David Litchfield
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"Heather wants more than anything to go to outer space, where the stars sparkle with magic and wonder. When a UFO lands behind her house and she meets a friendly alien, it seems that all of her dreams have come true. But soon her new friend has to return home. Will the spaceship ever come back for her? And if it does, is Heather ready to leave everything on Earth behind? In this tale about dreaming big while appreciating what you have, best-selling...
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2024.
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"Liz is sure that her next-door neighbor has a secret. He’s got a very long neck, clumpy feet, and a strange taste for green leaves . . . he’s a dinosaur! Unfortunately, she’s not the only one who’s noticed. When Mr. Wilson is taken away by scientists, Liz realizes that everyone is free to live the life they wish, and she must help save her friend. A beautiful story about acceptance and letting people live the life they want." --publisher's...
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When Papa doesn't return from a nocturnal honey-gathering expedition, Cress holds out hope, but her mother assumes the worst. It's a dangerous world for rabbits, after all. Mama moves what's left of the Watercress family to the basement unit of the Broken Arms, a run-down apartment oak with a suspect owl landlord, a nosy mouse super, a rowdy family of squirrels, and a pair of songbirds who broadcast everyone's business. Can a dead tree full of annoying...
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Meet Earth. Planet Awesome! And your awesome home! Actually, Earth is home to all the plants and all the animals in the solar system, including nearly eight billion people. Humans have accidentally moved Earth's climate change into the fast lane, and she needs your help to put on the brakes. Earthlings need Earth, and Earth needs Earthlings, so let's save Earth together!
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2017.
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The Earth introduces readers to key moments in the planet's life, from its formation over four billion years ago to the present, including the Earth's position in the solar system, its layers, and when plants and animals began to inhabit the planet.
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Dude, I am Ocean. You know my many names: Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, Indian, Southern. It's all excellent me. My salt water flows across the planet as one. I have no flag. No nationality. My waves are for all. Life on Earth began in my epic waters I keep the global climate just right. And I have rad secrets. But I'm facing a major wipeout! Only by working together can we get back in the zone. It's you and me, dudes."--Publisher
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[2022]
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First edition.
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"Sunrises and lightning storms, rainbows and volcanoes, meteors and fireflies-these beautiful, and sometimes frightening, events that light up the sky might seem like magic. But there is a scientific explanation for each natural phenomenon. Find out the science behind the magic in this beautiful and enlightening nonfiction picture book"--
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2021.
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First edition.
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A small boy creates a shelter for his sadness so that he can visit it whenever he needs to, and the two of them can cry, talk, or just sit. The boy knows that one day his sadness may come out of the shelter, and together they will look out at the world and see how beautiful it is.
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2020.
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First U.S. edition.
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"In this heartfelt story about courage, change, and moving on, a girl and her companion fox travel together away from a sorrowful past, through challenging and stormy times, toward color and light and life. Along the way they find friends to guide and support them, and when the new day dawns, it is full of promise"--
15) War is over
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2020.
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First U.S. edition.
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John, an English boy whose father is a World War I soldier while his mother works in a munitions factory, and who has been taught that he, too, is at war with the Germans, has a strange encounter with a German boy called Jan who is just like him.
17) Remarkables
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[2019]
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First edition.
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English
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A wordless picture book in which a boy meets an orphaned mermaid and invites her to join his circus family.
18) The building boy
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2016.
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When his grandmother, a great architect, dies, a boy builds a giant grandmother of her using tools around her old house, and the two take an epic night journey through oceans and atop roofs to find their place in the world.
19) Peace on earth
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2024.
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First US edition.
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Illuminating a path for those who dream of peace, this warm, heartfelt and beautifully illustrated story shows what it means to be a peacemaker, even during difficult times, and the jubilance that peace ushers inches.