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Kindergarten Is Cool!

Linda Elovitz Marshall · Cartwheel Books
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

"When you wake up for schoolyou'll get dressed, really coolwith your sneakers and socksand your lunch in a box . . . Kindergarten's begun.Big kids say that it's fun.But is that really true?Will it be fun . . . for you?" Celebrate all the familiar milestones and moments shared...
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Chicken Said, "Cluck!"

Judyann Ackerman Grant · HarperCollins
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Shoo said EarlShoo Shoo said PearlCluck Cluck Cluck said ChickenEarl and Pearl are planting pumpkins Chicken wants to help But it seems like the only thing Chicken is good at is getting in the wayThen grasshoppers invade the pumpkin patch and Earl and Pearl can do nothing to stop them Suddenly...
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Templeton Gets His Wish

Greg Pizzoli · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

Templeton the cat doesn't like his parents telling him to clean up, and he really doesn't like when his brothers steal his toys. So, he makes a wish on a magic diamond, and his family disappears!At first, Templeton is over the moon. He's free to lounge and play all day, and he never has to take...
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I Say, You Say Feelings!

Tad Carpenter · LB Kids
Pages: 18
Format: Hardcover

I say, "Feelings!" You say, "Fun!" Explore the world of emotions with 8 lift-the flaps.These colorful, playful books encourage interactive learning through prediction and repetition; but most importantly, they look really fun. --Dr. Robert Needlman, co-founder of Reach...
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Children's Everyday Bible

Deborah Chancellor · DK
Pages: 383
Format: Print book

365 stories-one for every day of the year -- treat very young readers to inspirational tales from the Bible, specially retold in simple language just for them. Lively, beautiful illustrations bring to life these timeless and instructional stories. DK Children's Everyday Bible is ideal...
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I Love Trains!

Philemon Sturges · HarperCollins; 1st edition

A follow-up to the successful I Love Trucks!, this rhymed picture book introduces the preschool set to trains and the jobs they do.
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My Dad Used to Be So Cool

Keith Negley · Flying Eye Books
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

Keith Negley's playful and emotional art tells this story of a new father who is no longer the cool guy he once was. He looks back wistfully on his crazy times playing in a band, riding a motorcycle, and getting tattoos. Those days may be behind him, but his young son still thinks he's...
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Take Me Out to the Yakyu

Aaron Meshon · Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Join one little boy and his family for two ballgames—on opposite sides of the world! You may know that baseball is the Great American Pastime, but did you know that it is also a beloved sport in Japan? Come along with one little boy and his grandfathers, one in America and one in Japan,...
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Please, Puppy, Please

Spike Lee · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
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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And Red Galoshes: A Story About a Rainy Day

Glenda Millard · Little Hare Books

An adorable account of a rainy day made extra special by coming up with all the different uses for red galoshes, from umbrella to bucket to drum sticksStorm clouds sailing, wild winds wailing . . . and red galoshes. Downpipe drum beat, rain on my street . . . and red galoshes.Playing...
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