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Muon Van
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"Author Mượn Thị Văn and Stonewall Book Award-winning artist Jessica Love detail all the big and small reasons why we love the people we do within a call-and-response picture book that features families across the spectrum"-- Provided by publisher.
2) Wishes
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AANHPI Authors: Board & Picture Books (SCPL-YS)
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (WPLD)
OBD World Refugee Day (June 20) - YOUTH
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (WPLD)
OBD World Refugee Day (June 20) - YOUTH
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"In this spare, poetic picture book based on author Muon Van's family history and told through a series of wishes, a family packs up everything they own and embarks on a perilous oceanic voyage toward a better life"--Provided by publisher.
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""The shape of the earth is a sphere." So begins The Shape of You, as a mother tells her toddler daughter about the shapes that make up their lives--and the reader is invited into their cosy world. There's the triangle hill their house is on, the square of their kitchen table, the cubes of ice in their drinks ... There's also the shape of light (all the colours of the sunset) and the shape of the wind (a scarf flapping). As the shapes transmute from...
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"From the award-winning author of One Is a Lot and Village by the Sea comes a beautifully written, playful and dreamlike story about night creatures and their activities. With its lyrical and sensory narrative, and exquisitely detailed paper-cut illustrations, If You Were Night will entice readers' imaginations, encourage observation and spark curiosity. A wonderful read-aloud that ties in well with primary grade lessons about the natural world, but...
7) One is a lot
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"2 is a little. 0 is nothing. 1 is not enough. Right? But think again. One sun is a lot. One tree is a lot. One dog is a lot ̥Sometimes two is too much, and sometimes zero is just right. One Is a Lot is a unique and thoughtful picture book that introduces readers to a different way of appreciating numbers, asking them to reconsider their notions of the smallest numbers - 0, 1 and 2. A lyrical, philosophical book that shows readers how the value of...
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"Moving from the wide world to the snugness of home and back out again, Village by the Sea tells the story of longing for the comforts of home"-- Provided by publisher. It is written in a spare, lyrical style with illustrations showing a dog and a cricket at a fishing village home and back out to sea where a fisherman longs to return to the woman and child in his hillside home.
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A lyrical look at numbers, with a philosophical twist!
2 is a little. 0 is nothing. 1 is not enough.
But, sometimes... 1 sun is a lot. 1 dog is a lot. 2 can even be too much. And when it comes to rain clouds, 0 is perfect. It's curious, but true. It all depends on what you're counting!
How many is enough? In this unique picture book, children will discover a different way to appreciate numbers.
12) The little tree
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"When the Little Tree sees the world around her narrowing, she worries about what life will be like for her Little Seed. She decides to take the biggest risk of all, and let Little Seed find a richer life on her own"-- Provided by publisher.
13) Watercress
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Family History Month
AANHPI Authors: Board & Picture Books (SCPL-YS)
Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month (kids)
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AANHPI Authors: Board & Picture Books (SCPL-YS)
Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month (kids)
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Embarrassed about gathering watercress from a roadside ditch, a girl learns to appreciate her Chinese heritage after learning why the plant is so important to her parents.