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When Alice loses a keepsake from her grandfather, she worries that she won’t have anything to remember him by.<\/strong><\/p>
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Future History 2050
Can a series of notebooks smuggled from the year 2050 change the past to save the future?<\/strong><\/p>
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to 9
/ grades K
to 4
Town Is by the Sea
In a small mining town, a young boy enjoys a summer day, but his thoughts constantly return to his father, who is digging for coal deep under the sea.
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[A] graceful, beautifully illustrated picture book about death, customs and emotions.","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Shelf Awareness","OtherText_Review_5":"[A] book that gives young viewers a glimpse of the funeral experience but tacitly champions their right to process it in their own way.","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"A child's first experience of death involves love, laughter and some big questions about life.","PrizeCodeText_0":"Winner","PrizeCodeText_1":"Short-listed","PrizeCodeText_2":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_3":"Commended","PrizeCode_0":"01","PrizeCode_1":"04","PrizeCode_2":"03","PrizeCode_3":"03","PrizeName_0":"Ezra Jack Keats Award Honor","PrizeName_1":"Elizabeth-Mrazik Cleaver Award","PrizeName_2":"New York Times \\\/ New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children‚Äôs Book","PrizeName_3":"New York Public Library Best Books for Kids","PrizeYear_0":"2019","PrizeYear_1":"2018","PrizeYear_2":"2018","PrizeYear_3":"2018","ProductFormDescription":"Kindle, Fixed Layout","PublicationDate":"2018-04-01","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd","ShortDescription":"A child's first experience of death involves love, laughter and some big questions about life.","Width":"8.75","WidthCode":"in"}
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to 7
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to 2
The Funeral
A child's first experience of death involves love, laughter and some big questions about life.
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ages 2
to 5
/ grades P
to K
Stella, Fairy of the Forest
In this book in the beloved Stella and Sam series, the two explore the wonders of the springtime forest.
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ages 4
to 8
/ grades P
to 2
Oy, Feh, So?
In this hilarious story, three children turn their family's weekly Sunday visit from Aunt Essy, Aunt Chanah and Uncle Sam on its head!
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Good Night, Sam
In this book in the acclaimed Stella and Sam series, sister and brother join forces to search for Sam's beloved dog, Fred.
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Common Core: RL.2.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,10 \/ RF.2.3,3d,3f,4,4a,4c \/ W.2.3,5,7,8 \/ L.2.3,4,4a,4b,4c,4d,5,5a,5b,6 \/ SL.2.1,1b,1c,2,3,4,5,6.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Previous_review_q_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREVIEW COPIES\u003c\\\/strong\u003e\u003c\\\/p\u003e\\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\\\/li\u003e\\n\u003cli\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\\\/li\u003e\\n\u003cli\u003eBooklist\u003c\\\/li\u003e\\n\u003cli\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\\\/li\u003e\\n\u003cli\u003eHorn Book\u003c\\\/li\u003e\\n\u003c\\\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Review_0":"Life is good for Buddy and Earl in this aerobic exercise of the imagination.","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Kirkus Reviews","OtherText_Review_1":"A neat story with enough hilarious high jinks to make young readers giggle out loud and look forward to more Buddy and Earl adventures.","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"School Library Journal","OtherText_Review_2":"The comic tension between the real and the imagined, between Buddy’s sweet naiveté and Earl’s cleverness, and between the human and animal universes is just as evident here as in the first book.","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Horn Book","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"Our favorite odd-couple friends explore the wilds of their house after dark in book two of the Buddy and Earl series.","PrizeCodeText_0":"Commended","PrizeCode_0":"03","PrizeName_0":"NP99: The Best Books of the Year","PrizeYear_0":"2016","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2016-03-01","Publisher":"Groundwood Books Ltd","Series":"Buddy and Earl","ShortDescription":"Our favorite odd-couple friends explore the wilds of their house after dark in book two of the Buddy and Earl series.","Width":"8.5","WidthCode":"in"}
ages 4
to 7
/ grades P
to 2
Buddy and Earl Go Exploring
Our favorite odd-couple friends explore the wilds of their house after dark in book two of the Buddy and Earl series.
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ages 3
to 6
/ grades P
to 1
Ancient Thunder
Winner of the Governor General's Award, Ancient Thunder is a spectacular art book for anyone interested in wild horses and First Nations culture.
