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10 Books to READ AloudNovember 2015
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Everybody bonjours!
by Leslie Kimmelman
While strolling the beautiful streets of Paris with her parents, a little girl is thrilled by being greeted with "bonjour" at every turn by the lovely locals, in a charming travel book filled with French delights!
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Home
by Carson Ellis
A picture book debut by the illustrator of The Composer Is Dead offers a whimsical tribute to the myriad possibilities of home, depicting homes in different real-world environments as well as fantastical settings.
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The quiet place
by Sarah Stewart and David Small
The Caldecott Honor-winning team from The Gardener presents the story of young immigrant Isabel, who misses her family and friends back in Mexico while decorating a large box as a place of quiet contemplation and encountering new experiences, including a first snowstorm and a kind teacher.
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Room for Bear
by Ciara Gavin
Waking up in the springtime and embarking on a search for a new home, Bear finds a perfect place with the family of five little ducks despite being rather too large to fit in.
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Elsie's bird
by Jane Yolen
Young Elsie must find a way to adapt to her new home on the Nebraska prairie after she and her father leave their comfortable city life in Boston.
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Welcome home, Bear : a book of animal habitats
by Il Sung Na
Tiring of the appearance of his green forest surroundings, Bear visits sumptuously illustrated habitats of animals from around the world before realizing that his own home is the perfect place for him after all. By the creator of The Thingamabob.
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Nini here and there
by Anita Lobel
Fearing at first that her family is going on vacation without her, Nini the cat ends up traveling with her owners to their new home and learns how to deal with change, in a beautiful picture book that features impressionistic paintings.
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The day the crayons came home
by Drew Daywalt
A companion to The Day the Crayons Quit finds Duncan embarking on a daring rescue when a group of crayons ask him to save them from various fates that include being lost under a sofa cushion, melted in the dryer or comparably damaging destinies.
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Telephone
by Mac Barnett
In this picture book a string of birds on a telephone wire plays a game of telephone, with the usual mixed up results.
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Listen, slowly
by Thanhha Lai
Assisting her grandmother's investigation of her grandfather's fate during the Vietnam War, Mia struggles to adapt to an unfamiliar culture while redefining her sense of family.
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