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    #blogbookaday: You Must Bring a Hat!

    Summary:  “Come join the fun—but only if you have a hat. AND you know the entry rules. Unfortunately, there seems to be a surprising number of those, as a young boy discovers. Will he—and the cool collection of animals he befriends along the way—ever get in? Gloriously illustrated, the art contains loads of…

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    #blogbookaday: The Chupacabra Ate the Candelabra

    Summary:  “Like most goats, Jayna, Bumsie, and Pep’s greatest fear is being eaten for dinner by the legendary chupacabra. (It’s common knowledge that goats are a chupacabra’s favorite food!) One night, tired of living in fear, the impetuous goats whip out their trusty candelabra and head off to find the beast…

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    #blogbookaday: Draw the Line

    Summary:  “When two boys draw their own lines and realize they can connect them together–magic happens!  But a misstep causes their lines to get crossed. Push! Pull! Tug! Yank! Soon their line unravels into an angry tug-of-war. With a growing rift between them, will the boys ever find a way to…

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    #blogbookaday: Love

    Summary:  “‘In the beginning there is light and two wide-eyed figures standing near the foot of your bed and the sound of their voices is love… A cab driver plays love softly on his radio while you bounce in back with the bumps of the city and everything smells new, and…

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    #blogbookaday: Elmore

    Summary:  “Elmore is a porcupine desperate to make friends. But it is hard to seek closeness with others when you’re covered with spikes that shoot off your back every so often. Elmore suffers rejection and heartbreak, but the goodness of his forest community ultimately shines through as the animals find a…

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    #blogbookaday: Nobody’s Duck

    Summary:  “When a duck mysteriously arrives on an alligator’s lawn, they set off to discover just who the duck belongs to. From the library to skydiving, from exasperation to laughter, the two make an unexpected discovery about friendship. Readers will delight in this odd couple’s wacky adventures that feature the signature wit…

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    #blogbookaday: The Word Collector

    Summary:  “Some people collect stamps. Some people collect coins. Some people collect art. And Jerome? Jerome collected words . . .  In this extraordinary new tale from Peter H. Reynolds, Jerome discovers the magic of the words all around him — short and sweet words, two-syllable treats, and multisyllable words that…

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    #blogbookaday: The Great Dictionary Caper

    Summary:  “When all of the words escape from the dictionary, it’s up to Noah Webster to restore alphabetical order in this supremely wacky picture book that celebrates language. Words have secret lives. On a quiet afternoon the words escape the dictionary (much to the consternation of Mr. Noah Webster) and flock…