Sophie Blackall
3) Farmhouse
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A farmhouse where twelve children grow up holds evidence of their stories long after they are gone"--
5) Negative cat
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Max isn't a typical cat, but his loving owner still sees the best in him"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Everyone needs things to look forward to-big things and small things, on good days and on bad days; things that will buoy our spirits and make us laugh and help us feel alive. In these pages, beloved author and illustrator Sophie Blackall has gathered a collection of joyful things for all of us: things that are always there if we look for them, like the sun coming up; things we can do if the sun is behind a cloud, like baking for other people or...
7) Ahoy!
Author
Publisher
Anne Schwartz Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Join a child captain and parent first mate as they embark on a wild high seas adventure-all without leaving the living room! This imaginative romp of a picture book is filled with glorious illustrations from a beloved Caldecott Medalist and New York Times bestselling creator.
Raise the mainsail! Batten the hatches! It's time to set sail...on the couch! There's a storm coming, and a child is ready to captain the ship. "Make haste and climb aboard,"...
Author
Language
English
Description
Sooner or later, every child will ask, Where do babies come from? Answering this question has never been this easy or entertaining! Join a curious little boy who asks everyone from his babysitter to the mailman, getting all sorts of funny answers along the way, before his parents gently set him straight. This title includes read-along subtitles.
10) Are you awake?
Author
Publisher
Christy Ottaviano Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Persistent young Edward has many questions for his sleepy mother, many of which are answered, "Because it's night time.".
Author
Series
Piryongsoŭi kŭrimdonghwa volume 283
Publisher
Piryongso
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Korean
Description
" "If You Come to Earth" is a glorious guide to our home planet, and a call for us to take care of both Earth and each other" --
Author
Language
English
Description
"We shall all, in the end, be led to where we belong. We shall all, in the end, find our way home. In a time of war, a mysterious child appears at the monastery of the Order of the Chronicles of Sorrowing. Gentle Brother Edik finds the girl, Beatryce, curled in a stall, wracked with fever, coated in dirt and blood, and holding fast to the ear of Answelica the goat. As the monk nurses Beatryce to health, he uncovers her dangerous secret, one that imperils...
15) Ivy and Bean
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Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When seven-year-old Bean plays a mean trick on her sister, she finds unexpected support for her antics from Ivy, the new neighbor, who is less boring than Bean first suspected.
Author
Series
Ivy + Bean volume 1
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Language
English
Description
When classmate Vanessa insists that all single children are spoiled, Ivy wonders whether she can become "unspoiled" by giving away all her clothes at school (which does not go over well with her teacher or parents)--but ultimately decides that all she needs to accomplish her goal is a little sister.
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A woman tells her young son the true story of how his great-great-grandfather, Captain Harry Colebourn, rescued and learned to love a bear cub in 1914 as he was on his way to take care of soldiers' horses during World War I, and the bear became the inspiration for A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh.