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If Picasso Painted a Snowman

AMY NEWBOLD · Tilbury House Publishers
Pages: 36
Format: Hardcover

A big, brightly colored, playful introduction to various important painters and art movements.If someone asked you to paint a snowman, you would probably start with three white circles stacked one upon another. Then you would add black dots for eyes, an orange triangle for a nose, and a black...
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Good Night Tiger

Timothy Knapman · Tiger Tales
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Emma is trying to sleep, but the animals in her wallpaper are making too much noise! The gorilla bellows, the hippo stomps, the elephant trumpets, and tiger growls. "Go to sleep!" Emma tells them. "We've tried and tried, but we can't!" replies the tiger. Then...
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Who Am I?: An Animal Guessing Game

ROBIN PAGE · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

I have two big yellow eyes, soft, silky feathers, eight sharp claws, and an unlucky mouse in my pointy black beak. Who am I?
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Red Again

BARBARA LEHMAN · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

When a young boy discovers an abandoned book on the side of the road, it opens a window to another world just as real as his own. But what happens when the two worlds collide? This imaginative companion to the Caldecott Honor-winning The Red Book works in a continuous loop, showing us that...
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The I'M NOT SCARED Book

Todd Parr · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Sometimes Im scared of dogs.Im not scared when they give me kisses.Sometimes Im scared I will make a mistake.Im not scared when I know I tried my best.With his signature blend of playfulness and sensitivity, Todd Parr explores the subject of all things scary and assures readers that all of us are afraid...
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What Makes a Monster?: Discovering the World's Scariest Creatures

Jess Keating · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Monsters are real - and they're everywhere in nature! Animal Planet meets Godzilla in this nonfiction picture book that puts the "Ack!" into backyard science. Some people think monsters are the stuff of nightmares - the stuff of scary movies and Halloween. But monsters can also...
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A Bedtime for Bear

Bonny Becker · Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

When the impish Mouse comes to spend the night, Bear is in for a rude - and very funny - awakening in this irresistible new story starring the unlikely pair.Bear must have absolute quiet when he goes to bed. He likes to set out his glass of water, adjust his nightcap, fluff his favorite...
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Where, Oh Where, Is Baby Bear?

Ashley Wolff · Beach Lane Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Baby Bear is back in this cozy, seek-and-find companion to the celebrated Baby Bear Sees Blue and Baby Bear Counts One.When Mama and Baby Bear go out to look for food one night, curious Baby Bear wants to wander and explore. Each time his Mama Bear calls for him, Baby Bear turns up in a different...
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Town Is by the Sea

Joanne Schwartz · Groundwood Books
Pages: 52
Format: Hardcover

A young boy wakes up to the sound of the sea, visits his grandfather's grave after lunch and comes home to a simple family dinner, but all the while his mind strays to his father digging for coal deep down under the sea. Stunning illustrations by Sydney Smith, the award-winning illustrator...
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The Spooky Express Utah

Eric James · Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

We both held our breath as the train whistle blew, for the sound it made was a ghastly Woo-WOOOOO!Find out what happens aboard the Spooky Express as it hurtles around Utah on Halloween night.
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Accident!

ANDREA TSURUMI · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

When a clumsy armadillo named Lola knocks over a glass pitcher, she sets off a silly chain of events, encountering chaos wherever she goes. But accidents happen - just ask the stoat snarled in spaghetti, the airborne sheep, and the bull who has broken a whole shop's worth of china. In the tradition...
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How to Find an Elephant

Kate Banks · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

What to do on a dull gray day? Head into the wilds and look for an elephant. You will need a pair of binoculars, a blanket, a flute, some food, a little imagination, and a lot of curiosity. Look and listen closely, because elephants can be anywhere. And watch out, because if you're not careful,...
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Duck and Hippo in the Rainstorm

