Kevin Henkes
21) Winter is here
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OBD Winter Books - YOUTH
Snow Much Fun! - ROD Children's
Winter Reading Club is a Reading Wonderland!
Wintry Books for Kids
Snow Much Fun! - ROD Children's
Winter Reading Club is a Reading Wonderland!
Wintry Books for Kids
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"Snow falls, animals burrow, and children prepare for the wonders winter brings"--
22) Old Bear
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When Old Bear falls asleep for the winter, he has a dream that he is a cub again, enjoying each of the four seasons.
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Penny (Kevin Henkes) volume 4
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English
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Penny has a new sled, but will it ever snow?
Penny, the mouse, discovers creative ways to enjoy her new sled when there is no snow.
25) Junonia
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The week of her tenth birthday, Alice and her parents go to Sanibel Island, Florida, just as they do every year, but this time some of the people who are always there are missing and some new people have come, which unsettles Alice, who wants things to be exactly the same as they alway are.
26) Egg
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Three little birds crack their way out of eggs and fly away, leaving one egg sitting all alone until the three chicks come back and discover a friendly baby alligator has finally hatched.
27) Summer song
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Illustrations and easy-to-read text introduce the colors, songs, and activities of summer, including bees buzzing, birds singing, and children rolling in the grass.
28) Chester's way
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Chester and Wilson share the same exact way of doing things, until Lilly moves into the neighborhood and shows them that new ways can be just as good.
29) A house
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Where is the door to the house? What does the house look like when it is sunny outside? When it is raining? And what will the house turn into when its family returns? A home. Caldecott Medal winner Kevin Henkes employs interactive questions, declarative sentences, basic shapes, and a limited color palette in this brilliant and classic picture book. A House introduces young readers to shapes, numbers, the weather, and the parts of a house, with a rhythmic,...
30) Birds
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Fascinated by the colors, shapes, sounds, and movements of the many different birds she sees through her window, a little girl is happy to discover that she and they have something in common.
31) Little houses
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A young girl visiting her grandparents at the beach stays in a little house and walks along the shore gathering seashells, wondering about the creatures who used to live in each shell, about the hidden treasures of the sea--and about the world.
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Celebrate Spring
OBD Spring Is Here - YOUTH
Spring Into A Good Story - ROD Children's
Spring Picturebooks
OBD Spring Is Here - YOUTH
Spring Into A Good Story - ROD Children's
Spring Picturebooks
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"Animals and children alike watch as the world transforms from the dark and dead of winter to a full and blooming spring."--Provided by publisher
35) Olive's ocean
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On a summer visit to her grandmother's cottage by the ocean, twelve-year-old Martha gains perspective on the death of a classmate, on her relationship with her grandmother, on her feelings for an older boy, and on her plans to be a writer.
36) Bird Lake moon
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Twelve-year-old Mitch and his mother are spending the summer with his grandparents at Bird Lake after his parents separate, and ten-year-old Spencer and his family have returned to the lake where Spencer's little brother drowned long ago, and as the boys become friends and spend time together, each of them begins to heal.
37) Oh!
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The morning after a snowfall finds animals and children playing.
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Español
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"Antes de que llegara Julius, Lily era la mejor hermana del mundo, pero una vez que nació, las cosas cambiaron. Cuando se quedaba sola con él, lo asustaba con horribles disfraces, ... y hasta aprendió trucos de magia para hacerlo desaparecer. ¿Cómo era posible que sus padres lo consideraran un bebé adorable?"--
Lily is convinced that the arrival of her new baby brother is the worst thing that has happened in their house, until Cousin Garland...
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Owen is joyous when he receives a marshmallow chick as part of an Easter basket. Decked out in his purple plaid Easter finery, this boy mouse spends a giddy day playing with his sugary new pal. And does he succumb to tasty temptation? How dare you even think such a thing!