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Piglet and Papa

Margaret Wild - Harry N. Abrams
Format: Paperback

For all children who have wondered what their parents are thinking, this warmly illustrated book is perfect for bedtime and story hour. Piglet feels a little insecure - she has upset her papa. Does that mean he no longer loves her? Horse, Sheep, Donkey, Duck, and Dog all tell her that they...
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Help Wanted: One Rooster

Julie Falatko - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

The search for the perfect rooster to save a struggling farm from chaos will leave readers howling - and trying out their very best cock-a-doodle-doo!. A farm.. Bucolic beauty, barns, and...sleepy animals everywhere?. This farm needs a rooster, and Cow is determined to find the perfect...
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Cows to the Rescue

John Himmelman - Henry Holt
Format: Hardcover

It's the day of the county fair!Three-legged races, a "Smartest Pig" contest, the Ferris wheel -- what could be more fun? But the Greenstalks' car won't start, so they'll need some help getting there. . . .Cows to the Rescue is the fabulous new book in John...
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Max on the Farm

Kyle Lukoff - Reycraft Books
Format: Hardcover

Max and Teresa, one of his best friends, wind up having more fun (and a little trouble) than they bargained for on a class fieldtrip to a farm.
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Chicken Talk

PATRICIA MACLACHLAN - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Hardcover

The chickens on the farm have a message for their farm owners! They're tired of arugula salad, how about putting a fan in their hot coop, and HEY - watch out for that snake in your tent.As the children walk around their beloved farm, they discover more and more chicken talk scratched into...
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Interrupting Chicken

David Ezra Stein - Candlewick
Format: Paperback

"The delivery is Catskill perfect; readers will fall hard for the antics of this hapless pair." - Publishers Weekly (starred review) 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...
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Duck on a Tractor

David Shannon - The Blue Sky Press
Format: Print book

David Shannon's wildly popular, award-winning Duck on a Bike left children begging him to tell them another story about Duck after seeing him pictured alongside a shiny red tractor. Now Duck is back and turning the farm upside down! Flushed with the success of his trailblazing bike...
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Catch That Chicken!

Atinuke - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

The team behind Baby Goes to Market and B Is for Baby visit a Nigerian village for a humorous ode to childhood ingenuity.Lami is the best chicken catcher in the whole village. Her sister may be speedy at spelling, her friend fast at braiding hair, and her brother brave with bulls, but when...
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The pig in the pond

Martin Waddell - Candlewick Press
Format: Hardcover

An overheated pig who doesn't swim, throws himself into a pond, throwing the farmyard into an uproar. Most pigs don't swim, or so it's said. But on this hot summer day, the pig on Neligan's farm sits by the pond feeling envious of the ducks and geese floating in the cool...
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The Very Busy Spider

Eric Carle - Philomel Books
Format: Hardcover

"A beautifully executed work for the very young that satisfies the needs of both visually handicapped and sighted children without losing its artistic integrity."-The Horn Book, starred review."Both sighted and blind children will follow the action with ease . . . Visually...
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Barnyard Banter

Denise Fleming - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

This farm favorite is now a board book, perfect for preschoolers. "Cows in the pasture, moo, moo, moo. Roosters in the barnyard, cock-a-doodle-doo . . ."It's another noisy morning on the farm, and all of the animals are where they should be -- except Goose. And where is Goose?...
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The Cazuela That the Farm Maiden Stirred

Samantha R. Vamos - Charlesbridge
Format: Hardcover

This is the story of how the farm maiden and all the farm animals worked together to make the rice pudding that they serve at the fiesta. With the familiarity of "The House That Jack Built," this story bubbles and builds just like the ingredients of the arroz con leche that everyone...
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The Sun Is Late and So Is The Farmer

Philip Christian Stead - Neal Porter Books
Format: Hardcover

On a peculiarly long night, three farm animals set off on a daring quest to bring the sunrise.A mule,A milk cow,A miniature horse,Standing in a barn door,Waiting for the sun to rise. As this trio rests in their comfortable barn, a realization slowly dawns on them. . . the sun is late to rise....
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Blue Chicken

Deborah Freedman - Viking Juvenile
Format: Hardcover

In this deceptively simple picture book, author-illustrator Deborah Freedman has created an irresistible character that springs to life and wreaks havoc in a farmyard with a pot of blue paint. The innocent chicken just wants to help, but things get worse and worse-and bluer and bluer--the...
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Mr. Watson's Chickens

Jarrett Dapier - Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover

With rollicking rhythms, nonsensical refrains, and too many chickens to count, this modern classic will inspire unstoppable giggles and endless rereads. Bawka-bawka!Mr. Watson has 456 chickens in the sink, on the bed, in the bread box. When his partner, Mr. Nelson, threatens to leave, Mr. Watson...
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The Greedy Goat

