Anne Dreams

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Illustrated by Abigail Halpin

The sixth and final book in an early illustrated chapter book series inspired by Anne of Green Gables, starring the spirited Anne Shirley as she pursues her dream of becoming a teacher.

Anne is starting to grow up, but she's still disappointed with her red hair — it's one of her lifelong sorrows. One day, she buys a bottle of hair dye in order to have raven black hair like her best friend and kindred spirit, Diana. Unfortunately, the dye ends up turning her hair green! This upset causes Anne to start focusing on improving herself inside, rather than her looks . . . and leads to a new dream taking shape: Anne wanting to become a teacher! She joins a club for students studying to get into Queen's College. But can Anne overcome her fear of failing? And how can she study hard when pesky Gilbert is distracting her?

Written by Kallie George, illustrated by Abigail Halpin
Published by Tundra Books/Penguin Random House (ISBN: 9780735272132)

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Dot the Ladybug: The Missing Dot

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Illustrated by Stephanie Fizer Coleman

Dot the ladybug is back! This time Dot helps her dog friend Spot look for the hole in his snack. Kallie George’s fun yet simple wordplay pairs perfectly with Stephanie Fizer Coleman’s adorable illustrations in this My First I Can Read adventure for beginning readers.

Spots the Dog has a problem. His snack has a hole in it. But could it be whole with a hole? Dot the Ladybug is on the case in this delicious story.

With playful text and joyful, bright art, this My First I Can Read book is perfect for shared reading with a child. Books at this level feature basic language, word repetition, and whimsical illustrations, ideal for sharing with emergent readers. The active, engaging stories have appealing plots and lovable characters, encouraging children to continue their reading journey.

Written by Kallie George, illustrated by Stephanie Fizer Coleman
Published by HarperCollins (ISBN: 9780063137493)

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Mushrooms Know

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Illustrated by Sara Gillingham

An adorable, STEM-themed picture book for kids 4 to 8 that reveals the wisdom mushrooms have to teach us.

Mushrooms always wear their thinking caps. They know so many things. This vibrant and informative book shares the fascinating lessons that fungi can teach us: that small can be mighty, being unique is a reason to celebrate—and staying connected is key. Sara Gillingham’s lively art and Kallie George’s charming text captures the wondrous world of mushrooms, and everything we can learn from it.

Featuring over fifty kinds of mushrooms, Mushrooms Know shares:

  • Engaging informational side bars with wild facts about mushrooms (such as how some are so strong they can grow through cement, and others can glow in the dark!)

  • Backmatter that dives further into the science

  • Important life lessons (including how to help each other and keep our homes clean)

For budding mycologists and forest adventurers alike, this is a must-have addition to the science and nature bookshelf.

Written by Kallie George, illustrated by Sara Gillingham
Published by Greystone Kids (ISBN: 9781778400773)

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Bibbidi Bobbidi Academy Book 5: Tatia and the Camping Trip Troubles

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Illustrated by Lorena Alvarez Gómez and Andrea Boatta

Disney fairy godmothers-in-training learn all there is to know at Bibbidi Bobbidi Academy in this magical young illustrated chapter book series.

Tatia likes to do everything first and best. She is thrilled to get to go on the first-ever Bibbidi Bobbidi Academy camping trip, and even more thrilled when she learns that the Fairy Godmother has a guidebook with tips for exactly how to do everything the right way. But the trip gets off to a rocky start when Tatia and her classmates discover that there are Pirate Fairies camping at their site too, which is so NOT in the book.

Things go from bad to worse when Tatia discovers a rodent infestation in their imperfectly-pitched tent. But when the school pet dragon, Brave, goes missing, Tatia has the opportunity to follow her heart instead of following the book. It turns out, sometimes adventure requires some flexibility.

