Ashley Barron
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32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 27 cm
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English
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"Love You Head To Toe combines Ashley Barron's illustrations with a simple rhyming text that compares babies to baby animals. Each comparison takes up one spread and features the baby animal and the baby each engaged in a similar action-whether it's a baby riding on his mother's back, just like a duckling, or a baby curled up in a ball, just like a hedgehog. The most obvious strength of the book lies in Ashley's illustrations--the babies and the baby...
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"A girl with a disability explores every facet of the ocean during a day at the beach. A girl spends an entire day exploring the seaside with her mom. A keen observer, she sees the ocean as both "big" and "small" and both "sparkly" and "dull. It's also "dotted and spiraled and wavy and straight." Her ocean is full of sounds -- it "splashes and crashes" and "laughs and hums." But, at times, it's silent. She is inspired to examine and celebrate every...
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"With art supplies in tow, a young artist explores the wonders of his urban forest during all four seasons. Using a variety of artistic mediums, the boy creatively depicts the smaller parts of the forest that make up the larger whole. Throughout the pages, readers will find: charcoal rubbings, rock art, photographs, sponge paintings, snow sculptures, cut-paper collage, and so much more! The boy uses his imaginative renderings to express his appreciation...
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Math in nature volume 1
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32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 28 cm.
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English
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Journey into the natural world in the fall and discover that numbers, patterns, shapes -- and much more! -- can be found by observing everyday plants and animals.
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48 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
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English
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"Ever thought of plants as sneaky or tricky? Probably not. But after reading this book, you might think differently. In this latest non-fiction book by the award-winning author Etta Kaner, readers are introduced to variety of plants from around the world that use trickery to survive and thrive. From the shape-changing Boquila vine that avoids the threat of being eaten by blending in with its host plant; to the pungent (to humans) Carrion flower that...
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 x 22 cm
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"Around the world, little ones are carried in many different ways: in slings, on shoulders, in backpacks, on hips, in baskets, and in loving arms. Up! depicts ten places around the world, from Afghanistan to northern Canada, Peru to West Africa. In each place, a mom, dad, grandparent, aunt, uncle, cousin, or sibling lovingly carries a baby. With various family configurations and settings ranging from a busy outdoor market to a high-rise apartment...
8) Chaiwala!
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 cm
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"When their train makes a ten-minute stop at the station in Jaipur, a young girl and her mother hurry to get in line for a cup of chai. The girl orders two cups, and then delights in watching the chaiwala at work--grinding the spices, adding scoops of tea leaves and sugar to the bubbling, boiling milk, then cooling the chai by pouring it from high, back and forth, back and forth--the girl is mesmerized. With a biscuit and a rusk added to their order,...
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2 laminated bilingual information sheets ; non-laminated informational packet ; Love you head to toe / by Ashley Barron ; Mi amor por ti / My love for you / Susan L. Roth ; Besos for baby / by Jen Arena, illustrated by Blanca Gómez ; I will love you forever / Te amaré por siempre / by Caroline Jayne Church ; Love nursery rhymes song book ; Sassy Stacks of Circles / Circulos Sassy Stacks ; in vinyl and canvas zippered tote 50 x 36
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2 laminated bilingual information sheets ; non-laminated informational packet ; Love you head to toe / by Ashley Barron ; Mi amor por ti / My love for you / Susan L. Roth ; Besos for baby / by Jen Arena, illustrated by Blanca Gómez ; I will love you forever / Te amaré por siempre / by Caroline Jayne Church ; Love nursery rhymes song book ; Sassy Stacks of Circles / Circulos Sassy Stacks ; in vinyl and canvas zippered tote 50 x 36.
These kits are...
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2 videodiscs (approximately 6 hrs.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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"A trip back home to Glasgow presents James with a dilemma that will mean choosing between the people he loves. As Helen and James navigate their feelings for one another, Siegfried, Tristan, and Mrs. Hall are also forced to consider their places in the world, while James must decide between supporting his family or following his heart."--
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Engage children with familiar songs featuring new, colorful lyrics that teach valuable social-emotional skills. La, la, la! Shake up your story time with these twelve sing-along songs based on classic tunes kids already know and love. This beautifully illustrated songbook teaches important social-emotional skills for everyday life. Favorite songs like "Frère Jacques" and "B-I-N-G-O" get turned on their heads with new, easy-to-remember lyrics offering...
12) My City Speaks
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A young girl's exploration of the city she loves.
A young girl and her father spend a day in the city, her city, traveling to the places they go together. As they do, the girl, who is visually impaired, describes what she senses in delightfully precise, poetic detail. Her city, she says, "pitters and patters, and drips and drains." It's both "smelly" and "sweet." Her city also speaks, as it "dings and dongs and rattles and roars." And sometimes,...
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Discover how children from all over the world celebrate their birthdays! Everyone has a birthday. But not everyone celebrates the same way. Meet seventeen kids from different countries around the globe who are each enjoying a birthday according to their local traditions. Mercedes in Peru eats a cake and a purple pudding called mazamorra morada. Ieva in Latvia is raised in the birthday chair, one lift for each year. And Phúc Khang in Vietnam commemorates...
14) City Baby
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Bustling streets, lively squares and busy restaurants are baby's playground when they are in the big city. So much to see and do as baby's stroller navigates the crowded avenues or baby takes a break in a quiet park to blow bubbles and chase pigeons. Ashley Barron's paper-collage illustrations are a joy to behold, bringing energy and life to this delightful board book. Rhyming verse from Laurie Elmquist takes the reader on a journey through a festive...
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From award-winning author Heather Smith, a heartwarming story about loss - and remembering.
When Granny dies, a child and their family remember her through the things she left behind: a tuba for the father, a locket for the mother, a microscope for the sister and records for the brother. To the main character, though, Granny left something different: a world of adventure, that they visit with their memories. Through imaginative play with items...
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Would you help a tiny fragile snake?
Fifteen poems explore close encounters with animals … and choosing to respond tenderly. Whether it's helping a hummingbird escape, respecting a bear's habitat, admiring a heron's beauty, or giving way to ants at a picnic, the human response in these poems is to do no harm, and to help whenever possible. The poems follow a seasonal progression, ending with a final poem that imagines where each animal might...