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Last Stop on Market Street

"Sometimes when you're surrounded by dirt, CJ, you're a better witness for what's beautiful."

CJ begins his weekly bus journey around the city with disappointment and dissatisfaction, wondering why he …

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When Grandma Gives You a Lemon Tree

When Grandma gives you a lemon tree, definitely don’t make a face! Care for the tree, and you might be surprised at how new things, and new ideas, bloom.

“When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.…

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Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You

Feeling different, especially as a kid, can be tough. But in the same way that different types of plants and flowers make a garden more beautiful and enjoyable, different types of people make our worl…

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Once Upon a Book

From Caldecott and Newbery Honoree Grace Lin and bestselling author Kate Messner comes a modern folktale about the joy of reading.

Once upon a time, there was a girl. She went to a place alive with co…

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Jabari Jumps

Jabari is definitely ready to jump off the diving board. He's finished his swimming lessons and passed his swim test, and he's a great jumper, so he's not scared at all. "Looks easy," says Jabari, wat…

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The Book with No Pictures

Warning! This book looks serious but it is actually completely ridiculous!

A book with no pictures?

What could be fun about that?

After all, if a book has no pictures, there's nothing to look at but the…

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Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt

In this exuberant and lyrical addition to the award-winning Over and Under series, emerging readers will delight in discovering the wonders that lie hidden between stalks, under the shade of leaves, a…

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A Lady Has the Floor: Belva Lockwood Speaks Out for Women's Rights

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Ketanji: Justice Jackson's Journey to the U.S. Supreme Court

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The World Belonged to Us

Two children's book superstars join forces to celebrate the joy and freedom of summer in the city, which is gloriously captured in Jacqueline Woodson's rhythmic text and Leo Espinosa's lively art.

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The Very Impatient Caterpillar (A Very Impatient Caterpillar, #1)

HEY! What are you guys doing?

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Meta-WHAT-now?

Transform into butterflies.

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With wings?

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Wai…

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Wild Places: The Life of Naturalist David Attenborough

An inspiring and accessible picture book biography of the beloved naturalist, broadcaster, and documentarian David Attenborough—stunningly illustrated by a Caldecott Honoree.

As a boy, David loved expl…

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Pete the Kitty and the Unicorn's Missing Colors

A magical unicorn adventure from New York Times bestselling creators Kimberly and James Dean!

Pete the Kitty's friend Stevie the unicorn somehow lost all the colors in her rainbow tail. It’s a goo…

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Berry Song

Caldecott Medalist Michaela Goade's first self-authored picture book is a celebration of the land she knows well and the wisdom of elders.

On an island at the edge of a wide, wild sea, a girl and her g…

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Mismatched: A Modern Graphic Retelling of Emma

A teen social media star learns he can’t control everything in this delicious, queer graphic novel adaptation that relocates Jane Austen’s Emma to a modern-day high school in Queens, New York.

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Displacement

A teenager is pulled back in time to witness her grandmother's experiences in World War II-era Japanese internment camps.

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100 Mighty Dragons All Named Broccoli

"A nonstop dragon party . . . Irresistible." —Publishers Weekly

This wacky counting adventure by Geisel Award-winning author David LaRochelle is a hilarious ode to dragons and math, with pitch-perfect …

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Hope Is an Arrow: The Story of Lebanese-American Poet Khalil Gibran

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Love in the Library

Set in an internment camp where the United States cruelly detained Japanese Americans during WWII and based on true events, this moving love story finds hope in heartbreak.

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