Written by Kallie George, illustrated by Lorena Alvarez Gómez and Andrea Boatta
Published by Disney-Hyperion (ISBN: 9781368098809)

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Bibbidi Bobbidi Academy Book 4: Cyrus and the Dragon Disaster

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Illustrated by Lorena Alvarez Gómez and Andrea Boatta

For fans of Princess in Black and The Never Girls comes the next book in this magical illustrated chapter book series for young readers!

Join Cyrus as he faces a dragon and learns the secrets to becoming a Disney fairy godparent!

Cyrus Silverstar wants to be as brave as his friends, the other students at Bibbidi Bobbidi Academy. But during his assignment to grant a child’s wish for a pet, he ends up spelling the most terrifying pet of all: a dragon! Now the dragon is loose on the school, and it is up to Cyrus to catch him. But Cyrus learns that you don’t always have to feel brave to be brave, and sometimes the scariest situations can become the most magical adventures.

Written by Kallie George, illustrated by Lorena Alvarez Gómez and Andrea Boatta
Published by Disney-Hyperion (ISBN: 9781368098373)

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Anne Dares

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Illustrated by Abigail Halpin

The fifth book in an early chapter book series inspired by Anne of Green Gables, starring the spirited Anne Shirley as she agrees to a dangerous dare and learns a valuable lesson about courage.

Anne is excited to be a guest at a party at Orchard Slope, the home of her kindred spirit, Diana Barry. But when the dares start and mean Josie Pye makes the others feel bad, Anne can't stop herself from challenging Josie to a dare . . . which leads to Anne being dared to climb the house and walk along the ridgepole! Anne's dangerous dare ends in injury . . . and teaches her an important lesson. But Anne must pluck up her courage again when she is chosen to recite at a Christmas concert! How can Anne perform in front of so many people? And what is shy Matthew Cuthbert hiding from the family?

Written by Kallie George, illustrated by Abigail Halpin
Published by Tundra Books/Penguin Random House (ISBN: 9780735272101)

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Dot the Ladybug: Dot Day

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Illustrated by Stephanie Fizer Coleman

Meet Dot the ladybug, a charming new My First I Can Read character, who loves dots and spots. Beginning readers will fall in love with the simple wordplay and adorable illustrations!

Dot the ladybug can’t wait to celebrate her Dot Day with her friends. But when she goes to Spots’ house, she doesn’t spot anyone. Not here. Not there. Not anywhere! Dot must follow the clues to solve the mystery.

Kallie George’s fun yet simple wordplay pairs perfectly with Stephanie Fizer Coleman’s vibrant illustrations in this My First I Can Read adventure for beginning readers.

With simple, playful text and joyful, bright art, this My First I Can Read book is perfect for shared reading with a child. Books at this level feature basic language, word repetition, and whimsical illustrations, ideal for sharing with emergent readers. The active, engaging stories have appealing plots and lovable characters, encouraging children to continue their reading journey.

Written by Kallie George, illustrated by Stephanie Fizer Coleman
Published by HarperCollins (ISBN: 9780063137479)

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Crimson Twill: Witch in the Country

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Illustrated by Birgitta Sif

Crimson Twill’s new friends from New Wart City, Mauve and Wesley, are coming for a visit! But as soon as they arrive at Crimson’s house in Cackle County, things start to go wrong. At the rotten apple orchard, Crimson’s ripening spell goes horribly awry (what will they do with all that rotten applesauce?). Then, at the broom-straw field, Wesley cuts too much straw and starts to float away. And when the friends try to collect frogs’ breath for their spells (it makes everything wonderfully green and warty), Mauve gets a stinky faceful of it! What on earth is going on? The whole countryside feels like something big is about to happen, and Crimson wonders if it has something to do with Granny Twill and that giant cauldron of stew she made. Can Crimson get to the bottom of this bad-luck mystery? And, more importantly, will her city friends ever want to visit her again?

Little witch Crimson wants her friends to have fun on their first visit to the country—but everything goes wrong! In a second punny adventure, the delightful series continues with plenty of spells and humor.

