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Be who you are
by Todd Parr
In this update and companion to his beloved classic It's Okay to Be Different, the best-selling author/illustrator encourages kids to be proud of who they are inside. Simultaneous eBook. 50,000 first printing.
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Doctor Nice
by Valeri Gorbachev
Doctor Nice spends a busy morning helping his patients with various winter ailments, including Moose, who caught cold after falling through the ice, and the goat kids, who have headaches from head-butting while playing hockey
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| Go Sleep in Your Own Bed! by Candace Fleming; illustrated by Lori NicholsPreschoolers will eagerly pick up the animal sounds and repetition in this playful bedtime book. Pig is ready to snuggle down in his sty, only when he plops down…"Moooo! Who do you think he found?" Pig sends Cow to her stall, calling "Go sleep in your own bed!", a phrase which Cow, Hen, Horse, Sheep, and Dog have cause to repeat as each finds an interloper in their sleeping spot. Plentiful onomatopoeia, goofy wordplay ("Oh, baaah-ther!" exclaims Sheep), and a backdrop of soothing colors combine to make Go Sleep in Your Own Bed "a standout for drowsy bedtime reading" (School Library Journal). |
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We Found a Hat
by Jon Klassen
Fans of Jon Klassen know that combining animals with hats is the perfect recipe for understated moral dilemmas. Following the stolen hats in I Want My Hat Back and This is Not My Hat, this latest book takes a different slant: a single cowboy hat coveted by two desert-dwelling turtles. Though they found it together and it "looks good" on them both, the turtles agree to forget about the hat in the name of fairness. Forgetting, however, isn't easy. From the comically oversized hat to the turtles' shifty eyes, Klassen's typically spare illustrations speak volumes, ramping up the tension only to resolve it in a surprisingly gentle twist.
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| Bulldozer's Big Day by Candace Fleming; illustrated by Eric RohmannFollowing his first outing in Bulldozer Helps Out, perky yellow Bulldozer is eager to celebrate his birthday. Zipping around the construction site, he asks his friends to "guess what day today is!" only to be disappointed when Digger, Dump Truck, Cement Mixer and others seem to be too busy working to pay him any attention. Have his friends truly forgotten his special day? Heavy-lined, primary-colored block prints lend a satisfying heft to the denizens of the construction site, all of whom gather after work for a surprise birthday party, complete with enormous cake. |
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| Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site by Sherri Duskey Rinker; illustrated by Tom LichtenheldLots of big-truck books are rowdy, but this popular read is just right for bedtime. Opening at sunset, it shows Crane Truck, Cement Mixer, and other personified construction vehicles finishing up the day's work and getting themselves ready for a good night's rest. Simple rhymes describe the trucks' bedtime routines as well as what they've been up to all day (lifting, digging, dumping, etc.), while crayon-textured cartoon illustrations show the machines happily settling in to sleep; may your truck-loving toddler be inspired to follow suit! |
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| The Mixed-Up Truck by Stephen SavageIt's his first day of work, and the red-striped cement mixer is eager to please. When the experienced trucks on the construction site tell him to "mix up some powdery white cement," he rushes off to collect some white powder, adds water, and…"presto! A CAKE!" Oops -- it was flour, not cement! Though readers are clued in by the pictures, it takes a few tries for the cement mixer to get it right, with each comical mistake revealed after a repeated refrain. Kids who want more of the crisp artwork and can-do spirit in The Mixed-Up Truck will want to check out author Stephen Savage's earlier book, Supertruck. |
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| What Can a Crane Pick Up? by Rebecca Kai Dotlich; illustrated by Mike LoweryLittle ones may well wonder what a crane CAN'T pick up by the time they reach the end of this peppy book, which shows smiling cartoon cranes lifting all kinds of things -- from trucks and train cars to a polar bear, cartons and cartons of underwear, and even other cranes. With its cheerily simple illustrations and silly, rhythmic rhymes, this fun book will have kids wondering about the limits of all kinds of big machines. For more great picture books that show just what different construction vehicles can do, try William Low's Machines Go to Work, Sally Sutton's Roadwork, or Nathan Clement's Job Site. |
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Manatee County Public Library System 1301 Barcarrota Boulevard West Bradenton, Florida 34205 (941) 748-5555www.mymanatee.org/library |
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