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1) Ish
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Ramon loses confidence in his ability to draw, but his sister gives him a new perspective on things.
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"In the summer of 1995, ten-year-old Joan, her mother, and her younger sister flee her father's violence to the only place they have left: her mother's ancestral home in Memphis. Half a century ago, Joan's grandfather built this majestic house for her grandmother--only to be lynched, days after becoming the first Black detective in Memphis, by his all-white police squad. This wasn't the first time violence altered the course of Joan's family's trajectory,...
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Emotions: Books for Kids
Friends with Feelings: Puppet Talking with Friends
ND spicey kids shine!
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
Friends with Feelings: Puppet Talking with Friends
ND spicey kids shine!
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español
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"No one understands the abstract pictures that Niko draws until a new friend sees the thought and feeling within his shapes and forms"--
10) Bad drawer
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Seth, a self-proclaimed bad drawer, works together with his friends to bring his super fantastic story to life.
13) Pencilvania
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Twelve-year-old Zora finds herself transported into a fantastic world where all of her drawings have come to life.
14) Journey
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Caldecott Award Books
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Wordless Picture Books for Picture Walks/Libros sin palabras para caminar por las ilustraciones (BBTL)
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Wordless Picture Books for Picture Walks/Libros sin palabras para caminar por las ilustraciones (BBTL)
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Using a red marker, a young girl draws a door on her bedroom wall and through it enters another world where she experiences many adventures, including being captured by an evil emperor.
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Pete the Cat loves to draw with crayons, and he can't wait to show his friends the drawings he made of each of them. But when he unveils the drawings, his friends have more criticisms than compliments. In art class, Pete is afraid to make a mistake and doesn't know what to draw. Luckily, his friends reassure him that it doesn't have to be perfect, and Pete's art is cool because it is unique to him. In the end, Pete makes a masterpiece that includes...
17) Emily's pictures
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Emily would like to be able to draw, but her trees look like mashed potatoes and her houses like ketchup bottles until she tries something different.
18) Anthony's zoo
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Presents a wordless graphic novel of Anthony who begins his day at home with nothing but his colored pencils to keep him company. Soon arrives an animal visitor-and then another one, then more and more and more. What will happen when Mom sees the wildlife in his room?
20) Dumbstruck
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Fifth-grader Aldo Zelnick relates his misadventures in this sketchbook, documenting his not-so-great entry into the fifth-grade.
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