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Series
Language
English
Description
"The Couch Potato has everything he needs within reach of his sunken couch cushion. But when the electricity goes out, Couch Potato is forced to peel himself away from the comforts of his living room and venture outside. And when he does, he realizes fresh air and sunshine could be just the things he needs..."--
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Language
English
Description
"In our always-on, productivity-addicted lifestyles, we tend to think of the pursuit of fun as being indulgent, even immature and childish. When we do find the time to relax or care for ourselves, we tend to turn to activities that are not actually restorative: binging Netflix, scrolling through Twitter, or indulging our FOMO on Instagram. Through years of research, journalist Catherine Price has learned the truth: far from being frivolous or a distraction,...
4) Big friends
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Description
Best friends Etho and Birt love going up Sudden Hill and sitting in simple cardboard boxes imagining they are kings, soldiers, astronauts, or pirates until Shu asks to join them, and their "two-by-two rhythm" is disturbed.
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Charity Curtis has the summer job of her dreams, playing the 'final girl' at Camp Mirror Lake. Guests pay to be scared in this full-contact terror game, as Charity and her summer crew recreate scenes from a classic slasher film, Curse of Camp Mirror Lake. The more realistic the fear, the better for business"--
7) Chez Nancy
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Nancy has a new playhouse, but one of her friends wants to be the boss of who can come play.
Author
Series
Elephant and Piggie books volume 8
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Gerald the elephant tries to tell Piggie that ball-throwing is serious business, but Piggie just wants to have fun.
9) Shy Willow
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Language
English
Description
"Willow is shy. VERY shy. Her home is in an abandoned mailbox, and she'd rather stay put. Outside kids scream and soccer balls collide, trees look like monsters, and rain is noisy in a scary kind of way. It's much nicer to stay inside, drawing. But then a young boy drops a letter in Willow's mailbox: it's a note to the moon asking for a special favor. Willow knows that if she doesn't brave the world outside, the letter will never be delivered, and...
10) A fairy friend
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
Fairies are all around us, and if you want to have one come to you, build a fairy house to have a fairy visit.
12) Waiting
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Five friends sit happily on a windowsill, waiting for something amazing to happen. The owl is waiting for the moon. The pig is waiting for the rain. The bear is waiting for the wind. The puppy is waiting for the snow. And the rabbit is just looking out the window because he likes to wait! What will happen? Will patience win in the end? Or someday will the friends stop waiting and do something unexpected?--Publisher.
13) Can I play too?
Author
Series
Elephant and Piggie books volume 12
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Elephant and Piggie learn to play catch with their new friend Snake.
Author
Series
Elephant and Piggie books volume 19
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
c2013
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Piggie is upset because a whale took the ball she found, but Gerald finds a solution that pleases all of them.
16) A hop is up
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Walking with his energetic puppy in their neighborhood, a young boy hops, bends, spins, and jumps with friends he encounters along the way.
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and easy-to-read text introduce such basic concepts as adjectives, adverbs, daytime, and nighttime as they follow five elephants marching from dawn to dusk.
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
Pirates Blackbeard Johnson and his brothers, Eyepatch Sue, and others sail over to Peg Leg Jones' for a happily chaotic pirate jamboree--until the S.S. Clean Your Room (otherwise known as Mrs. Jones) arrives and playtime is definitely over.
20) Salad pie
Author
Publisher
Ripple Grove Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"There is nothing sweeter than arriving at the playground, seeing it empty, and knowing you have it all to yourself-the silent comfort of playing alone. Maggie is overjoyed to have that solitude to make her Salad Pie. But then Herbert saunters over and wants to play too. "I'm making salad. Salad Pie. And don't you touch it!" Herbert just wants to help, even though Maggie makes it clear she won't let him.Then her imaginary pie takes a spill, and she...
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