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Picture Books February 2019
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| Perfect by Max AmatoStarring: an uptight eraser dedicated to keeping this book clean and pristine, and an impudent pencil determined to make a mark.
Why kids might like it: Mixed-media illustrations keep the tone light and playful as the characters’ conflict evolves into a creative partnership.
Try this next: Anna Kang’s Eraser, another tale of (eventual) teamwork between an anthropomorphic eraser and pencil. |
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| What Is Given from the Heart by Patricia C. McKissack; illustrated by April HarrisonWhat it’s about: “What is given from the heart reaches the heart,” James Otis’s Mama reminds him after he wonders how his poor and struggling family can possibly help out a neighboring family in need.
Who it’s for: families and caregivers in search of a heartfelt, homespun story about compassion in action.
Look for: the wealth of color, texture, and detail shown in the collage illustrations. |
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| There Are No Bears in This Bakery by Julia Sarcone-RoachWhat it’s about: Muffin the cat keeps a careful watch over his home, the Little Bear Bakery. That’s why he’s the first to investigate the strange noises in the bakery -- could there be an uninvited ursine visitor?
Is it for you? Adults will be amused by Muffin’s faux-noir narration, while kids will relish the messy mayhem of bears in a bakery.
Kids might also like: The Bear Ate Your Sandwich, another comical mystery from author/illustrator Julia Sarcone-Roach. |
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Remarkably You
by Pat Zietlow Miller
Rhyming text encourages young readers to discover what they are good at and use it to make a difference in big ways or in small ones
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| Crab Cake: Turning the Tide Together by Andrea TsurumiWhat it’s about: Octopus, Scallop, Lionfish, Lobster, and all the other undersea creatures are baffled by Crab’s devotion to baking beautifully decorated pastries…until a boat dumps garbage into their home and Crab’s creations provide a much-needed rallying point for the clean-up effort.
Read it for: serious messages about environmentalism and empathy folded into a frothy confection of colorful art and whimsy. |
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Maria the Matador
by Anne Lambelet
Entering a bullfighting competition in the hope of winning a lifetime supply of the churros she dearly loves, little Maria orchestrates a creative agreement with an overtired bull to perform a spectacular dance to win their spectators' hearts.
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The Bell Rang
by James Ransome
A young slave girl witnesses the heartbreak and hopefulness of her family and their plantation community when her brother escapes for freedom. By the Coretta Scott King Award-winning illustrator of Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt.
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Sealed with a Kiss
by Beth Ferry
When the other animals at the zoo are not so friendly to Seal when she first arrives, a wise sparrow inspires them to surprise Seal with a special treat, in a charming story of friendship and forgiveness that is filled with heart and humor from a best-selling author/illustrator team.
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Little Whale
by Jo Weaver
A protective gray whale mother gently navigates her baby through coral reefs teeming with life as they migrate under midnight skies toward the cool, food-rich waters of the north, where the echo of a whale song guides them home.
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Pearl
by Molly Schaar Idle
Longing to help tend the beaches, coral reefs and kelp forests of her vast ocean world, mermaid Pearl is disappointed when she is given the task of caring for a single grain of sand before discovering how small, persistent actions can achieve great things.
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Inky's Amazing Escape : How a Very Smart Octopus Found His Way Home
by Sy Montgomery
A picture-book tale inspired by the true 216 story follows the adventures of a chronically bored octopus at the New Zealand aquarium who escapes captivity by climbing out of his tank and slithering down a drainpipe to the sea. By the National Book Award finalist author of The Soul of an Octopus.
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 0-8!
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