Janet Collins was a ballerina in the 1930s and '40s, a time when racial segregation was was widespread. She was the first African American prima ballerina.
Greta the Great-Horned Owl by Christie Gove-Berg
ISBN: 9781591938156
Publication Date: 2019
Greta the Horned Owl is the true story of an owl that lived near Norfolk, VA. and was injured and this is the story of what happened next.
Nobody Hugs a Cactus by Carter Goodrich
ISBN: 9781534400900
Publication Date: 2019
Hank, a cactus, lives all by himself in a house in the desert, and that’s just the way he likes it. Or is it?
No Room for a Pup! by Elizabeth Suneby
ISBN: 9781525300295
Publication Date: 2019
Mia wants a dog more than anything. But according to her mom, there is just NO ROOM in their very small apartment. Can Mia convince her mom to change her mind?
Once upon a Goat by Dan Richards
ISBN: 9781524773748
Publication Date: 2019
When a proper king and queen ask their fairy godmother for a child, they find themselves gifted instead with a baby goat.
Our Flag Was Still There by Jessie Hartland
ISBN: 9781534402331
Publication Date: 2019
In the Smithsonian National Museum of American you will see a massive American flag: it’s thirty feet tall and forty-two feet long. That’s huge! How did it get there? Where did it come from? Well…
The Panda Problem by Deborah Underwood
ISBN: 9780735228504
Publication Date: 2019
Every story needs a problem. But Panda doesn’t have a problem. Unless Panda is the problem.
Poetree by Shauna LaVoy Reynolds
ISBN: 9780399539121
Publication Date: 2019
A shy girl celebrates winter's end by writing a poem to a tree and is surprised when the tree writes back.
The Remember Balloons by Jessie Oliveros
ISBN: 9781481489157
Publication Date: 2018
James and grandpa have a lot of balloons where he keeps his memories. But when Grandpa's balloons start drifting away . . . James wants to catch them.
Zombies Don't Eat Veggies! by Megan Lacera
ISBN: 9781620147948
Publication Date: 2019
Mo Romero has a craving that other zombie's find disgusting. His parents tell him over and over that zombies don't eat veggies.
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