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Please, Puppy, Please

Spike Lee - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers; Library Binding edition
Format: Hardcover

Away from the gate, puppy puppy, please, puppy. Oh wait, puppy, wait, please, please, please, please.... In page after page of tail-wagging fun, Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Spike Lee and his wife, Beacon Award-winning producer Tonya Lewis Lee, take a close-up look at what happens...
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Twenty Big Trucks in the Middle of the Street

Mark Lee - Candlewick Press
Format: Hardcover

Count the trucks getting stuck in a traffic jam in this rhythmic read-aloud sure to draw in kids who love everything on wheels.One ice-cream truck selling everything sweet breaks down and blocks the middle of our street.If you're a little boy on a bike, an ice-cream truck on your...
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The Kindhearted Crocodile

Lucia Panzieri - Holiday House
Format: Hardcover

A crocodile that longs to be a pet sneaks into a house, hides in the pages of a picture book during the day, and comes out at night to do kind and useful things for the family while they sleep.
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The Watermelon Seed

Greg Pizzoli - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

. With perfect comic pacing, Greg Pizzoli introduces us to one funny crocodile who has one big fear: swallowing a watermelon seed. What will he do when his greatest fear is realized? Will vines sprout out his ears? Will his skin turn pink? This crocodile has a wild imagination that kids...
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Caterina and the Perfect Party

Erin Eitter Kono - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover

Caterina is planning the best party ever. She organizes perfect lists, prepares perfect food, and crafts perfect decorations. But a terrible storm threatens to put a hitch in all of Caterina's perfect party plans. With the help of her friends and little brother, Leo, Caterina learns...
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This Is Our House

Hyewon Yum - Frances Foster Books
Format: Hardcover

A tree has bloomed on a city block outside a house for many years. Inside that house, several generations of a family have grown up. Grandma and Grandpa arrived at the house from a country far away, and Mom and her brothers played on the steps on warm summer days. This little girl learned...
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Tyrannosaurus Wrecks!

Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen - Harry N. Abrams
Format: Hardcover

In this read-along picture book, a classroom full of young dinosaurs plays with toys, does art projects, and reads books. But each activity is another opportunity for the over-enthusiastic Tyrannosaurus Rex to wreak havoc. Parents and young children will love the call-and-response nature...
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Turtle Island

Kevin Sherry - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover

From the award-winning creator of I'M THE BIGGEST THING IN THE OCEAN comes an inspiring tale of friendship and belonging that's perfect for fans of THE SNAIL AND THE WHALE, OWEN AND MZEE, and Oliver Jeffers's LOST AND FOUND.Turtle is big. But the ocean is bigger. And Turtle...
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Maggi and Milo

Juli Brenning - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover

Maggi is an excellent adventurer, a pretty good songwriter, an aspiring scientist, and Milos best friend. Milo is a Border Collie, and hes very smart. When Maggi gets a book about frogs from her grandma, naturally, she decides to take Milo to find frogs the very next day. But it turns out that...
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The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend

Dan Santat - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Print book

Winner of the 2015 Caldecott MedalThis magical story begins on an island far away where an imaginary friend is born. He patiently waits his turn to be chosen by a real child, but when he is overlooked time and again, he sets off on an incredible journey to the bustling city, where he finally...
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Walk with Me

Naomi Danis - Cartwheel Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

A toddler joyfully accompanies her mother on a walk to the park, in a rhyming tale illustrated by the artist of Monster Soup.
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I'm 3! Look What I Can Do

Maria Carluccio - Henry Holt
Format: Hardcover

From waking up in the morning to getting ready for bed and kissing good night, the day is full of first accomplishments for a young brother and sister. These three year-olds can eat with a fork and spoon; put away their toys; and get dressed--all by themselves. Cheerful illustrations follow...
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Tummy Girl

Roseanne Thong - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

Celebrate the girl you loveFrom wobbly first steps to romping in the rain, this vibrant book captures the precious early years of a child’s life and a parent’s wish for her bright future. Styled as an adorable “album” of art and verse, this is a fresh new portrait...
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Overboard!

Sarah Weeks - Harcourt Children's Books
Format: Hardcover

Sweet little baby bunny is as cute as can be, but turn your back for just one minute and--uh-oh, he's throwing everything overboard! The peachy peaches are going overboard! Squeaky, leaky rubber ducky? He's overboard! And so are the jammies and the diapers and everything else within...
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Little Yoga: A Toddler's First Book of Yoga

Rebecca Whitford - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

Yoga Baby spreads his arms out like a butterfly . . .Yoga Baby wobbles like a little bird . . . Yoga Baby says "time for rest--ahh, shh, shh"A perfect introduction to yoga for toddlers Here is a playful introduction to nine simple yoga exercises for young children. Toddlers...
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In the Tall, Tall Grass

Denise Fleming - Henry Holt; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

Rhymed text (crunch, munch, caterpillars lunch) presents a toddler's view of creatures found in the grass from lunchtime till nightfall, such as bees, ants, and moles. If you were a fuzzy caterpillar crawling through the tall, tall grass on a sunny afternoon, what would you see? To find...
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Bertie: Just Like Daddy

Marcus Pfister - NorthSouth
Format: Hardcover

Bertie and his daddy are back for another bouncy, lavishly illustrated read aloud story book perfect for fathers day.
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Mooshka, A Quilt Story

Julie Paschkis - Peachtree Publishers
Format: Hardcover

Karla loves Mooshka, a quilt composed of scraps of fabric from many members of Karla s family. But Mooshka is more than a quilt it can talk, comforting Karla at bedtime. Each square or schnitz, tells her stories of her ancestors and their lives. When new baby sister Hannah arrives, Karla...
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Big Kicks

Bob Kolar - Candlewick Press
Format: Hardcover

Biggie Bear lives in a quiet corner of a busy little town. He collects stamps, plays jazz, and enjoys being by himself. One day, the town soccer team knocks on his door, and they need BIG help. Biggie's never played soccer before, and once they are out on the fi eld, Biggie realizes...
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Tumford's Rude Noises

Nancy Tillman - Feiwel and Friends
Format: Print book

Tumford isn't really a terrible cat. It's just, like many children, Tum loves to make loud noises. But today, his parents are not in the mood. They have friends coming over and Tummy isn't just loud. No, Tumford is rude!This charming tale from the multiple New York Times bestselling...
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