce, curled in a stall, wracked with fever, coated in dirt and blood, and holding fast to the ear of Answelica the goat. As the monk nurses Beatryce to health, he uncovers her dangerous secret, one that imperils...
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Books for Preschoolers (3-4 years old)
Books to Inspire Creativity
Diverse Books - East & Southeast Asians
Main Children's Staff Picture Book Favorites
Books to Inspire Creativity
Diverse Books - East & Southeast Asians
Main Children's Staff Picture Book Favorites
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A boy and his grandfather cross a language and cultural barrier using their shared love of art, storytelling, and fantasy.
6) Witch Hazel
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"A girl is transformed by the magical power of stories through the shared memories of a kind "witch" named Hazel"--
7) This & that
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In rhyming text, Mother mouse tells her child stories at bedtime.
9) Big Bunny
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A parent and child share the telling of a story about a giant bunny who eats carrots-- and maybe trucks and bridges (according to the child).
11) The word pirates
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When word-eating Captain Rottingbones and his crew steal from the Word Wizard while she is telling a story, her pen proves mightier than the pirates' swords.
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"The History Day celebration is coming up in Crystal Cove, and Sasha has to pick her favorite story to read aloud. But when she unrolls the magical fabrics with the flying horse history on them, she discovers that all the words have disappeared! Can Sasha figure out what happened and find a way to return the stories to the fabrics in time for the celebration?"--
18) Mr. Zinger's hat
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The little boy Leo accidentally knocks off Mr. Zinger's hat with his ball. When the two finally manage to track the hat down, Mr. Zinger suggests that the reason it flew away was because there was a story in his hat, a story that wanted to get out. So as they sit down Mr. Zinger has Leo look in the hat, and cleverly has Leo provide all the details to the story without even knowing it.