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1) Shy Willow
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Willow is shy. VERY shy. Her home is in an abandoned mailbox, and she'd rather stay put. Outside kids scream and soccer balls collide, trees look like monsters, and rain is noisy in a scary kind of way. It's much nicer to stay inside, drawing. But then a young boy drops a letter in Willow's mailbox: it's a note to the moon asking for a special favor. Willow knows that if she doesn't brave the world outside, the letter will never be delivered, and...
Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Publication Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"From the author and illustrator of Shy Willow comes the adorable Little Toymaker, who makes wonderful toys. not for children, but for their grandparents and other older folk. (People often forget that they, too, like toys!) But it isn't always easy. One morning, an old woman brings the Little Toymaker a candy tin she played with as a girl. The Little Toymaker takes the tin and ta-da! comes back with a sparkling new toy for the old lady. But it seems...
Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Publication Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Shinbi is not a particularly ghosty ghost. At night she likes making tiny bouquets of things, and gazing at the far away stars. Haunting? Not so much. Even if that's what the other ghosts like. In the daytime, in a meadow, sits a single rock, casting a single shadow, named Greem. He'd really like someone to talk to. But who? He writes one word on his lonely rock: 'Hi' and hopes someone will see it. Sure enough, in the darkness of night, Shinbi finds...
Author
Language
Español
Description
"Willow es tímida. MUY tímida. Su hogar está en un buzón abandonado, y prefiere quedarse en casa. Afuera, los niños gritan y las pelotas de fútbol rebotan, los árboles parecen monstruous, y la lluvia es ruidosa en una manera escalofriante. Es mucho más agradable quedarse en casa dibujando. Pero entonces un niño echa una carta en el buzón de Willow: es una nota a la luna, en la que le pide un favor especial. Willow sabe que, si ella no se...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Publication Date
[2025]
Language
English
Description
Bear proudly soars above his friends in a hot air balloon... until he realizes he doesn't know how to land! This sweet picture book celebrates both independence and knowing when to ask for help. Bear is on an adventure in a hot air balloon... all by himself! As he flies proudly above his friends--Moose in the lake, his sisters in a tall tree--he feels independent and brave. But, when he's ready to rejoin his friends on the ground, he realizes he has...