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Sam and Jump

Jennifer K Mann · Candlewick Press
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

A charmingly simple tale about friends, old and new, that will resonate with anyone who's ever loved - and lost - a special toy.Sam and his stuffed bunny, Jump, are best friends, and they do everything together. One day, on a trip to the beach, Sam meets Thomas. Sam and Thomas play...
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Pug

Ethan Long · Holiday House
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award-winner Ethan Long uses his trademark wit and energy to make this simple story for the newest readers memorable and hilarious. Yap, yap, yap! Pug sees Peg through the window. He wants to join her! Why won t anyone take him on a wonderful snowy walk? Mom is just...
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Desert Animals

David West · Bright Connections Media
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Young readers explore hot desert regions to learn about the fascinating mammals, reptiles, and birds specially suited for these harsh biomes. From favorites like the camel and coyote to stranger animals such as the Gila monster, Desert Animals includes a beautiful photo of each animal alongside...
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Honey Bunny Funnybunny

Marilyn Sadler · Random House
Pages: 48
Format: Book

It's not easy being Honey Bunny Funnybunny--P.J. Funnybunny's little sister. Like most big brothers, P.J. loves to tease and play jokes on his little sister. Poor patient Honey Bunny puts up with almost everything. But the jokes stop short when P.J. paints the sleeping Honey Bunny's...
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An Apple for Harriet Tubman

Glennette Tilley Turner · Albert Whitman & Company
Pages: 24
Format: Paperback

Like other enslaved African American children, young Harriet Tubman had to work hard. In her master's orchard, she spent long hours picking the juicy apples she was forbidden to eat. Harriet vowed to one day be free and to grow apple trees of her own. When she was grown, she made her escape...
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Since We're Friends: An Autism Picture Book

Celeste Shally · Sky Pony Press; 1 edition
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Matt’s autism doesn’t stop him from having fun! Even when Matt struggles to navigate social situations, his friend is there to help him out. The two boys enjoy playing sports, watching movies, reading books, and talking about animals. Working together, a best friend’s...
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Fancy Nancy: Time for Puppy School

JANE O'CONNOR · HARPERCOLLINS
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Ooh la la - school starts soon! Fancy Nancy can't wait to go back, but she'll miss Frenchy very much. Nancy's loved playing with her favorite puppy all summer, but sometimes Frenchy can be a bit naughty. When she gets into trouble one too many times, the Clancys decide that...
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Nikki and Deja: Wedding Drama

Karen English · HMH Books for Young Readers; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

Ms. Shelby is getting married! As the girls in Nikki and Deja's class compete over who can plan the best imaginary wedding for their teacher, Nikki excitedly throws herself into preparations for the real thing. But Deja is not so enthusiastic. Her Auntie Dee has been temporarily...
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The Wolf's Story: What Really Happened to Little Red Riding Hood

Toby Forward · Candlewick
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Little readers will love second-guessing this funny, fractured fairy tale that replays the story of Little Red Riding Hood from the poor maligned wolf's point of view. No, please. Look at me. Would I LIE to you? It was the old woman who started it.Everyone knows there are at least...
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Sharing the Bread: An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving Story

Pat Zietlow Miller · Schwartz & Wade
Pages: 30
Format: Hardcover

Celebrate food and family with this heartwarming Thanksgiving picture book. We will share the risen bread. / Our made-with-love Thanksgiving spread. / Grateful to be warm and fed. / We will share the bread. In this spirited ode to the holiday, set at the turn of the twentieth century, a large...
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Holidays Around the World: Celebrate Christmas: With Carols, Presents, and Peace

Deborah Heiligman · National Geographic Society
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

"Celebrate Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur" examines how these Jewish High Holy Days are celebrated worldwide. Rosh Hashanah, known as the Jewish New Year, is a time for reflection and resolution. On Yom Kippur, also called the Day of Atonement, Jews fast, pray, and ask God's...
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Pigs Make Me Sneeze!

Mo Willems · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 56
Format: Hardcover

Gerald is careful. Piggie is not.Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can.Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to.Gerald and Piggie are best friends.In Pigs Make Me Sneeze!, Gerald believes he is allergic to his best friend! Will he have to stay away from Piggie forever?
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The Story Of Ruby Bridges: Special Anniversary Edition

Robert Coles · Scholastic Paperbacks; Rep Anv Sp edition

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first African American child to integrate a New Orleans school with this paperback reissue!The year is 1960, and six-year-old Ruby Bridges and her family have recently moved from Mississippi to New Orleans in search of a better life. When a judge orders...
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I Spy Treasure Hunt: A Book of Picture Riddles

Jean Marzollo · Scholastic Inc.; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

With 24 million copies sold, the bestselling I Spy series is being relaunched with new designs and foil covers.This bestselling book features riddles that send readers searching for hidden objects in 12 photographs with treasure hunt themes.
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