2024 Spring Family Story Time Books | McKinney Public Libraries

I asked my mom if I could have a pet, or even two. But every time I brought one home, my sister went Ah-Choo! When hunting for his new best friend, a boy goes through an alphabetical menagerie of animals. From an antelope, to bobolink birds, to wolves and zebrasand of course, a cat and dog, toohe brings them all home. But each creature just makes his sister go AH-CHOO! Will he ever be able to have the perfect pet?

6) Aliens get the sniffles too! ahhh-choo!

Author

Duffield, Katy

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February 3rd - Get Well Soon

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Little Alien is sick. And sick is extra-terrestrial bad when you have two scratchy throats, five ears that hurt, and three runny noses. Splatch! Sputter! Spurt! Luckily Mama and Daddy Alien have an arsenal of lunar decongestants and meteor showers on hand to make him feel a little better (not to mention a Milky Way milkshake to help the medicine go down). Even so, the family's alien pooch, Mars Rover, can't stand to see his little buddy feeling out...

7) All because you matter

Author

Charles, Tami

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February 10th - Black History

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A lyrical, heart-lifting love letter to Black and Brown children everywhere reminds them how much they matter, that they have always mattered and they always will.

8) All the awake animals are almost asleep

Author

Dragonwagon, Crescent

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February 24th - Bedtime

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Illustrations and rhyming text portray an alphabet of animals as they prepare to go to sleep.

9) All the places we call home

Author

Gopo, Patrice

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February 10th - Black History

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A young girl listens as her mother tells her stories of all the places around the world that their family has called home.

10) Alphabedtime

Author

Hill, Susanna Leonard

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February 24th - Bedtime

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Illustrations and rhyming text follow the twenty-six Alphababies as they prepare for bed.

11) Amy Wu and the patchwork dragon

Author

Zhang, Kat

Series

Amy Wu volume 2

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January 13th - Dragons

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Publisher Annotation: Amy loves craft time at school. But when her teacher asks everyone to make their own dragon, Amy feels stuck. Her first dragon has a long, wingless body, stag-like horns, and eagle claws, but her friends don’t think it’s a real dragon. Then she makes dragons like theirs, but none of them feels quite right...None of them feels like hers. After school, a story from Grandma sparks new inspiration, and Amy rounds up her family...

12) And the train goes

Author

Bee, William

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May 11th - Trains

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As assorted passengers comment on their train ride, and the train itself goes "Clickerty click, clickerty clack," the station parrot is carefully listening to every sound.

13) Arabella Miller's tiny caterpillar

Author

Jarrett, Clare

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April 27th - Bugs

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A little girl feeds a tiny caterpillar and watches him grow into a butterfly.

14) The astronaut with a song for the stars: the story of Dr. Ellen Ochoa

Author

Finley Mosca, Julia

Series

Amazing scientists

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March 9th - Women's History

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Meet Dr. Ellen Ochoa, a determined space pioneer with a stellar symphony of talents. Growing up in a family of immigrants, Ellen dreamed of becoming a professional flutist, but all of that changed when she discovered engineering in college. Though she was told that field of study wasn't for girls, the bright young scientist refused to give up--ultimately becoming a NASA astronaut who shattered barriers and rocketed to success! The Astronaut With a...

15) B is for bellies

Author

Dyball, Rennie

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April 6th - Alphabet

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A joyous picture book celebration of every body from A to Z!

16) Babajoon's treasure

Author

Esnaashari-Charmatz, Farnaz

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April 13th - Arab-American Authors & Illustrators

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While spending time with her Babajoon and Mamanjoon, Miriam begins to notice details about her Babajoon that make her think he could be a pirate, which leads him to share memories with her about his childhood in Iran.