Hopkins, Lee Bennett/ Manning, Jane (ILT)
Summary: Here is the library, not just as a place that houses books, but as an experience. Fifteen poems celebrate the thrill of getting your first library card, the excitement of story hour, the fun of using the computer, the pride of reading to the dog, and thejoy of discovering that the librarian understands you and knows exactly which books you'll love. The poems, compiled by noted poet and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: WordSong, an imprint of Highlights 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 HOPNadim
Summary: "Four-year-old Nadim puts his words on paper and gives us a glimpse of how he sees the world: one filled with glitter, magical boxes, and cuddles with Mom. A place where school smells like daffodils and honey (and sometimes dirty socks), where Wednesdaysare rainbow-colored, where fish in the sea make a shhhh sound, and where everyone has love, even baddies. The poems in this anthology make for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 821 NADAda, Alma Flor
Summary: Simple poems and glorious paintings offer a deeply moving portrait of migrant Chicano farmworker families at work and play.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2019
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Summary: Learn vital processes and procedures about gardening through different types of poetry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 WOLEverson, Caroline
Summary: "In fourteen gentle stanzas, sleepy & dash-eyed children throughout history draw comfort from bedtime tales and tender lullabies. Here, their innate curiosity about the world around them is satisfied by timeless music that drifts through centuries on the wind. Loving parents sing of white polar bears, northern lights, sea creatures, and woodland animals that dance under the stars and visit each...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fifth House Publishers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 EVEPeters, Lisa Westberg
Summary: "If you're a curious child and you get a new dog, you discover all kinds of things. Gravity has new meaning, when you're racing down a slide toward your eager-beaver dog waiting at the bottom (uh-oh!). Friction has a new meaning, when your slippery dog escapes from the bath (soap+fingers=not enough friction). But love has a new meaning too, when you and your cosmic dog become the center of your...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wordsong, and imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 PETCabrera, Jane.
Summary: "All around the world, from the dry desert to the wet jungle, from the sleeping city to the icy pole, baby animals and their parents are sharing the wonder of a twinkling star. This enchanting version of a favorite lullaby is a celebration of love."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2019
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Summary: The animals in the dark woods are secretive, their inner lives a mystery. The stealthy bobcat, the inquisitive raccoon, and the dignified bear waking up from his winter nap are just a few of the glorious animals featured in this collection of poems and woodland scenes.--page [2] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE ELLSayre, April Pulley
Summary: In fun verse, the author creates a rhyming story about different fruits you can find at a fruit stand.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BOARD SAYSinger, Marilyn.
Summary: A collection of short poems called reversos which, when reversed, provide new perspectives on the fairy tale characters they feature.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Children's Books 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811.54 SINCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Poetry SingerNikola-Lisa, W.
Summary: A little girl runs through the park noting differences between people, but surmising that we are all the same. "Straight hair, curly hair - different but the same!" "Big nose, little nose. Light skin, dark skin - different but the same!" Even with our differences, she chants, "Isn't it delightful bein' with you this way?" This poem reflects a perfect sentiment for our children living in this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG NIKHerrera, Juan Felipe
Summary: "When Juan Felipe Herrera was very young, he picked flowers, helped his mama feed the chickens, slept under the starry sky, and learned to say goodbye to his amiguitos each time his migrant family moved on. When he grew up, Juan Felipe Herrera became a poet. His breathtaking poem "Imagine" and Lauren Castillo's evocative illustrations will speak to every reader and dreamer searching for this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library Ideas, LLC] 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG HERMoore, Clement Clarke
Summary: Award-winning illustrator Charles Santore perfectly captures the delight of Santa's wondrous visit with unforgettable images that are sure to enchant young believers--and older ones--for Christmas Eves to come.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Applesauce Press, an imprint of Cider Mill Press Book Publishers 2011
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Summary: Sixteen extraordinary imagined creatures inhabit the pages of this unique, inspired, humorous picture book ideal for sharing together, and for reading again and again. Jack Prelutsky reinvents many familiar and beloved animals by combining inanimate objects with them (so, for example, a pair of pants and an anteater become a panteater). Carin Berger's illustrations are showstoppers. Her shadow...
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: JE VOX PREPerkins, Useni Eugene
Summary: Six-time Coretta Scott King Award winner and four-time Caldecott Honor recipient Bryan Collier brings this classic, inspirational poem to life, written by poet Useni Eugene Perkins. Hey black child, Do you know who you are? Who really are? Do you know you can be, What you want to be, If you try to be What you can be? This lyrical, empowering poem celebrates black children and seeks to inspire...
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG PERWilson, Karma.
Summary: A boy gives thanks to the Lord for all that he has in this illustrated interpretation of Psalm XCII.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zonderkidz 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE WILScieszka, Jon
Summary: "The classic nursery rhymes we know and love--upside-down, backward, in gibberish, and fresh out of bounds--as only Jon Scieszka could stage them. Mother knows best, but sometimes a little nonsense wins the day. Inspired by Dadaism's rejection of reason and rational thinking, and in cahoots with Blanche Fisher Wright's The Real Mother Goose, this anthology of absurdity unravels the fabric of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.8 SCIHerrera, Juan Felipe
Summary: "When Juan Felipe Herrera was very young, he picked flowers, helped his mama feed the chickens, slept under the starry sky, and learned to say goodbye to his amiguitos each time his migrant family moved on. When he grew up, Juan Felipe Herrera became a poet. His breathtaking poem "Imagine" and Lauren Castillo's evocative illustrations will speak to every reader and dreamer searching for this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile World Languages, Call number: JE SPANISH HERLyon, George Ella
Summary: "Where does water come from? Where does water go? Find out in this exploration of oceans and waterways that highlights an important reality: Our water supply is limited, and it is up to us to protect it."--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LYOYolen, Jane
Summary: Readers will be delighted by the malodorous melodies of poems calling out the different pungent attributes of a full cast of foul-smelling creatures.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Millbrook Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591.47 YOLCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE YOLCooper, Susan
Summary: "A celebration of the winter solstice and the Yuletide season. As the sun set on the shortest day of the year, early people would gather to prepare for the long night ahead. They built fires and lit candles. They played music, bringing their own light to the darkness, while wondering if the sun would ever rise again"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2019
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Summary: "Would you help a tiny fragile snake? Fifteen poems explore close encounters with animals ... and choosing to respond tenderly. Whether it's helping a hummingbird escape, respecting a bear's habitat, admiring a heron's beauty, or giving way to ants at a picnic, the human response in these poems is to do no harm, and to help whenever possible. The poems follow a seasonal progression, ending with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press 2024