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Picture Books

Seal Child ©22
by Robert Vescio
A little girl and a young seal pup are separated from their families after a
devastating storm. The daunting task of finding their families again is not
quite so scary when they are together.

978-1-9136-3940-2 • LIST: $27.90/DISC: $22.32
Trade Hardcover • 32 Pages • 10” x 10”
Reading Level: Grade 1 • Interest Level: Grades PK-1
Colour Illustrations, Original Artwork
Lerner Publishing Group • Fall 2021

Stompin’ at the Savoy: How Chick Webb
Became the King of Drums ©21
by Moira Rose Donohue
Though a disability stunted his growth and left him with a hunched back,
William Henry “Chick” Webb did not let that get in the way of his musical
pursuits. Even as a young child, Chick saw the world as one big drum,
pounding out rhythms on everything from stair railings to pots and pans. His
love of percussion brought him to the big time as an influential big band
leader. This picture-book biography details the life of black American jazz 978-1-53411-097-7 • LIST: $22.95/DISC: $18.36
drummer Chick Webb, who in the 1930s led one of the big bands of the Hardcover • 32 Pages • 9” x 11”
swing era, earning him the nickname the “King of the Savoy.” Reading Level: Grades 2-3 • Interest Level: Grades 1-4
Colour Illustrations, Biography
Sleeping Bear Press • Spring 2021

A Teacher Like You ©21
by Frank Murphy
Teachers have the power to change the life of a child with every new school
day. Whether they’re discovering math or reading, practicing a new instrument
or a new sport, or learning about our wonderful, diverse world, students
can count on the kindness, innovation, and patience of a teacher. This is a
wonderful celebration of all the ways teachers help their student’s bloom.

978-1-53411-113-4 • LIST: $22.95/DISC: $18.36
Hardcover • 32 Pages • 9” x 11”
Reading Level: Grade 1 • Interest Level: Grades K-2
Colour Illustrations
Sleeping Bear Press • Fall 2021

They’re Tearing Up
Mulberry Street ©21
by Yvonne Ng
A boy walks home one day, only to find his street under
construction! As he enjoys watching the excavators,
bulldozers, dump trucks, pavers, and more, he gets a
sense of the building process from start to finish. From
blueprints to demolition to fresh, new asphalt, friendly, bright
illustrations show the construction machines and workers up 978-1-68152-238-8 • LIST: $27.00/DISC: $21.60
close. Hardcover • 24 Pages • 11” x 9”
Reading Level: Grades K-2 • Interest Level: Grades K-2
Colour Illustrations, Rhyming text
Amicus (Ink) • Fall 2021

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