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This is a beautifully illustrated story which is told without words. A lonely girl finds a red crayon and uses it to draw a door into an adventure. The scenery is in subtle monochrome while the magic elements appear in red or purple: the boat, the balloon, the bird and the magic carpet. This quiet and cinematic book was a 2014 Caldecott honor book.
Based on the true story of Orundellico, a boy from the islands around Tierra del Fuego (Chili/Argentina) who was taken from his homeland to England in 1830. He spent 15 months in the U.K. where he learned some English and adopted the dress of Victorian England. Using mixed media shapes, the artists show what the boy must have felt upon seeing the strangers. Silhouettes of men are shown wearing Victorian clothing in the wild and lush jungle."We will call you Jemmy Button," the visitor said as he gave Orundellico's family a mother of pearl button in exchange for Jemmy. On his voyage, Jemmy looked out of the porthole and is amazed at the sea life. All of the artwork serves to show how the world felt to Jemmy, whether it was astonishment, alienation or homesickness. Jemmy Button does eventually return to his island and it's way of life. Through it's
simple pictures and limited text, this book succeeds in conveying the emotions of Jemmy/Orundellico and a small portion of his life.
Fall Ball is another excellent book by Peter McCartney. The illustrations are fantastic as always and the story is fun. It's a great story about Fall activities, and the children in the story enjoy a beautiful fall day and a game of football. A must read!
Hondo and Fabian by Peter McCarty
Diary of a Wombat by Jackie French
Cosmo Zooms by Arthur Howard
Stella and her brother Sam are back with a cute story about all the things you can learn from books. Sam is as inquisitive as ever, and Stella is as patient. A good story about reading as well as sibling relationships.
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The Curious Garden by Peter Brown
Super Sam! by Lori Ries
Ladybug Girl by David Soman
Little Treasures is a very different type of book. Kids will enjoy hearing all the funny little names parents call their children in different countries. The text includes phonetic spelling of hard to say foreign words, so children just may pick up a phrase or two! The art is very cute too.
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Grandpa Green by Lane Smith
Because You Are My Teacher by Sherry North
All Kinds of Kisses by Nancy Tarfuri
Little Owl's Orange Scarf is a very sweet story about Owl and his desire for a scarf that is just right for him. The illustrations are adorable. This is a good read aloud book. The prose is simple, but funny and children will be able to relate to Owl's search for a comfy scarf.
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This is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen
Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett
Stuck by Oliver Jeffers
The First Drawing is a very cute story about a family of cavemen who have no art. One of the children discovers cave painting and astounds all of the other people. It's a pretty funny story about looking at things in an artistic way.
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Journey by Aaron Becker
Dusk by Uri Shulevitz
Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin
Sophie's Squash is a very cute, if slightly strange, picture book about a little girl and her attachment to a Butternut Squash. The squash makes a perfect doll, until it starts to rot. Sophie plants her squash and eventually she is rewarded with 2 new squashes to play with. The book is amusing, and kids will love seeing the very imaginative things Sophie does with her Squash. They'll also learn a little about planting seeds and how things grow.
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How Big Could Your Pumpkin Grow by Wendell Minor
Pumpkin Soup by Helen Cooper
Miss Maples Seeds by Eliza Wheeler
Boot & Shoe is an utterly charming book about 2 dogs that live their lives attached at the hip. What happens when Boot & Shoe accidentally become separated? Kids will love the simple but engaging illustrations, and the story is very sweet, with just enough drama to keep a young child interested. Will Boot & Shoe be reunited? Read the book and find out!
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Oh, No! by Candace Fleming
City Dog, Country Frog by Mo Willems
Stars by Mary Lyn Ray
Mary Had a Little Lamp is a charming take on a traditional Nursery Rhyme. Bob Staake's illustrations are silly and fun. Kids will love the wackiness of this book, and just when you think Mary is starting to grow up and leave her lamp behind, there is a hilarious twist!
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Waking Beauty by Leah Wilcox
The Red Lemon by Bob Staake
Turkey Trouble by Wendy Silvano
Kate and Nate are Running Late
Kate and her two children, Nate, and his older sister, Maddie, have all overslept. How will they EVER make it to school and work on time dressed, fed, and organized?
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I like Old Clothes
Little Cub
Lester's Dreadful Sweaters
I'm Bored
I Want my Hat Back
Classic Indian Tales
The gods and the demons come together to churn the ocean using the mountain Manthara and the serpent Vasuki to get the elixir of immortality. Uruvashi, the most beautiful woman in all the worlds, created by the god Narayana from his thigh, descends to earth only to fall in love with a mere mortal. Savitri tricks Death into doing something he has never done before. Emperor Akbar challenges Birbal to find the ten biggest fools of Agra. These and many other tales of boons and curses, love and betrayal, wit and humor, valor and pride, drawn from the Mahabharata, Ramayana, Panchatantra and traditional folklore of India, are brought together in this fascinating collection...
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The Magical Adventures of Krishna
Twenty Jataka Tales
Indian Tales
One Grain of Rice
The Drum
Fairy Wings
Ridiculed by all but her animal friends, little wingless Fia spends her days on the earth rather than in the sky. But when the boy fairy Kip invites her to attend the May Dance, Fia timidly accepts. Her wingless condition creates a stir until the dance is interrupted by a wicked troll seeking a late-night snack of fairy wings!
