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Violet Mackerel books volume 1
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English
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When a creative seven-year-old girl spots a blue china bird that she desperately wants, she forms an imaginative plan for getting it.
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Violet Mackerel books volume 6
Language
English
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Violet and Rose organize a protest to save the big oak tree in Clover Park.
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Violet Mackerel books volume 2
Language
English
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With her knack for seeing the positive, six-year-old Violet anticipates extraordinary results after getting her tonsils removed, such as making a special new friend and turning her everyday voice into an opera voice.
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Violet Mackerel books volume 3
Language
English
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As the youngest in her family, seven-year-old Violet identifies with small creatures in the natural world, but when she tries to help special ladybug, she learns an important lesson about animal habitats.
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Violet Mackerel books volume 4
Language
English
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Violet finds a special way to cope with moving to a new home after Mama marries Vincent.
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Henrietta books (Martine Murray) volume 3
Language
English
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When she investigates the ominous noise under her bed, Henrietta finds a small fairy with a big problem.
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Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
When devastating news rattles a young girl's community, her normally attentive parents and neighbors are suddenly exhausted and distracted. At school, her teacher tells the class to look for the helpers-the good people working to make things better in big and small ways. She wants more than anything to help in a BIG way, but maybe she can start with one small act of kindness instead ... and then another, and another. Small things can compound, after...
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Told in rhyme, the big construction trucks are skeptical when Kid McGear the skid-steer shows up on the big construction site, after all a skid-steer is rather small--but when the big trucks run into trouble on a steep incline, Kid McGear proves that sometimes a small all-purpose truck may be just what is needed to save the day.
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English
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Beep! Beep! Beep! Meet Blue. A muddy country road is no match for this little pick up -- that is, until he gets stuck while pushing a dump truck out of the muck. Luckily, Blue has made a pack of farm animal friends along his route. And they're willing to do whatever it takes to get their pal back on the road. Filled with truck sounds and animals noises, here is a rollicking homage to the power of friendship and the rewards of helping others.
13) Small Walt
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Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Small Walt is the smallest snow plow in the fleet and he always gets picked last, but when there is a big snowstorm in the city, he will have the chance to prove his worth.
14) Little Excavator
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English
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"Little Excavator wants to help the big rigs transform a vacant lot into a neighborhood park, but he is too small to get the job done! That is, until he finds a job that is a perfect Little E-sized task"--
16) Elbow Grease
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Series
Elbow Grease volume 1
Language
English
Description
Elbow Grease, a small, electric truck with a lot of gumption, enters the Monster Truck Grand Prix to prove to his brothers that he is just as capable as they are.
17) Infinity and me
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Language
English
Description
After the sight of a night sky filled with stars makes eight-year-old Uma feel very small, she asks people how they think about infinity and gets a variety of answers before realizing the comfort in knowing that some things go on forever.
19) Biscuit
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Language
English
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A collection of ten previously published stories featuring Biscuit, a small and mischievous yellow dog.
20) Big Choo
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English
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Little Choo wants to be just like his father Papa Pufferbelly, but pulling a line of freight cars up a steep mountain might be a little too much for the small engine.
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