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Laura Gehl

    Always Looking Up
    Soccer Baby
    Apple and Magnolia
    The Hiking Viking
    Climate Warriors
    Who Is a Scientist?
    • 2025

      Navigating big emotions, 6-year-old Orson discovers the joy of reading and friendship at his local library. This picture book celebrates the transformative power of public libraries, illustrating how they can help children express their feelings and connect with others through shared stories and experiences.

      Orson and the World's Loudest Library
    • 2024

      Lift the flaps on every page of this board book to learn about eight animal species and their nests!

      Who Laid These Eggs?
    • 2023

      Climate Warriors

      Fourteen Scientists and Fourteen Ways We Can Save Our Planet

      • 72 pages
      • 3 hours of reading
      4.4(15)Add rating

      Focusing on the efforts of fourteen scientists, this book showcases diverse approaches to combating climate change. Each scientist's unique method provides young readers with insights and inspiration, equipping them with the knowledge and tools necessary to contribute to environmental solutions. Through engaging narratives, it emphasizes the importance of individual action in the fight against climate change.

      Climate Warriors
    • 2022

      Donut: The Unicorn Who Wants to Fly

      • 40 pages
      • 2 hours of reading

      The story follows a unicorn named Donut who faces the challenge of not being able to fly. Determined to overcome this obstacle, she collaborates with various creatures in her field, showcasing themes of teamwork and perseverance. Through their combined efforts, they help Donut achieve her dream, highlighting the importance of friendship and support in overcoming personal limitations.

      Donut: The Unicorn Who Wants to Fly
    • 2022

      Featuring adorable unicorn babies, this playful board book highlights their similarities to real babies, showcasing moments of friendship and the joy of giving magical hugs. With charming illustrations and relatable themes, it captures the essence of childhood wonder and connection.

      You're My Little Unicorn
    • 2022

      While the other Vikings love to holler and howl and battle and brawl, Leif prefers spending time by himself atop the beautiful fjord. But when it's time for the Viking Games, everyone must participate. Will Leif let down his clan . . . or surprise them? Highlighting the value of nature and earthly wonders, best-selling author Laura Gehl teams up with illustrator Timothy Banks to remind readers to stay true to themselves and to look at things from a new perspective.

      The Hiking Viking
    • 2022

      A touching exploration of grief and the difficult emotions surrounding death, The Window is a beautiful reminder that those we love will always be with us. All the other windows in the hospital look out on dull, grey buildings, but Daria and her grandpa can see the beach from the window in his room.

      The Window
    • 2022

      Britta has two favourite trees -- Apple and Magnolia. They are best friends. (Britta is sure of this). But one day, Magnolia's branches start to droop and her leaves turn brown... Britta must make a plan. A story of kindness, determination and how a child's love of the natural world allows hope to blossom once more.

      Apple and Magnolia
    • 2022
      4.2(202)Add rating

      Meet nature’s oddballs in this charming board book about some of the most unique birds in the worldBackyard birds—move over! Odd Birds introduces babies and toddlers to unusual bird species, including the magnificent frigatebird with a bright red throat pouch and the California condor—the largest flying birds in North America! Gentle rhyming verses provide the comforting repetition that little ones crave, even as their minds are opened to new and fascinating creatures from around the world. At the end of the book, readers will find photographs of each bird, along with more detailed factual information. The eight birds featured are the magnificent frigatebird, blue-footed booby, shoebill stork, ostrich, hoatzin, oilbird, California condor, and burrowing owl.

      Odd Birds: Meet Nature's Weirdest Flock
    • 2022