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Picture Books March 2021 To place a hold in the online catalogue, click on any of the titles below.
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Marta! Big & Small
by Jen Arena; illustrated by Angela Dominguez
Which languages? Spanish and English, both color-coded and translated within the story.
Starring: Marta, una niña who seems grande to a tiny bug but pequeña to an big elephant; she's lenta compared to a swift horse, but to a poky turtle, she's rápida; and to a snake, she just might look sabrosa…
Read it for: a cheerful and dynamic exploration of vocabulary, comparisons, and opposites, illustrated by Pura Belpré Award honoree Angela Dominguez.
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The girl and the dinosaur
by Hollie Hughes
Marianne has no friends until she unearths an entire dinosaur skeleton on the beach and wishes that it would come to life
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When we are kind
by Monique Gray Smith
"This beautiful picture book looks at how the simple act of being kind, to others and oneself, affects all aspects of a child's life."
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Whose footprint is that?
by Darrin P. Lunde
"A young, playful nonfiction picture book explores the connections between an animal, how it moves, and its tracks. Companion title to 2017's Whose Poop Is That? Guess the footprints! Written by a mammalogist at the Smithsonian, Whose Tracks Are Those? pairs animal tracks with the respective animal, asking readers to guess which animal left them behind. A page-turn reveals animals ranging from kangaroos to mountain goats in their own habitats."
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Swimming with seals
by Maggie De Vries
Ally isn't able to live with her mother. Instead she lives far, far away, on the other side of the country, with her gram and great-aunt. But one summer Ally goes to stay with her aunt and uncle in the "big city by the ocean" and gets to spend time with her mom. While exploring the shore, watching whales from the boat dipping into the salty water, Ally finds out something important: her mother loves to swim as much as she does
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We Learn from the Sun
by David Bouchard
An Indigenous rhyming poem with colorful illustrations about the seven sacred teachings that can be learned from the sun. This richly illustrated book by Metis writer David Bouchard and Metis illustrator Kristy Cameron, weaves together Woodland style paintings with a rhythmic poem about the spiritual lessons that we can learn from the Sun and the seven sacred teachings.
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Mae among the stars
by Roda Ahmed
A picture book story inspired by the first African-American woman to travel in space describes how as a child, a persevering Little Mae dreamed of dancing in space while surrounded by billions of stars. 25,000 first printing.
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Starstruck : the cosmic journey of Neil deGrasse Tyson
by Kathleen Krull
Describes the planetarium trip and visit to the country that inspired groundbreaking astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson's career, tracing his rise to the status of being one of America's favorite celebrity scientists. By the award-winning author of The Boy Who Invented TV. Simultaneous eBook
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 0-8!
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