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The Red Jacket

Bob Holt - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Jory John and Pete Oswald's The Bad Seed and Jon Klassen's I Want My Hat Back!Bob loves his red jacket.The red jacket makes him feel swanky cool.The red jacket makes other seagulls notice him and even speak to him.But when a wave washes it away, will Bob lose...
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I Can Open It for You

Shinsuke Yoshitake - Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover

From acclaimed author-illustrator Shinsuke Yoshitake comes a humorous picture book about the empowering possibilities of growing up and a child's imagination!. Akira has a problem: He is too small to open packages by himself. He still needs grown-ups to help him.. But one day, perhaps...
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This Book Is Banned

Raj Haldar - Sourcebooks Explore
Format: Hardcover

Banning books is downright dangerous -- and if you manage to make it to the end of this book, you might just find out why.From #1 New York Times bestselling author of P Is for Pterodactyl Raj Haldar comes a hilarious and thoughtful new picture book that underscores the importance of the fight...
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How Dinosaurs Went Extinct: A Safety Guide

Ame Dyckman - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

From author Ame Dyckman and illustrator Jenn Harney comes a hilarious faux-cautionary tale featuring dad jokes and tantrum-throwing dinosaurs! In this outrageous "safety guide," a child in a museum asks their parents how the dinosaurs all became extinct. Well, their father has some...
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One Chicken Nugget

Tadgh Bentley

Inspired by the classic folktale "One Grain of Rice," One Chicken Nugget is a monstrously funny new picture book - with a mathematical twist! - from the author-illustrator of Little Penguin Gets the Hiccups.Everybody knows monsters love chicken nuggets, but Frank loved t
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Spider in the Well

Jess Hannigan - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Hardcover

This cheeky picture book debut from author-illustrator Jess Hannigan tells the darkly dry and utterly hilarious tale of fibs, cons, and JUSTICE! Perfect for fans of Jon Klassen, Ryan Higgins, and stylized cinema - from Orson Welles to Wes Anderson.Breaking News: Wishing Well Broken!The...
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100 Mighty Dragons All Named Broccoli

David LaRochelle

"A nonstop dragon party . . . Irresistible." - Publishers Weekly. This wacky counting adventure by Geisel Award-winning author David LaRochelle is a hilarious ode to dragons and math, with pitch-perfect art by Lian Cho.. High on a mountain live 100 mighty dragons all na
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Is Everyone Ready for Fun?

Jan Thomas - Beach Lane Books
Format: Hardcover

Chicken has some unexpected and exuberant cow visitors who have exciting plans for jumping, dancing, and wiggling on his teeny-tiny couch, and Chicken is none too happy about it. That is until the fun concludes with a quiet, cozy and delicious nap for all!
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Oh No, the Aunts Are Here

Adam Rex

A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of 2023 A Bookpage Best Book of 2023 . Every family has its special aunt: the cool aunt, the wacky aunt, the scary aunt. But this family has ALL THE AUNTS. . Shhh, listen. Do you hear that? Oh no. Oh dear. Oh . . . my . . . godmother. They'v
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Polar Bears Underwear

Tupera Tupera - Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover

Polar Bear has lost his underwear! Where could it be? Theres only one thing to do: Remove the books underwear-shaped bellyband to find the missing pair! Is that Polar Bears underwear? No, its Zebras - see the colorful stripes? What about that itty-bitty pair? No, those belong to Butterfly!...
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I Do Not Eat Children

Marcus Cutler - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

A smooth-talking monster gets what's coming to him in this funny and slyly subversive picture book for fans of There's a Monster in Your Book and We Don't Eat Our Classmates.. A big orange creature lurks in a crowded playground...but don't worry! He would never eat a child....
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My Dad Is a Tree

Jon Agee - Rocky Pond Books
Format: Hardcover

A dad and daughter take pretending to an adorable extreme in this funny book that's perfect for Father's Day.. It's easy to be a tree. Just pretend your arms are branches, your body is a trunk, and your legs are roots. Don't move, even if a bird makes a nest on your head,...
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That's My Sweater!

