Bob Graham
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"After a long, cold winter, doors finally open, and children spill out like candies from a box. Amanda is the last one out of the apartment building, with a carton of chalk in her hands. On every inch of the pavement outside, the children draw pictures of flowers and trees, mushrooms and snails, and a few very unexpected things. It's a concrete garden. Their creativity, unfettered in the open air, brings something beautiful, something hopeful, to...
10) Ellie's dragon
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
When Ellie is very small, she finds a tiny dragon just hatched from its egg. Ellie calls him Scratch, takes him home, and moves him into her dollhouse. Her mother can't see Scratch, and her teacher doesn't notice when Ellie takes Scratch to preschool, but her friends are amazed. But dragons get quite large as they grow. And Ellie is growing, too, moving from dollhouses to dance parties with friends, not noticing as Scratch's form begins to fade a...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"Oh, let's do it!" say Kitty and Katy and Mom when a thousand-piece jigsaw puzzle mysteriously arrives in the mail. "I have time on my hands," agrees Dad. Starting in winter with the edges, by autumn they're almost done, only to discover that one piece is missing. Mom is sure that it must have accidentally gone out with the trash, so the Kellys pile into the car to comb through the local dump ("shouldn't take long"). There they uncover forgotten letters,...
12) Home in the rain
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Francie and her pregnant mom are driving home from Grandma's in the heavy rain. When they're still far from home, they stop for a picnic. As the car windows fog up, Francie spells out her name, "Daddy" and "Mom," and leaves one space free for her soon-to-be baby sister.
14) The poesy ring
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"When a heartbroken young woman throws a gold ring into the wind in 1830, it settles in a meadow, and there it stays for seasons -- and the years -- pass. But the ring's journey is just beginning, and as time goes on, it moves at the mercy of the natural world: flung across a field, tilled into the soil, dropped from the mouth of a magpie into the sea where countless tides wash over it. Will the ring, inscribed with the words love never dies, end...
15) El Primer Paso
Author
Publisher
Editorial Juventud
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Español
Description
At the same moment that Jodie's baby brother takes his first step, a city's worth of moments unfold.
El jueves por la mañana, a la diez menos un minuto. Pablo dio su primer paso. En aquel mismo momento ...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Jack and Alex meet almost every morning in the sandbox at the playground. Jack likes trucks - big ones, the kind that can wreck things. Alex likes dolls; pink ones, with sparkles. And tutus. But Jack doesn't want to play dolls, and Alex doesn't want to play trucks. Readers will smile at the quintessential playground squabble on display in this amusing, relatable tale from Ann Stott and Bob Graham. Luckily for Jack and Alex, the day is saved with a...
20) I'm number one
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
A wind-up soldier bosses and berates the other toys, making them feel terrible, until they suddenly start to rebel.
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