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Fia and the Imp
The Book of Little Folk
If you See a Fairy Ring
Fairy Houses
How to Find Flower Fairies
Practical Guide to Dragon Riding
How do you hatch a dragon egg? Do dragon riders need reins? How do you say fly in Draconic? Once again, Sindri Suncatcher opens up his notebooks to share with us more wonders of dragonkind. In this fully illustrated guide, readers will learn how to raise a baby dragon, discover step-by-step how to train it, and take flight on the wings of your very own dragon mount.
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Practical Guide to Dragon Magic
How to Raise and Keep a Dragon
Monsterology
Practical Guide to Dragons
Brass Dragon Codex
The Turkey Girl
To a young girl who tends turkeys for a living, an opportunity to go to The Dance of the Scared Bird seems but a distant dream...another retelling of the Cinderella tale...
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The Egyptian Cinderella
Yeh-Shen
The Rough-Face Girl
The Golden Sandal
Smoky Mountain Rose
Christmastime
A cozy, visually rich celebration of Christmas to pore over...Secret clues, plus hidden allusions to classic Christmas carols
Readers are off to the North Pole in this brimming holiday treat. On each page, a deceptively simple item--stocking, snowman, reindeer--pulls readers into a nostalgic, exquisitely detailed moment of the yuletide journey: a trip in Santa's sleigh, supper with Mr. and Mrs. Claus, watching the elves hard at work, and finally arriving home in time for Christmas morning...
If you liked this, try:The Nutcracker
The Christmas Quiet Book
Welcome to the Zoo
Christmas Parade
Christmas Wombat
Turkey Claus
Turkey is in trouble. Again. He made it through Thanksgiving without becoming a turkey dinner, but now it’s almost Christmas, and guess what’s on the menu? Turkey decides the only thing to do is to ask Santa for help. He sets off for the North Pole, but getting in to see Santa at Christmastime isn’t as easy as Turkey expected. It’s going to take all his ideas—and his clever disguises—to find a way into Santa’s house. After many hilarious attempts, Turkey comes up with the perfect disguise, and Santa has the perfect solution!
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Turkey Trouble
The Christmas Quiet Book
Pete the Cat Saves Christmas
Snowmen at Work
Christmas Wombat
Boy who Cried Wolf
A clever retelling of the timeless tale..."Nothing ever happens here," the shepherd thinks. But the bored boy knows what would be exciting: He cries that a wolf is after his sheep, and the town's people come running. How often can that trick work, though?
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Ant and the Grasshopper
The Ugly Duckling
The Empty Pot
Anansi the Spider
The Wolf who Cried Boy
Buffalo Bird Girl
This fascinating picture book biography tells the childhood story of Buffalo Bird Woman, a Hidatsa Indian born around 1839. Through her true story, readers will learn what it was like to be part of this Native American community that lived along the Missouri River in the Dakotas, a society that depended more on agriculture for food and survival than on hunting...
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Unspoken
The Herd Boy
The Star People
Grandfather Buffalo
Gift Horse
Bamboo
In a Chinese village, Bamboo, a simple farmer, falls in love with a peasant girl, Ming, and soon they are married. To celebrate the wedding, the newlyweds plant a grove of bamboo. When Bamboo goes to the New World to seek his fortune, his new wife is left behind to till the fields. Ming soon discovers that the bamboo she brought as a gift to her new husband is magic...
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Liang and the Magic Paintbrush
One Grain of Rice
The Lost Horse
The Magic Tapestry
Seven Chinese Sisters
Ant and the Grasshopper
The classic fable of the carefree grasshopper strumming away on his little violin-like instrument while the industrious ants spend the summer preparing for the long, cold winter...
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Seven Blind Mice
Aesop's Fables
Wolf who Cried Wolf
Hey Little Ant
Tortoise and the Hare
Old MacDonald Had a Dragon
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O! And on that farm he had . . . a dragon? The animals aren’t happy that there’s a dragon on the farm. But Old MacDonald likes his dragon . . . until it starts swallowing up the animals! Can Old MacDonald save his farm before it’s too late...
If you liked this, try:Cow can't sleep
Three Ninja Pigs
Tell the Truth, BB Wolf
Dragon Loves Tacos
Nightsong
Rabbit's Snow Dance
Rabbit loves the winter. He knows a dance, using a traditional Iroquois drum and song, to make it snow--even in springtime! The other animals of the forest don't want early snow, but Rabbit doesn't listen to them. Instead, he sings and dances until more and more snow falls. But how much snow is too much, and will Rabbit know when to stop? A hilarious fable!
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Bear has a Story to Tell
Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs
Chloe
Snowmen at Work
Brave Squish Rabbit
Meet Archie: Designer. Fashionista. Dog. Archie leads a quiet life with his faithful pet. That is, until he gets a sewing machine and his creativity starts to run wild. It's not long before Archie's nimbleness with a needle catches the attention of his friends and fellow dog walkers. Soon, the entire city is straining at the leash for one of his couture concoctions... including a queen and her two very royal corgis. This enchanting, nearly wordless picture book is a great story about following your dreams wherever they may lead...
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Sleep like a Tiger
Three Hat Day
Halibut Jackson
Boot and Shoe
The New Sweater
Christmas Wombat
“Slept. Scratched. Slept.” Indeed, it seems like Christmas will be just another day for the wombat . . . until she smells carrots! In this charming picture book, the star of Diary of a Wombat goes head to head with Santa’s reindeer in competition for carrots—and wins. Then, as an accidental stowaway on Santa's sleigh, she learns that carrots are internationally available. No wonder she isn't hungry for treats on Christmas morning!...
If you liked this, try:
Diary of a Wombat
Diary of a Baby Wombat
Christmas Quiet Book
Just Right for Christmas
Santa's Book of Names
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By: Caireen,
on 2/27/2014
