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Thanksgiving time is here again, but there's a turkey on the run! Can you catch this tricky bird before the school play has begun?

"A boy turns a cardboard box into a car and imagines what it would be like to take his mama for a drive all around town"--

"Gretchen turns to her vivid imagination when she is left behind while her siblings swim in the ocean"--

"Seb is determined to find some light for his sleepy coastal town. It is so far north, the sun does not shine in winter and the days are cold, dreary, and dark as night. So Seb embarks on a mission to find the sun. Along with his friend Walrus, he makes a plan, collects supplies, and rows far out to sea. Will Seb be able to find the sun and bring its light and warmth back to his town?"--

Deep in the woods is a house, just a house, that once was--but now isn't--a home. Who lived in that house? Who walked down its hallways? Why did they leave it, and where did they go?

Monica loves colors and painting, but she cannot decide what color a kiss should be.

A group of toddlers enjoys a lively music class including, at last, one very shy two-year-old boy.

Illustrations and simple text explore the quiet moments of Christmas, such as searching for hidden presents, forgetting a line during a Christmas pageant, and listing for Santa's sleigh bells.

When night falls and the moon appears, magic is in the air and Scarecrow comes alive and plays with all his ghoulish and ghostly friends.

The kids at school want to know why Becca is wearing glasses and a patch. Instead of telling them she has amblyopia, Becca leads her friends on imaginative adventures to explain her new fashion accessory. Mitch Vane's illustrations capture the spunky exuberance of this resourceful heroine.