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Daniel Pinkwater
A cat becomes a succession of hats when a friend is in danger. The story fills its scenes with cats, including hats that keep people’s heads warm and hats for witches. Its over-the-top action unfolds alongside gouache paintings that show a white father, a brown mother, their children, and numerous felines.
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Nellie vs. Elizabeth: Two Daredevil Journalists’ Breakneck Race around the WorldKate HanniganNellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland are late-nineteenth-century reporters competing to be the first to travel around the globe. Their real-life race is also a contest against time as each woman presses forward by ship, train, and on foot. The book follows their separate journeys and their shared determination to finish before the other. Acrylic-ink and colored-pencil illustrations accompany the account, with back matter offering further material about the two journalists and their round-the-world challenge.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Maybe: A Mindfulness Taleillustrated by Various Artists, from a traditional folktaleA farmer’s horse runs away, and his neighbors immediately call the event terrible news. The farmer replies without deciding what the event means. As further turns of fortune and misfortune occur, his friends continue to react strongly while he withholds judgment. The tale follows the contrast between the neighbors’ quick conclusions and the farmer’s measured response to unexpected changes. Vintage artwork, including Japanese woodblock prints, accompanies the story.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Keepunumuk: Weeâchumun’s Thanksgiving StoryDanielle Greendeer, Anthony Perry, Alexis BuntenA Wampanoag grandmother tells how her people and guardian spirits helped make survival possible for English Pilgrims in Massachusetts four hundred years ago. The story engages with the history and traditions surrounding the first Thanksgiving from a Wampanoag perspective. Indigenous creators wrote and illustrated this picture book, which also includes back matter.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details