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Just One More
Just One More

Jennifer Hansen Rolli · Viking Juvenile
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Sometimes Ruby needsjust one more minute of sleep,one more thingy for her hair,one more push on the swing,and one more scoop on her cone,(and one more, and one more, and one more . . .) until one more is justtoo much.Maybe it's time for just one?If you know a someone like Ruby,Just One More...
 
 
Baby Pig Pig Talks
Baby Pig Pig Talks

David McPhail · Charlesbridge
Format: Board book

David McPhail takes readers back in time to when Pig Pig, star of the popular picture-book series, was a baby. Baby Pig Pig tries to copy his mother's speech as she points out the animals and objects around them, but nothing he says seems to come out right. What will Baby Pig Pig's...
 
 
The Winter Train
The Winter Train

Susanna Isern · Cuento De Luz Sl
Pages: 24
Format: Hardcover

Winter is drawing near, and like every year around this time, the forest animals catch the train that will take them to warmer lands. The trip is going smoothly, until one passenger suddenly yells: "We've forgotten Squirrel! We've got to go back and find her!" A delightful...
 
 
Where Do Steam Trains Sleep at Night?
Where Do Steam Trains Sleep at Night?

Brianna Caplan Sayres · Random House
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

The same team who brought you Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night? have engineered another rollicking bedtime story - for train lovers everywhere! Have you ever wondered what little trains do when it's time for bed? The same things you do! Freight trains, passenger trains, subways, trolleys...
 
 
Families Around the World
Families Around the World

Margriet Ruurs · Kids Can Press
Format: Hardcover

A successor to the popular Children Around the World written and illustrated by Donata Montanari, this book allows young readers to visit with fourteen children, each from a different country, to learn about their families. Based on real children, each one's story fills a two-page spread...
 
 
Owl Sees Owl
Owl Sees Owl

Laura Godwin · Schwartz & Wade Books
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Fans of the classic picture book Owl Babies by Martin Waddell and Patrick Benson will adore this utterly simple picture book in which a baby owl goes off on his first adventure. With just three or four words per page, this story follows a baby owl one night as he leaves the safety of his nest...
 
 
They All Saw a Cat
They All Saw a Cat

Brendan Wenzel · Chronicle Books
Pages: 44
Format: Print book

A New York Times bestseller★"An ingenious idea, gorgeously realized." - Shelf Awareness, starred review"Both simple and ingenious in concept, Wenzel's book feels like a game changer." - The Huffington PostThe cat walked through the world, with its whiskers, ears,...
 
 
Love Monster
Love Monster

Rachel Bright · Farrar Straus & Giroux
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Love Monster is a slightly hairy monster trying to fit in with the cuddly residents of Cutesville. But as it turns out, it's hard to fit in with the cute and the fluffy when you're a googly-eyed monster. And so, Love Monster sets out to find someone who will love him just the way he is. His journey...
 
 
Playtime?
Playtime?

Jeff Mack · Philomel Books
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

This funny picture book ode to the struggles of bedtime is perfect for fans of Mo Willems's Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late! Bedtime can be a challenge for the best of us. But when you're a fun-loving, overactive pet gorilla, bedtime is downright hard. Who would want to go to sleep when...
 
 
My Red Balloon
My Red Balloon

Kazuaki Yamada · minedition
Format: Hardcover

Winner of: Cooperative Children's Book Center CHOICES Best of the Year A charming story about the power of friendship A little girl begins a happy bus outing with her beautiful red balloon. But when the balloon suddenly flies away, the bus driver and a passenger bear gallantly help...
 
 
Make It Zoom!
Make It Zoom!

Anna Claybourne · Raintree
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Welcome to the world of Whiz Kid Science! Find out all there is to know about the science of sound with these fun and easy-to-do experiments. Make noise travel through a table, measure the speed of a boom, and make a cup squawk like a parrotall in the name of science!
 
 
Early Bird
Early Bird

Toni Yuly · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Early Bird wakes up before the sun. She is hungry. What will she have for breakfast?With language that emphasizes action words, this is a fun story for morning, nighttime, any time.
 
 
The Very Fidgety Fish
The Very Fidgety Fish

Ruth Galloway · Tiger Tales
Format: Book

Tiddler is always fidgeting. “Go out into the sea and swim until you’re tired,” says his mother, “but watch out for the Big Fish.” So Tiddler heads out and meets jellyfish, a starfish, a crab, and other creatures. Then he sees a big, dark cave and decides to investigate….
 
 
Hop
Hop

Jorey Hurley · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

With minimal prose and joyful illustrations, acclaimed artist and author Jorey Hurley tells the story of a day in the life of a rabbit family.Listen. Follow. Hide. Snuggle. A quiet spring day holds a grand adventure when a mother rabbit leads her three bunnies out to explore. Their world...
 
 
Llama Llama Jingle Bells
Llama Llama Jingle Bells

Anna Dewdney · Viking Books for Young Readers; Brdbk edition
Format: Board book

With short and simple rhyming text, the Llama Llama board books introduce Llama Llama to babies and toddlers before they're ready for longer full-length stories. And their small size and durable pages are perfect for little hands. In Llama Llama Jingle Bells, little llama and his friends...