Kelly DiPucchio
1) Oona
Author
Series
Oona volume 1
Language
English
Description
Oona and her best friend Otto love to search for treasure...and often find trouble instead. Messy trouble. Tricky trouble. Even shark-related trouble. That's never stopped them before, though! After all, no proper treasure hunt is without some adventure. But when the grandest treasure yet is stuck in a deep, dark rift, Oona's not sure if she can dive right in. What might be waiting for her in those unknown waters?
Author
Series
Oona volume 2
Language
English
Description
Oona the mermaid is friends with everyone, but when her attempts to befriend a shark with sensory issues fail miserably she realizes what may be fun for her may be overwhelming for him.
Author
Series
Oona volume 3
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"A mermaid and her otter friend go on a journey to help a lost beluga whale return to the Arctic."--
6) Gaston
Author
Series
Gaston and friends volume 1
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A proper bulldog raised in a poodle family and a tough poodle raised in a bulldog family meet one day in the park.
8) Antoinette
Author
Series
Gaston and friends volume 2
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Raised in a family of talented bulldogs, Antoinette the poodle wonders what makes her special. She gets the chance to prove herself and find what she's good at when puppy Ooh-la-la goes missing" --
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A Christmas themed twist on the classic rhyme The House that Jack built. "Join Jack's wacky family as they try to build a gingerbread house for Santa Claus... if only they can stop eating it! Gumdrops, marshmallows, and chocolate bars fly everywhere in this sweetly chaotic tale about a multi-generational family preparing excitedly for Christmas!"--Amazon.
10) Becoming Charley
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
Unlike all the other caterpillars Charley sometimes wonders what it would be like to be a fawn or a waterfall, so when the day comes to form her chrysalis, Charley must decide who she will become.
14) Not Yeti
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Monsters are loud. And rude. They like to smash things and they always need to be right. But not Yeti. Yeti bakes banana bread and sings to whales and always has a nice word to say. But sometimes you find yourself alone when you're different. And Yeti doesn't know there's a special surprise in store for him."--
15) Mouse & Giraffe
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Mouse and Giraffe are neighbors, but because of their relative sizes, their experiences are very different, so they usually disagree; however, when Mouse catches cold, they find something they both agree on.
18) Poe won't go
Author
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"When an elephant plants himself in the road and refuses to move, the people of Prickly Valley try all sorts of methods to get him to go--but one thoughtful little girl works up the courage to do what no one else has done: ask him."--
19) Crafty Chloe
Author
Series
Crafty Chloe volume 1
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Chloe is very good at sewing and crafts and when her best friend's birthday approaches, she creates a fabulous gift but also saves the day for a classmate who had been unkind to her.