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An infant has amazing powers-supersonic voice & super elastic limbs. Once she can move on her own, she becomes...The Blur! Before the exhausted parents can understand what's happened, she's driving off to college. Fun & funny! Rec'd! @bottomshelfbks @dsantat @KnopfBFYR
In this wonderful #wordless PB, a whirly gig snaps off a maple tree & after a series of adventures finds its way into the earth where it germinates. A beautiful & quiet reflection on life cycles & nature. Highly rec'd! Story @DeborahKerbel Beautiful illios @joseebis @owlkids
Comic book fanatic & professional cynic Flora saves Ulysses from a malfunctioning vacuum cleaner only to discover the squirrel has powers & now must use his powers to save others. Or something. Absolutely beautiful! @KateDiCamillo fab illios by @artbykgcampbell @Candlewick
Trained assassin Carmen travels with dragon Brax to Drachia, where she must fulfill her oath to kill a target of Brax's choice. But her promise is interrupted & she ends up having to save herselt & Brax even as everyone else tries to kill her. Rec'd! @arthurslade @scholasticCDA
Putuguq & Kublu are back! This time they are renacting the story of an orphan girl who saved her friends from one of the amautaliit, an ogress who carries away children in her basket. Their play has funny & stinky consequences! Christopher, @akulukjuk & Arijanto. @Inhabit_Media
Bear wants to sing when he finds an abandoned ukelele. Other animals find instruments too & share their songs first. When Bear shares his the reactions crush him. Humorous, touching story of friendship. Highly rec'd! Cary Fagan with gorgeous illios by @DenaSeiferling @TundraBooks
Leroywants to be a cowboy. He's got the hat, boots & lasso, yet not the horse. When he meets Maybelline, a 4-toothed horse, it's love at 1st sight. But he has to remember the 3 rules of caring for her. Delightful book & characters! @KateDiCamillo @mrchrisvandusen @Candlewick
Continuing to enjoy this series: Ghosts are refusing their Brightkey & not moving on. While there's a chance a machine can be fixed to help all ghosts move on, Cordelia discoveres there's something much more sinister & dangerous going on. Rec'd @jawhitebooks @KTegenBooks
When something "red as a berry and round like the moon" drifts down to him, Bear knows he has found a new friend. After a heart-wrenching moment, Bear grieves for what he has lost, but finds reassurance from an unexpected source. Lovely! Rec'd! @MatthewBurgessJ @ChronicleKids
When Juniper wins a scholarship to a prestigious academy, she is targeted as a "special project" by peers & fascinated by stories of a haunted wood & mythical beast nearby. She hopes to survive the year until a bully's action threaten everything. @FaithErinHicks @01FirstSecond