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Cat fanciers of all ages will recognize the funny feline behavior in this vivacious rhyming jaunt. Broad shapes create kitties of various stripes and colors all with big round eyes add humor and verve until it’s bedtime (or not — if you’re a naughty kitten).
This Little Kitty
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There are many reasons why animals form a line ranging from protection to efficient flying. In an informative rhyming narrative accompanied by crisp illustrations with additional information at the end, readers discover why (and how) animals form lines.
Line Up! Animals in Remarkable Rows
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Young children frequently don’t have the words to describe strong feelings. Words and emotions come together in simple, bright, evocative illustrations on colorful pages just right to generate conversation — preferably before these feelings are experienced!
I Feel! A Book of Emotions
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Spare, poetic text and breathtaking pictures invite readers on a journey that gently illuminates the causes of climate change as well as how our individual and collective actions can make the world better. Clear endnotes vetted by a climate expert answer a myriad of questions in simple language.
To Change a Planet
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When Ping admits that he is the only child in China unable to grow a flower from the seeds distributed by the Emperor, he is rewarded for his honesty.
The Empty Pot
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A picture book biography about Evelyn Glennie, a deaf woman, who became the first full-time solo percussionist in the world. From the moment Evelyn Glennie heard her first note, music held her heart. She played the piano by ear at age eight, and the clarinet by age ten. But soon, the nerves in her ears began to deteriorate, and Evelyn was told that, as a deaf girl, she could never be a musician. What sounds Evelyn couldn’thear with her ears, though, she could feel resonate through her body as if she, herself, were a drum. And the music she created was extraordinary. Evelyn Glennie had learned how to listen in a new way.
Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion
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Jazz! It’s all about the rhythm and the sounds, musicians in conversation answering each other with notes and riffs instead of words. But what happens when one member of the band can’t hear the notes anymore? Through this rhythmic story, readers meet Lee, who loses his hearing and is asked to leave his band. Luckily, he discovers a whole new world of music that exists in the mind and heart at a local school for the deaf.
The Deaf Musicians
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Readers will be transported to the rugged Himalayas with this story of a deaf Sherpa boy in Nepal, who braves a storm in search of his family’s yaks. He finds the animals herded around a young calf whose leg is wedged between rocks. Unable to rescue the animal alone, Kami whistles for help. When no one comes, he slips and slides down the icy mountain to get his father and brother. He relates the problem through mime. Together the family rescues the calf, and the plucky hero proudly leads the way home.
Kami and the Yaks
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The story of a father and his deaf son who communicate using sign language. They wake up early one morning and walk to the beach to watch the sunrise.
Dad and Me in the Morning
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A young boy listens eagerly to the games on the radio, using sign language to tell his deaf father about every new development. Getting into the spirit, his father begins to keep a scrapbook, clipping newspaper articles and photos about Jackie. One day, the father has big news: they’re going to Ebbets field to watch Jackie play in person!
Dad, Jackie, and Me
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Actors from the Little Theatre of the Deaf are coming to Moses’ school, and Moses and his classmates are going to see a play! A class from another school joins them, and Moses is introduced to Manuel, who has just moved to the U.S. Manuel doesn’t know English or sign language yet. Moses, being deaf, knows how hard it can be when no one understands you, so he tries communicating with Manuel using body gestures, while also teaching him some simple signs. The book is written in English and American Sign Language (ASL). Detailed diagrams of the signs are included so that readers can learn along with Manuel.
Moses Sees a Play
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A fairytale about a boy who meets a fairy who can’t hear very well. He learns the importance of clear communication and the golden rules for talking to someone who is deaf or hard of hearing.
Freddie and the Fairy
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Set in India, this story follows the journey of an elephant who goes on a quest to find his hearing. He meets friends who have different abilities and talents and discovers his own special gift.
Ranvir Cannot Hear
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This kid-friendly guide to American Sign Language (ASL) provides an enjoyable and accessible introduction to the language’s fundamentals. It begins with succinct instructions, an alphabet chart that includes a note about finger spelling being acceptable when a sign is not known, and proceeds through a range of everyday words and signs (feelings, colors, shapes, and so forth).
Time to Sign: Sign Language for Kids
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This is the story of Gracie, your everyday fun-loving kid who does everything that you do, but has trouble hearing. It’s as if her ears are sleeping! When her family searches for answers, she discovers the wonder of hearing aids and the sounds of the world. Gracie’s Ears introduces what hearing aids are to young children needing help to hear and to their friends who wonder — what are those things in their friend’s ears and what do they do?
Gracie’s Ears
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This book explores the diversity of languages and cultures in the world, including sign language. It also teaches some basic signs for greetings and feelings.
My Language, Your Language
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Crinkleroot shares the excitement and rewards of birdwatching, in a beginner’s guide that offers tips on identifying more than fifty birds and includes facts about bird anatomy, behavior, life cycles, and more.
Crinkleroot’s Guide to Knowing the Birds
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Children fascinated by ancient Egypt and hieroglyphs should enjoy this retelling based on a tale found on an ancient papyrus scroll from the 19th century B.C.E. The sole survivor of a shipwreck relates being washed up on the shore of a paradisiacal “Island of the Soul” inhabited only by a huge serpent. As the sailor and serpent become friends, the creature tells how he lost his family and predicts the man’s rescue, after which the island “will disappear forever under the waves, but it will always be with you, for it lives in your heart.” The story, with its mystical snake and mysterious island, will hold readers’ interest. The book is most successful, however, as a peek into ancient Egyptian folklore, art, and language.
The Shipwrecked Sailor: An Egyptian Tale with Hieroglyphs
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A confident little girl imagines what her day would be like if she ran the country: There would be executive orders to give, babies to kiss, tuna casseroles to veto, and so much more! Not to mention that recess would definitely require more security.
Madam President
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A young nonconformist invents a self-sufficient civilization in his suburban backyard. Words and images fluidly play off one another as Wesley creates a language for his new produce and the crop erupts into a lush tropical landscape. It isn’t long before his neighbors and classmates develop more than an idle curiosity about Wesley — and exactly how he is spending his summer vacation.
Weslandia
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Why do beekeepers use smoke machines when collecting honey? Can a bee really sting only once? Why do bees “dance”? Get an introduction to the life cycle, social organization, and history of one of the world’s most useful insects. Learn how bees make honey, what a beekeeper does, and products that contain beeswax — everything from lipstick to waxes for buffing surfboards.
The Life and Times of the Honeybee
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A youngNative American boy carves a little canoe with a figure inside and names him Paddle-to-the-Sea. Paddle’s journey, in text and pictures, through the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean provides an excellent geographic and historical picture of the region.
Paddle-to-the-Sea
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Beginning and ending with discussions of the water cycle, Hiscock explains that the three rivers gather water from throughout the middle of the U.S. and form the world’s third largest tidal basin. The book focuses on the 1993 floods in the Midwest, showing how unusual weather patterns affected rainfall, what happened when the rivers overflowed their banks, and how people prepared for the flooding and handled it after it came.
The Big Rivers: The Missouri, the Mississippi, and the Ohio
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Caution! Construction zone ahead! Anyone who has ever stopped to watch a big building going up — and who hasn’t? — will enjoy this behind-the-scenes look at an amazing construction project.