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Grandpa Green

by Lane Smith
Ages 4 - 8
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A child explores the ordinary life of his extraordinary great-grandfather, as expressed in his topiary garden.

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Blackout

by John Rocco
Ages 4 - 8
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One hot summer night in the city, all the power goes out. What's a family to do? When they go up to the roof to escape the heat, they find the lights--in stars that can be seen for a change--and so many neighbors it's like a block party in the sky!

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Me-- Jane

by Patrick McDonnell
Ages 4 - 8
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Holding her stuffed toy chimpanzee, young Jane Goodall observes nature, reads Tarzan books, and dreams of living in Africa and helping animals. Includes biographical information on the prominent zoologist.

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Dave, the potter

by Laban Carrick Hill
Ages 6 - 10
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A National Book Award finalist teams up with an award-winning illustrator to present a beautiful and inspiring biography of a slave who lived in South Carolina in the 1800s and his extraordinary talent for pottery.

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Interrupting chicken

by David Ezra Stein
Ages 4 - 8
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Little Red Chicken wants Papa to read her a bedtime story, but interrupts him almost as soon as he begins each tale.

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All the world

by Liz Garton Scanlon; illustrated by Marla Frazee
Ages 4 - 8
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Through poetic verse and illustrations by a Caldecott Honor artist, a circle of family and friends shows the importance of all things, great and small, as readers follow them through a day, from morning until night. Watch the trailer.

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Red sings from treetops : a year in colors

by Joyce Sidman
Ages 4 - 8
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Color comes to life in this whimsical, innovative book by an award-winning poet and a brilliant painter, designed to inspire readers to look closer at the colors of the four seasons.

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Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet

by David McLimans
Ages 5 - 10
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Feast your eyes on these amazing creatures before they disappear! (2007 Caldecott Honor book)

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The Red Book

by Barbara Lehman
Ages 4 - 8
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Cross oceans and continents to deliver one girl into a new world of possibility, where a friend she's never met is waiting. (2005 Caldecott Honor book)

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Yo! Yes?

by Chris Raschka
Ages 4 - 8
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Two boys meet on the street and their one and two word exchanges lead them into friendship with a resounding "Yow!" (1994 Caldecott Honor book)

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