Sam Usher
1) Rain
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Forced to stay indoors during a rainstorm, young Sam drinks hot chocolate, reads and dreams of adventures while his Granddad does paperwork until the need to mail an important letter triggers an adventure into the wet outdoors
2) Snow
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Join a boy and his grandfather as they enjoy a snow day in the park!
3) Sun
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Fun in the Sun! - Picture Books About Summer Vacation (SCPL-YS)
Sizzling Summer Reads - ROD Children's
Summer Reads for Little Kids
Sizzling Summer Reads - ROD Children's
Summer Reads for Little Kids
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"It's the hottest day of the year, hotter than broccoli soup, hotter than the Atacama Desert, hotter than the surface of the sun. It's just the right kind of day for a boy and his grandad to go for a picnic. But as the sun beats down, Grandad keeps having to stop for a rest, and by the time they find the perfect picnic spot, some pirates have beaten them to it. Good job they have enough food to share!" --From the publisher.
4) Storm
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A storm is brewing and the wind is picking up, so a boy and his grandfather decide it's the perfect weather for kite flying. There's just one problem: they have to find the kite! Their search brings up many wonderful memories of previous adventures together, and when they finally make it outside, their adventure really takes off!
5) Found
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Nature quartet volume 4
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"A boy and his granddad plan a day at the beach filled with exploring tide pools, building sandcastles, and eating icecream. But when they find a baby seal trapped in a net, their real adventure begins!" -- From back of the book.
6) Free
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Nature quartet volume 1
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When a boy and his granddad take care of a little bird, the boy wants to keep it - but Granddad knows it must return to its natural habitat in the wild, where it can spread its wings and be free. And so begins an exhilarating journey into the mountains to return the bird to where it belongs.
7) Lost
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Nature quartet volume 3
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"A boy and his granddad set off with their homemade sled to find a lost dog on a snowy afternoon. And so begins an exhilarating adventure ..."--
8) Wild
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Nature quartet volume 2
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When the cat they are caring for runs off into the wild, a young boy and his granddad are led on an adventure of their own as they try to find it.
10) I love my bike
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I Love My Bike is a picture book about a little girl learning to ride a bike with the help of her father. Dad explains how to use the pedals and tells her to keep going until she's flying! Everything is going well until she falls off and suddenly getting back on the bike seems very scary. This beautiful book is also about that exhilarating feeling you get when you succeed at something for the first time as a child. It's also a reminder of how important...
12) Nieve
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A little boy, desperate to be first out in the snow, has one obstacle in his way, his slow-moving grandfather.
"Una sorpresa aguarda al niño u al abuelo en este extraordinario día de nieve."--Page 4 of cover.
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"Told in gentle rhyming verse, this beautiful non-fiction picture book follows the story of a herd of African elephants as they journey across the parched savannah in search for a water hole. The matriarch tells of all the sounds of the savannah, and how the landscape has changed over the years. Still, she remembers where to find water, just as her mother did before her. Accompanying non-fiction pages at the end of the book include information on...
15) A dozen cousins
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Although her younger cousins--all boys--like to play tricks on her, nine-year-old Anna takes it all in stride.
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Told in gentle rhyming verse, this beautiful non-fiction picture book follows the story of an oak tree on a hilltop as it witnesses life changing around it over the course of hundreds of years. From the time when hunters chased deer through the woodland, to when trees were cleared for farmland, to the smog and factories emerging during the industrial revolution. One majestic oak has seen it all, and now we can too. Accompanying pages at the end of...
17) The Tin Snail
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"A thirteen-year-old French boy tries to save his father's job by inventing a special kind of car, but it isn't easy--especially when the Nazis are planning to steal his design"--
18) Refuge
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"A retelling of the nativity story from a perspective emphasizing the struggle of Mary and Joseph as refugees"--
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"Danny has a busy day ahead of him. What will he eat? Who will he meet? In this book you decide what happens! Can you help Danny choose whether to have juice or jelly for breakfast, travel to school on the bus or in a spaceship, and create a robot or skyscraper in art? From the best-selling author of You Choose comes a unique new picture book in which well-placed questions combine with charmingly detailed and surprising illustrations to help children...
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"Osito Gruñón y Mary Rose lo hacen todo juntos. Hasta que un día Osito Gruñón se queda atrás. Está convencido de que Mary Rose volverá a por él. Pero mientras los días se convierten en semanas y las semanas en meses, el pelaje de Osito Gruñón pierde el brillo, sus ojos empiezan a soltarse y su gruñido disminuye de intensidad. Y entonces ¡alguien se lo lleva! Aunque no es la niña que estaba esperando..."--