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1181) Fiona, Love at the Zoo
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Join your favorite hippo, Fiona, the adorable internet sensation from the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, as she visits her zoo friends and celebrates how love makes the world more beautiful. Fiona, Love at the Zoo is another addition to the wildly successful Fiona the Hippo series of books, created by New York Times bestselling illustrator Richard Cowdrey. Love is in the air as Fiona the hippo sees all the zoo animals expressing their affection...
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Children learn about compassion, making new, different friends with disabilities and overcoming adversity with Charlie the Mouse and the Valentine's Day Taffy. In this heartwarming story Charlie the wee, deaf mouse embraces the festive spirit of Valentine's Day in his brand new home: a warm, pleasingly aromatic bakeshop. It is Charlie's dream come true.Euphoric with the sweet scents and scrumptious snacks the baker is whipping up by the day, Charlie...
1183) The Heart of a River
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This is a book for anyone, of any age, who cares about rivers.
This story of the Columbia River is unique. Told from the river's perspective, it is an immersive, empathetic portrait of a once-wild river and of the Sinixt, a First People who lived on the mainstem of this great western river for thousands of years and continue to do so even though Canada declared them "extinct" in 1956.
The book's re-release comes at a critical time for natural...
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Hold onto your bedtime blankets because "Unicorn Bedtime Stories" is about to sprinkle a dash of enchantment on your child's bedtime routine, turning bedtime into a magical escapade with unicorns leading the way!
Are your evenings turning into an epic bedtime saga that makes "Game of Thrones" look like child's play?
Ever wished your bedtime routine had more sparkle and fewer negotiations with tiny bedtime rebels?
Ready to outsmart the bedtime boogie...
1185) Cheetahs
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Cheetahs are the fastest land mammals on Earth! In this fun title, young readers will learn all about the lives of these wild cats. Leveled text matches with labeled photos to highlight cheetahs' body parts and behaviors, while special features compare their size to house cats, show off their favorite foods, call out their habitats and conservation status, and more. These speedy cats will help readers speed into reading proficiency!
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"Creepy, beautiful, icky and amazing." -Penny Le Couteur, author of Napoleon's Button
Insects have been shaping our ecological world and plant life for over 400 million years. In fact, our world is essentially run by bugs-there are 1.4 billion for every human on the planet. In Bugged, journalist David MacNeal takes us on an off-beat scientific journey that weaves together history, travel, and culture in order to define our relationship with these...
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Voulez-vous vivre des duels palpitants et des moments de complicité avec vos animaux préférés ? Rejoignez Saucisse le teckel et Bengali le chat qui sont les meilleurs amis dans un village grec ancien. Ensemble, ils décident d'organiser des jeux sportifs pour les chiens et les chats du village. Malgré quelques disputes, ils réussissent à unir tous les animaux dans une compétition amicale. Leurs aventures montrent que l'amitié et le jeu sont...
1190) Little Gifts
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Embark on an exciting journey through the pages of Little Gifts, an absorbing collection of poetry that unveils the extraordinary hidden within the ordinary. With keen observations of life's subtle moments, profound metaphors, and thought-provoking perspectives, this book sparks inspiration and ignites the spirit. Little Gifts beckons readers to embrace mindfulness in their daily lives, unlocking the potential for transformative experiences, as each...
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Join your favorite hippo, Fiona, the beloved internet sensation from the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, as she plans an Easter egg hunt for her animal friends at the zoo! Fiona and the Easter Egg Hunt is another addition to the New York Times bestselling Fiona the Hippo series.
Spring has sprung, and new adorable babies are being born all over the zoo! Fiona and her friend Rico the porcupine decide to have an Easter egg hunt for the animals....
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"I intend to stand firm and let the peacocks multiply, for I am sure that, in the end, the last word will be theirs." -Flannery O'Connor
When she was young, the writer Flannery O'Connor was captivated by the chickens in her yard. She'd watch their wings flap, their beaks peck, and their eyes glint. At age six, her life was forever changed when she and a chicken she had been training to walk forwards and backwards were featured in the Pathé News,...
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Edward Edson Lee, who wrote under the pen name of Leo Edwards, was a popular children's literature author in the 1920s and 1930s. The 16 Jerry Todd books proved to be his most popular series.
In Jerry Todd and the Purring Egg, Jerry thinks he has found a real dinosaur egg worth five million dollars-with the usual comical results!
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In Alycia Pace's board book How to Put a Dinosaur to Bed, join two siblings as they learn the value of sleep, with a cute triceratops. Bedtime struggles made fun and easy!
Children's Book Council April 2024 Hot Off the Press Title
Having a dinosaur is SO much fun, but taking care of them can sure make you TIRED. Especially if your dinosaur keeps you up ALLLLLL night long.
So how do you get a dinosaur to go to bed and STAY in bed?
Along...
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A CONSERVATIONIST'S DEEPLY PERSONAL AND FASCINATING REFLECTION ON OWNING AND REVITALIZING A FARM IN RURAL FRANCE
A Sting in the Tale, Dave Goulson's account of a lifetime studying bees, was a powerful call to arms for nature lovers everywhere. Brilliantly reviewed, it was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize for the best nonfiction book of the year, and debuted the already renowned conservationist's ability to charm and educate, and tell an absorbing...
1196) Pica Pica
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Ma rencontre avec les humains ? Bien sûr que ça a changé ma vie et, je l'espère, un peu celle de Jules, un garçon de dix ans, et de quelques adultes aussi.
Je suis sûre que toi, lorsque que tu me vois sautillant dans l'herbe, avec ma belle robe blanche et noire, tu n'imagines pas tout ce qu'une pie peut vivre, ressentir et apporter aux autres. Alors viens, je t'emmène dans mes aventures. Tu es prêt ? Eh bien, prends ton envol et suis-moi...
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Captain Snout and the Super Power Questions; Don't Let the Ants Steal Your Happiness, written by board certified child psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Amen, playfully encourages children to correct their negative thinking patterns in order to live happier and healthier lives. Comical illustrations bring the story alive as our main character, Captain Snout, reveals the super power questions that can rid us of our automatic negative thoughts (ANTs) and lead...
1198) A Very Dinosaur Birthday
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Your family will roar with laughter at this funny read-aloud from Adam Wallace, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the How to Catch series. What if dinosaurs showed up at your birthday party? From prehistoric presents to games crashing out of control and your snacks going extinct, it's a dino disaster!
Dinosaurs are big, and strong, and scary, and farty,
So do you really want them coming to your birthday party?
Watch out! Birthdays will never...
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When do you know someone best? When you read their biography or when you have a conversation with them? Of course, it's when you have a one-on-one visit. Go down in a submersible, the HOV (Human Occupied Vehicle) Alvin, to make the journey to their home. You'll meet the weird, the cute, the flashy, and the fierce creatures of the deep.
In this book, you won't just read a bunch of facts about these remarkable animals-you can learn to know them personally....
1200) Whisper
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Britney is a young, extremely malnourished child, who comes from a poor family with an abusive father. Her mother does everything she can to protect her daughter from her husband, receiving the brunt of the aggressive beatings herself. The girl barely speaks, afraid of being overheard by the wrong person, and the only words she knows are the few repeated words her mother uses to calm her after a fight. A total of three words in all, namely – Whisper,...
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