Illustration of Roberto Clemente sliding into a base
By: Jonah Winter
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This moving tribute is the perfect introduction to Roberto Clemente. Readers will learn of his humble beginnings, the challenges he faced in a new country, and his unprecedented accomplishments as one of the greatest baseball players in history.

In this photo essay, Henry Horenstein introduces us to Hubaldo, a boy in Caracas who lives and breathes baseball.

By: Kevin O'Malley
A comic hen wants only to make jokes but is misunderstood by the farmer and so she strikes out on her own. Before long she meets other humor-loving but underappreciated animals: a dog, a cat, and a cow.
By: Peggy Archer
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"Happy puppies,/scrappy puppies… each one needs a name…" and ideal names from A to Z are presented in 26 descriptive poems. Aspen is the color of leaves in fall, Melody likes to sing, and Zipper loves to run, zipping everywhere.
By: Rachel Isadora

Mama, Carmelita, and their dog Manny greet people in their diverse neighborhood as they walk to see Abuela Rosa. Everyone says "hello" but in their own language — ranging from Italian and French to Hebrew and Arabic to slang American greetings.

By: Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Beginning with "one boy," words and pictures transform with a page turn revealing words within words and related scenes. Cleverly hidden, images and words make this seemingly simple book quite sophisticated.
By: Chris d'Lacey
Billy has heard there is a hole in the ozone layer at the North Pole. With the help of a polar bear, he set out to try to repair the hole.

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