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Grade 1-3

Aiport Adventure: With Mo T - The Airport Guy book cover

Aiport Adventure: With Mo T – The Airport Guy
Mohammad Taher

Axl The Axolotl is Not a Frog book cover

Axl The Axolotl is Not a Frog
John Brammer

Bad Badger book cover

Bad Badger
Maryrose Wood

Bing's Cherries book cover

Bing’s Cherries
Livia Blackburne

Fourteen Ways of Looking at Jellyfish book cover

Fourteen Ways of Looking at Jellyfish
Carole Boston Weatherford

How Do Hurricanes Have An Eye book cover

How Do Hurricanes Have An Eye?
Lisa Spencer

I Like Hoops book cover

I Like Hoops
Juwanda Ford

It's My Body!: A Book About Body Positivity book cover

It’s My Body!: A Book About Body Positivity
Elise Gravel

One Day at the Bottom of the Deep Blue Sea book cover

One Day at the Bottom of the Deep Blue Sea
Daniel Bernstrom

The Zombees book cover

The Zombees
Justin Colón

The Cow in the Dark at Night book cover

The Cow in the Dark at Night
Jess Hannigan

Bunny and Clyde book cover

Bunny and Clyde
Megan McDonald

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