Antoinette Portis
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"Follows Bunny who wants to build a new city alone until Bunny realizes that friends make all the difference"--
"Bunny wants to build a cardboard city. Bunny stacks one cardboard box on top of another and another. Bunny doesn't want any help. Bunny doesn't need any help, either. But what's a cardboard city without friends?" --
2) A seed grows
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An educational picture book about the life cycle of a sunflower. --
4) Hey, water!
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Hey, water! I know you! You're all around. Splash along with a spunky little girl who realizes that water is everywhere. But water doesn't always look the same, it doesn't always feel the same, and it shows up in lots of different shapes. And so the girl launches into a spirited game of hide-and-seek with water, discovering it in nature, in weather, and even in herself. Simultaneously whimsical and informative, Hey, Water! is a playful, poetic celebration...
6) Now
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"This is my favorite cloud ... because it's the one I am watching. This is my favorite tree ... because it's the one where I'm swinging. This is my favorite tooth ... because it's the one that is missing." Follow a little girl as she takes you on a tour through all of her favorite things, from the holes she digs to the hugs she gives.
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Yelfred and Omek have been best frints since they were little blobbies. They play and snack, and sometimes they even fight, all in a language similar to but slightly different from, English. When Omek decides to borrow Yelfred's new spaceship without asking (and then crashes it), it sparks the biggest fight yet. Can these two best frints make up and move on? Award-winning picture book creator Antoinette Portis delivers a new universe of cleverness...
9) Froodle
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In a normal neighborhood, on a typical day, the birds chirp, the dogs bark and the cats meow. When Little Brown Bird decides she doesn't want to sing the same old song, out comes a new tune that shakes up the neighborhood and changes things forever in this funny, innovative book that kids will love to read out loud. --
10) Wait
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When the street is busy and you have somewhere to be, sometimes you have to hurry. But, when something very special comes along, sometimes you get to stop, and wait. In this book, Antoinette Portis creates a deceptively simple story about the joys of slowing down. --
12) I'm up
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A busy little baby wakes up with the sun and birds and is ready to start the new day.
14) Not a stick
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An imaginative young pig shows some of the many things that a stick can be.
15) The red hat
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"Once upon a time, high atop the world, there lived a boy named Billy Hightower and the wind. When a new neighbor appears--a girl in a red hat--Billy Hightower can hardly wait to meet her and introduce himself. But the wind has other ideas"--