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2019 Royal Dragonfly Award-Honorable Mention Picture Books 6 & Older
No No Elizabeth  by Carmen Jimenez

2019 Royal Dragonfly Award-Honorable Mention Picture Books 6  & Older
No Fish for Charles  by Tracy Detz

2019 Royal Dragonfly Award-First Place (tie) Picture Books 5  & Younger
No Fish for Charles  by Tracy Detz

2019 Royal Dragonfly Award-Second Place (tie) Best New Author Fiction
No Fish for Charles  by Tracy Detz

2019 Moonbeam Silver Award Winner-Best Picture Book Series
What if Series by Jarrett Whitlow

2019 Moonbeam Bronze Award Winner-Picture Book
Moonlight Dancer  by Lisa Calhoun Owens

2019 Purple Dragonfly Award-Animal Category (first place tie) 
Moonlight Dancer  by Lisa Calhoun Owens

2019 Purple Dragonfly Award-Cultural Diversity (honorable mention) 
Mommy Do My Hair  by Yesenia Hernandez

2018 Moonbeam Gold Award Winner-Preschool
Bathtime Dance by Candace Smith

2018 Moonbeam Bronze Award Winner-Preschool Series
Adventures of Lovey Series by Dixon Douglas

2018 Literary Classics International Gold Award Winner
Picture Book/ Early Reader 
What If Dinosaurs Were Pink? by Jarrett Whitlow

2018 Benjamin Franklin Gold Award Winner
​(Independent Book Publishers Association)-Preschool 
Why Not by Amanda Huneke

2017 Moonbeam Silver Award Winner-Preschool 
What Kyle Can Do by Connie Branscom and Brooke Luckadoo Hicks

2017 Moonbeam Bronze Award Winner-Preschool 
Miss Bunny's First Flight by Dixon Douglas

2017 Pinnacle Award Winner
Miss Bunny's First Flight by Dixon Douglas

2017 Book Riot "Top 100 books of the Last 5 Years"
Ninja Potty Break by Alex and Kenneth Wiltberger

2014 New England Book Festival Honorable Mention
Stinky and the Night Mare by Skip Marsden
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Anxious Ellie by Danielle Price (Hard Cover)

$15.95

Ellie the elephant loves to draw pictures, host tea parties, and nibble on delicious, buttery biscuits.

What she does not love, however, is mud. In fact, the mere thought of mud gives her nightmares! Poor Ellie feels left out when all the other elephants go outside to play in the mud puddle. Sometimes, she feels so mad and so sad, it makes her cry. Thankfully, with the help of a good friend--and some yummy, buttery biscuits--Ellie learns that everybody gets scared sometimes, but nobody ever has to be alone.

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Anxious Ellie by Danielle Price (Soft Cover)

$9.95

Ellie the elephant loves to draw pictures, host tea parties, and nibble on delicious, buttery biscuits.

What she does not love, however, is mud. In fact, the mere thought of mud gives her nightmares! Poor Ellie feels left out when all the other elephants go outside to play in the mud puddle. Sometimes, she feels so mad and so sad, it makes her cry. Thankfully, with the help of a good friend--and some yummy, buttery biscuits--Ellie learns that everybody gets scared sometimes, but nobody ever has to be alone.

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What if Fish Had Freckles-Hard Cover (part of the What If Series) by Jarrett Whitlow

$16.95

Maybe lobsters love biscuits and jellyfish prefer toast,

and shrimp love taking shellfies to share and to post.

Maybe you can imagine what’s happening down deep,

in the vast dark oceans, what mysteries they keep.

Now strap on your gear and lock all your buckles, 

then dive down deep to discover if fish really have freckles!

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What If Fish Had Freckles (Soft cover) by Jarrett Whitlow (part of the What If Series)

$8.99

Maybe lobsters love biscuits and jellyfish prefer toast,

and shrimp love taking shellfies to share and to post.

Maybe you can imagine what’s happening down deep,

in the vast dark oceans, what mysteries they keep.

Now strap on your gear and lock all your buckles, 

then dive down deep to discover if fish really have freckles!

