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I Can Be Mindful

Book - 2023

How do you manage all the powerful feelings you experience? This book teaches kids to use their senses to help ground themselves and how to talk with others about their feelings. Grades 1-3. How do you manage all the powerful feelings you experience? This book teaches kids to use their senses to help ground themselves and how to talk with others about their feelings. Grades 1-3. Show less

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Woo Hoo! You're Doing Great!

by Boynton, Sandra

Book - 2023

The well-loved children’s author Sandra Boynton is back at it with this sweet and funny rhyming picture book about celebrating your successes. Grades 1-3. The well-loved children’s author Sandra Boynton is back at it with this sweet and funny rhyming picture book about celebrating your successes. Grades 1-3. Show less

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Awesome Orange Birthday

by Ruths, Mitali Banerjee

Book - 2023

In this early chapter book, Priya is excited for her aunt’s birthday. She can’t wait to do something special for her, but there is so much to do! Will she have enough time to get it done? Grades 1-3. In this early chapter book, Priya is excited for her aunt’s birthday. She can’t wait to do something special for her, but there is so much to do! Will she have enough time to get it done? Grades 1-3. Show less

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The World Behind the Door

by Thomson, Pari

Book - 2023

Step into this new, magical world of wonders with Daisy Thistledown in the first book of this new series. Grades 4-6. Step into this new, magical world of wonders with Daisy Thistledown in the first book of this new series. Grades 4-6. Show less

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Big Tree

by Selznick, Brian

Book - 2023

A book filled with amazing illustrations, telling the tale of sycamore seedlings Merwin and Louise on an adventure of a lifetime. Will they survive all the adversity they encounter and become big trees? Grades 4-6. A book filled with amazing illustrations, telling the tale of sycamore seedlings Merwin and Louise on an adventure of a lifetime. Will they survive all the adversity they encounter and become big trees? Grades 4-6. Show less

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Fae and the Moon

by Aureliani, Franco

Book - 2023

Join Fae on an adventure with monsters as she learns the importance of love in this new juvenile graphic novel. Grades 4-6. Join Fae on an adventure with monsters as she learns the importance of love in this new juvenile graphic novel. Grades 4-6. Show less

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The Labors of Hercules Beal

by Schmidt, Gary D.

Book - 2023

What do you do when you are the smallest in your class and named after a mythical hero? Will seventh-grader Herc be able to live up to the challenges he is faced with and complete the tasks given to him, much like his mythical namesake? Grades 7-8. What do you do when you are the smallest in your class and named after a mythical hero? Will seventh-grader Herc be able to live up to the challenges he is faced with and complete the tasks given to him, much like his mythical namesake? Grades 7-8. Show less

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Mirror to Mirror

by LaRocca, Rajani

Book - 2023

Identical twin sisters who have drifted apart switch places at camp and make a bet on who can go the longest without their secret being discovered. The tw...Show more Identical twin sisters who have drifted apart switch places at camp and make a bet on who can go the longest without their secret being discovered. The twin who wins the bet gets to choose what high school they attend. However, the switch ends up being more difficult than either twin imagined. What will happen to them? Grades 7-8. Show less

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The Firefly Summer

by Matson, Morgan

Book - 2023

Ryanna receives an invitation from her mother’s parents to come visit and stay with them at a camp. Her original plan of a quiet summer might turn into one full of fun, family and adventure. Grades 7-8. Ryanna receives an invitation from her mother’s parents to come visit and stay with them at a camp. Her original plan of a quiet summer might turn into one full of fun, family and adventure. Grades 7-8. Show less

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