Written by Kallie George, illustrated by Birgitta Sif
Published by Candlewick Press (ISBN: 9781536231632)

 

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Our Classroom Rules!

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Illustrated by Jay Fleck

From the creators of Our Playground Rules! comes this playful picture book about kindness and community in the classroom—a perfect read for back-to-school!

This picture book plays with the double meaning of “rules” to explore how following a few simple rules of kindness can make schooltime more fun for everyone! 

There are so many reasons why our classroom RULES!

  1. We look out for each other.

  2. We share ideas and express ourselves!

  3. We clean up. We line up. And if we mess up, that’s okay. Mistakes are part of learning.


Featuring simple text, gentle humor, and an adorable cast of animal characters, Our Classroom Rules! is the perfect tool to foster empathy, support social-emotional learning, and strengthen a sense of community in the classroom.

Written by Kallie George, illustrated by Jay Fleck
Published by Penguin Random House (ISBN: 9780593378786)

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I Am a Meadow Mermaid

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Illustrated by Elly MacKay

A farm girl with a big imagination turns her landlocked home into an ocean playground in this dreamy picture book for little mermaids everywhere.

A little girl dreams of adventures in the water and feels the spirit of the ocean all around her . . . even though she lives on the prairie, with flat land as far as the eye can see. But she won’t let a little detail like that stand in the way of being a meadow mermaid! Frolicking in the “waves” of wheat and “oceans” of grass, spying sea horses and . . . a shipwrecked sailor? Even if that shipwreck is actually an overturned bike and the sailor a new kid from a neighboring field, it’s still a chance to make a new friend, one with an imagination as expansive and a love of the ocean as deep as the little girl’s own.

This fanciful, whimsical picture book will charm young mermaids and little pirates everywhere, and inspire them to embrace the spirit of the ocean in the things around them, no matter where they live!

Written by Kallie George, illustrated by Elly MacKay
Published by Tundra Books (ISBN: 9780735271371)

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Bibbidi Bobbidi Academy Book 3: Ophelia and the Fairy Field Trip

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Illustrated by Lorena Alvarez Gómez

Ophelia is excited to go on the fairy field trip to Atlantica so she can visit the Wishing Whirlpool. There is only one problem: Ophelia can’t help being helpful! Every time she is about to go off on her own, she gets distracted by someone who needs her assistance. But when she runs into her sea witch cousin, Octavia, Ophelia might learn what true help means. 

Written by Kallie George, illustrated by Lorena Alvarez Gómez
Published by Disney-Hyperion (ISBN: 9781368090018)

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First Valentine

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Illustrated by Joelle Murray

A charming, relatable rhyming read-aloud just-right for Valentine's Day, about first experiences!

Little friend.
First valentine.
A heart will be
the best design…

Little friend is so excited to make his first valentine―in the shape of a heart! But learning how to cut shapes is a lot harder than you think, and no matter how much he tries, little friend can’t make the heart just-right. Will little friend be able to make the perfect valentine? A sweet and silly rhyming story about first experiences, full of gentle Valentine’s Day fun!

Written by Kallie George, illustrated by Joelle Murray
Published by Cartwheel Books (ISBN: 9781338803938)

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Bibbidi Bobbidi Academy Book 2: Mai and the Tricky Transformation

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Illustrated by Lorena Alvarez Gómez

Determined to earn her wand twinkles at the Bibbidi Bobbidi Ball, Mai Magicwhisp decides to do all of her spells at once. But her plan to perform the most magical transformation ever is put on hold when she accidentally turns one of her classmates, Tatia Shine, into a unicorn! Now Mai has to work together with Tatia to reverse the transformation before Tatia is stuck as a unicorn forever.