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What If Dinosaurs Were Pink? (Hard Cover) by Jarrett Whitlow

$16.95

Maybe dinosaurs went to school,

or rode in cars and played sports too!

Maybe you can imagine what could have been,

considering we don’t know it all from way back then.

Perhaps one day we’ll know and not just think,

how cool it was that dinosaurs were pink!

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What if Dinosaurs were Pink? (Soft Cover) by Jarrett Whitlow

$8.99

Maybe dinosaurs went to school,

Or rode in cars and played sports too!

Maybe you can imagine dino fun that could have been,

Considering we don’t know it all from way back then.

Perhaps one day we may know, and not just think,

How cool it was that dinosaurs were pink!

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What if Mercury had Marshmallows? (Hard Cover) by Jarrett Whitlow

$16.95

Maybe they do cannonballs on Mars, or race on Venus.

Who knows what’s happening with all this distance between us?

It’s fun to imagine what’s really going on,

there on the surface of planets that orbit our sun.

Together we’ll solve galactic riddles wide and narrow,

like standing on Mercury to try to roast marshmallows!

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What if Mercury had Marshmallows? (Soft Cover) by Jarrett Whitlow

$8.99

Maybe they do cannonballs on Mars, or race on Venus.

Who knows what's happening with all this distance between us?

It's fun to imagine what's really going on,

there on the surface of planets that orbit our sun.

Together we'll solve galactic riddles wide and narrow,

like standing on Mercury to try to roast marshmallows! 

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Surgery on Sunday (Soft Cover) By Kat Harrison Illustrated by Shane Crampton

$9.95

Sunday — a kid with an ocean-sized imagination — is nervous about her upcoming ear surgery. Mom and Dad tell her to put on a brave face, but how can she when she has so many questions? Will it be scary? Will it hurt? (And what does it mean to put on a brave face anyway?) When surgery day rolls around, Sunday’s stomach is in knots like a triple-tied shoelace. But thankfully, she has her BFF, Octavia the Octopus by her side. With the additional help of a few “rules,” her parents, kind doctors and nurses, she soon learns surgery isn’t so scary after all. It actually makes her feel a whole lot better!

Written with spunk, humor, and a lot of love, Surgery on Sunday teaches kids they can be brave, even when it’s hard.

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Surgery on Sunday (Hard Cover) By Kat Harrison Illustrated by Shane Crampton

$17.95

Sunday – a kid with an ocean-sized imagination — is nervous about her upcoming ear surgery. Mom and Dad tell her to put on a brave face, but how can she when she has so many questions? Will it be scary? Will it hurt? (And what does it mean to put on a brave face anyway?) When surgery day rolls around, Sunday’s stomach is in knots like a triple-tied shoelace. But thankfully, she has her BFF, Octavia the Octopus by her side. With the additional help of a few “rules,” her parents, kind doctors and nurses, she soon learns surgery isn’t so scary after all. It actually makes her feel a whole lot better!

Written with spunk, humor, and a lot of love, Surgery on Sunday teaches kids they can be brave, even when it’s hard.

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Roo's Stew by Ashley Cason (hard cover)

$16.95

PRE-ORDERS are scheduled to ship out mid-July

Roo from Tanzu loves to play with her pet cockatoo, Sue. But when Sue comes down with a nasty bird flu, Roo’sbest solution is a hearty pot of stew.

Children and parents alike will delight in this fun and silly story about cooking and the lengths friends go to help each other.

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Roo's Stew (soft cover) by Ashley Cason

$9.95

PRE-ORDERS are scheduled to ship out mid-July

Roo from Tanzu loves to play with her pet cockatoo, Sue. But when Sue comes down with a nasty bird flu, Roo’s best solution is a hearty pot of stew.

Children and parents alike will delight in this fun and silly story about cooking and the lengths friends go to help each other.

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I Campaigned for Ice Cream: A Boy's Quest for Ice Cream Trucks by Suzanne Jacobs Lipshaw (Soft Cover)

$8.95

I Campaigned For Ice Cream is an upbeat, educational, and heartwarming true story of the author’s son, Josh, who as a nine-year-old convinced his local government to change an outdated law that prevented ice cream trucks from driving through his town. Complete with adorable illustrations by Wendy Leach, this sweet little book is a tasty treat for young readers as well as a lesson that they too can make a difference in their communities. Relive Josh’s passionate journey to bring the joy of ice cream trucks to his town. 

