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2) Homer
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Homer the dog is content to watch from the porch as his family goes out to enjoy the day.
3) Every color
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"A girl teaches a polar bear to see the colors in his environment as they take a trip around the world"--
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Tired of having only adults like his acidic taste, Mr. Caper makes caper-flavored lollipops that are sent throughout the world, but his plot has unexpected consequences and only Lollipop can save the day.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Starlight LaPoule, better known as Ethel-Fae Klucksworth, is very unhappy living on a poultry farm in Tennessee, but when her fairy godmother gives her the ability to make her wishes come true, the results are unexpected.
12) Fish is fish
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[1970]
Language
English
Description
When his friend, the tadpole, becomes a frog and leaves the pond to explore the world, the little fish decides that maybe he doesn't have to remain in the pond either.
14) All we need
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
Illustrations and easy-to-read, rhyming text celebrate the littlest things one needs to be happy, and the beauty of sharing with others when one has more than enough.
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Hill and Hole were best friends. Hill likes being a hill, and Hole likes being a hole, but sometimes they wonder what it would be like to swap places. Maybe Mole and Wind can help?"--
Two friends, a hill and a hole, long to be more like one another.
Author
Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
©2021.
Language
English
Description
Crow sets out on a journey to find the happiest bird alive. Could it be the lovely dove, the musical nightingale, or the elegant swan? But each bird has their own reason to not be content, even the glamorous peacock. Perhaps all of Crow's searching will help him discover the real secret to happiness. This book retells a classic fable with warmth, personality, and a dose of humor. Energetic prose and vibrant illustrations encourage young readers to...
17) Albie on his way
Author
Publisher
Red Comet Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Albie is on a mission! The king has commanded him to deliver an important message to the neighboring castle. Dutifully he dashes away. But once on his way, something comes up . . . and then another thing, and then another! What is one to do when a squirrel, a tired mother and her many children, and an old animal need Albie's help, just has much as his king? Told with clever parallel storytelling, Hans Christian Andersen Award winner Jutta Bauer,...
Author
Publisher
Capstone Editions, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A little girl's imagination springs to life when the chalk giraffe she drew on the pavement begins talking to her. But then the fickle giraffe begins making demands, and the girl must draw surroundings to fulfill his requests...a tree, soft grass, and animal friends. But nothing seems to please him! This delightful rhyming story escalates until the girl draws a laughing giraffe companion that cheers up the grumpy giraffe at last. --from Amazon.
19) Perfect square
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
A perfect square that's perfectly happy is torn into pieces, punched with holes, crumpled, and otherwise changed, but finds in each transformation that it can be something new, and just as happy.
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