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Seasons Bundle

Admin — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 23:14:34 +0000

A beautiful set of picture books to help you celebrate the change of seasons.

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Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn

AWiebe — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 22:38:15 +0000

As trees sway in the cool breeze, blue jays head south, and leaves change their colors, everyone knows - autumn is on its way! Join a young girl as she takes a walk through forest and town, greeting all the signs of the coming season. In a series of conversations with every flower and creature [...]

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Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring

AWiebe — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 22:26:56 +0000

As days stretch longer, animals creep out from their warm dens, and green begins to grow again, everyone knows - spring is on its way! Join a boy and his dog as they explore nature and take a stroll through the countryside, greeting all the signs of the coming season. In a series of conversations [...]

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Sleep Tight Farm

CEBAdmin — Thu, 25 Nov 2021 10:10:41 +0000

A captivating exploration of how a family gets a farm ready for the snow of winter, Sleep Tight Farm lyrically connects each growing season to the preparations at the very end of the farm year. This beautiful and informative book paints a fascinating picture of what winter means to the farm year and to the family that [...]

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Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter

CEBAdmin — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 23:56:47 +0000

As leaves fall from their trees, animals huddle against the cold, and frost creeps across windows, everyone knows - winter is on its way! Join a brother and sister as they explore nature and take a stroll through their twinkling town, greeting all the signs of the coming season. In a series of conversations with [...]

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Persephone

Dayna Barendregt — Fri, 23 Feb 2018 02:08:42 +0000

From the Publisher:

On a warm spring day, the beautiful young goddess Persephone is snatched from her home by Hades, god of the Underworld, and taken away to live underground and become his bride. Persephone’s mother, Demeter, goddess of Earth, is so brokenhearted that she curses the land so nothing can grow — a permanent winter. How will Persephone and her mother be reunited? Will spring ever come again?

Young readers will be intrigued by the dramatic story as well as by its clever explanation for the changing seasons.

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Around the Year

Dayna Barendregt — Fri, 23 Feb 2018 00:42:36 +0000

Everyone loves a celebration, and renowned illustrator Tasha Tudor offers one for every month in this enchanting treasury of seasons. Come enter a world where sledding excursions melt into summer picnics, and autumn fairs beckon Christmas cheer. A book to be enjoyed around the year!

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The Gift of the Tree

Dayna Barendregt — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 23:08:40 +0000

The Gift of the Tree reveals the role of an ancient oak tree in the cycle of nature as it dies and returns to the earth, providing nourishment for new life all around it.

Originally published in 1972 under the title The Dead Tree, this story about the cycle of nature has never been more timely. Henri Sorensen’s exquisite paintings for this reillustrated edition capture all the beauty and power of the tree’s transformations.

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