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1. Alma and how she got her name

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Author:
Martinez-Neal, Juana
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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E MARTINEZNEAL
Cary Regional - Picture Books has 4
E MARTINEZNEAL
East Regional - Picture Books has 7
E MARTINEZNEAL
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How did Alma Sofia Esperanza José Pura Candela end up with such a long name? As Daddy tells the story of her many names, Alma can almost feel herself grow into them.

2. Bear came along

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Author:
Morris, Richard T., 1969-
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4.4 stars
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E MORRIS
Duraleigh Road - Picture Books has 2
E MORRIS
East Regional - Picture Books has 4
E MORRIS
Description:
An assortment of animals living separate lives discover they need each other when they have a chance encounter on a river.

3. Berry song

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Author:
Goade, Michaela
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5 stars
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Athens Drive Community - Picture Books
E GOADE
East Regional - Picture Books
E GOADE
Eva H. Perry Regional - Picture Books
E GOADE
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As a young Tlingit girl collects wild berries over the seasons, she sings with her Grandmother as she learns to speak to the land and listen when the land speaks back.

4. Big cat, little cat

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Author:
Cooper, Elisha
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4.5 stars
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19 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
Cary Regional - Picture Books has 3
E COOPER
Eva H. Perry Regional - Picture Books
E COOPER
Green Road Community - Picture Books
E COOPER
Description:
A moving tale about friendship, new beginnings, and cats.

5. A big mooncake for Little Star

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Author:
Lin, Grace
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4.1 stars
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E LIN
Cary Regional - Picture Books
E LIN
East Regional - Picture Books has 2
E LIN
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Reimagines the cycles of the moon as a mother bakes a Big Moon Cookie and, despite Mama's request to wait, Little Star begins nibbling at it every night.

6. Blackout

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Author:
Rocco, John
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4.1 stars
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Cary Regional - Picture Books
E ROCCO
Duraleigh Road - Picture Books
E ROCCO
Eva H. Perry Regional - Picture Books has 2
E ROCCO
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When a busy family's activities come to a halt because of a blackout, they find they enjoy spending time together and not being too busy for once.

7. The cat man of Aleppo

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Author:
Latham, Irene
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4 stars
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Athens Drive Community - Picture Books
E LATHAM
Cary Regional - Picture Books has 4
E LATHAM
East Regional - Picture Books
E LATHAM
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The "true story of Mohammad Alaa Aljaleel, who in the midst of the Syrian Civil War offered safe haven to Aleppo's abandoned cats"--Publisher marketing.

8. A chair for my mother

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Author:
Williams, Vera B.
Series:
Rosa books (Vera B. Williams) volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
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Cary Regional - Picture Books
E WILLIAMS
Eva H. Perry Regional - Picture Books has 2
E WILLIAMS
Holly Springs Community - Picture Books
E WILLIAMS
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A child, her waitress mother, and her grandmother save dimes to buy a comfortable armchair after all their furniture is lost in a fire.

9. Click, clack, moo: cows that type

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Author:
Cronin, Doreen
Series:
Click, clack, moo books volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
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When Farmer Brown's cows find a typewriter in the barn they start making demands, and go on strike when the farmer refuses to give them what they want.

10. Color zoo

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Author:
Ehlert, Lois
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4.5 stars
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18 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
Green Road Community - Picture Books
E EHLERT
Middlecreek Community - Picture Books
E EHLERT
Morrisville Community - Picture Books
E EHLERT
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Introduces colors and shapes with illustrations of shapes on die-cut pages that form animal faces when placed on top of one another.

11. Dave, the potter

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Author:
Hill, Laban Carrick
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3.5 stars
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Athens Drive Community - Picture Books
E HILL
Cary Regional - Picture Books has 3
E HILL
Duraleigh Road - Picture Books
E HILL
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Presents the life of the nineteenth-century artist from South Carolina known as Dave, a Southern slave who became a renowned potter known for signing his pots with poetry.

12. Don't let the pigeon drive the bus!

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Author:
Willems, Mo
Series:
Pigeon (Picture books) volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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Duraleigh Road - Picture Books
E WILLEMS
Eva H. Perry Regional - Picture Books has 3
E WILLEMS
Morrisville Community - Picture Books
E WILLEMS
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When the bus driver decides to take a break from driving, a wild and wacky pigeon pleads and begs to take his place, capturing the antics of a preschooler's temper tantrum.

13. First the egg

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Author:
Seeger, Laura Vaccaro
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5 stars
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Cary Regional - Picture Books
E SEEGER
Morrisville Community - Picture Books
E SEEGER
Oberlin Regional - Picture Books
E SEEGER
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A picture book about transformations. Using simple text and illustrations, shows how animals and objects change, including tadpoles to frogs and seeds to flowers, in a book with cutouts so that certain colors from the previous picture help create the next picture.

14. Freedom in Congo Square

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Author:
Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-
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Athens Drive Community - Childrens Non-Fiction
J976.3 WEATH
East Regional - Childrens Non-Fiction has 2
J976.3 WEATH
Eva H. Perry Regional - Childrens Non-Fiction
J976.3 WEATH
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A poetic tribute to a lesser-known part of African-American history describes how after working relentlessly for more than six days, slaves in nineteenth-century New Orleans were permitted to congregate in Congo Square. "As slaves relentlessly toiled in an unjust system in 19th century Louisiana, they all counted down the days until Sunday, when at least for half a day they were briefly able to congregate in Congo Square in New Orleans. Here they...

15. Going down home with Daddy

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Author:
Lyons, Kelly Starling
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Alan looks forward to the annual family reunion at the farm where Daddy grew up, but everyone is supposed to share something special and Alan worries about arriving with empty hands.

16. Grand Canyon

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Author:
Chin, Jason, 1978-
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4.3 stars
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Eva H. Perry Regional - Childrens Non-Fiction has 2
J557.913 CHIN
Middlecreek Community - Childrens Non-Fiction
J557.913 CHIN
Morrisville Community - Childrens Non-Fiction has 2
J557.913 CHIN
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Home to an astonishing variety of plants and animals that have lived and evolved within its walls for millennia, the Grand Canyon is much more than just a hole in the ground. Follow a father and daughter as they make their way through the cavernous wonder, discovering life both present and past.

17. The grey lady and the strawberry snatcher

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Author:
Bang, Molly
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Cary Regional - Picture Books
E BANG
Fuquay-Varina Community - Picture Books
E BANG
Green Road Community - Picture Books
E BANG
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In this story without words, an old woman is pursued by a strange man with a passion for strawberries.

18. Have you seen my duckling?

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Author:
Tafuri, Nancy
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3.5 stars
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7 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
Morrisville Community - Picture Books
E TAFURI
Southeast Regional - Picture Books
E TAFURI
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A mother duck leads her brood around the pond as she searches for one missing duckling.

19. Hershel and the Hanukkah goblins

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Author:
Kimmel, Eric A.
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Athens Drive Community - Picture Books - Holidays has 2
E KIMMEL
Cary Regional - Picture Books - Holidays has 2
E KIMMEL
Duraleigh Road - Picture Books - Holidays
E KIMMEL
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Relates how Hershel outwits the goblins that haunt the old synagogue and prevent the village people from celebrating Hanukkah.

20. Hondo & Fabian

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Author:
McCarty, Peter
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4 stars
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Eva H. Perry Regional - Picture Books
E MCCARTY
Holly Springs Community - Picture Books
E MCCARTY
Morrisville Community - Picture Books
E MCCARTY
Description:
Hondo the dog gets to go to the beach and play with his friend Fred, while Fabian the cat spends the day at home.