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to 7
Ticket to Curlew
One day Sam Ferrier's little brother disappears on the seemingly flat prairie. He discovers that their new land can be awesome and frightening.
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ages 12
and up
/ grades 6
and up
Shadow Mother
A beautifully reinvented tale, in the tradition of Scottish and Irish Selkie legends, from award-winning creators Seán Virgo and Javier Serrano Pérez.
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The Slippers' Keeper
The moving story of Joe Purdon, one of North America’s early conservationists.
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In the great palace lived a cat.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eEach night the mouse gazes up at the cat in the palace tower. Is the cat my friend? he wonders. Determined to find out, he bravely makes his way into the palace through a tiny hole and climbs all the way up to the tower, where the cat sits on the windowsill.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\"Hello, are you friend or foe?\" he squeaks.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThis simple story by John Sobol has a surprising outcome, giving young readers a chance to draw their own conclusions. It is perfectly complemented by Dasha Tolstikova’s subtle yet striking illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrelates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.4\u003cbr\u003e\r\nAsk and answer questions about unknown words in a text.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.6\u003cbr\u003e\r\nWith prompting and support, name the author and illustrator of a story and define the role of each in telling the story.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.7\u003cbr\u003e\r\nWith prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear (e.g., what moment in a story an illustration depicts).\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.3\u003cbr\u003e\r\nDescribe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.9\u003cbr\u003e\r\nCompare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in stories.\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9781554984077","Height":"10","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"Groundwood Books","MetaKeywords":"friends and friendship issues; animals; comedy; rivalry; irony; humorous stories; nature and animal stories; read aloud; low level wordless text; anthropomorphism; summarizing; predicting; Common Core aligned; CC Literature Integration of Knowledge and Ideas; grade 1; School Library Journal Best Books of the Year; picture book; humor","NumberOfPages":"32","OtherText_Review_0":"A quiet, thoughtful narrative for all readers who like to wonder.","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Kirkus Reviews","OtherText_Review_1":"Sobol's original and engaging story is perfectly complemented by Dasha Tolstikova's subtle yet striking illustrations. 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Friend or Foe?
A lonely mouse gazes up at the cat in the palace tower next door. Determined to find out if he is a friend, he bravely makes his way into the palace …
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A Gift from Childhood
A vivid and stunningly illustrated memoir about growing up in a small village in Mali, written by a renowned African artist who now lives in Portland.
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to 7
/ grades K
to 2
Weekend Dad
A little boy spends the weekend at his dad’s new apartment in this picture book about how things change when parents separate — and the important things that stay the same.
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ages 4
to 8
/ grades K
to 3
Mustafa
Young Mustafa feels invisible in his adopted home until a girl extends a welcoming hand. From world-renowned author-illustrator Marie-Louise Gay.
Somos como somos / A Kid Is a Kid Is a Kid
In the Spanish-language edition of the bestselling A Kid Is a Kid Is a Kid, a group of kids share the silly questions they always hear, as well as the questions they would rather be asked about themselves.
Kid
A modern classic in the making about a young goat who ventures away from the farm to discover the true meaning of family.
