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Author
Publisher
Tra Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In the tradition of classic children's literature, this thoughtful, poignant bedtime story is an homage to the child's journey of self-discovery and the adventure of becoming who we are meant to be in the world. Oliver's deep joy is sparked when he is making art. But at school one day, his classmates' teasing and criticisms cause him to doubt his creative choices and disparage his gifts. That evening, three giants appear at his bedroom windows and...
Author
Publisher
Nosy Crow Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"This book is NOT about a unicorn! Well....OK, maybe it is! But THIS unicorn has a horn that can turn into the most incredible things--a magic wand, a helicopter, even a rocket ship! It's the most fantastic unicorn EVER! Join the hilarious adventure and prepare to be amazed by your marvelous new friend."--
743) Love the earth
Author
Publisher
Sky Pony Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The final book in the New York Times bestselling trilogy, following Touch the Earth and Heal the Earth. by Julian Lennon, Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter, philanthropist, photographer, and bestselling author. Julian Lennon white feather flier adventure series," -- Publisher annotation.
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
The star of the bestselling Big Nate book series is back in another board book adventure for preschool-aged children. Big Nate doesn't want to take a nap. But once he does drift off to sleep, he's delighted to find his imagination can take him to some delightful places. The second book in the Little Big Nate series by bestselling author Lincoln Peirce is an interactive joy for young children and their parents.
745) Lines
Author
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A concept-based introduction to the simplicity and complexity of the world around us challenges young children to think beyond shapes, colors, letters and numbers to see how simple lines and pieces make up a larger, more complex whole.
Publisher
[Midwest Tape]
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A collection of DVDs all gathered into one "binge box" for a spectacular movie night.
How to train your dragon: Hiccup is a young Viking who defies convention when he befriends one of his deadliest foes, a ferocious dragon he calls Toothless. Together, this unlikely pair must overcome many obstacles and one ultimate challenge in order to save both their worlds.
Kung fu panda: Po is a fuzzy and clumsy panda who dreams of joining the world of martial...
748) Just go to bed
Author
Publisher
Golden Books
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Little Critter plays at being several imaginary characters to avoid listening to his father about the need to go to bed.
749) DRAW!
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In this wordless picture book, a boy who is confined to his room fills his sketch pad with lions and elephants, then imagines himself on a safari.
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
As he spends hours studying his father's world map, a young boy escapes the hunger and misery of refugee life. Based on the author's childhood in Kazakhstan, where he lived as a Polish refugee during World War II.
751) Merdaddy
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
In their bath time reverie, Merbaby, an imaginative child, has wonderful aquatic adventures with their merdaddy until their fingers start to prune and it is time for bed.
752) Ninja!
Author
Series
Ninja! (Arree Chung) volume 1
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A ninja must be strong, courageous, and silent! He creeps through the house on a secret mission. There may be obstacles! But have no fear--a true ninja can overcome all challenges.".
753) The wrong book
Author
Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
In this giggle-inducing story, the narrator is WRONG about everything, including that bicycles say cock-a-doodle-doo and firefighters shout Ding Dong! before putting out a fire, until the characters within the book set him straight.
754) Muy famoso
Author
Series
Publisher
Editorial Norma
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
Español
Description
En el corazón de cada persona, sea grande o pequeña, hay un espacio para soñar con ser alguien importante. El niño que Philip Waechter presenta en este libro sueña con la gloria futbolística. Con una cierta ironía y con gran agudeza, su historia pone de manifiesto el doble talento que tienen los niños para realizar sus sueños por los medios más sencillos y para darle sentido a las cosas más insignificantes.
755) Roxaboxen
Author
Publisher
HarperTrophy, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[1991].
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A hill covered with rocks and wooden boxes becomes an imaginary town for Marian, her sisters, and their friends.
Author
Series
Treehouse books volume 13
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Andy and Terry live in a 169-story treehouse...It now has a kangaroo-riding range, a Whatever-Weather-You-Want dome, and a hall of fun-house mirrors--the perfect place to hide from the truancy officer who is trying to catch them and Jill and make them go to school! Unfortunately, the hall of fun-house mirrors is also the place where their evil troublemaking twins, Anti-Andy, Terrible-Terry, and Junkyard-Jill, live in a doppelganger mirror, and they...
758) Something great
Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"Quinn spends the morning in their workshop, and emerges with Something Great! But everyone wants to know...what is it?...Can't Quinn just share the job of their new invention without a label?"--
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