Ruth Chan

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1) Georgie's best bad day

Author

Chan, Ruth

Series

Georgie and friends

Publisher

Roaring Brook Press

Pub. Date

2017.

Description

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Georgie and his friends are all having a bad day, so the cat and his crew of animal buddies decide to do their favorite things to turn their day around.

2) Thank you, neighbor!

Author

Chan, Ruth

Publisher

Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers

Pub. Date

[2021]

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Join our narrator and her dog on their daily walk as they greet the people in their neighborhood--from the mail carrier and bus driver to the sanitation workers and grocery clerks and more. Whether listening, asking, helping, or just saying hello and thank you, it is our patience and kindness that make a neighborhood feel like home. This story gently reminds us to slow down and be grateful for all the people, places, and things around us. Includes...

3) The Alpactory: ready, pack, go!

Author

Chan, Ruth

Publisher

Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers

Pub. Date

[2021]

Description

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"Welcome to the Alpactory! These wacky alpacas are here to help young readers get ready for any new experience ahead in this funny and inspiring picture book"--

4) Rick the rock of Room 214

Author

Falatko, Julie

Publisher

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Pub. Date

[2022]

Description

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Tired of sitting all day on the Nature Finds shelf in Room 214, a rock named Rick escapes the classroom for the great outdoors, only to discover that sometimes the greatest adventure in life is friendship.

5) Have you seen Gordon?

Author

Epstein, Adam Jay

Publisher

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Pub. Date

[2021]

Description

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A purple tapir named Gordon refuses to remain hidden and decides to stand out.

6) How old is Mr. Tortoise?

Author

Petty, Dev

Formats

Book, Playaway Wonderbook

Description

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It's Mr. Tortoise's birthday and time for cake. But how many candles does the cake need? Mr. Tortoise doesn't remember how old he is so he and the partygoers try various ways to figure his age before they have the cake.

7) Uprooted: a memoir about what happens when your family moves back

Author

Chan, Ruth

Publisher

Roaring Brook Press

Pub. Date

2024.

Description

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"Ruth Chan loves her hometown in Toronto, hanging out with her best friends for life, and snacking on ketchup flavored potato chips, which are the best. What Ruth doesn't love is having to move to Hong Kong after her dad gets a new job there. Her mom is excited to reunite with her family, but it's not the same for Ruth. In Hong Kong, her classes are harder, her Cantonese isn't good enough, and her parents are never around. Ruth feels lonely and completely...

8) Hard-boiled bugs for breakfast: and other tasty poems

Author

Prelutsky, Jack

Publisher

Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers

Pub. Date

[2020]

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Description

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"More than 100 funny new poems from Jack Prelutsky, the nation's first children's poet laureate, in a wide array of poetic forms, from haiku to concrete poems and everything in between, and hilariously illustrated in black-and-white on every page"--