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Is school only one place? Are there other classrooms? Different teachers? New lessons? In this charming, thoughtful picture book, author-illustrator Ellie Peterson explores learning, adventure, and the thousands of things you can discover outside of a classroom-about the world, about your family, about yourself. Because school is truly wherever you are.

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We all know the earth is round. But HOW do we know? Join intrepid young scientist-adventurer Joulia Copernicus in this engaging picture book as she takes readers on a STEM historical journey through time and space. What would happen if you tried to walk tothe edge of the earth? Would you find it? Joulia Copernicus explores these questions and more in this fun and informative book for young readers, the first in the Joulia Copernicus series. From jumping on board Christopher Columbus’s ship, to planet-hopping in the outer reaches of our solar system, Joulia explains he ins and outs of how we learned that the earth is round with humor and wit. Ellie Peterson's clear, concise language and bold, kid-friendly make this book ideal for kids interested in science, history, and the world around us.

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From author-illustrator Ellie Peterson comes a sweet and heartfelt picture book about summertime, sandcastles, and the key to a long-lasting friendship. For Cora and her best friend, Shelly, every day is a beach day.When they get home from school, the girls shimmy into their swimsuits, grab their beach bags and buckets, and race to the water. Then their sandcastle-building ritual begins!But one day Shelly announces she'll soon be moving to the city, and suddenly Cora doesn't feel like building sandcastles anymore. What's the point when they'll just wash away?With gentle, heartfelt prose, author-illustrator Ellie Peterson explores the difficult feelings of loss and sadness that come when a friend moves away. Young readers will see that with the right toolsand a willingness to build again tomorrowwho's to say the things you love can't last forever?

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We all know there are four seasons in a year. But HOW do we know? Join intrepid young scientist-adventurer Joulia Copernicus on a journey around the world as she explains with humor and wit how we know what causes the seasons.Winter, spring, summer, fall -- we all have a favorite season. But what makes the seasons happen in the first place? Ellie Peterson's clear, concise language and bold, kid-friendly illustrations bring science to life through narrator Joulia Copernicus, a strong and adventurous kid scientist. Kids will laugh while learning at the same time about the science behind the changing of the seasons throughout the year.

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So, you want to hug a pufferfish... Who could blame you? That friendly, gap-toothed grin is hard to resist! Only, when Pufferfish is hugged or touched unexpectedly by their friends, things can get a little.spiky. It's not that Pufferfish doesn't ever want hugs-it's just that they need to have a say in when and how they're hugged. Luckily, they have great friends who are willing to listen and learn the best ways to show Pufferfish some love. With its bright, commecial art and unique exploration of a timely topic, How to Hug a Pufferfish provides a straightforward and humorous look at consent and body autonomy for kids.

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Join the monarchs as they embark on a transcontinental journey home in this moving story about migration.As the sun dawns in Canada, a flutter of monarch butterflies take flight, ready to begin their months-long journey to their ancestral home in Mexico. The migration will not be easy, but it is necessary for the next generation of monarchs to be born. Brought to life with illustrations as vivid as the monarch's iconic orange and black hues, this story invites young readers to experience the monarch's migration from the butterflies' point of view as they search for food, huddle together through storms, and tirelessly fly south.Parents and educators alike will find much to love about this poetically written book. The story touches on how climate change and deforestation are impacting monarchs, and kid-friendly back matter provides additional information about the butterflies, including their life cycle, anatomy, and migratory patterns, as well as several simple ways children can help monarch butterflies themselves.

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