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Pick a Plate (Fusion Books)

An exciting, gamified approach makes it fun to play with food! Empower young readers to identify food groups on their plates so they can make smart food choices. These colourful books combine photos and illustrations of everyday meals. Let’s help readers make informed food choices. It’s time to pick a plate!

Picnic Planet: A Lunchtime Guide to Your Galaxy's Exoplanets

Join an astrophysicist on a trip around the galaxy. Asa Stahl, an NSTA Award winner for his previous book The Big Bang Book, introduces readers to some of the fascinating exoplanets we know about it. This is science at its most fantastical. What other worlds are out there and will the young person reading this book grow up to discover even more?

Piece By Piece

Drawing inspiration from the natural world around her, a weaver woman with a magical touch crafts exquisite fabrics. And from the fabric she fashions a wondrous dress, with a bodice that sparkles of starlight and lace like the foam of an ocean wave. The weaver envisions the food and clothing she will be able to buy for her children from the sale of the dress. But when she takes the dress to a local shopkeeper, the weaver is told her work is not saleable. And so she starts over again. Harkening b

Piece by Piece: Ernestine's Gift for President Roosevelt

During the Great Depression, Ernestine Guerrero's family didn't have much. The Mexican American teen was so grateful for the government food aid they received in San Antonio, Texas, that she wanted to personally thank President Roosevelt. But how? After seeing the plans for a very difficult woodworking project, she decided she would make it herself and send it to the president. Piece by piece, that's exactly what she did. And the clock case she built remains on display in the Roosevelt President

Pigeon in Paris, A: Petite Takes Flight

When mother pigeon arrives in Paris she knows it's the perfect place to call home--for a while. She makes her nest and lays her eggs and, when her babies hatch, nurtures them until they're strong enough to take flight. But as little Petite watches her brother and sister take off, she determines she is too scared and simply will not fly. With her family's encouragement she finally tries--and falls--and tries again. And learns an important lesson about fear, failure, and inner strength that will c

Pina

Pina explores the haunted country of the imagination where children struggle to place themselves in the big scary world. Pina's fear to venture out of his little house into the wide world will resonate with timid kids. The techniques he uses to overcome his fear--mindful breathing, thinking of his favourite things, carrying a familiar, comforting object with him when he leaves the house--will prove useful to many children. Pina offers safe access for young readers to the scary territory explored

Pinchers, The

The Pinchers are a proud family of villains, going back three generations. Ture loves his family, but he just doesn't fit in. He cannot lie or cheat to save his life . . . but could he to save his family? This witty, energetic series about one very law-abiding child born to a family of robbers combines adventure, silliness, and the familiar day-to-day of family life with comical results. The accessible, illustrated short novels are a perfect bridge to independent reading.

Piper and Chase (Crabtree Leaves)  

Piper and her older brother Chase mostly get along. Sometimes he teases her and sometimes she bothers him. In these chapter books for beginning readers, Piper tells how she and her brother resolve their differences and how, sometimes, two heads are better than one! Notes to caregivers and teachers provide question prompts to encourage reader comprehension and extension. Downloadable TeacherÎs Guide available.

Pippa and Percival, Pancake and Poppy: Four Peppy Puppies

A puppy named Poppy hears a rustling behind her fence and does what any curious puppy would--digs a hole under! There she finds another puppy! The puppies find two more floppy puppy friends and go on a galloping, adventure...until they catch a fright and go racing back to their loving homes. Told in bouncing, rolling rhyme, this sweet story is sure to capture the hearts of little dog lovers everywhere.