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Bulldozer's Big Day

Candace Fleming - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Big trucks and a birthday surprise make this construction site treat an irresistible read-aloud, illustrated by a Caldecott Medalist!It's Bulldozer's big day - his birthday! But around the construction site, it seems like everyone is too busy to remember. Bulldozer wheels around asking...
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Duck on a Bike

David Shannon - Blue Sky Press
Format: Hardcover

Caldecott Honor winner David Shannon applies his wonderful off-beat humor to the story of a duck who decides to try riding a bike--and loves it! Another young, funny book perfect for reading aloud.One day down on the farm, Duck got a wild idea. "I bet I could ride a bike," he thought....
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The Whale in My Swimming Pool

Joyce Wan - Farrar Straus Giroux
Format: Print book

One sunny day, a little boy heads outside for a swim, but his pool is already taken . . . There's a big whale in the water and it's not budging! The boy tries everything to get the whale to leave. Nothing seems to work. Not fetch. Not tag. Not even offering his allowance. What's a boy to do? Luckily,...
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Moo, Baa, La La La

Sandra Boynton - Simon & Schuster
Format: Book

Children will love joining in and imitating the animal noises and sounds in this big, bold board book format, illustrated with Sandra Boynton's seriously silly signature animals.
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Tickle the Duck!

Ethan Long - Little
Format: Book

In this hilarious touch-and-feel book, a cranky duck dares children to tickle his soft stomach, his hairy armpit, his rubbery foot-and reacts uproariously each time. Despite his protests, does the duck really like being tickled after all? This modern day version of Pat the Bunny will have...
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Big Red Tub

Julia Jarman - Orchard Books
Format: Book

It's bathtime for Stan and Stella, but too many friends want to join them in the big, red bathtub.Stan and Stella are having lots of fun in the big, red bathtub. And soon all of the animals want to join them. First Dog, then Lion, and soon Kangaroo wants to come in, too. But when Hippopotamus...
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The Thankful Book

Todd Parr - Megan Tingley Books
Format: Book

I am thankful for music because it makes me want to dance.I am thankful for my feet because they help me run and play.I am thankful for kisses because they make me feel loved.Todd Parr's bestselling books have taught kids about unconditional love, respecting the earth, facing fears, and more,...
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Chloe and the Lion

Mac Barnett - Disney/Hyperion Books
Format: Book

Meet Chloe: Every week, she collects loose change so she can buy tickets to ride the merry-go-round. But one fateful day, she gets lost in the woods on her way home, and a large dragon leaps out from-"Wait It's supposed to be a lion, " says Mac Barnett, the author of this book....
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The Nuts : sing and dance in your polka-dot pants

Eric Litwin - Little
Format: Print book

Another playful and winning story by the author o"f Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes" Hazel Nut wants her family to sing and dance along with her, but they are just too busy Who can she call? Why... her super-hip, disco-dancing Grandma Nut In the second book of the Nuts series,...
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