Jan Spivey Gilchrist
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Both Jace and his puppy Thinker are poets, but Thinker has to keep quiet in public. When Thinker is allowed to go to school with Jace on Pets' Day, Jace doesn't want him to talk, afraid they'll both be called weird. However, that's easier said than done. When Thinker shows his true self, he gets a big surprise.
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The words can come from a memory, or a dream, or something I see or hear or wonder about or imagine. Maybe there's a place where words live, where our minds and hearts can go and find them when we want to write or read. I like to imagine that there is such a place. I call it "The Land of Words."
7) Water, water
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An exploration of water for young readers who are fascinated by fountains, puddles, faucets, and other wet things.
10) Me & Neesie
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Janell's best friend is her invisible playmate Neesie, but things begin to change when Janell starts school.
12) Mimi's tutu
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Little Mimi enjoys going to African dance class with her mother, but she longs for a tutu for herself.
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Brothers and sisters. Full, half, step, old and young, close in age and far apart. The bond between all siblings is powerful and special. Celebrate the love of brothers and sisters everywhere with award-winning author Eloise Greenfield in this poignant collection of poems for and about families.
16) We are shining
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A life-affirming poem, illustrated for the first time, intends to foster opportunity and acceptance for all the people and children of the world. Gwendolyn Brooks honors the beauty of our world, the story of shared humanity, and the many different people in it. She speaks to all children of the world in this moving poem about acceptance, stressing that every child should have the opportunity for a shining future and offering hope for a better tomorrow....