Lauren Castillo
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Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
Español
Description
A young boy is frightened by how busy and noisy the city is when he goes there to visit his Nana, but she makes him a fancy red cape that keeps him from being scared as she shows him how wonderful a place it is.
"En este mágico libro de imágenes, un niño va a pasar una noche con su abuela en su nuevo piso de la ciudad. Piensa que la ciudad no es un buen sitio para ella. Se asusta al ver que está llena de ruidos y de gente, y de cosas que dan...
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Our friend Hedgehog volume 2
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128 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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"Hedgehog and her friends discover that home can be found in unexpected places"--
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1 volume : color illustrations ; 23 x 27 cm
Language
English
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A preschooler marks the progress of her day, not by the clock but by what happens after lunch, after nap, after swimming, after the library - and after Daddy comes home. She doesn't map her neighborhood by street signs, either. Her morning walk to see dogs in the park takes her past the cat outside the deli, past her friend Errolyn's building and the daycare where she used to go when she was little, and down the block to the bagel store. The sounds,...
8) Twenty yawns
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 x 27 cm
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English
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As her mom reads a bedtime story, Lucy drifts off. But later, she awakens in a dark, still room, and everything looks mysterious. How will she ever get back to sleep?
Going to bed early after spending a busy day at the beach with her family, Lucy wakes up in the middle of the night to find that her imagination leads her to see things differently in the dark.
10) The reader
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1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
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A boy and his dog hike to the top of a very tall, snowy hill where they play, enjoy a snack, and then share their favorite book before sledding home.
11) Yard sale
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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English
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Callie and her family are moving from their house to an apartment, so they're having a yard sale. It can be hard to let things go, but in the end, it's who you have - not what you have - that counts.
12) Buffalo music
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31 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 27 cm
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English
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After hunters kill off the buffalo around her Texas ranch, a woman begins raising orphan buffalo calves and eventually ships four members of her small herd to Yellowstone National Park, where they form the beginnings of newly thriving buffalo herds. Based on the true story of Mary Ann Goodnight and her husband Charles.
13) Imagine
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
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English
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"When Juan Felipe Herrera was very young, he picked flowers, helped his mama feed the chickens, slept under the starry sky, and learned to say goodbye to his amiguitos each time his migrant family moved on. When he grew up, Juan Felipe Herrera became a poet. His breathtaking poem "Imagine" and Lauren Castillo's evocative illustrations will speak to every reader and dreamer searching for this place in life."--Jacket.
In an autobiographical poem in...
14) This is a story
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 x 27 cm.
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English
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"Children's literacy advocate John Schu and Caldecott Honor recipient Lauren Castillo celebrate the power of finding the perfect book--in a story that's more relevant than ever. With a sea-horse kite in hand, a child heads out with Dad to the library. On the way they stop at a park, joining lots of people, some of whom are flying kites, too. At the library, a person toting a big pile of books hands over a story on a favorite subject: the sea horse....
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1 volume (unpaged) : color iiustrations ; 26 cm
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English
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When young Elwyn White lay in bed as a sickly child, a bold house mouse befriended him. When the time came for kindergarten, an anxious Elwyn longed for the farm, where animal friends awaited him at the end of each day. Propelled by his fascination with the outside world, he began to jot down his reflections in a journal. Writing filled him with joy, and words became his world. Today, Stuart Little and Charlotte's Web are beloved classics of children's...
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34 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
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English
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Fifteen children's book artists, including Lauren Castillo, Frann Preston-Gannon, and Melissa Sweet, share their favorite colors and explain why they love them. This personal collection will inspire readers to create favorite-color drawings and stories of their own.
19) City Cat
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English
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A plucky stray cat takes a Grand Tour in Kate Banks' story of a family on a European vacation. As the family travels from one city to the next, the cat finds its own means-by bus, boat, train, truck, and bike-to tag along on the trip, visiting historic landmarks like Buckingham Palace and the Cathedral of Notre Dame along the way. Readers will pore over the spreads to find where City Cat is hiding in each city, and detailed backmatter explains the...
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English
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Callie's family can't stay in their house, so they're moving to an apartment in the city. The new place is small but nice, Mom says, and most of their things won't fit. So, today, almost everything Callie's family owns is spread out in their front yard-their furniture, their potted flowers, even Callie's bike. And it's kind of hard to watch people buy your stuff, even if you understand why it has to happen. With sensitivity and grace, Eve Bunting...