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GREAT books for KIDS a collection of great books and gift ideas for kids of all ages Welcome He is all grown up now, but Auggie still visits the library all to Family the time with his little owlets. On family movie nights he enjoys Movie Night! popcorn with family, friends and neighbors and free outdoor movies on the library’s nifty inflatable screen. BOOKS FOR FAMILY Animals Upside Down: A Pull, Gardening Lab for Kids: 52 Fun Have You Seen My Dragon? Pop, Lift and Learn Book Experiments to Learn, Grow, by Steve Light by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page Harvest, Make, Play, and Enjoy Print / Candlewick Press / 9780763666484 / $16.99 Print / Houghton Mifflin / 9780547341279 / $24.99 Your Garden by Renata Fossen Brown Explore the fantastically detailed illustrations that Hands-on interactive fun abounds as you lift the flap Print / Quarry Books / 9781592539048 / $24.99 will have you visiting 20 different locations all over a or pull the tab to learn about intriguing topsy-turvy eBook / Rockport Publishers / 9781627880305 / $24.99 metropolitan city with a young boy trying to locate animal behavior. This book shows families and children how they can his missing dragon. easily plant a variety of flowers, vegetables and herbs in gardens, pots and boxes. Before We Eat: Journey by Aaron Becker From Farm to Table Print / Candlewick Press / 9780763660536 / $15.99 by Pat Brisson, illustrated by Mary Azarian Get Into Art People by Susie Brooks A young girl uses a red marker to draw a door Print / Tilbury House / 9780884483526 / $16.95 Print / Kingfisher / 9780753470596 / $14.99 on her bedroom wall. As she passes through the Explore brown, furrowed fields and rows of Pick up this book and some art supplies and let the door, she starts on an adventure traveling in a vegetables, and discover through pages of colorful fun begin! Young artists will enjoy learning about boat, a balloon, a bird cage and a flying carpet scenes of farms, animals and people all that is famous paintings and creating their own works using through magical foreign lands. A 2014 Caldecott involved in bringing food to our tables. similar techniques. Honor Winner! Daytime Nighttime by William Low Get Outside Guide: All Things Marc Brown’s Playtime Rhymes: Print / Henry Holt and Company / 9780805097511 / $16.99 Adventure, Exploration, and A Treasury of Families to Learn eBook / Henry Holt and Company / 9781466870017 / $ 9.99 Fun! by Nancy Honovich and Julie Beer and Play Together by Marc Brown Enjoy an almost wordless look at what one girl sees Print / National Geographic / 9781426315022 / $14.99 Print / Little, Brown and Company / 9780316207355 / $18.00 during the day and night. This book will inspire kids and parents to go outside Get ready to have fun with this collection of favorite and explore their backyards, forests, lakes, ponds fingerplays. You’ll find “The Itsy Bitsy Spider,” ”Do or parks while learning about wildlife, plants, insects Your Ears Hang Low,” “The Wheels on the Bus” Disney Junior Encyclopedia of and the world around us. Most sections include and 17 more colorfully illustrated rhymes in this Animated Characters: Features experiments and crafts for families to make together. delightful book. Over 150 Characters! by Disney Press Print / Disney Press / 9781423189145 / $12.99 Goal! Mary Engelbreit’s Nursery and From Abu and Ariel to Winnie the Pooh and Zurg, by Sean Taylor, photographs by Caio Vilela Fairy Tales Collection this complete guide is filled with fun facts, trivia, Print / Henry Holt and Company / 9781627791236 / $17.99 by Mary Engelbreit pictures and quotes about more than 150 popular eBook / Henry Holt and Company / 9781466868694 / $ 9.99 Print / Harper / 9780062287076 / $11.99 (and lesser-known) Disney heroes and villains. The love of soccer is shown through beautiful A wonderful collection of the most popular fairy tales multicultural photos of children around the world from past generations is ready for families to read enjoying the sport. Interesting facts about the game aloud together. from each country will pique curious minds. GREAT BOOKS FOR KIDS • FAMILY • Page 1 of 2 CCPLGREATBOOKSFORKIDS.ORG © 2014 Cuyahoga County Public Library Note: The prices listed for each selection are the publishers’ suggested prices and may vary in area stores. / Administrative Offices / 2111 Snow Road / Parma, Ohio 44134 / p 216.398.1800 BOOKS FOR FAMILY The Monkey Goes Bananas The Tree Lady: The True Story by C.P. Bloom, illustrated by Peter Raymundo of How One Tree-Loving Woman Print / Abrams Books for Young Readers Changed a City Forever 9781419708855 / $14.95 by H. Joseph Hopkins, eBook / Abrams / 9781613126363 / $14.95 A monkey … an island … bananas ... another illustrated by Jill McElmurry Print / Beach Lane Books / 9781442414020 / $16.99 island ... a shark ... a stretch of water .... How will Discover Kate Sessions, who collected seeds from the monkey ever get the bananas? all over the world and helped transform the desert landscape of San Diego in the 1900s into the lush parks and gardens of today. Mr. Tiger Goes Wild by Peter Brown Print / Little, Brown and Company / 9780316200639 / $18.00 Mr. Tiger wants to have fun, but his friends find him improper and banish him to the wilderness. In the What’s Your Favorite Animal? wild, Mr. Tiger leaps, swims and roars and finally by Eric Carle and friends finds the courage to be himself. Print / Henry Holt and Company / 9780805096415 / $17.99 Some people like cats, some like elephants and some even like snails! Readers of all ages will enjoy these brief vignettes by favorite picture book creators Mr. Wuffles! by David Wiesner Print / Clarion Books / 9780618756612 / $17.99 and will be inspired to talk about their favorite Streaming Video / Dreamscape Media, LLC animals, too. 9780977709878 / $49.99 Mr. Wuffles is a wordless book in which everyone can help tell the story of a cat who finds an inhabited UFO on the floor and the antics of him playing, stalking and being intrigued with it. A 2014 Caldecott Medal Honor Book! Poem-mobiles: Crazy Car Poems by J. Patrick Lewis and Douglas Florian, illustrated by Jeremy Holmes Print / Schwartz & Wade Books / 9780375866906 / $17.99 Take a fantastical road trip in delightful and clever futuristic cars described in humorous poems and illustrated with lush watercolors. Choose a favorite from “The Dragonwagon,” “High-Heel Car” and many more. Sidney, Stella, and the Moon by Emma Yarlett Print / Templar Books / 9780763666231 / $16.99 Sidney and Stella are twins. They do everything together ... except share. While playing with a bouncy ball, they break the moon and everyone notices. Three Bears in a Boat by David Soman Print / Dial Books for Young Readers GREAT 9780803739932 / $17.99 Join mischievous siblings Dash, Charlie and Theo as for KIDS they go on a sailing adventure to replace Mama’s books beautiful blue shell that they accidently broke. GREAT BOOKS FOR KIDS • FAMILY • Page 2 of 2 CCPLGREATBOOKSFORKIDS.ORG © 2014 Cuyahoga County Public Library Note: The prices listed for each selection are the publishers’ suggested prices and may vary in area stores. / Administrative Offices / 2111 Snow Road / Parma, Ohio 44134 / p 216.398.1800.