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"Everyone needs things to look forward to-big things and small things, on good days and on bad days; things that will buoy our spirits and make us laugh and help us feel alive. In these pages, beloved author and illustrator Sophie Blackall has gathered a collection of joyful things for all of us: things that are always there if we look for them, like the sun coming up; things we can do if the sun is behind a cloud, like baking for other people or...
4) Negative cat
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Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"Max isn't a typical cat, but his loving owner still sees the best in him"-- Provided by publisher.
5) Farmhouse
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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A farmhouse provides the setting for a dozen children to live and grow, and when they leave, another family arrives to fill the house with love again.
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Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
After learning that his parents are expecting a baby, a young boy asks several people where babies come from and gets a different answer from each before his parents have a chance to give the right answer. Includes advice on answering questions about reproduction.
8) Ahoy!
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Publisher
Anne Schwartz Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Raise the mainsail! Batten the hatches! It's time to set sail...on the couch! There's a storm coming, and a child is ready to captain the ship. "Make haste and climb aboard," they call out to their parent, "before you're swept out to sea!" Sea? What sea? The parent is only trying to vacuum the rug. But the child is adamant. It's not a rug--it's the ocean. And that broom? It's the ship's mast. Soon enough, child and parent are both off on an imaginary...
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Gale
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Series covers individuals ranging from established award winners to authors and illustrators who are just beginning their careers. Entries cover: personal life, career, writings and works in progress, adaptations, additional sources, and photographs.
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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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Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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"An imagining of the real journey undertaken by the extraordinary bear, from her early days in the Canadian forest to her travels with the Veterinary Corps across the country and overseas, all the way to the London Zoo, where she met Christopher Robin Milne and inspired the creation of Winnie-the-Pooh"--
13) Pecan pie baby
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Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
When Mama's pregnancy draws attention away from Gia, she worries that the special bond they share will disappear forever once the baby is born.
14) Wild boars cook
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Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Besides being naughty, greedy, stinky, and rude, wild boars Boris, Morris, Horace, and Doris are also very hungry and luckily Doris finds the perfect recipe for them to make.
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Ivy + Bean volume 3
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English
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Everyone in second grade seems set on breaking a world record and friends Ivy and Bean are no exception, deciding to become the youngest people ever to discover a dinosaur skeleton.
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Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Through the eyes of her family and friends we see the young Rachel as she explores nature and overcomes obstacles to write about harmful chemical practices and launch the global environmental movement. Written in blank verse.
Author
Series
Ivy + Bean volume 12
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
After meeting Herman the Treasure Hunter during a career fair at Emerson School, every second-grader is looking for treasure and finding it--except for Ivy and Bean.
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Series
Ivy and Bean volume 7
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
When all the second grade students must enter the science fair, which has global warming as its theme, best friends Ivy and Bean team up to create an unusual project.
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Series
Ivy and Bean volume 4
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
When Bean's parents leave her in the care of her older sister Nancy for the afternoon, she enlists her neighbor and best friend Ivy to come over and teach Nancy how to be a really good babysitter.
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