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1. Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear

   Lindsay Mattick and Sophie Blackall

   The heartwarming true story of the real-life bear who inspired Winnie-the-Pooh

2. Pecan Pie Baby

   Jacqueline Woodson

   Lovely children’s book celebrating diversity, single moms, and the power of community from the winner of the 2014 National Book Award:

3. The Baby Tree

   Sophie Blackall

   Where do babies come from? A sweet and honest primer on reproduction from illustrator extraordinaire Sophie Blackall

4. The Mighty Lalouche

   Matthew Olshan & Sophie Blackall

   What Parisian boxing from the early 1900s has to do with contemporary technoparanoia about robots replacing us – a heartening underdog story illustrated by the inimitable Sophie Blackall