picture books

"In this salutation from Earth, the chronicler gives a tour of the planet and introduces those who call it home"--OCLC.

"Sophie is discourgaged because she always struggles with math and puzzles--until her teacher shows her the hidden value of 'try' and 'yet'"--Provided by publisher.

"A celebration of every festive step in taking home and decorating a Christmas tree"--Provided by publisher.

A single feather, blown about by the wind, asks a variety of birds if she belongs to them but is dismissed time and again until she gives up her quest.

"Rhyming verses present some of the many ways that animals carry their young, including 'Tucked in pouches. Gripped in teeth. Propped on backs--or underneath'"--Provided by publisher.

Ten witches take off on a single broom but when they have had enough of sharing, they drop out one by one.

"What happens when the story ideas--from a bored Viking to a space robot--kept in a teacher's special jar escape and get rowdy?"--Provided by publisher.

"Before John Glenn orbited the earth, or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as -human computers- used pencils, slide rules, and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space. This book brings to life the stories of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, four African-American women who lived through the civil rights era, the Space Race, the Cold War, and the movement for gender equality, and whose work forever changed the face of NASA and the country"--Amazon.com.

Leena is conflicted after she is invited to a birthday party on the day she was planning to fast with her family for Ramadan, but she decides to go to the party anyhow, and abstain from eating and drinking.

Unmoved by his friends' attempts to draw him out with singing classes and snowball fights, Tortoise tries to settle down for his annual winter nap and instead stumbles into a wonderfully icy experience.