Dan Santat
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2023 Youth Services Favorites (SCPL-YS)
2025 Caudill Nominees
2025 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award
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2025 Caudill Nominees
2025 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award
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"A middle grade graphic memoir based on bestselling author and Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat's awkward middle school years and the trip to Europe that changed his life. Dan's always been a good kid. The kind of kid who listens to his teachers, helps his mom with grocery shopping, and stays out of trouble. But being a good kid doesn't stop him from being bullied and feeling like he's invisible, which is why Dan has low expectations when his parents...
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Friendship Stories
OBD Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (May) - Youth
OBD Books Make Good Friends (March - May 2024) - YOUTH
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OBD Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (May) - Youth
OBD Books Make Good Friends (March - May 2024) - YOUTH
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An imaginary friend waits a long time to be imagined by a child and given a special name, and finally does the unimaginable--he sets out on a quest to find his perfect match in the real world.
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Ever since her father was lost at sea, Sophia has been moping around Aqualand, a marine theme park. But Sophia's world is turned upside-down when an "aquanaut" breaks into the park's research lab. To her amazement, Sophia discovers that the aquanaut is not what it seems: inside lives a band of goofy sea creatures! And when they all realize that Aqualand is more sinister than advertised, Sophia is determined to help the aquanaut crew free the park's...
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AANHPI Authors: Early Readers (SCPL-YS)
Cookie Books for Kids
If You Liked...Elephant and Piggie by Mo Willems
Cookie Books for Kids
If You Liked...Elephant and Piggie by Mo Willems
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"There are only three cookies and four hungry friends to share them with. This is not good. This is not equal!"--
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AANHPI Authors: Board & Picture Books (SCPL-YS)
OBD Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (May) - Youth
WCD Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage
OBD Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (May) - Youth
WCD Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage
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After falling off the wall, Humpty Dumpty is very afraid of climbing up again, but is determined not to let fear stop him from being close to the birds.
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AANHPI Authors: Early Readers (SCPL-YS)
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Summer Reading Challenge 2023 (Preschoolers)
Staff Picks April 2022
Summer Reading Challenge 2023 (Preschoolers)
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Can the friendship of best friends Harold and Hog, a carefree elephant and a careful hog, survive a game of pretending to be Mo Willems's Elephant and Piggie?
8) Sidekicks
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AANHPI Authors: Youth Chapter Books & Graphic Novels (SCPL-YS)
If You Like...Captain Underpants
If You Liked Dog Man by Dav Pilkey
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If You Like...Captain Underpants
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When Captain Amazing feels he is getting too old to be a reliable superhero, he tries to hire a new sidekick, but his pets have different ideas.
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From the New York Times–bestselling creator of The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend comes the inspiring epilogue to the beloved classic nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty.
Everyone knows that when Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. But what happened after?
Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat's poignant tale follows Humpty Dumpty, an avid bird watcher whose favorite place to be is
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An imaginary friend waits a long time to be imagined by a child and given a special name, and finally does the unimaginable--he sets out on a quest to find his perfect match in the real world.
Esta historia mágica comienza en la lejana isla donde nacen los amigos imaginarios. Nuestro protagonista espera pacientemente a que un niño lo elija para jugar, pero cuando los días pasan y pasan y nada sucede, decide emprender un peligroso viaje para encontrar...
11) Lift
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2023 Monarch Award Nominees
Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (Kids)
Books to Read Aloud Grades K-2
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Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (Kids)
Books to Read Aloud Grades K-2
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From the award-winning and bestselling creators of Drawn Together comes the fantastic tale of a magical elevator that will lift your spirits--and press all the right buttons! Iris loves to push the elevator buttons in her apartment building, but when it's time to share the fun with a new member of the family, she's pretty put out. That is, until the sudden appearance of a mysterious new button opens up entire realms of possibility, places where she...
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Ricky Ricotta volume 8
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By flipping the pages, the reader may view animated illustrations that follow Ricky Ricotta, a small mouse, his giant flying robot, and his annoying cousin Lucy, as they battle the nightcrawlers from Neptune that are invading through a wormhole.
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Ricky Ricotta volume 9
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Infuriated by the declaration that Pluto is no longer a planet, President Penguin and his penguins invade Earth and it is up to Ricky and his robot pal to defeat them--with some help from Ricky's cousin Lucy and her pets.
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Ricky Ricotta volume 1
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Ricky Ricotta, a small mouse, is being bullied at school, but when he rescues a powerful robot from its evil creator, he acquires a friend and protector--and saves the city from Dr. Stinky.
16) Drawn together
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A boy and his grandfather cross a language and cultural barrier using their shared love of art, storytelling, and fantasy.
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Ricky Ricotta volume 6
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Ricky Ricotta, his Mighty Robot, cousin Lucy, and some friends set out to save mousekind from Stupid Stinkbugs from Saturn, with a little help from some special gum and taffy.
18) Carnivores
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A lion, a great white shark, and a timber wolf, all meat-eaters who have been hurt by the cruelty of plant-eaters, form a support group which has limited success until their newest member, a great horned owl, shares some advice.
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Freddy Melcher is obsessed with Santa Claus: he has posters, clothes, underwear, action figures, everything but a photograph of the real Santa--and though it will take planning, trip wires, and staying awake late, this year he is determined to get the ultimate selfie.
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Imaginary veterinary volume 1
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Spending the summer in his grandfather's rundown town, ten-year-old Ben meets an adventurous local girl and together they learn that the town's veterinarian runs a secret hospital for imaginary creatures.