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1) 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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AANHPI Authors: Board & Picture Books (SCPL-YS)
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (Youth)
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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (Youth)
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Reimagines the cycles of the moon as a mother bakes a Big Moon Cookie and, despite Mama's request to wait, Little Star begins nibbling at it every night.
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Art Appreciation for Youth
Black History Month - ROD Children's
Black History Month - Youth
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Black History Month - ROD Children's
Black History Month - Youth
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Jean-Michael Basquiat and his unique, collage-style paintings rocked to fame in the 1980s as a cultural phenomenon unlike anything the art work had ever seen. But before that, he was a little boy who saw art everywhere: in poetry books and museums, in games and in the words that we speak, and in the pulsing energy of New York City. Now, award-winning illustrator Javaka Steptoe's vivid text and bold artwork echoing Basquiat's own introduce young readers...
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Black Authors: Board and Picture Books (SCPL-YS)
Black Lives (kids)
Multicultural Booklist
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Black Lives (kids)
Multicultural Booklist
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When the aroma of Omu's homemade stew fills the air, her neighbors arrive, one by one, for a taste until all is gone except for her generous spirit.
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Black History Month
Black History Month - Youth
Eisenhower Public Library Kids Black History Month
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Black History Month - Youth
Eisenhower Public Library Kids Black History Month
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A fictionalized account of how in 1849 a Virginia slave, Henry "Box" Brown, escapes to freedom by shipping himself in a wooden crate from Richmond to Philadelphia.
6) Watercress
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2024 AAPINH Heritage Month Children's Selections
AANHPI Authors: Board & Picture Books (SCPL-YS)
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
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AANHPI Authors: Board & Picture Books (SCPL-YS)
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
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Embarrassed about gathering watercress from a roadside ditch, a girl learns to appreciate her Chinese heritage after learning why the plant is so important to her parents.
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Early Childhood Recommended Reads
OBD Grandparent's Day (September) - YOUTH
OBD Mother's Day (May) - YOUTH
RLG Caldecott Medal List
OBD Grandparent's Day (September) - YOUTH
OBD Mother's Day (May) - YOUTH
RLG Caldecott Medal List
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A young boy is frightened by how busy and noisy the city is when he goes there to visit his Nana, but she makes him a fancy red cape that keeps him from being scared as she shows him how wonderful a place it is.
8) The paperboy
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A paperboy and his dog enjoy the quiet of the early morning as they go about their rounds.
9) Snow
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As snowflakes slowly come down, one by one, people in the city ignore them, and only a boy and his dog think that the snowfall will amount to anything.
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Explore the Classics - YOUTH
Friendship Stories
GPLD 2023 Fall Favorites: Beginning Readers
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Friendship Stories
GPLD 2023 Fall Favorites: Beginning Readers
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The adventures of best friends Frog and Toad, including Frog's suffering a bad cold and Toad's embarrassment over his unflattering bathing suit, are accompanied by material on the origins of books in the "I Can Read" series.
12) Bear came along
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Batavia Public Library Wonderbooks - YOUTH
RLG Caldecott Medal List
Wonderbooks at the Evergreen Park Public Library
Wonderbooks!
RLG Caldecott Medal List
Wonderbooks at the Evergreen Park Public Library
Wonderbooks!
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An assortment of animals living separate lives discover they need each other when they have a chance encounter on a river.
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Every Sunday after church, CJ and his grandma ride the bus across town. But today, CJ wonders why they don't own a car like his friend Colby. Why doesn't he have an iPod like the boys on the bus? How come they always have to get off in the dirty part of town? Each question is met with an encouraging answer from grandma, who helps him see the beauty -- and fun -- in their routine and the world around them.
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AMPL National Hispanic Heritage
Braille Books & Resources for Those with Visual Impairments
Hispanic & Latino Authors: Picture Books (SCPL-YS)
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Braille Books & Resources for Those with Visual Impairments
Hispanic & Latino Authors: Picture Books (SCPL-YS)
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When Alma Sofia Esperanza José Pura Candela asks her father why she has so many names, she hears the story of her name and learns about her grandparents.
15) Locomotive
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OBD Books Make Good Friends (March - May 2024) - YOUTH
OBD Caldecott Medal Winners - YOUTH
RLG Caldecott Medal List
OBD Caldecott Medal Winners - YOUTH
RLG Caldecott Medal List
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Learn what it was like to travel on the transcontinental railroad in the 1860s.
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OBD Caldecott Medal Winners - YOUTH
OBD Wild About Books - YOUTH (March - May 2023)
Popular Easy Fiction Authors
RLG Caldecott Medal List
OBD Wild About Books - YOUTH (March - May 2023)
Popular Easy Fiction Authors
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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Batavia Public Library Wonderbooks - YOUTH
OBD Caldecott Medal Winners - YOUTH
OBD Pooh Day (January 18) - Adult
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OBD Caldecott Medal Winners - YOUTH
OBD Pooh Day (January 18) - Adult
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A woman tells her young son the true story of how his great-great-grandfather, Captain Harry Colebourn, rescued and learned to love a bear cub in 1914 as he was on his way to take care of soldiers' horses during World War I, and the bear became the inspiration for A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh.
19) The snowy day
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Babies
Books to Help with Reading Comprehension
Children's Authors and Illustrators Week
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Books to Help with Reading Comprehension
Children's Authors and Illustrators Week
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The adventures of a little boy in the city on a very snowy day. A Caldecott Medal winner that conveys the silent wonder of a city snowfall and a small boy's solitary delight in it.
20) Yo! Yes?
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Two lonely characters, one black and one white, meet on the street and become friends.