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62) Friends
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"When a girl and a frog go to the beach to fish, they are frustrated to find that the fish aren't biting. Instead, they stare into the water and make faces at their reflections. Then, something spectacular happens. The reflections take on lives of their own, transforming into a mermaid with her own pet frog. Surprise gives way to delight as they invite the girl and the frog to enter a stunning underwater world. The new friends swim and play amongst...
65) Grasshopper
Author
Publisher
Greystone Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
In this colorful and moving wordless picture book told from the up-close perspectives of a young girl and a grasshopper, a garden comes alive with creatures, plants, and surprises of nature.
67) The typewriter
Author
Publisher
Two Lions
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
In this picture book with few words, three children find a typewriter on a carousel, and begin an adventure that helps them discover the wonder of words.
Author
Publisher
RP Kids
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
It is a cold and rainy evening when Gran gives her granddaughter something special: tickets to the ballet. Her granddaughter is reluctant to go. The weather is terrible and they have to wear fancy, uncomfortable clothes. But as the curtains rise on The Nutcracker, the girl's eyes light up as she's introduced to the magic of the theater. The bright costumes, the intricate dances, the magical music, and a new friend all combine to captivate the girl...
69) Baby belly
Author
Series
Publisher
Magination Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A wordless picture book about a young boy who wonders why his mother's belly is growing larger.
70) Spot, the cat
Author
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
In this wordless picture book, a cat named Spot ventures out an open window and through a city on a journey, while his owner tries to find him.
71) Draw the line
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
After two boys drawing their own lines realize they can connect them, a misstep creates a rift between them.
74) Sector 7
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
While on a school trip to the Empire State Building, a boy is taken by a friendly cloud to visit Sector 7, where he discovers how clouds are shaped and channeled throughout the country.
75) Flotsam
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
The story of what happens when a camera becomes a piece of flotsam.
76) A ball for Daisy
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
A wordless picture book about all the fun a dog can have with her ball.
Author
Publisher
Enchanted Lion Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Houses Floating By is both whimsical and mysterious. Take some time and go on a journey of discovery through a black-and-white pencil world that is more colorful than you might suspect. The illustrations engage through the logic of dream and association, encouraging the reader to create her own stories, while imagining various possibilities.
78) Sidewalk circus
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
A young girl watches as the activities across the street from her bus stop become a circus.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A fairground in the evening is a glowing beacon of treats and delights. Bright lights paint the midway in cotton-candy pink, lemon yellow, and candy-apple red. Alluring prizes invite folks to try a game of skill or chance. The aromas of spun sugar, warm popcorn, and baking pretzels fill the air. It is any wonder, then, that after the lights go out and the people go home, the creatures in the nearby forest want to take their turn in this color-soaked...
80) Imagine!
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"When a boy visits an art museum and one of the paintings comes to life, he has an afternoon of adventure and discovery [that] changes how he sees the world ever after"--
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