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Cozy

Jan Brett - G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

A group of clever animals find an unusual but warm and furry home during Alaska's long winter in Jan Brett's newest snowy adventure.Cozy is the softest musk ox in Alaska, with the warmest fur you ever did feel. When a storm hits while he's separated from his family, he starts...
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The Ocean Calls: A Haenyeo Mermaid Story

Tina Cho - Kokila
Format: Hardcover

A breathtaking picture book featuring a Korean girl and her haenyeo (free diving) grandmother about intergenerational bonds, finding courage in the face of fear, and connecting with our natural world.Dayeon wants to be a haenyeo just like Grandma. The haenyeo dive off the coast of Jeju...
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You Matter

Christian Robinson - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

They All Saw a Cat meets The Important Book in this sensitive and impactful picture book about seeing the world from different points of view by Caldecott and Coretta Scott King Honoree Christian Robinson.In this full, bright, and beautiful picture book, many different perspectives around...
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The Couch Potato

Jory John - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

Meet your new pal-tato in the fourth picture book from the #1 New York Times bestselling creators of The Bad Seed, The Good Egg, and The Cool Bean, Jory John and Pete Oswald.The Couch Potato has everything he needs within reach of his sunken couch cushion. But when the electricity goes...
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Time for Bed's Story

Monica Arnaldo - Kids Can Press
Format: Hardcover

In this engaging, laugh-out-loud funny picture book, a child's bed tells it like it is.Bed has something to say. Bed knows you do not like bedtime. And Bed gets it. But look ... YOU are not so great, either ...Bed is fed up. Bed's patience is wearing thin. For years, Bed has put up with...
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I Got the School Spirit

Connie Schofield-Morrison - Bloomsbury Children's Books
Format: Hardcover

This exuberant celebration of the first day of school illustrated by award-winning illustrator Frank Morrison will have every kid cheering for school to begin!Summer is over, and this little girl has got the school spirit! She hears the school spirit in the bus driving up the street--VROOM,...
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Hike

Pete Oswald - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

Take to the trails for a celebration of nature - and a day spent with dad.In the cool and quiet early light of morning, a father and child wake up. Today they're going on a hike. Follow the duo into the mountains as they witness the magic of the wilderness, overcome challenges, and play...
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Your Name Is a Song

Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow - The Innovation Press
Format: Hardcover

Frustrated by a day full of teachers and classmates mispronouncing her beautiful name, a little girl tells her mother she never wants to come back to school. In response, the girl's mother teaches her about the musicality of African, Asian, Black-American, Latinx, and Middle Eastern...
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I Talk Like a River

Jordan Scott - Neal Porter Books
Format: Hardcover

What if words got stuck in the back of your mouth whenever you tried to speak? What if they never came out the way you wanted them to? Sometimes it takes a change of perspective to get the words flowing.I wake up each morning with the sounds of words all around me. And I can't say them...
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Sugar in Milk

Thrity Umrigar - Running Press Kids
Format: Hardcover

A timely and timeless picture book about immigration, refugees, acceptance, and tolerance from a New York Times bestselling author.A young Parsi girl in modern times comes from India to live in America with her extended family. She feels so alone-like she's not wanted-but then is told...
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Grumpy Monkey Up All Night

Suzanne Lang - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Have you ever stayed up way past your bedtime? Jim Panzee certainly has. Jim is going to a slumber party and there's LOTS to do. Jim plans on bobbing for mangoes, going termite fishing, and of course staying UP ALL NIGHT!But Jim gets more than a little frusrated when all the things...
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Outside In

Deborah Underwood - HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times best-selling author behind The Quiet Book comes a mindful contemplation on the many ways nature affects our everyday lives, perfect for fans of Joyce Sidman and Julie Fogliano. Outside is waiting, the most patient playmate of all. The most generous friend. The most...
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How to Solve a Problem: The Rise (and Falls) of a Rock-Climbing Champion

Shiraishi, Ashima - MAKE ME A WORLD
Format: Book

Describes solving a complex problem in terms of rock climbing, which may include false starts, breaking the challenge into smaller parts, and always being thoughtful and persistent.
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Wild Symphony

Dan Brown - Rodale Kids
Format: Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling author Dan Brown makes his picture book debut with this mindful, humorous musical, and uniquely entertaining book! Travel through the trees and across the seas with Maestro Mouse and his musical friends! Young readers will meet a big blue whale and speedy cheetahs,...
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The Alphabet's Alphabet

