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I Want My Hat Back

Jon Klassen - ‎Candlewick; First Edition
Format: Hardcover

New York Times Best Illustrated Childrens Book of 2011!A picture-book delight by a rising talent tells a cumulative...
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I Want My Hat Back

Jon Klassen - ‎Candlewick; First Edition
Format: Hardcover

New York Times Best Illustrated Childrens Book of 2011!A picture-book delight by a rising talent tells a cumulative...
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Hedgehugs

Steve Wilson - Henry Holt & Company
Format: Hardcover

Horace and Hattie are hedgehogs, and the very best of friends. Together, they make daisy chains, splash in puddles, and have tea parties. But there is one thing they cant dohug! They are just too spiky. Throughout the seasons, these two hedgehogs will try many different ways of hugging....
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Leave Me Alone!

Ann De Bode - Amicus
Format: Hardcover

When Peter moves to a big new house a neighbor, Jack, bullies him and soon has his new classmates picking on him, too.
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The Pigeon Needs a Bath!

Mo Willems - Disney-Hyperion
Format: Hardcover

The Pigeon really needs a bath! Except, the Pigeon's not so sure about that. Besides, he took a bath last month! Maybe. It's going to take some serious convincing to try and get the Pigeon to take the plunge.
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I Am Pan

Mordicai Gerstein - Roaring Brook Press
Format: Print book

Mischievous from the moment he emerges howling and screeching from his mother's womb, Pan, god of the wild, creates pandemonium wherever he goes. Noise and confusion follow him as he steals arrows from Artemis, conceives panic, tricks the moon into falling in love with him, and saves...
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They All Saw A Cat

Brendan Wenzel - ‎Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover

They All Saw A Cat by Brendan Wenzel - New York Times bestseller and 2017 Caldecott Medal and Honor Book"An ingenious idea, gorgeously realized." -Shelf Awareness, starred review"Both simple and ingenious in concept, Wenzels book feels like a game changer."...
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Inspector Flytrap

Tom Angleberger - Amulet Books
Format: Print book

From husband-and-wife team Tom Angleberger, creator of the New York Times bestselling Origami Yoda series, and Cece Bell, author/illustrator of the Newbery Honor graphic novel El Deafo, comes the start to a funny and clever illustrated chapter-book series about a mystery-solving Venus flytrap....
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Mighty Jack

Ben Hatke - First Second Books
Format: Print book

Jack might be the only kid in the world who's dreading summer. But he's got a good reason: summer is when his single mom takes a second job and leaves him at home to watch his autistic kid sister, Maddy. It's a lot of responsibility, and it's boring, too, because Maddy doesn't talk. Ever....
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The Wild Robot

Peter Brown - Little
Format: Print book

Can a robot survive in the wilderness? When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island. She has no idea how she got there or what her purpose is--but she knows she needs to survive. After battling a fierce storm and escaping a vicious...
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