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Imagination Blast

by Mary McNichol

The interactive picture book "Imagination Blast" utilizes rhyming poems and illustrations to enhance children’s perspectives of the world and themselves. In Vicky-Lyn Ashby-Harris’s picture book Imagination Blast, poems are paired... Read More

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Tennyson's Big Secret

by Isabella Zhou

Tennyson’s Big Secret is a whimsical, high-energy picture book that invites its audience on a quest to learn what a sweet boy’s hidden talent is. A boy withholds a surprising truth until the final pages of A. H. Benjamin’s picture... Read More

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Empty and Me

by Danielle Ballantyne

After her mother’s death, a little girl is joined by Empty, a large translucent creature, in this English-Persian picture book about moving through and growing with grief. Muted gray illustrations gradually gain color as the little... Read More

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Alessia and the Lamb

by Karen Rigby

"Alessia and the Lamb" is a succinct picture book about a girl’s concern for her rescued animals. In Lorre Wisham’s forthright picture book "Alessia and the Lamb", a girl loses one of her animals at a sanctuary and learns about... Read More

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Snoh's First Road Trip

by Karen Rigby

Snoh’s First Road Trip is a visual treat that emphasizes a loving family adventure with educational concepts. In Jacqueline Brooks’s cheerful board book Snoh’s First Road Trip, a toddler learns about shapes and colors while viewing... Read More

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A Fall Event

by Karen Rigby

The picture book "A Fall Event" is jubilant and comforting in its coverage of common Halloween activities. In Kim Kesty’s earnest picture book "A Fall Event", Halloween is illuminated via seasonal neighborhood scenes. Beginning with a... Read More

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