1.
Series:
Sometimes a Wall…
Hardcover
Dianne White
9781771473736
$19.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 4 - 8
Oct 15, 2020
An afternoon in the playground introduces different kinds of walls: a brick wall to draw on with chalk, a water wall, and a climbing wall. What follows is a playful yet profound exploration of the many ways walls can divide us or bring us together. When one child is excluded from a game, another builds a castle to leave him out. When the builder declares the castle MINE, other kids feel alienated—but the builder becomes lonely, too, when the others have fun without him. The book ends with the optimism of a new start: friendship, forgiveness, an...
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2.
Series:
Freda and the Blue Beetle
Hardcover
Sophie Gilmore
9781771473811
$19.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 4 - 8
Apr 15, 2020
New from Sophie Gilmore, whose debut picture book, Little Doctor and the Fearless Beast, was named a Publishers Weekly "Flying Start"· New from the critically acclaimed author of Little Doctor and the Fearless Beast · Features a strong female character making her voice heard· Themes of empathy, social-emotional learning, and justiceFreda lives in a town where people are always telling her to be more careful. But Freda loves to explore—which is how, one day, she discovers an injured beetle. She names him Ernes...
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3.
Series:
You Are Never Alone
Hardcover
Elin Kelsey
9781771473156
$19.95
JUVENILE NONFICTION
Age (years) from 4 - 12
Apr 15, 2019
From the creators of You Are Stardust and Wild Ideas comes a new picture book that explores how humans are inextricably connected to nature. This book draws examples from the clouds and the cosmos, the seafloor and the surface of our skin, to show how we are never alone: we are always surrounded and supported by nature. Whether it’s gravity holding us tight; our lungs breathing oxygen synthesized by plants; the countless microorganisms that build our immunity; or the whales whose waste fertilizes the plankton that feed the fish we eat: nature t...
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4.
Series: Ira Crumb
Ira Crumb Feels the Feelings
Hardcover
Naseem Hrab
9781771472982
$19.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 5 - 8
Oct 15, 2018
In the funniest book about being sad, a disagreement with Malcolm sends Ira into a slump Ira and Malcolm are best friends: they always make each other laugh, always eat lunch together, and always play together. But one day, a disagreement about whether to play tag or hide-and-seek sees the suddenly über-popular Malcolm run off with a crowd of tag-loving kids—and Ira all alone. Ira’s tummy hurts, his chin is wibbling, and his eyes are leaking. What’s happening?! Any efforts to cheer him up fall flat. When Malcolm finally returns and asks wh...
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5.
Series:
What Happens Next
Hardcover
Susan Hughes
9781771471657
$19.95
JUVENILE FICTION
Age (years) from 4 - 12
Mar 15, 2018
A spare and deeply-felt narrative about feeling like an outsiderWhat Happens Next is a raw, realistic story told by an unnamed protagonist who feels different from everybody else, like she doesn’t quite fit in. Bullied by a girl at school, our narrator gives a terse script of the related facts (What Her Friends Do: Laugh. What Everyone Else Does: Nothing.) and emotions (How I Feel Sometimes: Bad. Really Bad.). She takes these hurt feelings home, where Mom listens and offers some ideas. At school the next day, the narrator confronts the bully b...
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