Henry Cole
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Told in two voices, a boy who wants a dog more than anything and an abandoned dog looking for a forever home find each other.
Told without words, we follow a boy who wants a dog more than anything. Meanwhile, an abandoned dog is looking for a forever home. And that dog has his eye on our boy! -- adapted from jacket
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In this funny picture book, bestselling illustrator Henry Cole shows kids different ways to be kind with his hysterical cartoon animal characters.
Each page features a different way to be a good person, like using proper manners, telling someone they are special, or sharing a treat! The text is accompanied by two or three related vignettes of different animals giving examples of ways to be good. And in one illustration out of each set, one animal...
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Celebrated author and illustrator Henry Cole uses stunningly detailed black-and-white artwork to illuminate a tale of friendship between an adventurous mouse and a boy who would become one of America's greatest presidents.
In this sequel to A Nest for Celeste, Celeste is hundreds of miles from home following an unexpected journey aboard a Mississippi steamboat. After mishaps and disasters, she finds herself on the frontier in southern Indiana. It's...
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A fanciful history lesson for middle graders, featuring a charming mouse named Celeste.
Celeste is a mouse who is looking for a home. Is it nestled in the toe of a warm boot? In the shirt pocket of Celeste's new friend Joseph? Or is home the place deep inside Celeste's heart, where friendships live?
Beautifully illustrated with hundreds of black-and-white drawings, A Nest for Celeste is a short novel that tells the story a mouse living in the 1800s...
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A homing pigeon teams up with a parrot and their humans to investigate an animal crime spree in this action-packed detective story from Henry Cole.Homing pigeon Homer and his parrot friend Lulu learn something is afoul when they witness four-legged criminals stealing valuables from both the animal and human communities. Lulu and Homer track down the bandits, but need human help to stop them for good. Can they lead their human keepers to the culprits'...
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Sammy Shine's life as Hank's pet mouse was simple and quiet―until Hank's brother sends Sammy up in a remote controlled airplane and loses control.
When Sammy Shine's plane takes off unexpectedly, he ends up in a whole new world; no longer does he live in comfort in his shoe box in Hank's room. Now he's lost in the woods with no way to get home, while a dangerous enemy lurks. Fortunately, a group of new friends, including a mouse, an injured crow,...
9) Big bug
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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Beginning with a bug, various objects are revealed as being big and small in comparison with other objects on a farm under the big, big sky.
10) Eddie the bully
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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Eddie enjoys being mean and bullying his fellow students until a new girl arrives and shows him how good it can feel to be nice.
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1 volume (43 unnumbered pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 x 28 cm
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In pictures without words, the reader follows the journey of one brown paper bag from a tree in the forest through the years it is used by three generations of one family until eventually the old bag becomes the container in which a new tree is planted.
12) I took a walk
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm
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A visit to woods, pasture, and pond brings encounters with various birds, insects, and other creatures of nature. Flaps fold out to reveal the animals on each two-page spread.
13) Nesting
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1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some color) ; 24 x 27 cm
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Two robins build a nest together and raise their chicks, navigating a year of changing seasons and serpentine predators.-- Provided by Publisher.
15) Spot & Dot
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1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 26 x 29 cm
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In a wordless picture book, Spot the cat goes out the open window and ventures through the city with Dot the dog, seeking her home.
16) Trudy
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1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 22 cm
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It seems as though Trudy the goat knows when to expect snow, but it turns out that she is really expecting something completely different.
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Brambleheart volume 2
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157 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
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"Twig never thought he would leave the Hill again. But now Twig and his friends Basil and Lily find themselves on a dangerous journey downriver to bring Char home. Unsure of where they are going, or how far they will travel from home, the crew will have to work together and find their sea legs if they want to stay afloat. Will they survive the catastrophes nature throws their way and find Char's mysterious island home?"--Jacket flap.
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It happens every fall. The leaves from the tall trees that surround her house drift down until the teeny tiny woman's teeny tiny house is buried completely. Inside it's dark and a teeny tiny bit scary, but the resourceful woman has a plan and a few surprises up her teeny tiny sleeve.