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Color illustration. Pumpkin patch, with bright orange pumpkins and bright green vines. Caption. Rebecca Estelle hated pumpkins!

Watercolor painting. A girl wearing a pink floral apron reaches her hands down into a bowl in front of her. Caption. Wearing her mother's apron.

Still image from: Too Many Tamales (Spanish)

Color illustration. Child wearing a space helmet, reaching into a sandbox full of colorful toys, yellow bicycle on its side nearby.

Book cover titled, "Totally Bored Boris." Illustration of a bear slumped over on a cushion with toys all around it. Text reads, "Hans Wilhelm."

Storybook cover titled, "Train Your Angry Dragon." Illustration of a boy holding back a spotted dragon as flames shoot from its nostrils onto a swirling fiery backdrop. Text reads, "Steve Sherman."

Color illustration. Person reaching for a metal trash can.

Woman signs in front of a 2-page view of a storybook. 1 side shows a crocodile under the covers, the other a blue sky with yellow stars.

Woman signs in front of a cartoon of a gray turkey with a red wattle gasping at its feet, which have booties on them. Text on book cover reads, "Turkey Trouble."

Still image from: Turtles Have Secret Ears

Pastel painting of a woman in a simple black dress with white lace collar drinking tea at a dining table. Caption. And two slices of cake.

Cartoon silhouettes of 2 goats facing each other on a bridge. Caption. Each thought that he would eventually live.

Storybook titled, "Two Tough Trucks." Illustration of a red truck with an orange cap and a blue truck with a green bandana. Both look angry as they face off. Text reads, "By Corey Rosen Schwartz and Rebecca J. Gomez. Illustrated by Hilary Leung."

Illustration of a lemon tree filled with ripe lemons under a lemon-colored moon. A girl wearing a white nightgown dances in front of the tree. Caption. Her tree glowed golden in the night.

Woman holds up a spiral notebook as she draws cartoon characters on it with a sharpie.

Illustration of a red, yellow, black and white butterfly. Caption: (music) Butterfly wings head for the sky

Cartoon closeup of cream being poured into a cup of coffee resting on a white and red checkered table cloth.

Still image from: Water Is Water

Girl carries a paper bag and looks down at her bare feet as she walks through a field towards a row of corn stalks. Title reads, "Watercress."

Girl looks up proudly as she holds a feather while the wind blows through her hair. Outlines of people holding hands stand on hills in the background. Title reads, "We Are Water Protectors."

Cartoon of a sparse desert landscape with a grouping of rocks and a cactus. A white Panama hat rests on the sand nearby.

Still image from: We Walk Through the Forest

Green line drawings of bees playing hopscotch, swinging, and jumping rope in three scenes with light blue flowers floating between them.

Illustration of a monkey's tail wrapped around a branch. Caption: If you're a monkey, you hang from a tree by your tail.

Still image from: What if We Were All the Same

Still image from: What's Up? Books for a Better Earth With Holiday House, Dana Alison Levy & Roxie Munro

Still image from: What's Up? With Caron Levis ("Feather Together")

Still image from: What's Up? With Jan Carr ("Buddy and Bea" Series)

Still image from: What's Up? With Kate Albus ("Nothing Else but Miracles")

Still image from: What's Up? With Sean Ferrell ("The Sinister Secrets of Singe")

Storybook excerpt shows an illustration of a boy, his grandpa, and a dog as they stand on the edge of a rock and look out over a green valley below. Text tells the story of a boy who sees moose far away, but his grandpa can't see them.

Cartoon of senior man standing in bedroom doorway looking at 2 children in beds. Caption, Well, sleep well.

Storybook cover illustration of a cow, a sheep, and a pig in a red barn while fall leaves blow outside. Text on cover reads, "When the Leaf Blew In."

Color illustration in a picture book. Fox and bunny stand next to each other holding ice cream that's starting to melt. In the next image, the bunny's ice cream has fallen to the ground. Story text appears on screen.

Storybook cover titled, "Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night?" Illustration of a smiling full-size digger carrying a smaller digger in its bucket at night. Text reads, "By Brianna Caplan Sayres. Illustrated by Christian Slade."

