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2) Off-limits
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32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 26 cm
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English
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"Dad's office is off-limits -- which only makes it more intriguing to his curious young daughter. As soon as she sees an opening, she sneaks in to have a look around. After all, there's no harm in just looking, right? What she discovers is a magical wonderland of sticky tape, paper clips that make glorious strands, and a kaleidoscopic array of sticky notes. Who could possibly resist playing with those? In a joyful ode to office supplies, Helen Yoon...
4) Windows
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 27 cm
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English
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Walking his dog at dusk, one boy catches glimpses of the lives around him in this lovely ode to autumn evenings, exploring your neighborhood, and coming home.
7) Just because
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34 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm
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English
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When a child is too full of questions about the world to go to sleep, her patient father offers up increasingly creative responses to his child's nighttime wonderings.
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Each of King Neptunes 50 mermaid daughters boasts a special talent, except for little Minnow, who seems to be good only at asking questions. When she finds a strange object, Minnow follows her questions to a wondrous place and finds answers, including the answer to the most important question of all: Who am I? A gorgeously illustrated story about finding one's purpose.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm
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English
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Every day is filled with opportunities to wonder ... what if? It explores scenarios that span the spectrum from silly to serious, gently examining both the anxieties and curiosities of everyday life. Wondering what might happen helps expand our imaginations, whether the options are humorous or thought-provoking-- or both!
13) Twenty questions
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
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"Not all questions have answers. Some have more than one answer. And others have endless answers, unfolding out to the edges of the world. In this spare yet expansive narrative, acclaimed author Mac Barnett poses twenty questions both playful and profound. Some make us giggle. Others challenge our assumptions. The result is a quirky, wandering exploration of where the best questions lead -- to stories. Intriguing, richly interactive, and brought to...
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"Over the course of a long walk across a city, one curious kid needs to know: 'Does it have a butt?' Everything from sheep to ghosts to dinosaurs is subjected to this all-important question, and Dad is a never-ending source of answers. On a laugh-out-loud father-child ramble, we come to see that every butt, from a bullfrog's to a zombie's, has its own distinctive, and distinctively hilarious, quality."--
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
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Español
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El grúfalo advirtió a su hija de que no debía adentrarse jamás en el bosque, porque, si lo hacía, Gran Ratón Malvado la perseguiría. Pero una noche de nieve y viento, la hija del grúfalo no hizo caso de la advertencia de su padre y salió de la cueva. Después de todo, Gran Ratón Malvado no existe ..., ¿o sí?
The Gruffalo's Child goes out to find the Big Bad Mouse she has heard so much about.
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English
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From the moment we are born, we reach out. We reach out for our loved ones, for new knowledge and experiences, and for our dreams! Whether celebrating life's joyous milestones, sharing words of encouragement, or observing the wonder of the world around us, this uplifting book will inspire readers of every age. A celebration of love and shared discovery, this book will encourage readers to reach for the stars!
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 cm
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"'Cuando Ari le dijo a su madre: -Mamá, ¿que es metáfora?, ella contestó: -Cariño, esa palabra aún te queda grande'. Asi comienza la aventura de la pequeña Ari, en la que se propone desvelar los misterios de las palabras que desconoce y que guarda con cariño en su caja de palabras."--P. 4 of cover.
A little girl writes down all the words she does not understand and puts them in a box. For her eighth birthday, her parents give her a dictionary...
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Myth-o-mania volume 6
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English
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In this modern version of Greek mythology, Hades, King of the Underworld, tells the real story of Pandora opening the box and releasing all the evils of mankind into the world.
19) One smart sheep
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80 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
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English
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Wilson is a curious sheep, and after he foolishly climbs into the back of a piano movers' truck, he ends up alone in the big city, far from the farm. But Wilson is also one smart sheep, and soon enough he's finding his way home to his worried owner by recognizing the sounds that he heard while he was trapped in the truck -- a jackhammer, a calliope, a hotdog man. And could that be the excited barking of his friend Tippy, the border collie?
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Magic tree house volume 38
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110 pages; 20 cm.
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Español
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Jack y Annie viajan 500 años atrás a Florencia, Italia, y pasan un día ayudando a Leonardo da Vinci con la esperanza de aprender otro secreto de la felicidad.
Jack and Annie travel 500 years back in time to Florence, Italy, and spend a day helping Leonardo da Vinci in the hope of learning another secret of happiness.
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