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	Saturdays Are For Stella by Candy Wellins (Goodreads Author), Charlie Eve Ryan (Illustrations) 4.50 avg rating — 438 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Stars Beckoned: Edward White's Amazing Walk in Space by Candy Wellins (Goodreads Author), Candy Wellins (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 125 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mabel's Topsy-Turvy Homes by Candy Wellins (Goodreads Author), Jess Rose (Illustrations) 4.30 avg rating — 104 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Geoduck Is Not a Duck: A Story of a Unique Pacific Northwest Mollusk by Candy Wellins (Goodreads Author), Ellie Peterson (Illustrator) 4.68 avg rating — 63 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Fisher-Price: I Can Potty! by Candy Wellins (Goodreads Author), Beatrice Costamagna (illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Candy Wellins rated a book it was amazing At the Window by Hope Lim (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A beautiful story about the importance of perspective. A child observes a neighbor at her window and has ideas about who this person is. But it isn't until she gets to know the person (and see things from her literal POV), that she starts to really u ...more
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Candy Wellins rated a book it was amazing Building a Dream: How the Boys of Koh Panyee Became Champions by Darshana Khiani (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
What a cool true story about a boys' soccer team that figures out a way to make a soccer pitch in their water-based village. This is a great book for teaching kids resiliency, team-building, and creative STEM-inspired thinking. I would definitely inc ...more
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So much information! Perfect for young readers, but even adults could learn from this. Very browsable with graphs, photos and sidebars.
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This is a great series for early readers. The stories are short, funny and filled with animal hijinks. Plus the stories are written in comic format so my first grader loves reading graphic novels like her older siblings. We can’t get enough of these.
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