Storybook cover titled, "Where Do Steam Trains Sleep at Night?" Illustration of a full-size red train smiling down at a small green train on the track beside it. Text reads, "By Brianna Caplan Sayres. Illustrated by Christian Slade."

Cartoon of Christopher Columbus walking in water. Caravel anchored. Caption. He was going to beat everyone in the race to the Indies.

Storybook excerpt shows an illustration of a blue bear reaching towards a goose as it flies away. Text tells the story of a goose saying goodbye to a bear.

Color illustration. An upset Max wears a white wolf onesie in his bedroom. Caption: So he was sent to bed without eating anything.

Woman signs in front of a 2-page view of a storybook showing Max in a wolf costume with a crown and sceptre on a Wild Thing's back. Other Wild Things appear to be following him.

Max from "Where the Wild Things Are" wears a crown and holds up a scepter as monsters kneel before him. Spanish caption. Y le hicieron rey de todos los monstruos.

Storybook cover titled, "Where's My Teddy?" Illustration of a full-size bear running scared through the woods as it holds tight to a teddy bear. Text reads, "Jez Alborough."

Storybook cover titled, "Where's Spot?" Spotted brown dog pokes its nose into a red chest as it looks inside. Text reads, "Eric Hill."

Illustration of a young angel with wings sitting beside a woman with her face in her hands. Floating above them, a transparent star overlaps intersecting circles inside a hexagon that radiates glowing lines.

Woman is signing in front of a 2-page view of a storybook with a red rabbit looking into a red bowl, then a blue bowl. Story text appears on screen.

Color illustration. Girl laying down in hospital bed as man in lab coat touches her forehead. Caption. Well, you might find this hard to believe.

2-page view of a storybook. Illustration shows a small green dinosaur wobbling on top of a brown egg with a shocked expression. Story text appears on screen.

Color illustration of people wearing rabbit and elephant masks standing in front of a door to a house. A person wearing a frog mask crouches in the distance. Caption. Who's in Rabbit's house? Demanded the elephant.

Color illustration. African man glances to one side at a mosquito whispering in his ear. Caption. She goes about whining in people's ears.

Cartoon. African man glances to one side at a mosquito whispering in his ear. Spanish caption. Todavía sigue todo el mundo enojado conmigo?

Cartoon of horse, bear, lion, giraffe, ram, monkey, and pig running. Caption. In a flash, every beast in the zoo was stampeding.

Storybook illustration of a young fairy with brown hair, pointy ears, wings, and a pink dress. Someone is sprinkling something white and sparkly on her head. Story text appears on the illustration.

2-page view of a storybook illustration of a smiling boy in a red shirt extending his arms outward and looking up at a yellow butterfly with grass and a stream in the background. Story text appears on the illustration.

Close-up of Winnie-the-Pooh’s blue balloon.

Still image from: Winnie-the-Pooh (Chapter 10)

Stuck inside Rabbit’s hole, Winnie-the-Pooh gives Rabbit a bewildered look.

Looking curious, Winnie-the-Pooh holds up a paw as Piglet dances beside him.

In a large tree, Winnie-the-Pooh stands on a branch in front of Owl’s door with his hands behind his back, waiting patiently.

Still image from: Winnie-the-Pooh (Chapter 5)

Still image from: Winnie-the-Pooh (Chapter 6)

Girl looks out from a sailboat filled with people huddled together. They sail in a turquoise blue sea as stars sparkle around them. Text reads, "Wishes."

Cartoon of 2 adult rabbits wearing clothes, next to a child rabbit wearing a red dress and bow. They are all looking down at a gray wolf in a bassinet. Caption. "He's going to eat us all up. Said Dot!"

Still image from: Yoko

Color illustration, 2 large, brown fuzzy creatures looking at smaller purple fuzzy creature. Caption. They are just like.

Still image from: Young Change Makers: Making A Difference

Woman signs in front of a storybook cover of the number 0 wearing a mask and cape and flying. Text on book cover reads, "Zero the Hero."