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Good Night, Good Night
By Dennis Lee, Qin Leng. 2018
Song on the wind
By Caroline Everson, Anne Marie Bourgeois. 2017
In fourteen gentle stanzas, sleepy & dash-eyed children throughout history draw comfort from bedtime tales and tender lullabies. Here, their…
innate curiosity about the world around them is satisfied by timeless music that drifts through centuries on the wind. Loving parents sing of white polar bears, northern lights, sea creatures, and woodland animals that dance under the stars and visit each child on the edge of sleep. Grades K-3. 2017.Poetree
By Caroline Pignat, François Thisdale. 2018
Illustrated picture book on the cycle of life including acrostic poetry that introduces young readers to the changing seasons, rhythms…
of nature and the natural world, animals and environment. Grades K-3. 2018,Up!: how families around the world carry their little ones
By Susan Hughes, Ashley Barron. 2017
Around the world, little ones are carried in many different ways: in slings, on shoulders, in backpacks, on hips, in…
baskets, and in loving arms. Depicts ten places around the world, from Afghanistan to northern Canada, Peru to West Africa, and in each place, a mom, dad, grandparent, aunt, uncle, cousin, or sibling lovingly carries a baby. With various family configurations and settings ranging from a busy outdoor market to a high-rise apartment kitchen, the book also celebrates diversity. Grades P-2. 2017.Why do families change?: our first talk about separation and divorce (Just enough)
By Cindy Revell, Jillian Roberts. 2017
Salam alaikum: a message of peace
By Ward Jenkins, Harris J. 2017
More than balloons
By Lorna Crozier, Rachelle Anne Miller. 2017
You can read
By Helaine Becker, Mark Hoffmann. 2017
Kids of all ages will discover that the act of reading is a daring adventure that can take you anywhere!…
You can read at the playground, under the sea, at the opera and even in outer space! It turns out you can read everywhere! Grades K-3. 2017.The popcorn astronauts: and other biteable rhymes
By Deborah Ruddell, Joan Rankin. 2015
Would you like to dive into a watermelon lake? Meet the superstars of suppertime, the one and only Mac and…
Cheese? Or find out how a poet orders a shake? Then read this tasty treat of perfectly seasoned scrumptious poems! Grades K-3. 2015.School days around the world (Around the world)
By Margriet Ruurs, Alice Feagan. 2015
Expands how young readers think of school, as they learn about the experiences of real children in thirteen different countries…
around the world. From Marta in Azezo, Ethiopia, and Luciano in Merida, Venezuela, to Alina in Taraz, Kazakhstan, and Lu in Shanghai, China, the children who are profiled live in places that truly span the globe. However, while there are huge differences in their environments, all the children share similar desires to learn, read and play with others. Grades 2-4 and older readers. 2015.Bookspeak!: poems about books
By Laura Purdie Salas, Josée Bisaillon. 2011
Wild, weird, wacky, and winsome poems all about the magic to found on a single bookshelf. Each poem gives voice…
to those who seldom get one – the books themselves. Characters please for sequels, book jackets strut their stuff, and we get a sneak peek at a raucous party in the aisles when all the light go out at the bookstore! Grades K-3. 2011.My first day at a new school (Growing up)
By Charlotte Guillain. 2011
Moving (Growing up)
By Victoria Parker. 2011
The city speaks in drums
By Shauntay Grant, Susan Tooke. 2010
Two boys from North End Halifax explore their neighbourhood and the city beyond, finding music everywhere. At the skate park,…
by the Public Gardens, down Spring Garden Road, and on the boardwalk, drums and saxophones and dancers and basketballs create the jumbled, joyful, pulsing rhythm of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Grades K-3 and older readers. 2010.The boy who harnessed the wind
By William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer, Elizabeth Zunon. 2012
When 14-year-old William Kamkwamba's Malawi village was hit by a drought in 2001, everyone's crops began to fail. His family…
didn't have enough money for food, let alone school, so William spent his days in the library. He came across a book on windmills and figured out how to build a windmill that could bring electricity to his village. Everyone thought he was crazy but William persevered and managed to create a functioning windmill out of junkyard scraps. Several years later he figured out how to use the windmill for irrigation purposes. Bestseller. Grades K-3. 2012.I'm feeling--scared
By Lisa Regan, Christiane Engel. 2012
We all feel scared sometimes. It can be hard to be brave if you don't like the dark, or going…
to new places. This book shows you some of the things that you might find scary, and helps you think of ways to make the feelings to away. Grades K-3 and older readers. 2012.Where do you look?
By Marthe Jocelyn, Nell Jocelyn. 2013
Where do you look for glasses? On a shelf? Or on a face? In this playful exploration of homonyms, readers…
will discover the fun they can have with language. Is a wave at a beach? Or at a train station? Is a trunk in a garden? Or on an elephant? Grades K-3. 2013.The peace book
By Todd Parr. 2004
A world of food: discover magical lands made of things you can eat!
By Carl Warner. 2012
Enjoy miniature landscapes made entirely from edible ingredients. Each picture shows readers what the world might look like if there…
were only a single color. “Yellow” is a desert made of pasta palm trees, cereal sand, and Swiss cheese pyramids, while “Orange” features pumpkin cottages, carrot trees, and apricot leaves. Verse accompanies each image, inviting readers to figure out the various foods used (which are all identified at the back of the book). Grades K-3. 2012.Fast food
By Saxton Freymann. 2006
The author sculpts fruits and vegetables to depict things that go. Narrated by a little mushroom man who suggests different…
ways of getting about: on foot or by skateboard, wheelchair, bicycle, skis, car, bus, truck, train, sailboat, submarine, airplane, blimp, or rocket. Grades K-3. 2006.