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1) Zip, zoom!
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Great Reads: Kindergarten thru 1st grade
Beginning Readers
Black Authors: Readers (SCPL-YS)
OBD 1000 Books Before Kindergarten - YOUTH
Beginning Readers
Black Authors: Readers (SCPL-YS)
OBD 1000 Books Before Kindergarten - YOUTH
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Ty cannot wait to ride his new scooter, but when he has a hard time learning and wants to quit, a new friend encourages him to give it another try.
2) All aboard!
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"Ty wishes his family would play with him, but everyone is too busy before dinner-time. Luckily, Ty knows just what to do... Time for fun. Celebrate the power of imagination in All Aboard!"--Publisher's description.
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Black Authors: Board and Picture Books (SCPL-YS)
Black History Month
Black History Month - Youth
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Black History Month
Black History Month - Youth
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Celebrates the magnificent feeling that comes from walking out of a barber shop with newly-cut hair.
4) Ultraviolet
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Books Written in Verse (WPLD)
Diversity Awareness - Kids
GPLD Best Contemporary for Middle Schoolers
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Diversity Awareness - Kids
GPLD Best Contemporary for Middle Schoolers
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Thirteen-year-old Elio is struggling with "coming of age"--first love, first heartbreak, first real fight (which lands him in the hospital), and what it means to be a "man", a true friend, and an ally, as well as how to overcome a culture of toxic masculinity.
5) Squirm
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Father's Day for Kids
OBD Earth Day (April) - YOUTH
OBD Father's Day (June) - YOUTH
OBD YA Mysteries - YOUTH
OBD Earth Day (April) - YOUTH
OBD Father's Day (June) - YOUTH
OBD YA Mysteries - YOUTH
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Billy Dickens discovers that his mysterious father lives in Montana, so this summer Billy will fly across the country, hike a mountain, float a river, dodge a grizzly bear, shoot down a spy drone, and save his own father.
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Overview: Sam and Dave are on a mission. A mission to find something spectacular. So they dig a hole. And they keep digging. And they find nothing. Yet the day turns out to be pretty spectacular after all. Attentive readers will be rewarded with a rare treasure in this witty story of looking for the extraordinary - and finding it in a manner you'd never expect.
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My father's dragon volume 1
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"When Elmer Elevator hears about a baby dragon being held captive on Wild Island, he knows just what to do. First he packs his knapsack with important supplies like chewing gum, lollipops, and lots of rubber bands. Then he stows away on a ship headed for the island. There he'll meet many animals who try to stop him, but Elmer has a few tricks up his sleeve . . . or more precisely, in his knapsack. One way or another, he will rescue the dragon!"--Amazon.com....
8) Stuck
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Favorite Family Read-Alouds -- Picture Books (SCPL-YS)
Funny Picture Books
Guest Reader PreK Spring 2024
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Funny Picture Books
Guest Reader PreK Spring 2024
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When Floyd's kite gets stuck in a tree, he tries to knock it down with increasingly larger and more outrageous things.
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"In Are You My Monster?, the monster-loving boy from I Need My Monster tries to find his monster. He compares his drawing-showing a green monster with a long tail, pointy nails, and big teeth-with an assortment of amusing monsters, until he finds the perfect match. This turns out to be his beloved STUFFED monster toy. Children will love comparing colors, checking if tails are long or short, if nails are pointy or round, if teeth are big or small until...
10) Jabari jumps
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"Jabari is definitely ready to jump off the diving board. He's finished his swimming lessons and passed his swim test, and he's a great jumper, so he's not scared at all. "Looks easy," says Jabari, watching the other kids take their turns. But when his dad squeezes his hand, Jabari squeezes back. He needs to figure out what kind of special jump to do anyway, and he should probably do some stretches before climbing up onto the diving board. In a sweetly...
11) Eragon
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In Alagaesia, a fifteen-year-old boy of unknown lineage called Eragon finds a mysterious stone that weaves his life into an intricate tapestry of destiny, magic, and power, peopled with dragons, elves, and monsters.
12) John's turn
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Feb 26 1st/2nd grade
First Grade
Kindergarten Recommended Reads
OBD Find Your Voice! Summer Reading 2023 - YOUTH
First Grade
Kindergarten Recommended Reads
OBD Find Your Voice! Summer Reading 2023 - YOUTH
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"Every Friday, in the cafeteria, one of the kids gets up in front of the whole school and does something. A performance. Today it's John's turn."--Front jacket flap.
13) Cardboard
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Cam's down-and-out father gives him a cardboard box for his birthday and he knows it's the worst present ever. So to make the best of a bad situation, they bend the cardboard into a man-and to their astonishment, it comes magically to life. But the neighborhood bully, Marcus, warps the powerful cardboard into his own evil creations that threaten to destroy them all!
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Alexander (Judith Viorst) volume 1
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Children's Authors and Illustrators Week
CSPL Books Just Right For Kindergarteners
National Picture Book Month - November 2022
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CSPL Books Just Right For Kindergarteners
National Picture Book Month - November 2022
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On a day when everything goes wrong for him, Alexander is consoled by the thought that other people have bad days too.
15) Little big man
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"A little boy has to step up and be a 'little big man' while his dad is at work over the weekend"-- Provided by publisher.
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Horrible Harry volume 2
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Follows the school activities of second-graders, Harry and Doug, as they participate in a secret mission to celebrate "Charlotte's Web, " learn how to make green slime, and put on a skit warning about the dangers of smoking.
17) Clairboyance
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Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month 2025
Children's Staff Picks 8/2025
FPPL 2024 Indigenous Peoples' Heritage Month Children's Booklist
OBD ALA 2025 Award List Books - YOUTH
Children's Staff Picks 8/2025
FPPL 2024 Indigenous Peoples' Heritage Month Children's Booklist
OBD ALA 2025 Award List Books - YOUTH
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"When she attains the ability to hear what boys are thinking, Clara hopes her newfound powers will reverse her ex-best friend's betrayal but ends up making a mess of everything and must fix her mistakes as she tries to figure out old friendships and new ones"-- Provided by publisher
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Sixteen-year-old Mark and Bryon have been like brothers since childhood, but now, as their involvement with girls, gangs, and drugs increases, their relationship seems to gradually disintegrate. Bryon discovers that his "brother' Mark is a drug pusher.
19) Popcorn
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2025 Youth Media Awards (Kids)
APL Featured Summer Reading 2025 Read-Alikes
GHPLD 4th Grade Reads
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APL Featured Summer Reading 2025 Read-Alikes
GHPLD 4th Grade Reads
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"Andrew's just trying to make it through Picture Day, which is easier said than done when it seems like the whole world is out to get him--from a bully to a science experiment gone wrong to a someone else's juice snot (don't ask). But as Andrew goes through the school day, and as one thing after another goes wrong, that little kernel of worry in his stomach is getting hotter and hotter, until it threatens to pop and turn into a public panic attack,...
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Mo Jackson series volume 1
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Great Reads: Kindergarten thru 1st grade
All About Football! (youth)
If you Liked...Amelia Bedelia
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All About Football! (youth)
If you Liked...Amelia Bedelia
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"Mo is the youngest kid on the Robins football team. The kids on the rival team tease him for being a 'butterfingers' who's too tiny to catch the ball. But Mo's coach has a plan up his sleeve to turn Mo's little size into a big win for the Robins"-- Provided by publisher.
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