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Emotions: Books for Kids
Friends with Feelings: Puppet Talking with Friends
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
We’re All in This Together: Using Picture Books to Talk About Collective Trauma
Friends with Feelings: Puppet Talking with Friends
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
We’re All in This Together: Using Picture Books to Talk About Collective Trauma
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"No one understands the abstract pictures that Niko draws until a new friend sees the thought and feeling within his shapes and forms"-- Provided by publisher.
2) Ish
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Ramon loses confidence in his ability to draw, but his sister gives him a new perspective on things.
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"Narrated by 'Eddie' who receives a chalk drawing of a stick figure that hurtles him back to an innocent childhood game 30 years before which went terribly, terribly wrong. As history begins to repeat itself, it seems the game was never really over" -- Provided by The Bookseller.
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"In the summer of 1995, ten-year-old Joan, her mother, and her younger sister flee her father's violence to the only place they have left: her mother's ancestral home in Memphis. Half a century ago, Joan's grandfather built this majestic house for her grandmother--only to be lynched, days after becoming the first Black detective in Memphis, by his all-white police squad. This wasn't the first time violence altered the course of Joan's family's trajectory,...
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Pete the Cat loves to draw with crayons, and he can't wait to show his friends the drawings he made of each of them. But when he unveils the drawings, his friends have more criticisms than compliments. In art class, Pete is afraid to make a mistake and doesn't know what to draw. Luckily, his friends reassure him that it doesn't have to be perfect, and Pete's art is cool because it is unique to him. In the end, Pete makes a masterpiece that includes...
11) Sam & Eva
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Sam does not want Eva to add to his drawing, but when the scene comes to life and gets out of control, she helps him escape.
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"Once again, Hervé Tullet brilliantly and successfully coaxes children to recognize and celebrate their innate artistic talent. He convinces each reader that their hand is magic and capable of transforming a few simple lines, squiggles, dots, and shapes into . . . well, pretty much anything they can imagine! A new Hervé picture book is always a cause for celebration. This is his first in seven years and a companion to Press Here, Mix It Up!, and...
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Banned and Challenged Children's Books of the 2020's
Diverse Books - African American/ Black Experience in the U.S.
Diverse Books - Celebrating Diversity
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Diverse Books - African American/ Black Experience in the U.S.
Diverse Books - Celebrating Diversity
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While Milo and his sister travel to a detention center to visit their incarcerated mother, he observes strangers on the subway and draws what he imagines their lives to be.
15) Journey
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Caldecott Award Books
Wordless Picture Books for Picture Walks/Libros sin palabras para caminar por las ilustraciones (BBTL)
Wordless Picture Books for Picture Walks/Libros sin palabras para caminar por las ilustraciones (BBTL)
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Using a red marker, a young girl draws a door on her bedroom wall and through it enters another world where she experiences many adventures, including being captured by an evil emperor.
16) Anthony's zoo
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Presents a wordless graphic novel of Anthony who begins his day at home with nothing but his colored pencils to keep him company. Soon arrives an animal visitor-and then another one, then more and more and more. What will happen when Mom sees the wildlife in his room?
17) The hideout
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Hannah ignores the voice calling to her and stays in the park with the Odd Furry Creature, making a home in a secret hideout, until, after a long time passes, she hears the voice again.
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"Kayla and Mateo enjoy passing drawings of dinosaurs to each other across the clothesline that runs between their apartment windows, but when the clothesline is taken down, the two children must find a new way to keep their story--and friendship--going"-- Provided by publisher.