Matthew Cordell
1) Explorers
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English
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"When a family goes to a local museum, a boy notices a homeless man sitting outside, making brightly colored origami birds. He convinces his dad to buy a bird the man makes just for him. Once inside the museum, his little sister takes the bird and launches it into the air. Is it lost? Soon another boy helps him look, and the paper bird brings two families -- and two new friends -- together" --
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Series
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79 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
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English
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"Cornbread LOVES planning. Poppy does not. Cornbread ADORES preparing. Poppy does not. Cornbread IS ready for winter. Poppy...is not. But Cornbread and Poppy are the best of friends, so when Poppy is left without any food for the long winter, Cornbread volunteers to help her out. Their search leads them up, up, up Holler Mountain, where these mice might find a new friend...and an old one."--
4) Dream
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 cm
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English
Description
"Follows a gorilla family as they imagine their baby's future.
5) King Alice
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Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
Description
"A young girl wakes her father by informing him that she is King Alice, then draws him and other family members into her imaginative activities, from writing a book to a sleepover with fairies."--
6) Evergreen
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Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
Description
To deliver her mother's delicious soup to her sick Granny Oak, Evergreen the squirrel must face her fears and make the journey, during which she meets other forest dwellers, including some who want to get their hands on her soup!
7) Troublegum
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Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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Playing indoors with his little brother on a rainy day, a rambunctious young pig causes a ruckus and then breaks his mother's three chewing gum rules.
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245 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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English
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"It's the start of the school year, and nothing feels right to Justin. He didn't get the teacher he wanted, he's not in the same class as his best friend, and his little sister, Elizabeth, is starting kindergarten at his school. Elizabeth doesn't seem nervous at all. Justin is very nervous about third grade. And to top it off, he's lost his favorite stuffed animal, but he can't tell anyone, because technically he's too old to still have stuffed animals....
15) Bob, not Bob!
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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"When a young boy gets a cold, he just wants his mommy. But his stuffy nose makes it difficult for him to call out to his mom--not 'Bob,' who happens to be the family dog"--