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What Is A Family?

Written by Sylvia Vardell & Janet Wong

DNA can tell us who our family members are, but we all know that family means more than just...

3rd - 7th
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Pablo Neruda: Poet of the People

Written by Monica Brown

A stunning picture book biography from Monica Brown and illustrator Julie Paschkis about one of the...

1st - 3rd
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And the People Stayed Home

Written by Kitty O'Meara

Kitty O’Meara’s thoughtful poem about the pandemic, quarantine, and the future suggests there is...

Pre-K - 3rd
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Be A Maker

Written by Katey Howes and Illustrated by Elizabet Vukovic

How many things can you make in a day? A tower, a friend, a change?

Rhyme, repetition, and a few...

Pre-K - 3rd
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First Snow

Written by Nancy Viau and Illustrated by Talitha Shipman

Snowflakes falling! What a treat! Friends gather outside to celebrate the first snowfall of the...

Pre-K - 1st
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The Rare, Tiny Flower

Written by Kitty O'Meara
The Rare, Tiny Flower illustrates a deeply touching and thoughtful poem by Kitty O’Meara that, in...
Pre-K - 3rd
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Imperfect II: poems about perspective: an anthology for middle schoolers

Written by Tabatha Yeatts (Editor) and Laura Shovan & Liz Garton Scanlon (Contributors)
Being human means to sometimes lose perspective. We focus on the one negative comment we received...
6th - 8th
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Ashley Bryan's ABC of African American Poetry

Written and Illustrated by Ashley Bryan

"And God stepped out on space, And he looked around and said: I'm lonely -- I'll make me a world." -...

Pre-K - 3rd
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A Full Moon Is Rising

Written by Marilyn Singer and Illustrated by Julia Cairns
This book is a collection of poems about the moon as it’s seen around the world—and even from outer...
1st - 5th
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All the Water in the World

Written by George Ella Lyon and Illustrated by Katherine Tillotson
This poetic story guides children through the water cycle. Where does water come from? Where does...
Pre-K - 3rd
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Black Girl Magic

Written by Mahogany L. Browne and Illustrated by Jess X. Snow
Much of what twenty-first century culture tells black girls is not pretty: Don't wear this; don't...
7th - 12th
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The Classic Collection of Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes (The Classic Edition)

Written by Gina Beck and illustrator
Enjoy these beloved nursery rhymes now in the perfect format for small hands and big imaginations...
Pre-K - 1st
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The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear

Written by Edward Lear
Here is every line of every nonsense book written by Edward Lear. In a single volume you get "A Book...
4th - 7th
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One Leaf Rides the Wind

Written by Celeste Davidson Mannis
A Japanese garden is the exotic setting for this Parents' Choice Award-winning counting book that...
1st - 4th
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Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back: A Native American Year of Moons

Written by Joseph Bruchac
In Native American legend, the thirteen scales on Old Turtle's back hold the key to the thirteen...
Pre-K - 3rd
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I Am Loved

Written by Nikki Giovanni
Newbery Award honoree Ashley Bryan has hand-selected a dozen of National Book Award winner Nikki...
Pre-K - 3rd
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Laugh-Along Nursery Rhymes (Rookie Nursery Rhymes™)

Parents and toddlers can share in the fun by counting objects in the stories, finding silly scenes...
Pre-K - K
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Summer Wonders

Written by Bob Raczka and Illustrated by Judy Stead
A book that celebrates all things summer – from playing at the park to swimming at the pool to...
Pre-K - 3rd
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Salsa

Written by Jorge Argueta and Illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh
A young boy and his sister gather the ingredients and grind them up in a molcajete, just like their...
Pre-K - 2nd
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Each Peach Pear Plum

Written by Janet & Allan Ahlberg

In this book
With your little eye
Take a look
And play ‘I spy’

Search for timeless fairytale and nursery...

Pre-K - 1st
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The Barefoot Book of Classic Poems

Written and Illustrated by Jackie Morris
Become inspired by this breathtaking collection that brings together seventy-four of the finest...
2nd - 6th
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Orangutanka: A Story in Poems

Written by Margarita Engle and Illustrated by Renee Kurilla
All the orangutans are ready for a nap in the sleepy depths of the afternoon . . . all except one...
Pre-K - 3rd
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Are You An Echo? The Lost Poetry of Misuzu Kaneko

Written by David Jacobson, Sally Ito and Michiko Tsuboi and Illustrated by Toshikado Hajiri
In early-1900s Japan, Misuzu Kaneko grows from precocious bookworm to instantly-beloved children’s...
1st - 5th
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Locomotion

Written by Jacqueline Woodson
Lonnie was only seven years old when his parents died in a fire and he and his sister, Lili, were...
5th - 7th

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