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21) Just because
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When a child is too full of questions about the world to go to sleep, her patient father offers up increasingly creative responses to his child's nighttime wonderings.
22) Bee
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A magical striped suit lets a boy become a bee for a day.
23) Kevin goes first
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"When Kevin and his friends discover a mysterious ladder, everyone wants to know what is at the top, and who gets to find out first"--
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
What if a wish is just a wish until you wonder, What if? Curiosity, imagination, and dreams send a child off on a magical journey. And when things start to take a different turn, the impossible makes them ask, "What if?" Find out just how far a simple wish can take us in this illuminating tale of a beautiful message about the power of wonder.
28) Maybe
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Three little monkeys, and their big monkey, are sat high up on their branch in the forest canopy. Ok, monkeys! I'm off, says the big monkey. Now remember. Whatever you do, do NOT go down to the mango tree. There are tigers down there. Mmm ... mangos! think the little monkeys. They LOVE mangos. Hmm ... maybe ... maybe they could just look at the mangos? That'd be ok, right?
29) One boy watching
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"This lyrical picture book follows one boy's early morning bus ride to school and the many things he observes"--
Author
Publisher
Clavis Publishing Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"It's bedtime already? But I don't feel like going to sleep. There's so much to think about. I have so many questions! What happened to my other sock? Why is dad losing his hair? What does the sun do at night? And most of all: why am I so sleepy? The everyday questions of a little girl are visualized in the pictures with a lot of imagination"--
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Written with terrific humor, empathy, and tenderness, author-illustrator Andrew Arnold's I Have a Question is wonderfully funny and mightily empowering--inspiring anyone who has ever felt too shy, too silly or too afraid to raise their hand.
32) Scaredy cats
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Three kittens speculate on what might be in a wrapped gift before them: a harmless cake, or an array of increasingly vicious predators"--
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Over the course of a long walk across a city, one curious kid needs to know: 'Does it have a butt?' Everything from sheep to ghosts to dinosaurs is subjected to this all-important question, and Dad is a never-ending source of answers. On a laugh-out-loud father-child ramble, we come to see that every butt, from a bullfrog's to a zombie's, has its own distinctive, and distinctively hilarious, quality."--
35) Spring science
Author
Series
Acadia files volume 4
Publisher
Tilbury House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Acadia Greene has done science in summer, autumn, and winter. In the fourth and final book of this series, she carries her search for answers into the spring, investigating meteors and mass extinctions; germination and pollinators; parasites, ticks, and Lyme disease; and pesticides and malaria. Finally, looking back through her notebooks, she puts together her scientific inquiries from all four seasons into a holistic understanding of the natural...
Author
Publisher
Page Street Kids, an imprint of Page Street Publishing Co
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"All the forest creatures laugh when Little Owl asks 'Why?' and Little Wolf asks 'When?' Everyone knows owls ask 'Who?' and wolves ask 'How?' Why? It's just how it's done. But Little Owl and Litte Wolf want to ask their own questions. When will things change? The inquisitive pair doesn't think anyone will ever understand, so they take off on an adventure to find a new place far from those that try to hold them back. Where will they end up? What happens...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
From the moment we are born, we reach out. We reach out for our loved ones, for new knowledge and experiences, and for our dreams! Whether celebrating life's joyous milestones, sharing words of encouragement, or observing the wonder of the world around us, this uplifting book will inspire readers of every age. A celebration of love and shared discovery, this book will encourage readers to reach for the stars!
38) Alien tomato
Author
Publisher
Page Street Kids
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
When a mysterious red orb appears one day, the vegetables are not sure what to make of it and they decide that it must be an alien tomato, but Gopher is not convinced.
39) Ventanas
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
"Antes de que tu ciudad se vaya a dormir, puede que decidas dar un paseo con tu perro a tu lado, y salgas de casa hacia la caída de la noche. Cualquier cosa puede ocurrir en ese paseo: puede que te encuentres con un gato, un amigo o incluso un mapache. Y mientras caminas por tu calle y doblas la esquina, las ventanas que te rodean comienzan a encenderse una a una, hasta adentrarte en un laberinto de lámparas de papel, cada una ofreciéndote una...
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