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You are a Burst of Color

Recommended by Paige Bentley-Flannery, Community Librarian, Deschutes Public Library

By Choi Sook-Hee. Translated by Jieun Kiaer and Sarah Kiaer What colors will you see today and what feelings will you discover in a rainbow?ย This is a dazzling picture book for the whole family. Itโ€™s filled with brilliant yellows, fiery reds, new blue, cozy brown and other brilliant colors. โ€œClear blue arrives once a storm […]

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Goldfinches

Recommended by Paige Bentley-Flannery, Community Librarian, Deschutes Public Library

By Mary Oliver, Art by Melissa Sweet Do you hear the birds singing? Readers young and young-at-heart will feel like they are in nature while reading this poetry picture book. Discover a new poem filled with the wonder of birds, spring, summer, trees and nests. Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver creates a unique perspective shown […]

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How To Draw a Tree

Recommended by Paige Bentley-Flannery, Community Librarian, Deschutes Public Library

Are you ready to draw a tree? Explore the outside and pick one or two. What is the bark like? What color are the leaves? Smell it. Touch it. โ€œExamine a leaf, front and back.โ€ Will you dance around the tree? This is a beautiful book about exploring and truly noticing all aspects of different […]

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Together we are Sunshine

Recommended by Paige Bentley-Flannery, Community Librarian, Deschutes Public Library

Haala and Sanaa and Munira are sisters. They are three different agesโ€”so can they work together as a team? Explore the sun and skip through the grass. Listen to the windโ€™s music. Dance, tiptoe to the lily pond and climb the tree. This is an adventurous and heartwarming story about nature, playing outside and the […]

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Winter Bookshelf: Weiwei’s Winter Solstice

Recommended by Paige Bentley-Flannery, Community Librarian, Deschutes Public Library

What would you do if all you saw was snow? It’s the longest night of the year. The Winter Solstice is here. But this Chinese holiday looks different in Weiweiโ€™s new home. And it’s cold out! You discover flowers and the river is sparkling. But even though this year’s Winter Solstice is different, it could […]

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Winter Bookshelf: The Winding Willow

Recommended by Paige Bentley-Flannery, Community Librarian, Deschutes Public Library

What snowy good deed will you do when it snows? Hubert Cumberbun may be a tiny mouse, but heโ€™s brave! Hubert is trying to get home. However, his path is not a clear journey. There is a mysterious tree holding treasures (his brotherโ€™s lost shoe!) and a beautiful yet hungry owl. Hubert tries to remember […]

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BendNest Fall Bookshelf

Books recommended by Paige Bentley-Flannery, Community Librarian, Deschutes Public Library

The Tour at School By Katie Clapham, Illustrated by Nadia Shireen Are you ready to introduce a new student to elementary school? โ€œImagine that you are in the New Personโ€™s shoes.โ€ย  Where would you start theย tour? Clapham shares everything about school from lunchtime to the playground. Make sure to stop at the library; it is […]

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BendNest Bookshelf: Jo Jo Makoons: Snow Day

Reviewed by Paige Bentley-Flannery, Community Librarian

By Dawn Quigley. Illustrated by Tara Audibert First-grader Jo Jo is seven years old and lives on the Pembina Ojibwe Nation. When she goes to school, she’s excited about journaling and embraces the health assignment. As she says, “Raisins are just very thirsty grapes.” When it starts to snow at bus time everyone is ready […]

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Nest Bookshelf

Two great reads for kids

Birds: What Do Flamingos, Owls and Penguins Get up to All Day? By Alex Bond, illustrated by Henry Rancourt Explore a full day of birds and discover a variety of new facts through sky dancing, scavengers and migration. Did you know flippers are the wings of a penguin and that pink flamingos can dance? Bond asks […]

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