Millbrook Picture Book
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I Am a Dancer
by Patricia L. Collins
Part of the Millbrook Picture Book series
Poet Pat Lowery Collins shows children that their everyday motions-catching a ball, reaching up to a shelf, or shuffling through the rain-can contain all of the elements of a dance. Mark Graham's lovely oil paintings give the reader a new appreciation of the beauty of natural movements.
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Marsh Music
by Marianne Berkes
Part of the Millbrook Picture Book series
At night, ten different species of frogs convene in a marsh. Fireflies light up the scene as Maestro bullfrog raises his baton. The music builds to a crescendo as the night goes on. Just before dawn, the frogs depart-but the serenade is not over . . .
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Jackson and Bud's Bumpy Ride
America's First Cross-Country Automobile Trip
by Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff
Part of the Millbrook Picture Book series
Dr. Horatio Jackson wasn't necessarily a betting man. But in 1903, he overheard a stranger saying that it was just not possible to drive across the United States in one of those unreliable, newfangled automobiles. Jackson disagreed - he believed in the future of the automobile. So he made a $50 bet with the man that he could drive a car from San Francisco to New York. Jackson bought a used Winton automobile, hired a mechanic named Crocker, packed some supplies, and adopted Bud, a bulldog who became their mascot. The trio's only goal was to make it from San Francisco all the way to New York City in one piece. Yet 5,600 miles and 63 1/2 days later, what they actually did was make history. This true story is based on Jackson's own account of the first automobile trip across the United States.
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The Sun Played Hide-and-Seek
A Personification Story
by Brian P. Cleary
Part of the Millbrook Picture Book series
A young student has to give a presentation about personification and she's petrified! How can she explain something that gives human traits to things that aren't human? If only she could take a trip to the park and show everyone the way the fountain hiccups, the daffodils dance, and the wind whispers a tune…or maybe that's just what she'll have to do!
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Nathan of Yesteryear and Michael of Today
by Brian J. Heinz
Part of the Millbrook Picture Book series
Michael is Nathan's great, great grandson. Michael's family has lived in the same town, and in the same house, for several generations. This book takes a look at what day-to-day life was like for Nathan as a boy in the 1800's and what it is like for Michael today. The reader will see the changes in the house, the town, and even in the environment. The comparisons cover advances in power, construction, light, transportation, communication, education, entertainment, and home life.
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Say Something, Perico
by Trudy Harris, R. N.
Part of the Millbrook Picture Book series
P-p-p-paaak! Perico the parrot has something to say. But when he asks for agua, his new owner brings him to the opera. When he says he feels mal, another new owner takes him to the mall. Will he ever find someone who understands him?
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Like a Bird
The Art of the American Slave Song
by Cynthia Grady
Part of the Millbrook Picture Book series
Slave songs drew on biblical imagery to express the sorrow of life in bondage and offer a rallying cry. Coretta Scott King Award-winner Michele Wood illustrates each song's rich meaning.
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Apple Cider Making Days
by Ann Purmell
Part of the Millbrook Picture Book series
An extended family gathers to harvest apples from Grandpa's apple farm to make cider! From picking and sorting to pulping and pressing, readers will learn all about the process of turning apples into a delicious glass of apple cider.
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Not a Buzz to Be Found
Insects in Winter
by Linda Glaser
Part of the Millbrook Picture Book series
Buzz! Zip! Zoom! When the weather is warm, insects are everywhere. But what do they do in winter? Honeybees huddle in their hive. Monarch butterflies fly south. Woolly bear caterpillars hide under leaves and snow. This book shows what twelve different insects do to survive winter's chill.
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The Long, Long Journey
The Godwit's Amazing Migration
by Sandra Markle
Part of the Millbrook Picture Book series
The young bar-tailed godwit spends the summer in Alaska learning to fly, find her own food, and escape from predators before flying to New Zealand in the fall. Follow her voyage, the longest nonstop migration recorded.
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Who Was Here?
