Ian Lendler
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When Littletown Library is destroyed by a tornado, it seems like book-loving Nia is the only one who cares; so she starts the "new free library" under the tree where she used to read, and writes out familiar stories and rhymes that are just a little bit wrong, and encourages the people who check them out to correct them--until soon the whole of Littletown is filled with people reading and writing books.
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Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
220 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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"Dinosaurs existed. That's a fact we accept today. But not so long ago, the concept that these giant creatures could have roamed Earth millions of years before humans was unfathomable. People thought what we know as dinosaur bones were the bones of giant humans. Of large elephants. Of angels, even. So, how did we get from angel wings to the T-Rex? The First Dinosaur tells the story of the idea of dinosaurs, and the chain of fossil discoveries and...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2020].
Physical Desc
63 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
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"The Tortoise and the Hare. The Boy Who Cried Wolf. The Fox and the Crow. Each of Aesop's stories has a lesson to tell, but Aesop's life story is perhaps the most inspiring tale of them all. Gracefully revealing the genesis of his tales, this story of Aesop shows how fables not only liberated him from captivity but spread wisdom over a millennium. This is the only children's book biography about him. Includes thirteen illustrated fables: The Lion...
5) Saturday
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Want to know the best things about Saturdays?
Lots of books!
Rocket ship rides to the moon!
Top secret projects (that might not go exactly as planned)! And so much more . . .
Saturdays are the best even if you have to do a chore or two. As a little boy takes us through his typical Saturday, you'll see why he's so passionate about his favorite day of the week.
Oh, and the best thing about Saturdays? When the day ends, it leads into Sundays,...
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In this charming and accessible picture book, Ian Lendler and Xanthe Bouma offer a heart-warming account of the childhood of the Buddha.
A spoiled young prince, Siddhartha got everything he ever asked for, until he asked for what couldn't be given-happiness.
Join Little Sid as he sets off on a journey of discovery and encounters mysterious wise-folk, terrifying tigers, and one very annoying mouse.
With Lendler's delightful prose and Bouma's...
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Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2020
Physical Desc
1 online resource
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-- Honoring the path of a slave, this dramatic picture-book biography and concise anthology of Aesop’s most child-friendly fables tells how a child born into slavery in ancient Greece found a way to speak out against injustice by using the skill and wit of his storytelling—storytelling that has survived for 2,500 years. Stunningly illustrated by two-time Caldecott Honor winner Pamela Zagarenski. The Tortoise and the Hare. The Boy Who Cried Wolf....