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How to Draw a Happy Cat
Hippo Park | 978-1662640049 Sometimes I read a picture book and I’m very curious to know how the author came up with the idea. Such was the case with HOW TO DRAW A HAPPY CAT. What was the inspiration...
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Sister Friend
Abrams Books for Young Readers | 978-1419767210 “At Ameena’s school, it was always a play-by-herself day. It had been so ever since she arrived a few months ago. Kids had looked her up and down like...
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Neal Porter Books | 978- 0823456666 In Belle’s class one day, the teacher announces that the kids will be drawing an owl. A round head and oval body; talon feet and a small hooked beak; folded wing and...
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The Table
Neal Porter Books | 978-0823456420 This week, I’m enjoying THE TABLE by Winsome Bingham and Wiley Blevins. It’s a story of all that matters most – family and community, the people we gather together...
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Zooni Tales: A Friend to the End
Holiday House | 978-0823453580 If you haven’t already read ZOONI TALES, let me introduce you to the second book, Zooni Tales: A Friend to the End, a delightful early reader graphic novel by Vikram...
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When You Find the Right Rock
Chronicle Books | 978-1797214580 I had been anticipating the publication of WHEN YOU FIND THE RIGHT ROCK and finally had the great pleasure of reading it a few weeks ago while attending NCTE/Boston....
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At the Poles
Candlewick Books | 978-1536205992 In AT THE POLES, the eighth in this poetry collection about animals in habitats and locations around the world, David Elliott and illustrator Ellen Rooney introduce...
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Lone Wolf Gets a Pet
Neal Porter Books/Holiday House | 978-0823457786 It’s a new year and I’ve been switching up my reading of picture books by revisiting chapter books I’ve loved and adding newer chapter books to my...
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Life After Whale
Neal Porter Books/Holiday House | 978-0823452286 Did you know that when the largest animal on earth — the blue whale — dies, it is the end of one story, and the beginning of another? “The death of a...
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Narwhal: Unicorn of the Arctic
978-0593377789 | Anne Schwartz Books If you’re a fan of nonfiction picture books about animals, you probably already know Candace Fleming‘s recent books: Sibert medal and NCTE Orbis Pictus honor...
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