JONATHAN LONDON · Two Lions
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Get ready for a rainy-day adventure with Duck and Hippo!Duck and Hippo may be completely different, but they are best friends. When playful Duck invites careful Hippo to go for a walk in the rain, they have trouble sharing Duck's umbrella. But Duck and Hippo won't let that stop them. Soon...
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Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth

Oliver Jeffers · Philomel Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Oliver Jeffers, arguably the most influential creator of picture books today, offers a rare personal look inside his own hopes and wishes for his child--and in doing so gifts children and parents everywhere with a gently sweet and humorous missive about our world and those who call it home....
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The Koala Who Could

Rachel Bright · Scholastic Press
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

You see, high-up was safe since he liked a slow pace,While the ground down below seemed a frightening place.Too fast and too loud and too big and too strange.Nope. Kevin preferred not to move or to change.Kevin the koala loves every day to be the same, where it's snug and safe. But when...
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Mighty Moby

Ed Young · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

A Moby Dick-inspired picture book adventure unlike any you've ever seen--with a surprise ending--from Caldecott Medal-winning artist Ed Young.
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No Hugs for Porcupine

Zoe Waring · Running Press
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Embrace what makes you unique and encourage compassionate friendships with Porcupine and Armadillo in this delightful picture book that makes a great gift for Valentine's Day or for any day when a hug (or kiss) is needed. Poor Porcupine just cannot be hugged-his quills are too spikey!...
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Nile Crossing

Katy Beebe · Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pages: 34
Format: Hardcover

A unique twist on the first day of school Khepri lives in ancient Egypt, happily fishing alongside his father in the waters of the Nile. But today, Khepri will have to replace his fishing pole with the reed pens of a scribe: it's his first day of school. As he and his father travel to Thebes,...
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A Song for Snow

Monetary Authority of Singapore. Economic Policy Department. · Dial Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

A young owl experiences the magic of a first snowfall - the quiet wintery wonder, the pristine beauty, and snowballs! - in this follow-up to the adorable Hoot and PeepIt's Peep's first winter, and it's going to snow very, very soon. Peep has so many questions for her older brother Hoot:...
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The Case of the Stinky Stench

Josh Funk · Sterling Children's Books
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

"Uncle," Croissant said, "the fridge is in trouble! A mystery stench turned a whole shelf to rubble! I'm the last hope or the fridge will be lost! Help me or else we'll be cooked, served, and sauced." There's a stinky stench in the fridge--and our favorite...
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Tony

Ed Galing · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Tony was all white,large, sturdy,with wide gentle eyesand a ton of love . . .Follow this touching tale of a boy and his friendship with a horse, by the late poet Ed Galing and illustrated with remarkable tenderness by Caldecott-winning artist Erin Stead.A Neal Porter Book
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Peep and Egg: I'm Not Taking a Bath

Laura Gehl · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

In this lively addition to the funny Peep and Egg picture book series for toddlers, a reluctant chick named Egg overcomes her aversion to taking a bath.Peep thinks Egg needs to take a bath after playing in the mud. But Egg is not taking a bath. Not in the river, not in the duck pond, and definitely...
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Big Cat, Little Cat

Elisha Cooper · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

There was a cat who lived alone.Until the daya new cat came . . . And so a story of friendship begins, following two cats through their days, months, and years until one day, the older cat has to go. And he doesn't come back.This is a poignant story, told in measured text and bold black-and-white...
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Gum

NANCY WILLARD · Candlewick
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

In a timeless tale of small moments and big victories, two boys' singular obsession with an elusive prize pays off in a most surprising way.James has five quarters and Danny has four. That means nine whole tries to get the little silver race car out of the gumball machine at Mr. Wright's...
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Click, Clack, Moo I Love You!

