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When Spider meets Shrew, they are both down on their luck — can these quirky new friends help each other out?
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Suck It in and Smile
A funny, touching look at the life of a social media influencer who starts to question the #goals life she has created for herself.
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The highly anticipated children's book from award-winning cartoonist and illustrator Jillian Tamaki.
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Martin and the River
Faced with moving away from his beloved river in the country, Martin discovers he can make a meaningful connection to nature in the city, too.
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to 12
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to 7
African Icons
Meet ten remarkable African kings, queens, inventors, scholars and visionaries who changed the world.
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ages 13
to 17
/ grades 7
to 12
Future History 2050
Can a series of notebooks smuggled from the year 2050 change the past to save the future?
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An accidental kind of learning occurs when reading Out of the Way! Out of the Way! — and isn’t that the best kind?","OtherText_Review_1_Auth":"Lara LeMoal","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"CM Magazine","OtherText_Review_2":"A great book to use as a tie-in to environmental units as well as multicultural connections","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"SLM","OtherText_Review_3":"The title, used very effectively as a refrain throughout the book, emphasizes that change is hurrying us along much faster than we want to go.","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"The New York Times","OtherText_Review_4":". . . it’s a rare thing: a book about generations and growth that doesn’t come across as preachy.","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Publishers Weekly","OtherText_Review_5":"There is much to see and enjoy in the small paintings and drawings that make up each scene. This delightful story illustrates how tradition and modern progress can coexist in a way that benefits everyone.","OtherText_Review_5_Auth":"Marianne Saccardi","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"SLJ","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe see an Indian village grow from a sleepy little agricultural way station to a bustling metropolis. For fans of American classic The Little House.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","PrizeCodeText_0":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_1":"Commended","PrizeCode_0":"03","PrizeCode_1":"03","PrizeName_0":"USBBY Outstanding International Book List","PrizeName_1":"United Nations SDG Book Club Reading List Selection","PrizeYear_0":"2013","PrizeYear_1":"2020","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2012-04-01","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd","ShortDescription":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe see an Indian village grow from a sleepy little agricultural way station to a bustling metropolis. 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Out of the Way! Out of the Way!
We see an Indian village grow from a sleepy little agricultural way station to a bustling metropolis. For fans of American classic The Little House.
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A Place for Pauline
As the eldest child in a large family, Pauline struggles to find her niche, and longs for peace and quiet—a charming story in graphic-novel style.
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ages 3
to 6
/ grades P
to 1
Time to Shine
Let yourself be dazzled by creatures around the world in this brilliant nonfiction picture book about iridescence.
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West Coast Wild at Low Tide
In this third book in the West Coast Wild series, explore the intertidal zone — where only the most adaptable creatures thrive in the changing tides.
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A child waiting for the bus feeds her lunch to a few hungry pigeons. But more birds start showing up, each bigger and more fantastical than the last!
