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Recommended Children's books

Minnesota Public Radio recently featured great children's books, with regional librarians and booksellers.

Here's a list of some of the books they recommended. Picture books, chapter books, and joke books were a theme!

If Sharks Disappeared (If Animals Disappeared) Cover Image

If Sharks Disappeared (If Animals Disappeared) (Hardcover)

By Lily Williams, Lily Williams (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9781626724136
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Roaring Brook Press - May 23rd, 2017
Laugh-Out-Loud Jokes for Kids Cover Image

Laugh-Out-Loud Jokes for Kids (Paperback)

By Rob Elliott
$4.99
ISBN: 9780800788032
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Fleming H. Revell Company - August 1st, 2010
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Friday Night Wrestlefest (Hardcover)

By J. F. Fox, Micah Player (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250212405
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Roaring Brook Press - February 18th, 2020
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Grandpa's Great Escape (Paperback)

By David Walliams, Tony Ross (Illustrator)
$7.99
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ISBN: 9780062560902
Published: HarperCollins - January 23rd, 2018
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Ralph S. Mouse (Paperback)

By Beverly Cleary, Jacqueline Rogers (Illustrator)
$7.99
ISBN: 9780380709571
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Published: HarperCollins - June 15th, 2021
Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Almost True Stories of Growing up Scieszka Cover Image

Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Almost True Stories of Growing up Scieszka (Paperback)

By Jon Scieszka
$12.99
ISBN: 9780670011384
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Published: Viking Books for Young Readers - October 2nd, 2008
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Home in the Woods (Hardcover)

By Eliza Wheeler (Illustrator), Eliza Wheeler
$17.99
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ISBN: 9780399162909
Published: Nancy Paulsen Books - October 1st, 2019
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Because of Winn-Dixie (Paperback)

By Kate DiCamillo
$7.99
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ISBN: 9780763680862
Published: Candlewick - December 8th, 2015
A to Zåäö: Playing with History at the American Swedish Institute Cover Image

A to Zåäö: Playing with History at the American Swedish Institute (Hardcover)

By Nate Christopherson, Tara Sweeney
$28.69
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ISBN: 9781517907884
Published: Univ Of Minnesota Press - December 3rd, 2019
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A Map Into the World (Hardcover)

By Kao Kalia Yang, Seo Kim (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781541538368
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Published: Carolrhoda Books (R) - October 1st, 2019
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My Footprints (Hardcover)

By Bao Phi, Basia Tran (Illustrator)
$19.99
ISBN: 9781684460007
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Published: Capstone Editions - September 1st, 2019
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The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market)

By Anne Frank, B.M. Mooyaart (Translated by), Eleanor Roosevelt (Introduction by)
$6.99
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ISBN: 9780553296983
Published: Bantam - June 1st, 1993
Half Magic (Tales of Magic #1) Cover Image

Half Magic (Tales of Magic #1) (Paperback)

By Edward Eager, N. M. Bodecker (Illustrator), Alice Hoffman (Introduction by)
$7.99
ISBN: 9780544671720
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Clarion Books - May 24th, 2016
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning Cover Image

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning (Hardcover)

By Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi
$18.99
ISBN: 9780316453691
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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - March 10th, 2020
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Parable of the Sower (Paperback)

By Octavia E. Butler
$16.99
ISBN: 9781538732182
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Published: Grand Central Publishing - April 30th, 2019