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Busy-Busy Little Chick

Janice Harrington - Farrar Straus Giroux
Format: Hardcover

Ideal for Easter and springtime, an exuberantly illustrated picture book by a New York Times bestselling artist!Little Chick's mother is all cluck and no action. Mama knows her old nest isn't the cozy home she and her brood need. But whenever she vows to start building a new house,...
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Dream Big, Little Pig!

Kristi Yamaguchi - Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Format: Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller! "Follow your Dreams!" "You go, Girl!" "Dream Big, pig!" Poppy is a waddling, toddling pig with big dreams. She wants to be a star! But she soon discovers that's not as easy as it sounds. It's only when Poppy feels the magic...
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Pip's Trip

Janet Morgan Stoeke - Dial
Format: Hardcover

Pip Midge and Dot are the cute but clueless hens of Loopy Coop Farm Every day they watch the farmers truck drive away and they wonder what it would be like to take a ride Finally Pip gathers her courage climbs into the back and closes her eyes The truck rumbles to life and when Pip opens...
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Black Dog

Levi Pinfold - Templar
Format: Hardcover

An enormous black dog and a very tiny little girl star in this offbeat tale about confronting ones fears.When a huge black dog appears outside the Hope family home, each member of the household sees it and hides. Only Small, the youngest Hope, has the courage to face the black dog, who might...
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Clementine

Sebastian Loth - NorthSouth
Format: Hardcover

Once there was a little snail who loved everything roundhoops and wheels and balls and balloons and, most of all, the moon. Oh, how she longed to glide gently over the moons surface, around and around and around. And so she made a daring decisionshed find a way to fly to the moon! This...
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Kiki's Blankie

Janie Bynum - Sterling
Format: Hardcover

With her adored polka-dot blankie in hand, Kiki can do and be anything she wants. In a flash, it transforms her into a cowgirl, a pirate, even a superhero with a cape! So when the blankie blows away, Kiki will do anything to get it backeven face a very scary crocodile.Janie Bynums irresistible...
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The Terrible Plop

Ursula Dubosarsky - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

In this uproarious update of a favorite story, an unexplained noise leads to pandemonium among the animals. The fox, the elephant, even the big brown bear prove no match for the Terrible Plop. Only the littlest bunny learns not to panic when the sky--or something else up there--is falling....
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Brave Charlotte and the Wolves

Anu Stohner - Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Format: Print book

Charlotte has always stood out from the flock for her courage and sense of adventure. So when a group of sheep start bullying the others, Charlotte knows she has to do something about it. But there's an even bigger, even scarier bully lurking in the woods . . . . Our sheepish heroine...
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Lucy Goosey

Margaret Wild - Little Hare Books
Format: Hardcover

Lucy Goosey has been playing happily in the same pond all her life, but then the time comes for her to fly away. She is so terrified of getting lost in the huge sky that she refuses to leave with the others. Is it more terrifying to be alone, or to face one's greatest fear? No matter...
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Little Quack

Lauren Thompson - Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

Little Quack is a duck out of water. As his brothers and sisters splish, splash, and splosh their way into the pond behind their mama, he is left all alone on the shore. Little Quack wants to join his family. Can he find the courage to be a very small duck in a very big pond? Count along...
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Open Very Carefully: A Book with Bite

Nicola O'Byrne - Nosy Crow
Format: Hardcover

What would you do if you were settling down for a quiet bedtime story and you realized that a crocodile had fallen into your storybook and was — not to put too fine a point on it — wreaking havoc? Would you slam that book shut and cram it back onto the bookshelf? Or would you be brave...
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Brave Irene

William Steig - Farrar, Straus, Giroux
Format: Paperback

Brave Irene is Irene Bobbin, the dressmaker's daughter. Her mother, Mrs. Bobbin, isn't feeling so well and can't possibly deliver the beautiful ball gown she's made for the duchess to wear that very evening. So plucky Irene volunteers to get the gown to the palace on time, in spite...
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Kel Gilligan's Daredevil Stunt Show

Michael Buckley - Harry N. Abrams; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

From Michael Buckley, the bestselling author of the Sisters Grimm and NERDS series, and Dan Santat, author-illustrator of Sidekicks, comes this hilarious picture book starring Kel Gilligan a.k.a. The Boy Without Fear that encourages kids to laugh at their fears and celebrates the bravery...
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Giant Steps to Change the World

Sean Qualls - Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

"On some days your dreams may seem too away far to realize… Listen to the whispers of those that came before..." Following the success of their much beloved picture books, Please, Baby, Please and Please, Puppy, Please; Academy Award nominated director Spike Lee, and his talented...
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Chick-o-Saurus Rex

Lenore Jennewein - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

A bullied little chicken discovers his inner strength along with some surprising dinosaur ancestry in this farmyard tale with huge heart.Little Chick just wants to belong, but the bullies of the barnyard—Little Donkey, Little Pig, and Little Sheep—won’t let him play in their...
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Chico the Brave

Dave Horowitz - Nancy Paulsen Books
Format: Hardcover

A shy chick finds the courage to soarChico is afraid of everything, even his own shadow. His dad tries to bolster his confidence by telling him about the legendary Golden Chicken, but Chico doesn't believe anyone could be that brave. So he sets off into the mountains to find the Golden...
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Small Florence, Piggy Pop Star

Claire Alexander - Albert Whitman & Company
Format: Hardcover

Small Florence has big dreams of becoming a piggy pop star. But when she tries to sing in front of her two older sisters, nothing comes out but a shy little squeak! When her sisters get the chance to sing in a contest on TV, Florence wishes she could join them. On the day of the competition,...
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Library Mouse: A World to Explore

Daniel Kirk - Harry N. Abrams
Format: Hardcover

One night in the library, Sam meets fellow mouse Sarah. Sam learns that Sarah is quite the explorer. She loves to scurry to the tops of shelves and explore the darkest corners of the building. Sam never climbs far uphes too afraid! He prefers to research subjectssuch as explorationand write...
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Chief Rhino to the Rescue!

Sam Lloyd - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

Chief Rhino is the bravest person in Whoops-a-Daisy World, so when he sees the flicker of flames in a window, he knows he must race to the rescue. If anyone can save the day, Chief Rhino can! In this new adventure from Whoops-a-Daisy World, children can spot their old friends from Doctor...
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Courage

Bernard Waber - HMH Books for Young Readers; 1 edition
Format: Library Binding

What is courage? Certainly it takes courage for a firefighter to rescue someone trapped in a burning building, but there are many other kinds of courage too. Everyday kinds that normal, ordinary people exhibit all the time, like "being the first to make up after an argument,"...
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