PETR HORACEK - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

A very greedy goat wreaks havoc in the barnyard in an entertaining cautionary tale from Petr Horcek.Goat is tired of always eating herbs and grass. She wants to try something new! So one day she embarks on a tasting spree, trying the dog's food, the pig's potato peels, and more, with the farmer's...
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Grumpy Duck

Joyce Dunbar - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

When Duck's grumpiness becomes contagious, what can possibly turn it around?Duck is in a very grumpy mood. The pond is dry, and she doesn't want to roll in the mud with Pig, sing with Rooster, doze with Tortoise, eat laundry with Goat, or join any of the other animals in their pastimes....
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Ten Red Apples

Pat Hutchins

Ten red apples hanging on a tree. Yippee, fiddle-dee-fee! But they are not there for long. Horse, cow, donkey, pig, hen, and the other farm animals each eat one. "Save one for me," calls the farmer. But what about the farmer's wife?Count on Pat Hutchins to solve the problem happily....
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This Little Pup

Laura J Bryant - Albert Whitman & Co
Format: Hardcover

A boy throws a ball for the puppy to fetch. It bounces past two brown cows, three green frogs, four pink pigs, and keeps right on going around the farm, taking the reader with it, all the way back to where it started. A circuitous romp with cumulative text and beautifully rendered illustrations,...
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Go Sleep in Your Own Bed

Candace Fleming - Schwartz & Wade
Format: Hardcover

From bestselling, award-winning author Fleming and beloved illustrator of the Maple books Nichols comes a giggle-inducing read-aloud starring a cast of comically grumpy barnyard animals. Sure to become a bedtime favorite. This funny and irresistible picture book feels like a classic...
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Cow

Malachy Doyle - Margaret K. McElderry
Format: Hardcover

Beautiful illustrations and lyrical text offer young readers an amusing look into what life may be like for a cow. 10,000 first printing.
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The Cow Loves Cookies

Karma Wilson - Margaret K. McElderry Books
Format: Hardcover

The horse loves hay, the chickens need feed, the geese munch on corn, the hogs devour slop, the dog eats treats, but the cow loves ... COOKIES? Don't miss this barnyard treat, featuring a new cover, from the author of the New York Times bestselling Bear series.With an original twist...
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Chicken Butt

Erica S Perl - Abrams Books for Young Readers
Format: Print book

You know what?What?Chicken butt! The classic schoolyard joke has been recast as an irreverent picture book, with call-and-response parts for parent and child. The word repetition in Erica S. Perl's text, and wonderfully comic illustrations by beloved artist Henry Cole,...
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Chicken Little

Rebecca Emberley - Roaring Brook Press
Format: Hardcover

BONK! An award-winning father-daughter team make the sky fall an entirely new way.You may already know the tale of a not-quite-so-bright little chicken whose encounter with an acorn and gravity convinces him the sky is falling, but youve never seen the story told this way. A brilliant collaboration...
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Chicken in Space

Adam Lehrhaupt - Harper
Format: Print book

Zoey isn't like the other chickens. She has dreams. She has plans. And she has a best friend, Sam the pig, who will join her on her wild adventures . . . if he gets to eat some pie along the way. How will Zoey and Sam get from the barn to the stars? Will Zoey be the first chicken in space?...
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Chickens to the Rescue

John Himmelman - H. Holt
Format: Hardcover

Meet the most heroic chickens in town!On Monday, Farmer Greenstalk dropped his watch down the well. . . . On Tuesday, Mrs. Greenstalk was too tired to make dinner. . . . Who will help the poor Greenstalk family? Chickens to the rescue! The amazing chickens on the Greenstalk...
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Cow Boy Is NOT a Cowboy

Gregory Barrington - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

Meet Goat Girl and Merle: an irresistible pair of characters who show young readers that the best friendships are built on more than first impressions. Goat Girl - an adventurous goat - lives on Humdrum Farm, a place where everything is ordinary, and she's looking for some excitement...
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Chicken, Chicken, Duck!

Nadia Krilanovich - Tricycle Press
Format: Hardcover

Duck and his barnyard friends are up to something. One by one we meet them, and then hear their familiar sounds. But that Duck always has the last QUACK! In close-up images, the animals seem to be climbing upon each other. At the very end, we see the hilarious finale. Young readers will...
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Chicken Lily

Lori Mortensen - Henry Holt and Company, 2016.
Format: Print book

Chicken Lily may be a lot of things--a careful colorer, a patient puzzler, and a quiet hide-and-seeker (she never made a peep!) --but brave has never been one of them. That's why, when a school-wide poetry jam is announced in class, Lily is terrified. Will she sound like a bird brain?Although...
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Horses: Trotting! Prancing! Racing!

Patricia Hubbell - Two Lions
Format: Hardcover

Horses do all kinds of things. They race around tracks, haul wagons, herd animals, and more. They need a lot of care from their owners, including brushing and exercise. Horses come in many sizes and colors. Joe Mathieu’s adorable illustrations rendered in watercolor and pencil bring...
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