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2) Black gold
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Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
"When the Universe decides to create a child, she draws from the earth--rich, dark, and full of everything that gives life, including eyes like black star sapphires and full lips to speak the truth. With help from the Sun and the Moon, they create a child of the universe: beautiful, powerful, and boundless with the brilliance of black gold"--Jacket flap.
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Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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""A grandmother explores her special garden with her granddaughters. Wonder grows everywhere but Grandmother especially loves to show it in her story garden. She invites her granddaughters to join her there in a sweet meditation on the treasures she's brought to that magical place--the rocks, the shells, the crystals, the meteorites : how they came to be, how they were formed, how they each have a story to tell"--Provided by publisher.
4) Evergreen
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Best Children's Books 2023
Best of 2023: Children's Books
New Children's Books February 2023
Summer Reading 2023: Kindergarten To 1st Grade
Best of 2023: Children's Books
New Children's Books February 2023
Summer Reading 2023: Kindergarten To 1st Grade
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To deliver her mother's delicious soup to her sick Granny Oak, Evergreen the squirrel must face her fears and make the journey, during which she meets other forest dwellers, including some who want to get their hands on her soup!
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Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"A young child loves the spots and patterns found on butterflies, and fashions bold orange wings to become a butterfly child. But when other kids shun the child for the clothes they don't understand, it takes a father's encouragement for the kid to stay true to what they love and find joy in the butterfly wings once more"--Provided by publisher.
13) So much snow
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Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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Seven forest creatures, from a tiny mouse to a giant moose, hunker down in a snowstorm as they wonder when the snow will stop.
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Eleven-year-old Daisy Thistledown is on the run. Her mother has been keeping big, glittering secrets, and now she has vanished. Daisy knows it's up to her to find Ma-- but someone is hunting her across London. Someone determined to stop her from discovering the truth. So when Daisy flees to safety through a mysterious hidden doorway, she can barely believe her eyes--she has stepped out of the city and into another world. This is the Greenwild. Bursting...
15) Little land
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"An environmental tale of land evolving over the millennia up to present day environmental changes, as well as the role one can take in caring for it"--
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Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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In this luminous, winter-themed celebration of the joy and beauty of nature and the gift of friendship, a group of woodland creatures use items found on the forest floor to build something special together, then race off to catch a glimpse of one of nature's most astounding wonders.
17) Building
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Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
A beaver family works hard to rebuild when their dam is threatened by storms in this beautifully illustrated follow-up to Nesting that introduces young children to beginning life science concepts.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The story of a father and his son who live by themselves in a cosy cabin in the woods. But, one day they are separated out in the beautifully falling snow. The boy is lost and falls asleep. When he wakes up he is surrounded by blinking eyes, a rabbit, a fox, an owl and all manner of other creatures have surrounded him! But with a bear hug he and the woodland animals become best of friends! But soon he misses his dad and so the animals bring him back...
19) At the pond
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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"Witty poems and luminous illustrations celebrate a day at the pond." --
20) The gray day
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Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
On a rainy day, a young artist struggles to find inspiration--until she remembers all the things she loves that are black and white.
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