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English
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"As a child, Natsuki doesn't fit into her family. Her parents favor her sister, and her best friend is a plush toy hedgehog named Piyyut who has explained to her that he has come from the planet Popinpobopia on a special quest to help her save the Earth. Each summer, Natsuki counts down the days until her family drives into the mountains of Nagano to visit her grandparents in their wooden house in the forest. One summer, her cousin Yuu confides to...
Author
Series
Babymouse volume 17
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
It seems that everyone at school has taken up snowboarding, so Babymouse decides she must hit the slopes, too.
Author
Series
My neighbor Seki volume 10
Publisher
Vertical Comics, an imprint of Vertical, Inc
Pub. Date
2015-
Language
English
Author
Series
Babymouse volume 1
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
As tryouts for the school musical begin, Babymouse takes the starring role in several imaginary Broadway productions, which also feature her debonair new classmate, Henry the hedgehog.
Author
Series
Simon and Chester volume 1
Publisher
Tundra
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Simon and Chester are bored...until they pretend to be detectives.
Author
Series
Henrietta books (Martine Murray) volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Henrietta, whose favorite color is red and who wants to be an explorer, describes some of her life with her baby brother Albert, her dog Madge, her best friend Olive, and what it is like to be "half a Hen and half a Rietta."
11) Bubbles...up!
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
"A day at the community pool is full of water magic--dunking and diving with friends; somersaulting, walking on your hands, and bursting up through the surface like a tortoise. But when a thunderstorm comes and a little brother ventures too close to the pool's edge, will our main character be quick enough and brave enough to save the day?" --
12) Sunday shopping
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Every Sunday night a young girl and her grandmother go on an imaginary shopping trip using play money and the advertisements in the newspaper as a guide for their 'purchases'"--
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Who hasn't felt apprehensive at the thought of starting high school? This is the central theme of this short animated film. Playing on imagination and humour, the director offers viewers a thought-provoking piece dealing with the transition that young people between the ages of 10 and 13 experience. Inspired by the work of Escher and Magritte, Catherine Arcand has created a graphically rich film through optical illusions and trompe-l'oeil effects....
14) The dreamer
Author
Language
English
Description
A fictionalized biography of the Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, who grew up a painfully shy child, ridiculed by his overbearing father, but who became one of the most widely-read poets in the world. Includes author's note about the poet.
17) Ivy bird
Author
Publisher
Blue Dot Kids Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Ivy Bird is a celebration of the natural world and the joy found in imaginative play. Perfect for reading aloud, this book will delight children with its search-and-find elements, bright illustrations, and exuberant story. A nonfiction element, two pages bursting with colorful bird illustrations, encourages readers to seek out birds in their own neighborhoods."--Amazon.com.
19) Snap!
Author
Publisher
Annick Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Evan uses his imagination and a few crayons to create new and exciting art.
20) Bedtime ballet
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A young girl imagines herself as a ballerina while getting ready for bed. Includes glossary of ballet terms.
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