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SHARING

All the Lost Things

Author: Kelly Canby
Illustrator: Kelly Canby
Publisher: Peter Pauper Press
Recommended Age Range: 4 to 8
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I Wish You More

Author: Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Illustrator: Tom Lichtenheld
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Recommended Age Range: 5 to 8

What child doesn’t have a wish or two? In I Wish You More, Amy Krouse Rosenthal shows just how fantastic (and creative) these wishes can be. From sharing to friendship; wonder to joy, this is a book every child should hear; not only because it’s about making wishes, but because it’s about wanting what’s best for those we love.

Awards: Amazon Best Books for 2015 So Far: Ages 3-5; 2015 Wisconsin State Reading Association “Picture This!” List; Goodreads Best Picture Books 2015, top ten; 2016 International Literacy Association/Children’s Book Council “children’s choices” list

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Little Mouse’s Big Secret

Author: Eric Battut
Illustrator: Eric Battut
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. (English Translation)
Recommended Age Range: 2 to 5

A fantastic story about a mouse that does not want to share his apple so, to keep it a secret, digs a hole and puts it in the ground. Unbeknownst to him – but not to anyone else – planted apples love to grow, and grow, and grow. Wonderful illustrations capture the simplicity and humor of the story and show that sharing is always best.

Plant a Kiss

Author: Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Illustrator: Peter H. Reynolds
Publisher: Harper, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Recommended Age a Range: 4 to 8

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Sidewalk Flowers

Author: JonArno Lawson
Illustrator: Sydney Smith
Publisher: Groundwood Books, House of Anansi Press
Recommended Age Range: 4 to 7
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Sidewalk Flowers is a wordless picture book that follows the kindness of one little girl’s generosity. Through the beauty of flowers, each “bouquet” shared reveals an act of kindness that is both inspiring and heartwarming. Simply stunning.

Awards: Winner of the Governor General’s Literary Award for Children’s Illustrated Books 2015; A New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Book of the Year 2015; Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Books of 2015

The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and The Big Hungry Bear

Author: Don Wood, Audrey Wood
Illustrator: Don Wood
Publisher: Child’s Play International
Recommended Age Range: 2 to 5

Open this interactive book and find a mouse who’s just waiting to show you his amazing discovery – a huge strawberry. But wait! You, the reader, want some too! In a most clever and humorous way, involving, of course, a “…Big Hungry Bear,” this mouse learns that there is only one way to save his strawberry…a classic tale of sharing – for sharing. ☺

The Peanut: A nutty tale about sharing

Author: Simon Rickerty
Illustrator: Simon Rickerty
Publisher: Aladdin, an Imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division
Recommended Age Range: 4 to 7

Simon Rickerty’s The Peanut is just quirky enough to make children laugh while learning this valuable lesson. When two Pac Man-like characters cannot figure out how to share a peanut, it takes one elephant to show them that sharing a broken one is better than not sharing at all.

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