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Title: This House, Once Author: Deborah Freedman Illustrator: Deborah Freedman Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Kids Publication Date: February 28, 2017 ISBN: 978-1-4814-4284-8 Audience: Ages 4-8 Summary: As the inside jacket of the book suggests, the text “asks readers to

Title: The Tree Author:  Neal Layton Illustrator:  Neal Layton Publisher: Candlewick Press ISBN: 9780763689520 Audience: 2-5 years Summary: In only sixty words, Neal Layton tells the story of a small ecosystem: a tall tree, the animals which live happily on, in, and under it, and

Title: What Will Grow? Author: Jennifer Ward Illustrator: Susie Ghahremani Publisher: Bloomsbbury USA Childrens Publication Date: February 14, 2017 ISBN: 978-1681190303 Audience: 3 – 6 years Summary:  The bright cover, dominated by green fields and a giant sunflower opens to

Name of Book: They All Saw a Cat Author: Brenda Wenzel Illustrator: Brendan Wenzel Publisher: Chronicle Books Publication Date: 2016 ISBN: 9781452150130 Audience:  6-8 years Summary: In simple, rhythmic prose Brendan Wenzel’s picture book follows a cat walking through the world.

Title: Pax Author:  Sara Pennypacker Illustrator: Jon Klassen Publisher: Balzer + Bray ISBN:  9780062377012 Audience:  Ages 10-14 (but those with particularly tender hearts should be aware that this is a powerful story) Summary: Despite the endearing picture of a red fox on its

Title: What This Story Needs Is a Pig in a Wig Author:  Emma J. Virján Illustrator: Emma J. Virján Publisher: Harper ISBN:  9780062327246 Audience:  Toddler – preschool Summary:  An offstage narrator announces, “What this story needs is a pig.”  In quick succession a lone

Title: Ask Me Author:  Bernard Waber Illustrator: Suzy Lee Publisher:  Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN:  9780547733944 Audience:  Pres. – Grade 2 Summary:  A young girl and her father spend a lovely fall afternoon together, ambling through the meadows, woodlands, and playgrounds

Name of Book:  In Every Tiny Grain of Sand, A Child’s Book of Prayers and Praise Author: Collected by Reeve Lindbergh Illustrator:  Christine Davenier, Bob Graham, Anita Jeram, and Elisa Eleven Publisher:  Candlewick Press ISBN:  0-7636-0176-4 Audience:  Ages 6 and up Summary:  A

Title: When God Was a Little Girl Author:  David R. Weiss Illustrator: Joan Lindeman Publisher: Beaver’s Pond Press ISBN: 9781592989553 Audience: Ages 4-7 Summary: Susanna and her father while away the miles of a long car ride by retelling the story of creation, imagining a

Title: Wangari’s Trees of Peace Author: Jeanette Winter Illustrator: Jeanette Winter Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers; First Edition (September 21, 2008) ISBN: 9780152065454 Audience:Ages 4-8 (preschool – grade 3) Summary: Wangari Maathai was born in 1940 in Ihithe, a small