Discovering Wild Animal Tracks
by Mia Posada
Part of the Millbrook Picture Book series
What animal was here? Can you solve the mystery? Study the picture and read the clues to figure out who left each set of tracks. Then turn the page to find out about animals from around the world.
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They're There on Their Vacation
by Brian P. Cleary
Part of the Millbrook Picture Book series
Meet the Tuckabees. They're going on vacation. They choose the wackiest destinations for their family trips, and they have tons of fun when they get there. Come along for the ride-and learn to tell apart they're, their, and there.
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Build, Beaver, Build!
Life at the Longest Beaver Dam
by Sandra Markle
Part of the Millbrook Picture Book series
The first year of a beaver kit's life is full of new discoveries and dangers. But the most important lesson the kit learns is how to take care of his family's home. The lodge where he lives is protected by a long dam that many beavers have worked to build over the years. As the kit grows up, he helps repair and add to the family dam-and begins to build a life for himself.
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Dazzle Ships
World War I and the Art of Confusion
by Chris Barton
Part of the Millbrook Picture Book series
During World War I, British and American ships were painted with bold colors and crazy patterns from bow to stern. Why would anyone put such eye-catching designs on ships? Desperate to protect ships from German torpedo attacks, British lieutenant-commander Norman Wilkinson proposed what became known as dazzle. These stunning patterns and colors were meant to confuse the enemy about a ship's speed and direction. By the end of the war, more than four thousand ships had been painted with these mesmerizing designs. Author Chris Barton and illustrator Victo Ngai vividly bring to life this little-known story of how the unlikely and the improbable became just plain dazzling.
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I Am an Artist
by Patricia L. Collins
Part of the Millbrook Picture Book series
Are you an artist? Do you see the world around you in a special way? I Am an Artist shows you how simply observing the delights of nature can inspire you to create. Can you name the colors inside a seashell? You're an artist!
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Butternut Hollow Pond
by Brian Heinz
Part of the Millbrook Picture Book series
In the course of a full day at Butternut Hollow Pond, readers will meet water striders, snapping turtles, herons, woodchucks, and other animals that live in the pond. Readers will learn how each creature fits into the habitat's food chain.
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Everybody Brings Noodles
by Norah Dooley
Part of the Millbrook Picture Book series
Carrie has worked hard to organize her neighborhood's 4th of July block party. Excitement hangs in the air as she makes sure that every last detail-from the food to the talent show--is ready. Carrie discovers that each family has prepared a special noodle dish. Her neighbors come from many different places and their dishes range from kugel to zaru soba. Accompanied by easy-to-make recipes, this tale is sure to please the young readers who loved Everybody Cooks Rice, Everybody Bakes Bread, and Everybody Serves Soup, as well as those who are new to Carrie's multicultural neighborhood.
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Everybody Serves Soup
by Norah Dooley
Part of the Millbrook Picture Book series
It has snowed so much that Carrie has the day off from school. She wants to earn money shoveling to buy her mother a Christmas present. But what should she buy? As she goes from house to house, Carrie finds everybody making soup. Carrie's neighbors come from many places, so each one is making a different kind of soup. As she collects recipes, Carrie begins to get an idea of what to give her mother. Accompanied by simple recipes, this tale is sure to please the many readers who loved Everybody Cooks Rice and Everybody Bakes Bread as well as those who are new to Carrie's delightful multicultural neighborhood.
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The Punctuation Station
by Brian P. Cleary
Part of the Millbrook Picture Book series
All aboard! Join a family of giraffes on their journey to Punctuation Station. As the train chugs along, you'll learn the ins and outs of using periods, commas, apostrophes, question marks, hyphens, quotation marks, and exclamation points! Playful rhymes from Brian P. Cleary and colorful illustrations from Joanne Lew-Vriethoff make learning about punctuation fun. So hop on board - this is one train ride you don't want to miss!