Chris Harris - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

For fans of P is for Pterodactyl comes this groundbreaking spin on the ABCs from an acclaimed, bestselling author and artist pairing!Here's a totally twisted take on the alphabet that invites readers to look at it in a whole new way: An A is an H that just won't stand up right,...
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RESPECT: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul

Carole Boston Weatherford - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

From a creative team with multiple Caldecott Honors comes this vibrant portrait of Aretha Franklin that pays her the R-E-S-P-E-C-T this Queen of Soul deserves.Aretha Franklin was born to sing. The daughter of a pastor and a gospel singer, her musical talent was clear from her earliest days...
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Honeybee: A Day in the Life of Apis Mellifera

Candace Fleming - Neal Porter Books
Format: Hardcover

Get up close and personal with Apis, one honeybee, as she embarks on her journey through life, complete with exquisitely detailed illustrations.Beginning at birth, the honeybee emerges through the wax cap of her cell and is driven to protect and take care of her hive. She cleans the nursery...
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Too Many Jacks

Mac Barnett - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Mac Barnett and Geisel Award-winning illustrator Greg Pizzoli, an uproarious early reader series about a mischievous rabbit, a cranky old lady, and a lovable dog.The Lady gives Jack a gift. It's a lab kit! Jack goes into the shed to experiment...
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Swim, Mo, Swim!

David A. Adler - Penguin Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Mo is going swimming in the fifth title of the perenially popular, Geisel Award-winning Level 2 readers series by David A. Adler!It's Field Day at summer camp and Mo's group, the Guppies, is competing for extra ice cream! He and his friends are doing their best at everything from...
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What About Worms!?

Ryan T. Higgins

From #1 New York Times best-selling author Ryan T. Higgins comes What About Worms!? Tiger is BIG. Tiger is BRAVE. And Tiger is NOT afraid of anything . . . except WORMS! Are Tiger's worm worries worse than worms?
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Fox versus Winter (My First I Can Read)

Corey R Tabor - Balzer Bray
Format: Paperback

Fun-loving, mischievous Fox - the hilarious trickster character featured in Geisel Award-winning Fox the Tiger - goes up against a surprising foe! Fox does not like winter. None of his friends are around to play. He is bored and alone. Then Fox has an idea. If he cannot escape winter, he will...
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King & Kayla and the Case of the Unhappy Neighbor

Dori Hillestad Butler - Peachtree Publishing Company
Format: Paperback

A lovable dog helps his human girl solve a mystery.Thor has been accused of wrecking Mr. Gary's yard -- knocking over trash cans, eating the vegetables out of the garden, and pooping. But King and Kayla, with the help of some other neighbors, are determined to clear his name, using...
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I Love My Grandma!

Frances Gilbert - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Library Binding

Perfect for Mother's Day, Grandparents Day, and any day when you want to celebrate a child's love for their grandma, this warm Step 1 early reader celebrates a girl's special relationship with her grandma!Aren't grandmas the best? The star of I Love Pink! and I Love My Tutu!...
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Double the Dinosaurs: A Math Reader

Diana Murray - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Library Binding

2, 4, 6, 8, math with dinos is so GREAT! This Step 1 early reader will introduce the fundamentals of addition and the concept of "doubling."First there's one dinosaur, then two, then four... keep up the doubling and there will sixty-four dinosaurs before the story's through....
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Come In, Zip!

David Milgrim - Simon Spotlight
Format: Paperback

Zip the unlucky magician is the star of another hilarious story in the third book in the Adventures of Zip Read-to-Go! series from author-illustrator David Milgrim, two-time Theodor Seuss Geisel Honoree!It's time for Zip to come in after a long day of playing. But Zip doesn't want...
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Pool Party!

Doreen Cronin - Simon Spotlight
Format: Hardcover

From Caldecott Honor-winning and New York Times bestselling duo Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin comes an all-new, laugh-out-loud original Level 2 Ready-to-Read about the farm friends staying cool in the pool!On a hot summer day, Farmer Brown and the animals have a pool party! One by one,...
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Max & Mos Science Fair Surprise: Ready-to-Read Level 1

Patricia Lakin - ‎Simon Spotlight; Illustrated edition
Format: Hardcover

Award-winning author Patricia Lakin is back with a Level 1 Ready-to-Read about the adorable hamsters, Max and Mo. Join Max and Mo as they participate in an exciting science fair!Its school science fair time, and Max and Mo love seeing what the big ones - the kids in the class - are making....
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