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“We took the orca from the sea and put it in the sky”

by Shaun Tan

“We promised to set things right. But so many years have passed now, and … we just don’t know how to get it down”

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“I am fox! I go wherever I go!”

by Shaun Tan

“After all, dear beloved, I need you as much as you need me. And where could we live if not in the bottomless den or each other’s shadow?”

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“In the room at the back of our apartment”

by Shaun Tan

“But maybe pigs suffer in a way we can’t know. Who can say for sure what another animal is feeling?”

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“Respect the sheep”

by Shaun Tan

“After all, dear beloved, I need you as much as you need me. And where could we live if not in the bottomless den or each other’s shadow?”

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AstroNuts Mission Three: The Perfect Planet

by Jon Scieszka

“That’s it, Homo Sapiens—the hard and inescapable truth. I am your Perfect Planet. I will take care of you. But you have to take care of me”

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Big Tree

by Brian Selznick

“Merwin. All life is in danger. Remember, life began as a gift, and it must always be treated as such. No matter how unstoppable the danger seems, no matter how unavoidable, there’s always something you can do.”

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Daniel Finds a Poem

by Micha Archer

“On Tuesday, Daniel climbs the old oak tree. He sees Squirrel. ‘Squirrel, do you know what poetry is?’ ‘Poetry is when crisp leaves crunch,’ Squirrel tells him.”

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Finding Wild

by Megan Wagner Lloyd

“It pushes through cracks and crannies and steals back forgotten places.”

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Fridge-opolis

by Melissa Coffey

“Mayor Mayonnaise knew he had a mess on his hands”

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Good Morning, Farm Friends!
Cover of Good Morning, Farm Friends!

by Annie Bach

“The farm is full of sleepyheads. Let’s help our friends get out of bed.”

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Horton Hears a Who!

by Jimmy Heyward, Steve Martino

“We will put the speck on Mount Nool before the end of this decade.”

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I Talk Like a River

by Jordan Scott

“I wake up each morning with the sounds of words all around me. And I can’t say them all.”

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Just a Worm

by Marie Boyd

“I’m not just a worm. I can do lots of things.”

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Listen to the Language of the Trees

by Tera Kelley

“The forest gave what it had, so the giant tree might live”

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Love Grows Everywhere

by Barry Timms

“Love grows everywhere… / from country farm to city square. / From desert village, hot and dry, / to mountain home where eagles fly.”

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