Summary: Inventions can be big, like roller coasters, or small, like crayons. And inventors can be scientists or athletes or even boys and girls! It's hard to imagine life without Popsicles, basketball, or Band-Aids, but they all started with just one person and a little imagination. With sixteen original poems selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins and Julia Sarcone-Roach's imaginative artwork, Incredible...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books 2009
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J811 HOPHood, Susan
Summary: "An inspirational nonfiction novel-in-verse about Zhanna Arshanskaya, a young Ukrainian Jewish girl using the alias Anna, whose phenomenal piano-playing skills saved her life and the life of her sister, Frina, during the Holocaust-from award-winning author Susan Hood, with Zhanna's son, Greg Dawson"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ARSOdenkirk, Bob
Summary: "A collection of humorous and heartfelt poetry for children and adults"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J811 ODEMoore, 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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Place a hold to request this item.Mora, Pat
Summary: "An inspiring collection of the author's own glorious poems celebrating a love of words and all the ways we use and interact with them: reading, speaking, writing, singing, and storytelling. Includes a glossary of Spanish words used in the poems"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lee & Low Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 MORLevinson, Suzy
Summary: "What? You've never seen animals in pants? A dog in yoga pants, a goat in overalls, a yak in slacks? Animals in Pants presents a parade of impeccable poems about animals wearing perfectly pressed pants." -- inside front jacket flap.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cameron Kids, Cameron + Company 2023
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Summary: A collection of poems celebrating animals, from weasels to hammerhead sharks.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 FLOPerry, Andrea
Summary: Short poems describe crazy inventions, like footsie floss, an upside-down lens for bats, and a super spider spotter for Miss Muffet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Poetry PerryCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE PEREsbensen, Barbara Juster.
Summary: A collection of poems that celebrates the seasons, with illustrations for each season by a different Minnesota artist.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carolrhoda Books 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811.54 ESBHiggins, Carter
Summary: "A celebration of each month of the year"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Neal Porter Books / Holiday House 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HIGSmith, Danna
Summary: "Each haiku in this lift-the-flap board book will have readers guessing the animal it describes--with the answer revealed under a flap on each page! With lovely text, sweet illustrations, and cute creatures, this lyrical and interactive book is a joy to read!"-- provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon, an imprint of Simon & Scuster Children's Publishing Division 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: This poetry anthology, edited by Miranda Paul, explores a wide range of ways to be grateful (from gratitude for a puppy to gratitude for family to gratitude for the sky) with poems by a diverse group of contributors, including Joseph Bruchac, Margarita Engle, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Naomi Shihab Nye, Charles Waters, and Jane Yolen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Millbrook Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 THACopies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 THAHarjo, Joy
Summary: "Picture book adaptation of US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo's iconic poem, Remember"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HARCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE HARMuth, Jon J.
Summary: The author and his delightful little panda bear, Koo challenge readers to stretch their minds and imaginations with twenty-six haikus about the four seasons.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 MUTCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MUTCopies Available at East Bay
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: JE Poetry MuthMoore, Clement Clarke
Summary: Actor Jeff Bridges narrates this classic tale, bringing to life Charles Santore's images. The sound and look of this Christmas tradition will enchant young believers, and older ones.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Applesauce Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Holidays - Christmas, Call number: JE MOOReynolds, Jason
Summary: "A smash up of art and text that viscerally captures what it is to be Black. In America. Right Now"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC REYOso, Maisha
Summary: "Before the Ships is a powerful and poetic celebration of the early roots of Black history."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE OSOPinkney, Andrea Davis.
Summary: The New York Times best-selling and award-winning duo present this celebration of Black and Brown babies and the happiness, gentle moments and endless love shared between children and their caregivers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PINCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PINKooser, Ted
Summary: "A freewheeling romp through the world of imagery and metaphor, this quietly startling collection of thirty poems, framed by the four elements, is about art and reality, fact and fancy. Look around: what do you see? A clown balancing a pie in a tree, or an empty nest perched on a leafless branch? As poet Connie Wanek alludes to in her afterword--a lively dialogue with former US Poet Laureate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 KOOAvery, J. Nailah
Summary: "This lyrical poem tells the story of Black History in America, from slavery to the Civil Rights movement to present day struggles"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2024
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Summary: Chronologically organized by epoch, this poetic introduction to the dinosaur world illuminates a host of creatures both novel and familiar, ranging from the mysterious trilobite to the famed Tyrannosaurus rex. Includes dinosaur facts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2018
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Summary: "Quiet as Mud is a sweet poem about being introvert in a big loud world"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magination Press 2024
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE YOLPrelutsky, Jack
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