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Mind-Boggling Numbers
by Michael J. Rosen
Part of the Millbrook Picture Book series
What do a blue whale, a grizzly bear, and an elephant-size piggy bank have to do with math? Find out in this hilarious romp through weight, volume, distance, and more. These zany scenarios add up to be full of fun!
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Everybody Cooks Rice
by Norah Dooley
Part of the Millbrook Picture Book series
In this multicultural picture book, Carrie goes from one neighbor's house to the next looking for her brother, who is late for dinner. She discovers that although each family is from a different country, everyone makes a rice dish at dinnertime. Readers will enjoy trying the simple recipes that correspond to each family's unique rice dish.
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Our Big Home
An Earth Poem
by Linda Glaser
Part of the Millbrook Picture Book series
Young children usually think of their home as the structure in which they live. In Our Big Home, the author and illustrator present a much larger vision of home as the planet Earth. Linda Glaser's beautiful poem is a wonderful way to gently lead children toward the all-important understanding of caring for our environment. In her lyrical, child-oriented style, she presents the idea that our big home is shared not only with all people but with all plants and animals as well. She shows that we share the air, the water, the soil, and other elements that affect and sustain all of us who live on Earth. Elisa Kleven's vibrant art enhances the concept as she takes young readers to an African plain, a Caribbean island, a South American mountain, and around the world to see people and animals reveling in the beauty and abundance of our shared home.
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Everybody Bakes Bread
by Norah Dooley
Part of the Millbrook Picture Book series
In this sequel to the enormously popular Everybody Cooks Rice, young Carrie is sent on a mission by her mother: to search the neighborhood for a "three-handled rolling pin." While on her quest, Carrie discovers that although her neighbors hail from several different countries, they all enjoy the tastes and smells of home-baked bread.
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Written Anything Good Lately?
by Susan Allen
Part of the Millbrook Picture Book series
Have you ever thought about all the different types of writing you can do? You may write papers for school and e-mails to your friends. Some of you might enjoy writing stories and poems. Communicating through writing can take many forms. This book will show you twenty-six of them – one for each letter of the alphabet. In school you could write to answer Questions on a Quiz, prepare a Report on the Rainforest, or create a Sensational Speech for Social Studies. After school you might write a Long Letter to a pen pal in London, a Newsletter for the Nature club, or a Play to Put on for your Parents. You could even write a book like this one, making up your own list of 26 more ways to communicate with words!
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Miracle Mud
Lena Blackburne and the Secret Mud That Changed Baseball
by David A. Kelly
Part of the Millbrook Picture Book series
Lena Blackburne loved baseball. He watched it, he played it, he coached it. But he didn't love the ways players broke in new baseballs. Tired of soggy, blackened, stinky baseballs, he found a better way. Thanks to a well-timed fishing trip and a top-secret mud recipe, Lena Blackburne Baseball Rubbing Mud was born. For seventy-five years, baseball teams have used Lena's magic mud to prepare baseballs before every game. Read the story of how Lena's mud went from a riverbank to the major leagues and all the way to the Hall of Fame.
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Bears at the Beach
Counting 10 to 20
by Niki Yektai
Part of the Millbrook Picture Book series
Everyone knows the three bears. Counting to three is easy! It's those numbers between 10 and 20 that are difficult for pre-schooler's to learn-unless, of course, they join these 11 bears at the beach! Frolicking with the bears makes learning to count from 10 to 20 as easy as 1, 2, 3.
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Nature's Paintbox
A Seasonal Gallery of Art and Verse
by Patricia Thomas
Part of the Millbrook Picture Book series
How would you capture winters crispness, springs softness, summers freshness, and autumns richness? In this inspiring title, poet Patricia Thomas imagines each season rendered in a different art medium. Pen and ink, with spots of color, capture winters mood, while pastel chalks make spring flowers bloom into life. The see-through hues of watercolors celebrate summers warmth, while vibrant oils perfectly paint falls majestic scenes. Artist Craig Orback takes up the poems challenge in his marvelous illustrations, using each of the mediums described. Just as the seasons move seamlessly into one another, so too do the art styles blend together, then emerge in full splendor, and blend again as the next season approaches.
