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Angels and Magpies
Hernandez’s heartbroken and heartbreaking misfits are sure to capture audience attention. Jaime Hernandez’s "Angels and Magpies" collects stories from three of the artist’s comic series, crisscrossing narratives for surprises and...
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How to Break Writer’s Block Today and Where to Get Ideas
This guide will be illuminating not just for writers, but for anyone trying to unleash more creative and productive energy. "How to Break Writer’s Block Today and Where to Get Ideas" by N. M. Beguesse is not your typical book on...
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Henry and the Hidden Treasure
"Henry and the Hidden Treasure" uses a playful and entertaining story to teach kids about sibling rivalry and possessive behavior. "Henry and the Hidden Treasure" is B. C. R. Fegan’s charming picture book about a young boy’s...
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Timmy Tumbles
Any four- or five-year-old will benefit from this book’s themes of perseverance and stamina. Kids who can’t sit still will enjoy Lisa Shirley’s kinetic picture book "Timmy Tumbles". Timmy is clearly obsessed with tumbling. He...
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If You Were Me and Lived in ... the Mayan Empire
If You Were Me and Lived in … the Mayan Empire is a concise and visually compelling guide to discovering an ancient way of life. Carole P. Roman’s If You Were Me and Lived in … the Mayan Empire helps children imagine what it would...
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Happy Me!
"Happy Me!" presents relaxation tools in a way that children can easily recall and look forward to doing. In Happy Me!: Relax and Breathe, Eileen Michele presents three breathing exercises as little stories accompanied by pictures to...
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It's Just So...Little!
It’s Just So … Little! is the perfect book to ease children into having a new sibling. Lizzy is a young red-headed girl with a lot of energy. One fall morning, she realizes she’s outgrown her favorite jacket, and her mom tells her...
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Vinyl Freak
This celebration of vinyl speaks to the transience of pop culture and its intersection with everyday lives. For twelve years, music critic, curator, and collector John Corbett immortalized records that never made it as CDs, in his...