Written by Kallie George, illustrated by Lorena Alvarez Gómez
Published by Disney-Hyperion (ISBN: 978-1368090001)

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Bibbidi Bobbidi Academy Book 1: Rory and the Magical Mix-Ups

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Illustrated by Lorena Alvarez Gómez

Rory Spellington is fluttering with excitement as she begins her first year at the prestigious Bibbidi Bobbidi Academy! But fairy godmothering might not be as easy as she thought, especially because Rory has always struggled with spelling―magic spelling that is. During her first week at the academy, Rory discovers there is more to being a good fairy godmother than magic, and she will learn she has her own set of talents that set her apart.

Written by Kallie George, illustrated by Lorena Alvarez Gómez
Published by Disney-Hyperion (ISBN: 978-1368066556)

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Crimson Twill: Witch in the City

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Illustrated by Birgitta Sif

A little witch with a penchant for bright colors and bows has a surprising big-city shopping adventure in the first book of an illustrated series filled with offbeat charm.

Crimson Twill is a little witch, but you might not know it. She lives in the country and loves polka dots and puppies instead of pointy shoes and black dresses. She even wears a big bow on her hat—which is crimson, just like her name. Tonight, for the very first time, Crimson is riding on her mother’s broom all the way to New Wart City to go shopping at Broomingdale’s! The huge department store has everything a witch could itch for. For Crimson, each floor (hats! cats! brooms!) is a new adventure. But is Broomingdale’s ready for a witch as unique as Crimson? A rich and playful new world comes to life in the first book of this charming series.

Written by Kallie George, illustrated by Birgitta Sif
Published by Candlewick (ISBN: 9781536214635)

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First Broom

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Illustrated by Joelle Murray

A charming rhyming read-aloud just right for Halloween!

Little witch,
Little broom.
Brand-new gift,
Brand-new moon.

Little witch is so excited by her new present for Halloween night ― a new broom! But learning to fly a broom is harder than you think, especially when you're just a little witch. Will witch and broom learn how to work together to fly up high in the sky? A sweet and silly rhyming story full of gentle spooky fun!

Written by Kallie George, illustrated by Joelle Murray
Published by Cartwheel Books (ISBN: 9781338803921)

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Our Playground Rules!

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Illustrated by Jay Fleck

Explore what it means to share space and have fun on the playground with this sweetly funny picture book of playground rules based in social-emotional learning.

There are so many reasons why our playground RULES!

  1. Everyone gets a turn, no matter time that takes…)

  2. We play fair, even when the weather isn’t…)

  3. We try to be patient, which is always worth it!

This young picture book plays with the double meaning of “rules” to explore how following a few simple rules of kindness can make playtime more fun for everyone! Featuring simple text and engaging illustrations that embrace with the varying needs and capabilities of the cast of animal characters, Our Playground Rules is built to help small children feel seen and to better empathize with others.

Written by Kallie George, illustrated by Jay Fleck
Published by Penguin Random House (ISBN: 9780593378748)

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Anne's Tragical Tea Party

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Illustrated by Abigail Halpin

The fourth book in an early chapter book series inspired by Anne of Green Gables, starring the spirited Anne Shirley as she hosts her very first tea party with her kindred spirit, Diana, to disastrous results.

Anne loves having pretend tea parties by herself. She even decorates her room with branches and colorful leaves for the occasion. Marilla Cuthbert, who adopted Anne in the last year, wishes Anne would act a little more sensibly. One day, Marilla comes up with a plan to keep Anne out of mischief — Anne can host her very own tea party and invite her kindred spirit, Diana Barry! Anne is thrilled, and sets out to host the most lovely and grown-uppish tea party she can muster. But when she makes Diana sick by accidentally giving her the wrong drink, Diana’s mother is furious. Can Anne be forgiven? Will she ever be allowed to play with Diana again?

Lovingly adapted by Kallie George with beautiful nostalgic illustrations by Abigail Halpin, this series is perfect for fans of Anne, new and old.

Written by Kallie George, illustrated by Abigail Halpin
Published by Penguin Random House (ISBN: 9780735267220)

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