Carrie Finison

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Carrie Finison

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Carrie Finison began her literary career at the age of seven with an idea, a box of markers, and her father’s typewriter. She has been writing off and on ever since, though she has (somewhat regretfully) traded in the typewriter for a laptop. Her picture books include DOZENS OF DOUGHNUTS, illustrated by Brianne Farley (Putnam, 2020) - a Junior Library Guild selection; DON'T HUG DOUG, illustrated by Daniel Wiseman (Putnam, 2021) - an ALA Notable Children's Book; LULU & ZOEY: A SISTER STORY, illustrated by Brittany Jackson (Running Press Kids, 2022); HURRY, LITTLE TORTOISE, TIME FOR SCHOOL, illustrated by Erin Kraan (Random House Studio, 2022). Her latest picture book is PIGS DIG A ROAD (Putnam, 2024) She lives outside Boston with her husband ...more

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Dozens of Doughnuts

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Pigs Dig a Road

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Lulu and Zoey: A Sister Story

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If Pets Wrote Poems by Susan Johnston Taylor
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This clever and charming poetry collection imagines what would happen if the pets of famous poets and writers wrote poems in their owners' styles -- with quite funny results. My favorite is perhaps "I'm Carlo. Who Are You?" by Emily Dicksinson's dog, ...more
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Night Prints by Kari Allen
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This is a charming board book featuring a dad and son on a camping trip spotting paw prints and various other animal traces that can be seen at night. Each page has small cutout holes revealing part of the next page, and poses a question to the reade ...more
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Barbed Wire Between Us by Mia Wenjen
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This powerful story depicts the experiences of two young girls detained at Fort Sill in Oklahoma. Told in short lyrical lines, the first half of the story shares the experience of a young Japanese girl, imprisoned there during World War 2. In the sec ...more
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My Cat Can’t Tell Time (But I Can) by Rebecca J. Allen
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As someone who is frequently awakened by cats, I appreciated this story of a little girl who goes about her day while trying to explain analog clock time to her cat. This could be really helpful in reinforcing learning about clock time for young elem ...more
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Mighty Models by Christine Van Zandt
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This book is so engaging and clearly explains ways people have used levers across cultures and throughout history. From ancient people hunting woolly mammoth, Egyptians measuring gold, Chinese building the Great Wall, levers have had a role to play. ...more
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Owls Make Terrible Teachers by Kristi Mahoney
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I LOLed (or maybe OWLed?) several times reading this book. Also learned some fun facts about owls. Kids will get a kick out of the idea of an owl as a substitute teacher, and there are plenty of opportunities for humor such as when the owl/teacher ca ...more
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Sparkles for Sunny by Sylvia  Chen
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This sweet story is told from the point of view of Sunny, the third daughter in the Lao family who always has to wear a used-used qipao - previously worn by both her sisters - for the Lunar New Year celebration. Like any child wearing hand-me-down cl ...more
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Don't Splash Grandpa! by Julie   Gonzalez
Don't Splash Grandpa!
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This adorable book perfectly captures an afternoon at the pool - doing tricks, diving for toys, relay races, playing with a beach ball - all while trying not to splash Grandpa who is relaxing poolside with his book. The jaunty rhyming text and energe ...more
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How a Bear Became a Book by Annette Bay Pimentel
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This delightful book captures the heart and whimsy of Winnie-the-Pooh in a nonfiction story about the development of the original Pooh character and books. The prose is frequently interrupted from commentary by "Pooh" which captures his voice perfect ...more
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