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OBD Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (May) - Youth
OBD Caldecott Medal Winners - YOUTH
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WCD Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage
OBD Caldecott Medal Winners - YOUTH
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Three sisters staying home alone are endangered by a hungry wolf who is disguised as their grandmother.
22) Big
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2024 ALA Youth Media Awards (SCPL-YS)
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2024 Youth Media Award Winners
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Praised for acting like a big girl when she is small, as a young girl grows, "big" becomes a word of criticism, until the girl realizes that she is fine just the way she is.
23) Jumanji
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Left on their own for an afternoon, two bored and restless children find more excitement than they bargained for in a mysterious and mystical jungle adventure board game.
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"It's Kitten's first full moon, and when she sees it she thinks it is a bowl of milk in the sky. And she wants it. Does she get it? Well, no ... and yes. What a night! Kitten's First Full Moon is an acclaimed modern classic, a Caldecott Medal-winner, and a New York Times Best Illustrated Book. This memorable character and her suspenseful adventure are just right for the very youngest child, and the sturdy board book edition is perfect for little hands!"--...
25) Drummer Hoff
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A cumulative folk song in which seven soldiers build a magnificent cannon, but Drummer Hoff fires it off.
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Many African stories are called "Spider stories". This book is about how that came to be. And it tells that long, long ago there were no stories on earth for children to hear. All stories belonged to Nyame, the Sky god. Ananse, the Spider man, wanted to buy some of these stories, so he spun a web up to the sky and went to bargain with the Sky god. The price the Sky god asked was Osebo, the leopard-of-the-terrible-teeth, Mmboro the hornet who-stings-like-fire...
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A retelling of a traditional West African tale that reveals how the mosquito developed its annoying habit. A mosquito annoyed the iguana, who frightened the python, who scared the rabbit ... and now the whole jungle is in an uproar because the sun won't rise. The animals discuss the situation and decide to punish the mosquito. Even today, whenever we hear a mosquito buzz, we smack it hard!
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For sixty years children and parents have shared in the joy and inspiration of Rachel Field and Elizabeth Orton Jones's Prayer for a Child. This new edition commemorates the diamond anniversary of the award-winning modern classic's original publication.
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Mirette learns tightrope walking from Monsieur Bellini, a guest in her mother's boarding house, not knowing that he is a celebrated tightrope artist who has withdrawn from performing because of fear.
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OBD Caldecott Medal Winners - YOUTH
OBD Winter Books - YOUTH
Snow Much Fun! - ROD Children's
Winter Reading Club is a Reading Wonderland!
OBD Winter Books - YOUTH
Snow Much Fun! - ROD Children's
Winter Reading Club is a Reading Wonderland!
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At the first snowfall of the year, all the grown-ups do their usual things when a snowstorm comes, while the children are filled with wonder.
31) A ball for Daisy
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A wordless picture book showing the fun a dog has with her ball, and what happens when it is lost.
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This new version of the Caldecott-winning classic by illustrator David Small and author Judith St. George is updated with current facts and new illustrations to include our forty-fourth president, Barack H. Obama. Hilariously illustrated by Small, this celebration by St. George shows us the foibles, quirks and humanity of forty-four men who have risen to one of the most powerful positions in the world.
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OBD Caldecott Medal Winners - YOUTH
OBD Wild About Books - YOUTH (March - May 2023)
Popular Easy Fiction Authors
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OBD Wild About Books - YOUTH (March - May 2023)
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RLG Caldecott Medal List
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"Amos McGee, a friendly zookeeper, always made time to visit his good friends: the elephant, the tortoise, the penguin, the rhinoceros, and the owl. But one day--'Ah-choo!'--he woke with the sniffles and the sneezes. Though he didn't make it into the zoo that day, he did receive some unexpected guests."--Dust jacket.
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Pictures and text tell of the Friendship between the boy Juan and Julian, the old bellringer and gardener of the Mission San Juan Capistrano. Julian tells the boy of the coming of the swallows in the spring and their departure in late summer. During the winer Juan makes a small garden in front of his house for the swallows. When the swallows return the children celebrate with games, singing, dancing and little plays and Julian rings the bell. ...
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Caldecott medal book volume 1977
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OBD Black History Month (February) - YOUTH
OBD Caldecott Medal Winners - YOUTH
Telling a People's Story
OBD Caldecott Medal Winners - YOUTH
Telling a People's Story
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Explains some traditions and customs of twenty-six African tribes beginning with letters from A to Z.
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Children's Authors and Illustrators Week
Explore the Classics - YOUTH
National Picture Book Month - November 2022
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Max, a naughty little boy, sent to bed without his supper, sails to the land of the wild things where he becomes their king.
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Grandpa demonstrates for his visiting grandchildren some of the songs, dances, and jokes he performed when he was a vaudeville entertainer. In this affectionate story, three children follow their grandfather up to the attic, where he pulls out his old bowler hat, gold-tipped cane, and his tap shoes. Grandpa once danced on the vaudeville stage, and as he glides across the floor, the children can see what it was like to be a song and dance man. Gammell...
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"A tiny fish proudly wears a blue hat. It fits him perfectly. Problem is, trouble could be following close behind... So it's a good thing that the enormous fish he took it from won't wake up. And even if he does, it's not as though he'll ever know what happened, right?"--
40) Creepy carrots!
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The carrots that grow in Crackenhopper Field are the fattest and crispiest around and Jasper Rabbit cannot resist pulling some to eat each time he passes by, until he begins hearing and seeing creepy carrots wherever he goes.