Matthew Cordell
2) Explorers
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Description
"When a family goes to a local museum, a boy notices a homeless man sitting outside, making brightly colored origami birds. He convinces his dad to buy a bird the man makes just for him. Once inside the museum, his little sister takes the bird and launches it into the air. Is it lost? Soon another boy helps him look, and the paper bird brings two families--and two new friends--together" --
3) King Alice
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Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
Alice and her family are stuck indoors on a snowy day. Alice loves to read, and when her dad suggests that she make her own book, she snaps out of her "I'm bored" mode and makes up a story that stars herself as "King Alice," and best of all, the story lasts till the lights go out later that night.
5) Hope
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Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
"Two lions celebrate their grandchild and express all the ways this new life has expanded their world, and the hope they hold for his future"--
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Series
Cornbread and Poppy volume 2
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
80 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
Best friends Cornbread and Poppy spend a day at the Carnival playing games, eating snacks, and riding the Ferris wheel.
8) Evergreen
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
To deliver her mother's delicious soup to her sick Granny Oak, Evergreen the squirrel must face her fears and make the journey, during which she meets other forest dwellers, including some who want to get their hands on her soup!
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Series
Cornbread and Poppy volume 4
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
77 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
Best friends Cornbread and Poppy race in a competitive cycling championship.
10) Bear Island
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Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 x 25 cm
Description
Louise and her family are sad over the loss of their beloved dog, Charlie. "Life will not be the same," Louise says, as she visits a little island that Charlie loved. But on a visit to the island after Charlie's death, something strange happens: She meets a bear. At first, she's afraid, but soon she realizes that the bear is sad, too. As Louise visits more often, she realizes that getting over loss takes time. And just when she starts to feel better,...
Author
Series
Cornbread and Poppy volume 3
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
79 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
"Best friends Cornbread and Poppy visit the Moonville Museum for a special celebration"--
Author
Series
Cornbread and Poppy volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
79 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
Cautious Cornbread and carefree Poppy are best friends, so when Poppy fails to prepare for winter, Cornbread ventures up Holler Mountain with her to help her find food.
14) Leeva at last
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Description
What are people for? That's the burning question on the mind of Leeva Spayce Thornblossom. Fame! says Leeva's mom, the mayor of Nutsmore. Money! says her dad, the town treasurer. With the help of an orphaned badger, a risk-averse boy in a hazmat suit, and the town's librarians, Leeva sets off to discover her own answer--setting off a chain of events that will change Nutsmore forever.
15) Bat and Rat
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One night at the Hotel Midnight, the lyrics written and sung by jazz musician Rat are those inspired by his friendship with Bat, who plays the piano and writes the tunes.
Author
Series
Eleanor Kane books volume 1
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Description
When nine-year-old Eleanor's beloved babysitter Bibi moves away to care for her ailing father, Eleanor must spend the summer adjusting to a new babysitter while mourning the loss of her old one.
18) Special delivery
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Description
"A little girl goes on a long journey to deliver an elephant to her great aunt"--
19) Lost. found
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Description
When a bear loses his bright red scarf in the woods, it is found--and lost again--by a series of animals that use it to keep warm or to have fun, but they disagree over who really owns it and cause a problem that only the scarf's true owner can fix.
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Series
Eleanor Kane books volume 3
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Description
A new girl at school throws nine-year-old Eleanor's relationship with her best friend Pearl into disarray.