Doreen Cronin · Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Little Duck and all of her friends on the farm celebrate Valentine's Day by inviting a newcomer to join in the fun in this charming addition to the award-winning Click, Clack series from the New York Times bestselling and Caldecott winning team who brought you Click, Clack, Moo and Click,...
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How to Be an Elephant

Katherine Roy · David Macaulay Studio
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

The savanna is not an easy place to live, even for African elephants, the largest land animals on earth. If it's a challenge for these 7,000-pound giants, what's it like for their newborn babies?An infant elephant has precious little time to learn the incredible array of skills that are necessary...
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100 Things That Make Me Happy

Amy Schwartz · Harry N. Abrams
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

In the grand tradition of "Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens" comes an uplifting tribute to 100 everyday things worth celebrating. The list, in rhyming couplets, draws directly from a preschool­er's world - from slippery floors to dinosaurs, from goldfish to a birthday...
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The Book of Gold

Bob Staake · Schwartz & Wade
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Award-winning illustrator Bob Staake (Bluebird and The Red Lemon) brings us an emotionally rich picture book about a boy who discovers that the search for knowledge is more important than knowledge itself. Young Isaac Gutenberg isn't a curious boy . . . that is, until he meets an old shopkeeper...
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Come Home Already!

JORY JOHN · HarperCollins
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

From the creators of Goodnight Already and I Love You Already , the third hysterical picture book about Duck and Bear, unlikely pals. An excited Duck wants to hang out with Bear. But Bear's gone fishing for a whole week and is happy to finally get a second alone. What will Duck do while...
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Dazzle Ships: World War I and the Art of Confusion

Chris Barton · Millbrook Press
Pages: 36
Format: Library Binding

Behold some of the most mesmerizing patterns you'll ever see and learn how these stunning designs were used to camouflage ships from German torpedoes during World War I.Dazzle ships were the brainchild of Royal Navy commander Norman Wilkinson. His eye-catching designs for British and American...
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Buster and the Baby

AMY HEST · Candlewick
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

What could be more endearing than the bond between a baby and a puppy? A sweet and spirited tale from two picture-book masters.In the little red house, a dog ducks under the table. He waits and watches and waits some more as his heart goes thump, thump, thump. And then . . . CHAAA! Out of the shadows...
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Goldilocks and the Just Right Potty

LEIGH HODGKINSON · Nosy Crow
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Little Goldilocks wants to wear underwear - big-girl underwear that's not too silly and not too frilly, but just right. But that means she also needs to find the "just right" potty. Will she know when she needs to go? And will she get to the potty in time? Find out in this...
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Feather

CAO WENXUAN · Elsewhere Editions
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

A philosophical picture book from one of China's most celebrated children's authors and 2016 Hans Christian Andersen Award-winner Cao Wenxuan.A feather is blown across the sky, meeting various birds along the way, and asking each one, "Do I belong to you?".Cao Wenxuan's...
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Every Color Soup

Jorey Hurley · Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Purple, yellow, orange, and red. Just the right mix of colored vegetables make a delicious soup in this tasty introduction to colors, counting, and veggies.All you need is a pot, a spoon, an adult helper, and vegetables of many colors to make a very special soup - Every Color Soup! Learn...
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Frederick Douglass: The Lion Who Wrote History

Walter Dean Myers · Harper
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

In this picture book biography, the late New York Times bestselling author Walter Dean Myers and acclaimed artist Floyd Cooper take readers on an inspiring journey through the life of Frederick Douglass.Frederick Douglass was a self-educated slave in the South who grew up to become an icon....
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Mighty Tug

Alyssa Satin Capucilli · Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Mighty Tug may be the smallest boat in the busy harbor, but he is also the mightiest in this timeless picture book from the author of the Katy Duck and Biscuit series.Around the gleaming channel, where the water's deep and wide, tall ships stretch their sails and the ever so brave mighty...
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Little Fox in the Forest

Stephanie Graegin · Schwartz & Wade Books
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Fans of Aaron Becker's Caldecott Honor winner Journey will love this utterly enchanting wordless picture book in which two friends follow a young fox deep into the woods and discover a wondrous and magical world. When a young girl brings her beloved stuffed fox to the playground,...
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