Dear Fred, Dear Gloria
Written by Ratha Tep
Illustrated by Anna Pirolli

What happens when a small creature with big dreams meets a larger-than-life character who isn’t exactly what he had expected? 

When Fred receives a letter from his pen pal Gloria saying, “See you across the ocean,” he sets off at once. But there's just one problem: he doesn’t know the way. He asks Caterpillar, Frog, and Turtle if they can help him, but each has a different idea of what and where the ocean is. After a long journey, he finally makes it to the other side but... where's Gloria?

A sweet and surprising story of hope, anticipation, and connection with two memorable characters and an unforgettable ending.

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Italy

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The Quiet One
by Yiting Lee

Life is not always easy for quiet people. In this tender story, creativity and trust form the fertile terrain for overcoming shyness and making new friends.

Milly doesn’t like speaking in front of groups. She doesn’t know if it’s her shyness that makes her stutter or if her stutter makes her shy.  Either way, she knows that Show and Tell is coming up and that she’d do anything to avoid it. So she hides out in her secret place, spending time on her own, making things with her hands, building machines from scrap. One day, a cleaning robot she’s fixed starts to talk. His name is Arnold and they soon become fast friends.  Arnold convinces her to bring him with her to school for Show and Tell.  Arnold starts off the talk but when he doesn’t know what he is made out of, Milly chimes in and together they share the amazing things they invented, opening their secret world to new friends.

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World English, Korea

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And There Was Music
by Marta Pantaleo

A playful reflection on the power of music and its deep connection to the roots of humankind. When you listen to music your heart changes rhythm.

Can you hear it? Music can make you happy or sad. It’s something magical that comes from your belly and can connect you to people who don’t even speak your language. With straightforward text and striking illustrations, each spread of this picture book is a conversation-starter that will inspire young readers to reflect on the importance music plays in our lives, while discovering faraway traditions, various musical instruments, and the need we all feel to play or listen to music, whether we are together or alone.

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World English

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I Forgot How to Sleep
by Bruno Zocca

Everyone’s Awake meets This is Not a Picture Book in this quirky and dreamlike story where the solution to falling asleep is right under our heroine’s nose!

When the young narrator of the book can’t fall asleep, she thinks she may have skipped one of her bedtime rituals (brush teeth, put on pajamas, say goodnight to dad), so she performs them all over again. But that doesn't work. After checking to see if anyone else is up, she ventures outside, where she meets a very sleepy bear who shares her problem. She reads him a bedtime story and bear starts snoring in a heartbeat. It's then that she remembers what she had forgot to do: read her own bedtime book! Sweet dreams.

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Italy, France, The Netherlands

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