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When Kitten mistakes the full moon for a bowl of milk, she ends up tired, wet, and hungry trying to reach it.
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Asian American/ Pacific Islander Month
Books for Kindergarteners
Diverse Books - East & Southeast Asians
RtR Sweet Treats (December 2021)
Books for Kindergarteners
Diverse Books - East & Southeast Asians
RtR Sweet Treats (December 2021)
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Reimagines the cycles of the moon as a mother bakes a Big Moon Cake and, despite Mama's request to wait, Little Star begins nibbling at it every night.
3) Space case
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"Dashiell Gibson, who lives on Moon Base Alpha, has to solve a murder of one of the moon's most prominent doctors"--
7) Spaced out
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In 2041 twelve-year-old Dashiell Gibson is a resident of Moon Base Alpha, and at the moment he is faced with a number of problems: coping with the nasty Sjoberg twins, finding out how the commander of the base has managed to disappear from a facility no bigger than a soccer field, and dealing with the alien Zan who communicates with him telepathically from afar--and who is hiding a secret which may threaten the whole Earth.
8) Many moons
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Though many try, only the court jester is able to fulfill Princess Lenore's wish for the moon.
11) Moonlight
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In the quiet hours of the night, moonlight makes its journey through the sky, over land and water, and finally into a child's bedroom.
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Diverse Books - African American/ Black Experience in the U.S.
Picture Books for Black Lives
VSBA 2023-2024 -- Primary Nominees
Picture Books for Black Lives
VSBA 2023-2024 -- Primary Nominees
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When Nigel looks up at the moon, his future is bright. He imagines himself as...an astronaut, a dancer, a superhero, too! Among the stars, he twirls. With pride, his chest swells. And his eyes, they glow. Nigel is the most brilliant body in the sky. But it's Career Week at school, and Nigel can't find the courage to share his dreams. It's easy to whisper them to the moon, but not to his classmates--especially when he already feels out of place.
15) Mooncake
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One fine summer evening, a hungry bear decides that he would like to taste a piece of the moon and builds a rocketship to get there.
18) A kite for Moon
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A young boy, seeing that Moon is lonely, sends up a kite to cheer her then, after growing up and learning many things, he becomes the first human to visit her. Dedicated to Neil Armstrong and written in recognition of the fiftieth anniversary of the first U.S. moon landing.
19) Max at night
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"It's bedtime for Max the kitten, but something's wrong; when Max goes to say goodnight to the moon, it's nowhere to be found! Unable to go to sleep without closing his nighttime ritual, he embarks on a journey to find the moon and say goodnight"--
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Splat the cat believes there is a cat in the moon, but his friend Plank, an expert on space, disagrees and tries to show Splat through his telescope that there are craters on the moon's surface. The friends are so busy arguing that they don't see Seymour the mouse slip away and create his own version of the moon in front of the telescope's lens.