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JoJo's Tiny Ear

by Alex Dailey

Jojo’s Tiny Ear is an upbeat, personalized picture book about a boy’s experiences with microtia. Based in truth, Stefania Munzi-Logus’s encouraging picture book Jojo’s Tiny Ear is about a confident, joyful boy who teaches others... Read More

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YOU Are a Great Story

by Kristine Morris

"YOU Are a Great Story" is a creative, engaging picture book that invites children to use their imaginations to make each and every day an adventure. Three children go on an imaginative quest to find an exciting bedtime story in family... Read More

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Wild

by Michelle Anne Schingler

A boy and his grandfather are tasked with caring for a cat. While the boy is excited for their day together, the cat—an impassive smudge of gray who glides from page to page—resists his initial offers of food and play. Cats will be... Read More

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Benji's Doll

by Michelle Anne Schingler

Available in both Spanish and English versions, this updated take on a story of a boy who desperately wants a doll of his own eschews gendered judgments (Benji’s friends exhibit none) in favor of championing gentle play and making... Read More

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They're So Flamboyant

by Danielle Ballantyne

When a flamboyance of flamingos moves into the neighborhood, the other neighbors are disturbed by their bright colors, long necks, and food trucks. From a “squadron of pelicans” to a “band of jays,” the birds decide to take a... Read More

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Little Bear

by Danielle Ballantyne

Rooted in an Inuit folktale from Greenland, this picture book celebrates the reciprocal relationship between humans and nature. When a lonely old woman finds a bear cub freezing on the ice, she adopts him as her own. He grows up in the... Read More

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