November 2020 list by K. Pearson
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All Except Axle
by Sue Lowell Gallion
Informed just as his tires hit the pavement after assembly that it is time to relocate to a dealership and start taking test drives, a timid new car stalls and crawls his way through loading and transport before an unexpected roadblock helps him find his way.
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Amadou's Zoo
by Rebecca Walsh
Amadou has waited...and waited...and WAITED for his class trip to the zoo. But when they arrive, his teacher would rather talk about rules and facts. So, Amadou eagerly explores the zoo in his own special way―by allowing his imagination to lead.
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Band Together
by Chloe Douglass
A ukulele-playing duck who loves the peace and solitude of his beachside home under the stars helps a stranded group of fellow musicians when their tour van breaks down, before scrambling up the courage to join the band when he is invited to substitute for a sick member.
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Bess the Barn Stands Strong
by Elizabeth Gilbert Bedia
Beam by beam and board by board, Bess the barn is built by able hands to keep the farm’s animals safe and sound. Through many seasons and celebrations, that’s just what she does, until she starts to sag…and creak…and slump.
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Crying Is Like the Rain: A Story of Mindfulness and Feelings
by Heather Hawk Feinberg
Is it possible we’ve misunderstood crying all along? That’s the discovery one big sister sets out to share with her little brother as they walk to school and get caught in a storm. Along the way they explore sadness, loneliness, fear, frustration, anger and more, through gentle metaphor.
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Everybody's Tree
by Barbara M. Joosse
Over the course of eighty years a spruce tree grows, along with the little boy who first selected it at a tree farm. At the end of its life, the tree is chosen to be the centerpiece of a city's holiday celebration.
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Field Trip to the Ocean Deep
by John Hare
Students dressed in deep sea helmets travel to the ocean deep in a yellow school-bus submarine. When they get there, they frolic with fish, chase luminescent squid, and discover an old shipwreck.
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Friendsgiving
by Nancy Siscoe
The creators of Snow Much Fun! depict the Thanksgiving celebration of hand-sewn animal characters Berry, Ginger and Willow, who establish a new tradition while joining friends old and new to bask in the bounty of the season.
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Hot Pot Night
by Vincent Chen
In this version of the classic Stone Soup tale, nobody in the apartment building has enough ingredients for dinner, so a Taiwanese child suggests that they have a community hot pot night. Everybody contributes something, bringing their diverse community together for a delicious meal.
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I Am One: A Book of Action
by Susan Verde
One child who wants to make a difference joins with another and, through a series of simple actions and others' help, succeeds in making the world a better place. Includes a mindfulness exercise and notes about the importance of taking one first step.
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If You Come to Earth
by Sophie Blackall
In this picture book, a boy writes a letter to an imagined alien, explaining all the things he will need to know about Earth and the people who live here--and adding a postscript asking what the alien might look like.
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Imogene Comes Back!
by David Small
A follow-up to the classic Imogene’s Antlers by the Caldecott Award-winning illustrator of So You Want to Be President? finds Imogene making the most of unusual daily surprises, from elephant features to butterfly wings, while unsettling her no-nonsense mother along the way.
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The Invisible Alphabet
by Joshua David Stein
An imaginative unseen alphabet story by the Fatherly Podcast host and author of Can I Eat That? and the award-winning illustrator of Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs depicts conceptual, mysterious scenarios that deliberately hint at a story that has happened off the page.
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Just a Story
by Jeff Mack
A young reader comes upon an alluring book and he starts to read, becoming blissfully unaware of increasingly odd and outlandish occurrences looming all around him.
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Leif and the Fall
by Allison Sweet Grant
A worried leaf who fears falling when autumn approaches resolves to find a different way down and races the wind to work with a friend to create a net, a kite and a parachute in the hope of softening his landing.
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Lights on Wonder Rock
by David Litchfield
A girl who wants to go to outer space more than anything believes that her dreams have come true when she befriends a space alien who lands in her backyard and stays for a wonderful visit before offering to take her along.
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Malina's Jam
by Tammi Sauer
Preferring her thriving raspberry garden above all other company, Malina the hedgehog lovingly tends bushes and makes delicious raspberry jam before the arrival of winter helps her discover the sweetness of a caring community.
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Margaret's Unicorn
by Briony May Smith
Moving to a cottage by the sea to be near her grandma, young Margaret observes a herd of migrating unicorns on the shoreline before discovering a lost baby unicorn that she cares for throughout the fall and winter until the spring marks the return of the unicorn’s family.
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Red Shoes
by Karen English
Delighted when her Nana surprises her with a beautiful pair of red shoes that they admired in a shop window, Malika happily wears her wonderful shoes until outgrowing them and then decides to donate them to a resale shop, from where they travel across the world to Africa to become a gift for a another child’s first Ramadan.
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Rum Pum Pum
by David L. Harrison
A lonely tiger who scares away others every time he uses his growly tiger voice when trying to make friends begins striking a misplaced drum with his tail, encouraging his fellow critters to overcome their shyness and use their own voices to return the drum to its child owner.
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The Truth About Dragons
by Jaime Zollars
A metaphorical tale about the anxiety and excitement of new experiences follows the pursuits of a young girl who apprehensively enters a castle of soaring, roaring, wild dragons that she discovers play tambourines and wear mismatched socks.
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When You Adopt a Starwhal
by Matilda Rose
Everyone in Fairyland knows that Mrs. Paws is the perfect pet matchmaker! She has flying piglets, baby griffins, and even pugicorns. She has a knack for knowing what pets are right for each princess, prince, or mermaid! Millie the Mermaid loves her new pet, Starwhal, who is an adorable narwhal with the power to turn anything sparkly and shimmery.
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