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• The Boy and the Blue Moon

  O'Leary, Sara

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  When there's a blue moon, magical things can happen and in this enchanting picture book about a boy and his cat, they do.

• Follow the Recipe

  Poems About Imagination, Celebration, & Cake

  Singer, Marilyn

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  A collection of poems written in the form of recipes.

• Have You Ever Seen a Flower?

  Harris, Shawn (Artist)

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  A child experiences a flower by seeing its colors, smelling its fragrance, and imagining a tiny world within it.

• Idea Jar

  Lehrhaupt, Adam

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  What happens when the story ideas - from a bored Viking to a space robot - kept in a teacher's special jar escape and get rowdy?

• In Your Cozy Bed

  Witek, Jo, 1968-

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  Told from the point of view of a loving parent, a child is gently guided to get ready for bed, say goodnight to favorite toys, and finally settle into sleep.

• Imagine That!

  Ismail, Yasmeen

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  Mommy and Lila are going to visit Grandpa, but Lila is busy playing in her own imaginary world. Grandpa decides to join Lila - because using your imagination is even more fun when you play together!

• Just Add Glitter

  DiTerlizzi, Angela

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  Illustrations and simple, rhyming text encourages the reader to add glitter to everything in sight, until even what should really sparkle is obscured.

• The Museum of Everything

  Perkins, Lynne Rae

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  When the world feels too big, loud, and busy, a young girl imagines a museum where she can organize little pieces of it and wonder about them.

• The Nice Dream Truck

  Ferry, Beth

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  New York Times bestselling creators Beth Ferry and Brigette Barrager serve up a delightful twist on the lyrical bedtime romp, reminding us that there are as many ways to dream as ice cream flavors to taste.

• No Buddy Like a Book

  Wolf, Allan

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  Rhyming text follows children as they explore the world through reading. The book offers an invitation to reading and reminds us that books, no matter how they are consumed, give readers of every background the same opportunity to let their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Nola's Scribbles Save the Day

  An Adventure in Creativity

  Lalli, Cristina

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  Nola loves to draw wherever she goes. No one understands her magical markings, so she tries to "fix" her art. When she draws a blank and falls right into the black page, she finds other creators who are stuck too. Can they create a way out together?

• On a Magical Do-nothing Day

  Alemagna, Béatrice

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  Sent outside by their mother on a rainy day, a child is dismayed when their handheld game falls into the pond before they encounter giant snails, wet mushrooms, and other elements that awaken them to the sensory aspects of nature.

• Sandcastle

  Tsarfati, Einat

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  Building a grand sandcastle which attracts visiting royals from fairy-tale worlds, an imaginative young girl is dismayed by the constant sand that gets into everything, from the royal almond strudel and fig milk bath to the crocodile moat and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Shape Shift

  Hesselberth, Joyce

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  Round, curvy, pointy, or straight-shapes are all around us. With illustrations that highlight shapes in all their forms, this book reinforces the identification of circles, squares, crescents, diamonds, triangles, rectangles, trapezoids, and ovals…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• What If ...

  Berger, Samantha

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  A child who likes to draw and write stories imagines what would happen if there were no pencils, paper, or other tools for being creative.