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Dandelions
Stars in the Grass
by Mia Posada
Part of the Millbrook Picture Book series
In Dandelions, Mia Posada brings to life the beauty of the flower better known as a weed and a nuisance. This book invites readers to discover and watch the life cycles of dandelions with lush and softly colored illustrations and with a clear and simple text. Make and eat your own dandelion salad with the easy-to-follow recipe that's included.
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Peanut Butter and Jellyfishes
A Very Silly Alphabet Book
by Brian P. Cleary
Part of the Millbrook Picture Book series
Brian P. Cleary takes on the alphabet in this whimsical tour of everyone's 26 favorite letters. Rhyming verses are illustrated with colorful collage. Can you find the letters and objects hidden on every page?
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Ladybugs
Red, Fiery, and Bright
by Mia Posada
Part of the Millbrook Picture Book series
Enter the magical realm of ladybugs to see how they grow into bright flying beetles with vivid red coats and shiny black spots. From Mia Posada, the author/illustrator of the acclaimed Dandelions, comes another delightful look at nature. Uncover the tiny world of the ladybug through vivid illustrations and words, along with a special section featuring fun ladybug facts.
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Tooth by Tooth
Comparing Fangs, Tusks, and Chompers
by Sara C. Levine
Part of the Millbrook Picture Book series
Open wide! Find out why teeth come in so many different shapes and sizes. This picture book will keep you guessing as you read about how human teeth are like-and unlike-those of other animals.
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Plants Can't Sit Still
by Rebecca E. Hirsch, Ph. D.
Part of the Millbrook Picture Book series
Do plants really move? Absolutely! Whether it's a sunflower, a Venus flytrap, or intriguingly exotic plants like an exploding cucumber, this fascinating picture book shows just how excitingly active plants really are.
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A Spectacular Selection of Sea Critters
Concrete Poems
by Betsy Franco
Part of the Millbrook Picture Book series
What might you see if you swam in the sea? Dive on in to encounter everything from dolphins and octopuses to sea turtles and squirrel fish. This clever book features twenty-nine concrete poems celebrating a spectacular selection of sea critters.
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Six Sheep Sip Thick Shakes
And Other Tricky Tongue Twisters
by Brian P. Cleary
Part of the Millbrook Picture Book series
This book is a real mouthful! Presenting readers with 24 challenging, hilarious tongue twisters, Cleary's inventive sentences and Steve Mack's appealing art will leave readers tongue-tied―and laughing through their teeth.
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Guess What Is Growing Inside This Egg
by Mia Posada
Part of the Millbrook Picture Book series
Crack, crack...animal babies are hatching! Can you figure out what's inside? Watercolor and collage illustrations depict close-up scenes of eggs about to hatch. Rhyming text hints at what the eggs contain, creating a fun guessing game for readers.
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Bone by Bone
Comparing Animal Skeletons
by Sara C. Levine
Part of the Millbrook Picture Book series
This entertaining picture book will keep readers guessing as they learn about how our skeletons are like-and unlike-those of other animals.
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Shake It, Morena!
And Other Folklore from Puerto Rico
by Carmen T. Berneir-Grand
Part of the Millbrook Picture Book series
Carmen T. Bernier-Grand grew up in Puerto Rico, and in Shake It, Morena! she shares her good times with us. The book is a potpourri of songs, riddles, stories and games, all viewed through the experiences of a young girl. We follow her from the time she awakens in the morning and through her school day. We see her friends and family and learn about her customs and language-all while singing and playing!
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Do You Know Dewey?
Exploring the Dewey Decimal System
by Brian P. Cleary
Part of the Millbrook Picture Book series
Are you ready for a library adventure? Join a group of children as they explore the Dewey decimal system! Search for ghosts in the 100's section, track down everything from costumes to cars in the 300's, and be on the lookout for sports and music in the 700's. By the end of the book, you'll be more than ready to dive into Dewey on your own!
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