Jessika Von Innerebner - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover

An outrageously funny sibling rivalry story with a hand-me-down twistOlivia loves her favorite sweater. I mean, she really really loves it. So when her mom decides it's time to hand it down to Olivia's baby brother, Olivia vows that she will not rest until she and her beloved sweater...
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The Duck Never Blinks

Alex Latimer - Roaring Brook Press
Format: Hardcover

Can you make a duck blink? . Probably not. . But you can try, in this irreverent and hilarious staring contest between you and a duck that never, ever blinks.. Do you see that duck over there?. That duck doesn't blink. Even if you look away then look back real quick. Even if you tell...
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Frank and Bert (Frank and Bert, 1)

Chris Naylor-Ballesteros - Nosy Crow
Format: Hardcover

A hilarious new picture book from author of The Suitcase, Chris Naylor-Ballesteros!. A hilarious new picture book from author of The Suitcase, Chris Naylor-Ballesteros - with neon ink throughout!. Frank and Bert are the best of friends and they LOVE playing hide-and-seek. But Bert the bear...
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I Want 100 Dogs

Stacy McAnulty - Chronicle Books LLC
Format: Hardcover

In this funny, feel-good first-pet book, one aspiring dog owner and her parents ponder - in wildly imaginative and hilarious detail - all the best and worst outcomes of bringing home more dogs than you can (literally) shake a stick at.. A young girl proclaims, "I want 100 dogs."...
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You're Going to Love This Book!

Jory John - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

Sure to bring a smile to the faces of even the grumpiest readers, this laugh-out-loud picture book from #1 New York Times-bestselling author Jory John and internationally acclaimed illustrator Olivier Tallec is hilarious enough to come back to again and again.Attention, reader: You're...
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If You Laugh, I'm Starting This Book Over

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

Guaranteed to be a major hit at storytime, this hilarious interactive picture book is perfect for fans of The Book With No Pictures, The Serious Goose and Press Here. Okay, kid ... I have a BIG THING that I really want to tell you. But it's VERY SERIOUS. So please, NO LAUGHING while...
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The Book with No Pictures

B.J. Novak - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover

A #1 New York Times bestseller, this innovative and wildly funny read-aloud by award-winning humorist/actor B.J. Novak will turn any reader into a comedian.You might think a book with no pictures seems boring and serious. Except . . . here's how books work. Everything written on the page...
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I Want My Hat Back

Jon Klassen - Candlewick Press
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book of 2011!A picture-book delight by a rising talent tells a cumulative tale with a mischievous twist.The bear's hat is gone, and he wants it back. Patiently and politely, he asks the animals he comes across, one by one, whether they...
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Have You Seen This Book?

Angela DiTerlizzi
Format: Hardcover

!When a boy discovers that his favorite book is missing, he asks you if you've seen it. But with every description he gives and every page you turn, you realize that his missing book is in YOUR hands! So what do you do? And what does HE do when he figures it out?A laugh-out-loud, interactive...
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I Am Not a Chair!

Ross Burach - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

Grab the best seat in the house with this funny, touching picture book about a giraffe who keeps being mistaken for a chair!From the acclaimed author-illustrator of There's a Giraffe in My Soup, Ross Burach, comes a curious tale about finding one's courage and standing up for oneself. Full...
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This Book Will Not Be Fun

CIROCCO DUNLAP - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Library Binding

A mouse who acts as a careful custodian of his book tries to guarantee his reader some peace and order in spite of escalating chaos. For fans of The Book With No Pictures and This Book Just Ate My Dog!A book is no place for tomfoolery, and this mouse assures us that his book is to be no exception....
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Something's Wrong!: A Bear, a Hare, and Some Underwear

Jory John
Format: Hardcover

Jeff the bear has definitely forgotten something. He ate his breakfast, he watered his plant, he combed his fur ... what could it be? Why does he feel so oddly off? So he asks his friend Anders the rabbit what could possibly be wrong. It couldn't have anything to do with the fact that...
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Stuck

Oliver Jeffers - Philomel Books
Format: Hardcover

From the illustrator of the #1 smash The Day the Crayons Quit comes another bestseller--a giggle-inducing tale of everything tossed, thrown, and hurled in order to free a kite!When Floyd's kite gets stuck in a tree, he's determined to get it out. But how? Well, by knocking it down...
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The Seven Silly Eaters

Mary Ann Hoberman
Format: Hardcover

Peter wants only milk, Lucy wont settle for anything but homemade lemonade, and Jack is stuck on applesauce. Each new addition to the household brings a new demand for a special meal. Whats a mother to do [A] highly comic rhyming romp that surprisingly (and nicely) twists into a birthday...
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When Dinosaurs Came with Everything (Junior Library Guild Selection)

