Winter Blues 2024 Picks - 2nd Grade | Greenburgh Public Library

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"Presenting Olive Chen! The most magnificent and brilliant artist in the whole wide world! Her parents are also artists--serious artists--who paint prim, proper, perfect shapes. They know Olive has the talent to follow in their footsteps. But Olive likes to smear, splatter, splash, and even lick. With a brush in each hand, Olive cascades through town with her friends in tow, painting what she wants to, what she feels--until she reaches her parents'...

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Cordell, Matthew

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Publisher Annotation: Evergreen the squirrel is afraid of many things: thunder, hawks, and the dark paths of Buckthorn Forest. But when her mother tasks Evergreen with delivering soup to her sick Granny Oak, the little squirrel must face her fears and make the journey. Along the way, Evergreen is met by other forest dwellers ? some want to help her, but some want her mother's delicious soup! It's up to Evergreen to stay the course, and those who help...

3) A very cranky book

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DiTerlizzi, Angela

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A snarky tale of a very cranky book that might not be so cranky after all.

4) Something, someday

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Reveals how even the smallest gesture can have a lasting impact on the world's biggest problems.

5) thats my sweater

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6) Wants vs. needs vs. robots

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"A group of robots demonstrates the difference between a want and a need, by making trades to get some things they really want and accidentally giving away some things they really need"--

7) Telling stories wrong

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Grandpa playfully recounts a familiar fairytale--or his version, at least--to his granddaughter, and try as she might to get him back on track, he keeps on adding things to the mix, resulting in an unpredictable tale that comes alive as it is being told.

8) Hornbeam all in

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Rylant, Cynthia

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Hornbeam the moose goes on a picnic with his best friend Eureka, sleeps over his friend Cuddy's house, and learns how to swim with Adorabelle.

9) Mole is not alone

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Tatsukawa, Maya

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"Mole is invited to a party, which is very worrisome. What if the party is too rowdy for Mole? What if Mole doesn't know anyone there? What if Mole is just too shy to make friends? Mole worries through the tunnels, around Snake's burrow, under the forest, past Bear's den, and all the way to Rabbit's door. But despite all those worries, maybe Mole can find a quiet way to make friends." --

10) The search for the giant Arctic jellyfish

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Dr. Morley and her team arrive in the Arctic Circle, where they encounter such wonders as playful orcas, the glowing aurora borealis, and formidable ice shelves while searching for the giant Arctic jellyfish, a legendary creature no one has ever seen.

11) Silver linings

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Woodcock, Fiona

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Follows best friends Pip and Parker, who know just what to do and say to encourage and support each other.

12) The case of the missing tarts

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Curran-Bauer, Christee

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When someone slips into the precinct and steals Mama Pigeon's tarts, pigeon detectives Martin P. Sweets, Felix Danish, and Ralph Custard follow the clues to find out who stole the delicious treats.

13) Bee & Flea, and the compost caper

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"Bee is buzzing along--busy, but bored--when Flea rides in on a dog's back and changes her life forever. Flea is the one and only agent of the Fenced-in-area Law Enforcement Agency (the F.L.E.A. for short) and she's heard about trouble in the compost heap: word is, it has erupted into a wild frenzy, and she needs to investigate. Turns out Bee has something Flea needs: wings. So together they fly off to the scene of the crime. Once Bee puts on her...

14) The Stars and Other Stories

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Maclean, J. Flora

15) April & Mae and the movie night: the Saturday book

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Lambert, Megan Dowd

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"April and Mae are best friends (and so are their pets). On Saturdays they have a movie night: Mae brings pizza she knows April will like and April picks a movie she knows Mae will like. When the movie is too scary for April, the friends realize that it is OK to like different things as long as they like each other"--

16) Ivy lost and found

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"A toy that can be checked out just like a book, Ivy is taken home by a little girl and together they embark on an adventure that helps both of them find confidence and belonging in their changing worlds"--

17) Forever friends

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Best friends Drag and Rex could not be more different, but together they find joy and adventure in the simplest places.

18) The girl in the tree

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Cordelia, a young girl raised by squirrels, tries to branch out from her squirrel family and make a human friend, but after stumbling into a gymnastics class she finds social skills are a tough nut to crack.

19) José and Feliz play fútbol

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When José is selected for the school soccer team, his dog Feliz eagerly helps him practice.

20) The story of Gumluck the wizard

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Gumluck, a young, naíve wizard, does his best to help the local townspeople (and a small friendly ghost) with his sometimes critical raven sidekick, Helvetica.