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New & Coming Soon Picture Books August 2019
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Click on the title to check availability. Log-in to our online catalog to place holds. To place holds by phone, please call us at 708-366-5205. During open hours, you can also chat with us at www.riverforestlibrary.org. It's easy!
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What's That Terrible Growl?
by A. H. Benjamin
Let the anticipation build with each turn of the page as it introduces another possible cause of the big Growl: a hungry, ferocious lion; a mean, ugly ogre; a ten-eyed spotting creature from outer space. But in the end, it might just be something or someone a lot smaller than expected.
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Rocket Says Look Up!
by Nathan Bryon
Aspiring astronaut Rocket draws her community together to see a rare appearance of the Phoenix Meteor Showers, hoping especially that her big brother, Jamal, will look up from his phone.
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We are the Gardeners
by Joanna Gaines
A young family learns to grow a garden, describing how they prepared the soil, watered their plants, dealt with the animals who invaded their garden, and how all their hard work finally paid off as they harvested vegetables and flowers.
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Unicorn Magic
by Sabina Gibson
Growing up in the Forever Forest, where all unicorns have magic in their horns, light-blue unicorn Periwinkle worries that she will never discover her special power, before her forest friends help her discover that magic comes from within and that her gift has been with her all along.
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Pencil : a story with a point
by Ann Ingalls
When Jackson gets a new tablet, his creative mate Pencil can't compete with the videos, games, and movies, but Pencil sketches out a plan to draw Jackson back into their friendship.
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What is Given from the Heart
by Pat McKissack
A final picture book by the three-time Coretta Scott King Award-winner follows the story of a little boy from a disadvantaged home where he and his mother count their blessings while helping their church collect donations for a family that has lost everything in a fire.
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Unicorn Day
by Diana Murray
A unicorn festival of rainbows and butterflies is interrupted by the discovery of a horse in the disguise of a unicorn, who helps them all realize that their party is for everyone.
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The Remember Balloons
by Jessie Oliveros
A gentle introduction to age- and disease-related memory loss features a little boy who is dismayed when his grandfather's astonishing collection of balloons, each pertaining to a wonderful family memory, begin to float away as the boy begins collecting balloons of his own.
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The lost kitten
by Katherine Cox
Amateur private investigator Katie Fry looks for clues to help a kitten find his way back home.
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My Tooth Is Lost! : A Monkey & Cake Book
by Drew Daywalt
From the bestselling author of The Day the Crayons Quit comes another hilarious friendship story from Monkey & Cake. This time Monkey lost his tooth... will Cake be able to help him find it?
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Pete the Kitty Goes to the Doctor
by James Dean
Oh no! Pete the Kitty has a tummyache. Good thing his dad knows just what to do. It's time to go to the doctor! Except Pete may be a teensy-weensy bit nervous about his first visit to the doctor. With the help of his dad, Pete discovers the doctor isn't scary!
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Rocket's Very Fine Day
by Tad Hills
Rocket, the star of the New York Times best-selling picture books How Rocket Learned to Read and Rocket Writes a Story, returns in an all-new story that finds Rocket and Bella making big plans for fun in the sun on a beautiful day until a drop of rain falls as the clouds roll in.
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Nala and Simba
by Mary Tillworth
Lion cub Nala, who loves to play and go on adventures, sets out on the adventure of a lifetime with her best friend, Simba, the cub who will one day become king.
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School of Fish
by Jane Yolen
A rhyming early reader by the Caldecott Medal-winning author of Owl Moon depicts an intrepid little fish who experiences the myriad emotions associated with starting at a new school.
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