Elise Broach - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

From beloved duo Elise Broach and David Small comes an adorable picture book about a little boy who gets a free dino with purchase!Free gift with purchase: Dinosaurs! Wait - free what?! Just when a little boy thinks hes going to die of boredom from running errands with his mom, the most...
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Interrupting Chicken

David Ezra Stein - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

Its time for the little red chickens bedtime story - and a reminder from Papa to try not to interrupt. But the chicken cant help herself! Whether the tale is Hansel and Grettel or Little Red Riding Hood or even Chicken Little, she jumps into the story to save its hapless characters from...
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Escargot

Dashka Slater - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

"So funny! Preschoolers and kindergarteners will get a kick out of the snazzy little snail who wants to be a pet. Fun for adult readers, too." - Seira Wilson, Amazon EditorBonjour! Escargot is a beautiful French snail who wants only two things: 1. To be your favorite animal....
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The Panda Problem

Deborah Underwood - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover

The critically adored, New York Times bestselling Deborah Underwood delights with a hilariously meta celebration of storytelling out of control.Every story needs a problem.But Panda doesn't have a problem.Unless . . . Panda is the problem.The New York Times bestselling...
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The Very Impatient Caterpillar

Ross Burach - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

This clever send-up of every child's biggest challenge --being patient!--is a STEM-friendly, laugh-out-loud comedy about metamorphosis.HEY! What are you guys doing?We're going to metamorphosize.Meta-WHAT-now?Transform into butterflies.Right. Right. I knew that...WAIT?! You're...
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We Want a Dog

Lo Cole
Format: Hardcover

From the author-illustrator of Ten on a Twig comes a hysterical dog book for kids and adults alike, perfect for any pet lover!We want a dog! What kind of dog...?This hilarious rhyming texts takes us through twenty-seven unexpected and amusing varieties of dogs that one could have, like...
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Wood Could

Tiffany Stone

An imaginative girl in the forest knows that the piece of wood she finds could be a unicorn or a ship or a ladder. But Wood would rather be sleeping like a log. Despite all the girl's attempts to get him to play with her and her beloved stuffed bunny, Prince Fluffybutt, Woo
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No Pants!

Jacob Grant - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Pablo and his dad are ready for a great day. It's party day! A cookout with the whole family. All they need to do is get ready. Eat breakfast. Brush teeth. Put on pants. And they'll be ready to go! Only Pablo has another idea: No Pants!Suddenly it's looking as if party time...
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A Is for Another Rabbit

Hannah Batsel

A rabbit-obsessed narrator makes an owl increasingly irate by refusing to play by the rules of a conventional alphabet book. Every entry is about bunnies, from "delightful, dynamic, daredevil rabbits" to "xylophone rabbits and rabbits on drums!" Readers will
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Ten Steps to Flying Like a Superhero

Deb Pilutti
Format: Hardcover

Lava Boy and his favorite toy, Captain Magma, have saved the day many times. But there's one superhero skill they haven't mastered yet: the ability to fly. It shouldn't be too hard for Captain Magma and Lava Boy to figure out. But it's going to take a new set of rules and some...
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Are You Eating Candy Without Me?

Draga Jenny Malesevic - PENGUIN WORKSHOP
Format: Hardcover

Four different children from three different families ponder what the adults in their lives do during the day. Are they jumping on trampolines? Are they eating cake and ice cream while riding birthday ponies? Are they eating candy with other adults? After a series of hilariously illustrated...
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A Stack of Alpacas

Matt Cosgrove

Smashing and splashing! Jumping and thumping! Macca is an alpaca who loves silly caps and taking naps. But can Macca take care of his rambunctious nieces and nephew for an entire afternoon? Let's find out!
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Shhh! The Baby's Asleep

JaNay Brown-Wood - Charlesbridge
Format: Hardcover

Baby is finally asleep. But everyone is much too noisy! Can Mom, Daddy, Grammy, Pop Pop, Shae, Dante, Rover the dog, and even the neighbor keep quiet? Of course Baby is eventually awakened. But one savvy little narrator knows just the way to make his baby sister fall back asleep: by reading...
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How to Eat an Airplane

Peter Pearson - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Print book

The first book in the Bad Ideas Book Club, aptly named How to Eat an Airplane, explains: If you want to eat an airplane, there are a few things you should know. The truth is, most airplanes are too large to eat by yourself, so if you want to eat an airplane, you should have a party. It's...
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