Deborah Kerbel
1) Slow Moe
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"A quiet story about a little girl whose brother is as slow as a snail. This beautifully illustrated picture book reminds readers to be patient and supportive of the people they love."--
2) Sunny days
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Morning sun, golden skies Softly waking sleepy eyes For preschoolers, sunny days are full of possibility. A sunbeam on the floor is the perfect place to curl up with a furry friend, and warming weather means seeds in the garden, mud pies in the yard, adventures at the beach, and ice cream in the shade. Evening brings the silly fun of watching little shadows stretch out long, and there's nothing so cozy as watching the sun set as a family. In Sunny...
3) Snow days
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For small children, snow is a wonder. It sparkles and glitters. It transforms the outside world. Every kind of snow brings its own magic. It invites snow angels, skating, fort-building, and snowballs. Even blizzard days are exciting, when routines are overturned and everyone bands together to clear the snow away. For the youngest among us, winter is magical.
4) Next door
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"In this wordless picture book, a Deaf child and his mother set out on a walk through their neighborhood. When they return home, they visit the family in the apartment next door who are newcomers to the country. A friendship blooms between the boy and his new neighbor, a young Syrian girl. Although they speak different languages, ASL and Arabic, they find a point of connection without using their voices. This tender tale about communication, connection...
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"This STEM-based nonfiction illustrated picture book introduces readers to several well-known animal and insect endlings, the last known survivors of a species, while discussing the mass extinction crisis facing our planet and what kids can do to make a difference."--
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Publisher Annotation: In 1921, Frederick Banting was a young doctor with an idea: could the mysterious secretions of the pancreas be used to treat diabetes? We now call this substance insulin, and its life-saving discovery was an impactful milestone in medical science. Banting and his assistant, Charles Best, worked together in a small lab to test the theory with street dogs. Banting formed a special bond with one of his test dogs and gave her a name:...
7) Grumble yawn
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"A young girl and her cat have a noisy bedtime in this board book composed of only onomatopoeias"--
8) Swish slosh
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"A young child and their dog delight in making noise in this board book comprised of only onomatopoeias."--
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A Junior Library Guild Pick!
Opposite Identicals is an upper middle grade novel set in the very near future – a time when climate change has irreversibly altered our planet and lifestyles. Nova and Joule are fourteen-year old twins whose scientist parents have recently uprooted the family from their urban home and moved to the country on a year–long research assignment, studying the effects of GMO 'SuperCrop' farming on the environment in the...
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Tabby Freeman and Lora Froggett go to the same school, but they live in totally opposite worlds. Tabby is rich, pretty, and the most popular girl in her class. But behind closed doors, her perfect life is rapidly coming apart at the seams. On the other side, Lora is smart, timid, and the constant target of bullies. While struggling to survive the piranha-infested halls of her school, she becomes increasingly nervous that somebody might discover the...
11) Lure
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A Victorian garden, a fishing lure, and a ghost named John. Absolutely nothing is going right for Max Green. His parents have just uprooted their family from Vancouver to the bleak suburbs of Toronto, he has no friends, and everybody at his new high school is ignoring him. To make matters worse, he's in love with an older girl who's completely out of his league. When Max discovers a local library rumored to be haunted by ghosts, he's immediately drawn...
12) Feathered
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Since her father's death, Finch's life has fallen apart. Her mother just sits and stares. Her brother hangs out with awful Matt, a bully who picks on her. And Finch has the meanest teacher in the school. But most of all, she's lonely. A graffiti message in a bathroom stall leads to a surprising friendship, and things start to look up. But her friend's family is different and secretive in ways Finch cannot quite understand. When cultural differences...
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Fifteen-year-old Mackenzie Hill knows something is up when she arrives home to find her father making a home-cooked dinner, instead of his standard delivery pizza. But nothing prepares her for the bombshell announcement: Mackenzie and her dad, alone since the death of her mother a year ago, are moving to Jerusalem, where her father has taken a position as a visiting professor at a university. The adjustment from life in Canada to life in Israel is...
14) Deborah Kerbel's YA Fiction 3-Book Bundle: Mackenzie, Lost and Found / Girl on the Other Side / Lure
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Read three teen novels from award-winning author Deborah Kerbel, as the characters face new experiences and new friendships. This special collection includes three books: #1. Mackenzie, Lost and Found: When 15-year-old Mackenzie Hill and her dad move to Jerusalem, the adjustment from life in Canada to life in Israel is dramatic. The biggest shock of all comes when Mackenzie faces the wrath of her new friends, new community, and even her own father...
15) Rainy days
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Sunny rain sparkling showers Water for our trees and flowers For preschoolers, rainy weather is full of possibility. A puddle in the back yard is just waiting for a stomp in rubber rain boots. A light drizzle is perfect for a search-and-rescue mission for worms and snails. And watching a heavy rainfall makes sitting inside with a warm bowl of soup all the cozier. In Rainy Days, author Deborah Kerbel once again captures the magic of early childhood...
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In the tradition of fun cumulative stories like The Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly and If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, this joyful story shows how helping someone in need can sometimes fulfill needs of our own.
When Spider meets Shrew, they are both down on their luck. Spider's web has blown away, and Shrew's home has just been paved over. What happens when they decide to help each other out? They meet Bat, who is lonely for friends. Then they meet Possum,...
17) Lent Roland
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La vie va tellement lentement avec un petit frère escargot! Ça prend une éternité pour faire quelque chose. La lenteur met à l'épreuve les grandes sœurs les plus compréhensives. Roland est-il lent ou bien se passe-t-il autre chose ? Cette ravissante histoire d'amour, de soutien et de tolérance au sein d'une relation frère-sœur parfois tumultueuse écrite par l'autrice primée Deborah Kerbel est accompagnée de charmantes illustrations de...
18) Ary's Trees
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Young Ary's home is a tree-covered paradise. But progress threatens it. Can Ary save the trees. Young Ary's new home is a lush, tree-covered paradise. But when nature takes a back seat to progress, the island's future is threatened. Can Ary and her friends save the trees before it's too late?
Ary's Trees is an eco-parable about the importance of environmental preservation and activism. Young Ary's new home is a lush, tree-covered paradise. But when...
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"Through the changing seasons, a couple waits for their baby while the animals in the forest and ocean near their home welcome their own young. The rhyming text describes the parents' emotions and dreams as they wait to welcome their new baby and tells the child, as it grows, how much they were loved and wanted even before they were born."--
20) Whirl
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One whirligig's journey reveals the delights of the natural world A stray maple seed, sometimes called a maple key or whirligig, is picked up by the wind and begins a long, wordless journey through a local neighborhood. It twirls and flips through a family's backyard. It slips beneath skateboard wheels and sneakers in the park. It falls into the hands of a few curious kids, who include it in their games and artwork. Eventually, it finds a place to...