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> Posts tagged picture books

Tag: picture books

Celebrate Picture Books!

November 12, 2019 admin

November is National Picture Book Month, and WNPL is celebrating with a lobby display of a bunch of colorful characters! Stop by and visit Pete, Curious George, Pigeon and their friends throughout the month. While you’re here, check out the Read More …

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Lenny the Lobster Can’t Stay for Dinner by Finn Buckley with Michael Buckley

July 29, 2019July 29, 2019 Steven
Lenny the Lobster Can't Stay for Dinner

This delightful picture book is a tale of the ultimate invitation miscommunication:  a lobster spruces himself up and brings hostess gifts to a dinner, only to find that he is the main course!  All sorts of confusion commences and the Read More …

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Little Barbarian by Rento Moriconi

June 13, 2019 Youth Services

Who doesn’t love a picture book that completely tells its story in pictures?  Throw in the cute shape of the book itself, charming watercolor illustrations and an intriguing plot, and you have The Little Barbarian by Renato Moriconi.  The title Read More …

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A Stone for Sascha by Aaron Becker

February 20, 2019May 16, 2019 Youth Services

Welcome to a feast for the eyes, mind and heart!  A Stone for Sascha is both intimate and grand and completely told in pictures.  A wonderful picture book for adults and children to look at together, as readers must pay Read More …

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Hello Lighthouse by Sophie Blackall

January 15, 2019May 16, 2019 Youth Services

Hello Lighthouse, written and illustrated by Caldecott medal winner Sophie Blackall, charmingly answers the question: what would it be like to live and work in a lighthouse?  Young children will delight in this picture book about a lighthouse, its keeper Read More …

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