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Olivia
"Olivia, a delightful little pig, is Everychild. She's good at lots of things, especially wearing people out--including herself. When she gets dressed, she tries on everything; at night she's ready to go to sleep, but only after four stories. She's a…
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Pat the Bunny
"In the nursery canon, Dorothy Kunhardt's touch-and-feel book ""Pat the Bunny"" holds a place of special affection. Since 1940, tiny children have delighted in sniffing the scented drawings of flowers and stroking the rough material on ""Daddy's…
Persephone
"When Hades sees Persephone gathering flowers in a field, he carries her off to the underworld to be his queen. Her mother Demeter is so distraught that she curses Earth with endless winter. With intervention from Zeus and other gods, Persephone is…
Piggies
"PreS-K--In an imaginative play on the fingers-and-toes game, a child's hands introduce two fat, two smart, two tall, two silly, and two wee piggies who cavort on fingertips. Personalities are established early, and children will have fun following a…
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Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest
"Shape-changing Raven steals the sun from the Sky Chief to light the dark world in this handsome rendering from the fund of lore shared by the Native groups of the northwest coast. "Raven changed himself into a pine needle. He fell down from the tree…
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Saint George and the Dragon
"This Caldecott Medal-winning book retells the story from Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queene of the Red Cross knight and his quest to save an English kingdom from the wrath of a fire-breathing dragon. Hyman's stunning illustrations are perfect for…
Tags: Children's Books, Mythology
Scaredy Squirrel
"In a nutshell, Scaredy Squirrel is the story of a small squirrei living in a big and frightening world, never leaving his nut tree. Green Martians, killer bees, germs, and sharks are just a few things the agoraphobic Scaredy Squirrel dreads. Then,…
Shout Out
"Join us on the adventures of young demon hunters, star-crossed Viking lovers, and cyberpunk street artists as we invite you into new worlds where brave heroes with diverse queer identities demonstrate the strength of their hearts and the power of…
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Stella, Star of the Sea
Who can forget their first sight of the ocean? Marie-Louise Gay's delightful new picture book captures the essence of a young child's first encounter with the seashore, as Stella, who has been there once before, encourages her little brother, Sam, to…
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Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
This is the story of a curious donkey named Sylvester Duncan who discovers a magic pebble and accidentally turns himself into a rock. A loving set of donkey parents do their best to find Sylvester and, in the end, with the help of the magic pebble,…
Tags: Children's Books, fantasy, Farm Animals, Grade 2 to 3, Magic
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textures of your pandemic experience

A collaborative zine made about the FIMS community experience with the COVID19 pandemic.