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Zonia's Rain Forest
by Juana Martinez-Neal
Welcome to: the Peruvian Amazon, where Zonia, an Asháninka girl, answers the call of the surrounding rain forest by visiting its many animal residents.
What's inside: river dolphins, sloths, coatis, a caiman, and even a companionable boa constrictor -- as well as an urgent appeal to protect their home.
Don't miss: the rain forest facts and Asháninka translation in the final pages, and the blue morpho butterfly that appears throughout the book.
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The rock from the sky
by Jon Klassen
The Caldecott Medal-winning creator of the Hat trilogy presents a hilariously deadpan meditation on the workings of friendship, fate, foresight and the funny feeling that something is off, when two companions stand in a perfectly good spot that may be hit, sometime, by a falling rock.
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Milo imagines the world
by Matt de la Peña
The team behind the Newbery Medal-winning Last Stop on Market Street follows the experiences of a little boy who creatively imagines the stories of fellow passengers on a long subway ride.
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| Someone Builds the Dream by Lisa Wheeler; illustrated by Loren LongWhat it is: a rhyming ode to the hardworking tradespeople whose skills turn ideas into buildings, places, and objects for people to enjoy.
Featuring: carpenters, welders, plumbers, construction workers, electricians, and many more -- including the typesetters, press operators, and other workers who produce picture books like this one.
Want a taste? "All across this great big world, jobs are getting done by many hands in many lands. It takes much more than ONE."
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Construction site mission : demolition
by Sherri Duskey Rinker
In rhyming text, the vehicles of the construction crew set to work demolishing an old rickety building--the necessary first step to building something new
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| Smashy Town by Andrea Zimmerman and David Clemesha; illustrated by Dan YaccarinoStarring: wrecking-ball operator Mr. Gilly, who's ready to SMASH, CRASH, CRUMBLE, and TUMBLE old buildings so that new ones can be built.
Read it for: big machines. gleeful destruction, and a refrain ("Is the demolition done?") that encourages interaction (because kids love yelling "NO!").
For fans of: Mr. Gilly’s 1st outing in Trashy Town. |
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I stink!
by Kate McMullan
A big city garbage truck makes its nighttime rounds, consuming everything from apple cores and banana peels to leftover ziti with zucchini. An ALA Notable Children's Book.
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The little snowplow wishes for snow
by Lora Koehler
The little snowplow loves his job plowing snow for the Mighty Mountain Road Crew, but as the weeks of winter pass without a snowflake, the little snowplow begins to wonder if it will snow at all before his March birthday
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Demolition
by Sally Sutton
Filled with onomatopoeic text and engaging illustrations of favorite demolition vehicles, a high-energy storybook for young truck enthusiasts features such examples as whirring, thwocking cranes that tear down buildings and giant wrecking balls that crack and crunch walls, in a volume complemented by a pictorial glossary of featured machines. By the creators of Roadworks.
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 0-8!
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