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I Campaigned for Ice Cream: A Boy's Quest for Ice Cream Trucks by Suzanne Jacobs Lipshaw (Hard Cover)

$17.95

I Campaigned For Ice Cream is an upbeat, educational, and heartwarming true story of the author’s son, Josh, who as a nine-year-old convinced his local government to change an outdated law that prevented ice cream trucks from driving through his town. Complete with adorable illustrations by Wendy Leach, this sweet little book is a tasty treat for young readers as well as a lesson that they too can make a difference in their communities. Relive Josh’s passionate journey to bring the joy of ice cream trucks to his town. 

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No Fish for Charles (Hard Cover) by Tracy Detz

$17.95

Meet Charles, a big croc who loves chilling on rocks and fishing from the back of his canoe. With dreams of fried fish for dinner, he decides to skip school one day to try his luck and cast his reel. But when Charles encounters a school of clever fish and his outing suddenly becomes anything but chill, he realizes that going to school is always the smartest option.

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No Fish for Charles (Soft Cover) by Tracy Detz

$9.95

Meet Charles, a big croc who loves chilling on rocks and fishing from the back of his canoe. With dreams of fried fish for dinner, he decides to skip school one day to try his luck and cast his reel. But when Charles encounters a school of clever fish and his outing suddenly becomes anything but chill, he realizes that going to school is always the smartest option.

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The Moonlight Dancer (Hard Cover) by Lisa Calhoun Owen and Matthew Scott Reilly

$17.95

When the daylight ends and the moonlight sun rises, one tiny creature is ready to boogie! Join a mouse and his animal friends as they dance and play in this cuddly story written with love by a mother and son duo.

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The Moonlight Dancer (Soft Cover) by Lisa Calhoun Owen and Matthew Scott Reilly

$8.99

When the daylight ends and the moonlight sun rises, one tiny creature is ready to boogie! Join a mouse and his animal friends as they dance and play in this cuddly story written with love by a mother and son duo.

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When it Rains (Hard Cover) by Jay Spencer

$18.95

When it rains, does a deer hold an umbrella with his little white tail? Nooo....

From deer who rest under trees to bobcats who hide in caves, this cute and cuddly book teaches toddlers and young children the different ways animals stay dry in the rain. 

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When it Rains (Soft Cover) by Jay Spencer

$8.99

When it rains, does a deer hold an umbrella with his little white tail? Nooo....

From deer who rest under trees to bobcats who hide in caves, this cute and cuddly book teaches toddlers and young children the different ways animals stay dry in the rain. 

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Lifeguard: Beach First Responder by Dr. Peter R. Chambers (Soft cover)

$7.99

The beach is a popular destination, but do you know who's responsible for keeping you safe? From providing emergency care to helping animals in distress, LIFEGUARDS are there to help in any situation, and help make your beach trip as safe as it is fun! 

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Ninja Potty Break by Alexandria and Kenneth Wiltberger

$16.95

A perfect "secret weapon" for parents, Ninja Potty Break brings some fun and whimsy to potty training and empowers little ones to master any toilet, no matter where they are.

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Why Not? Hard Cover by Amanda Huneke

$17.95 $14.95

Peyton Pep is a precocious little girl with a spirit to match her name. Always on the lookout for new adventures, her favorite expression is “Why Not?” Full of whimsy and accompanied by cute and colorful illustrations, Why Not? invites young readers to use their imaginations and explore their creative side. ​

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No, No Elizabeth - by Carmen Jimenez Hard Cover

$16.95

Elizabeth wants to play all day! From running around outside to jumping on the bed, she’s a curious little girl. But Mommy, Daddy, and even Liza the kitty can’t always play and sometimes they must say “no.” Through this sweet, colorful book, early readers will learn just because grownups say “no” sometimes, doesn’t mean they love any less. 

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