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A Band of Babies

CAROLE GERBER · HarperCollins
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling illustrator Jane Dyer teams up with award-winning author Carole Gerber to lead a band of marching babies all through town. It was just an ordinary day at play group until Benny arrived. With flute in hand and drums in tow, Benny's love of music inspires the babies...
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Pip and Posy: The New Friend

NOSY CROW. · Nosy Crow
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Pip and Posy are having a lovely day at the beach, collecting shells and digging in the sand. But when Posy takes a nap, Pip makes a new friend named Zac. Zac is very cool: he has lots of fun toys and he's really good at handstands. When Posy wakes up, she finds that Pip is more interested...
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Little excavator

Anna Dewdney · Viking Books for Young Readers
Pages: 44
Format: Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author-illustrator of the Llama Llama books comes a new character ready to dig his way into your heart!Here come the BIG RIGS rolling down the street. Thumpa-thumpabumpa-bumpaBEEP! BEEP! BEEP!There's Loader and Dump Truck, Backhoe and Crane. They're ready...
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Welcome: A Mo Willems Guide for New Arrivals

Mo Willems · Hyperion Books for Children
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Mo Willems' introductory guide for new arrivals welcomes readers to the world using bold, eye-catching graphics and clever text that is perfect for reading aloud. With a fun and heartwarming message, Welcome playfully interacts with the reader with its meta-humor, while addressing such...
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Where Are You?

Sarah Williamson · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

For fans of Hervé Tullet and Leo Lionni, here is a simple, lively exploration of colors, shapes, and landscapes. "Where are you?" Under the bridge, out of the pond, through the sandbox - these are just a few answers as a little green snake follows a little pink snake in a day at the park....
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Little Kangaroo

Guido van Genechten · Clavis
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

The world is big ... Much, much bigger than Mother Kangaroo's pouch. But Little Kangaroo would rather stay with Mommy, where it's safer, warmer and easier. Mom tries to show Little Kangaroo all that life has to offer. It does no good at first, but then...A splendid picture book...
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Out!

Arree Chung · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

After a long day, everyone is ready to settle down -- except the baby. When Jo Jo, the family dog, checks on him, she discovers this baby wants OUT.Escaping his crib, he sets off on a nighttime romp, leaving a trail of domestic destruction in his wake. It's up to Jo Jo to keep the baby...
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What the Dinosaurs Did at School

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

In this follow up to the hit What the Dinosaurs Did Last Night, the masterminds behind the social media phenomenon Dinovember once again envision the wonder and chaos of toy dinosaurs come to life-this time in a setting that's perfect for back-to-school! Every November, writer and social...
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My First Peek-a-Boo Animals

Eric Carle · Little Simon
Pages: 18
Format: Board book

From beloved author-illustrator Eric Carle comes this brand-new peek-a-boo book that features an animal guessing game and lift-the-flaps throughout - sure to endlessly entertain little ones!I have a long trunk and big floppy ears I roam in the grass where I'll live for many years Peek-a-boo!...
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Iggy Peck, Architect

Andrea Beaty · Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

A hilarious, irreverent book about doing your own thing Meet Iggy Peck - creative, independent, and not afraid to express himself! In the spirit of David Shannon's No, David and Rosemary Wells's Noisy Nora, Iggy Peck will delight readers looking for irreverent, inspired fun. Iggy has one passion:...
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So Many Feet

Nichole Mara · Abrams Appleseed
Pages: 34
Format: Print book

High feet, slow feet, fast feet, snow feet! So Many Feet introduces young children to the great diversity in the natural world, using feet as an accessible point of entry. The playful, rhyming main text offers some information, but is mostly fun to read aloud. The secondary text offers...
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Super Narwhal and Jelly Jolt I(Narwhal and Jelly Series #2)

Ben Clanton · Tundra Books
Pages: 64
Format: Print book

Narwhal and Jelly are back in action for a SUPER adventure! Join Super Narwhal and sidekick Jelly Jolt as they take on three SUPER new stories in this early graphic novel series.Happy-go-lucky Narwhal and no-nonsense Jelly find their inner superheroes in three new under-the-sea adventures....
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Touch the Earth

Julian Lennon · Sky Pony Pr
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Jump aboard the White Feather Flier, a magical plane that can go wherever you want. Just press a button printed on the page, and point the plane up in the air to fly, or down to land it.The Flier's mission is to transport readers around the world, to engage them in helping to save the environment,...
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Even Aliens Need Snacks

Matthew McElligott · Walker Childrens; 1 edition
Pages: 40
Format: Library Binding

In the follow up to his breakout picture book, Even Monsters Need Haircuts, Matthew McElligott brings back the young barber in a new tale where his culinary concoctions bring him galaxy-wide fame. Creating snacks that make most humans queasy, this chef has found a new clientele-aliens....
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Littles: And How They Grow

Kelly DiPucchio · Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

In the beloved tradition of Robert Munsch's Love You Forever and Emily Winfield Martin's The Wonderful Things You Will Be comes a beautiful rhyming ode to babies from a New York Times bestselling author/illustrator duo - perfect for baby showers, newborn gifts, first birthdays,...
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Kate in Oz

LANA JACOBS · Penguin Young Readers Licenses
Pages: 24
Format: Paperback

Based on the Disney Jr. animated series for preschoolers! This 8x8 starring Kate and her best buddy Mim-Mim retells the classic story The Wizard of Oz.
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Blue Sky White Stars

Sarvinder Naberhaus

An inspiring and patriotic tribute to the beauty of the American flag, a symbol of America's history, landscape, and people, illustrated by New York Times bestselling and Caldecott-honor winning artist Kadir Nelson Wonderfully spare, deceptively simple verses
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Fall is for School

Robert Neubecker · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Fall is time for turning leaves,The weather's growing cool.Fall is here! Come on with me!It's time to go to school.
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Don't Wake Up the Tiger

Britta Teckentrup · Nosy Crow
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Tiger is fast asleep. But - oh dear! - she's completely blocking the way. Just how will the animals get past without waking her up? Luckily, Frog has an excellent idea. Holding his balloon, he floats right over sleeping Tiger! Fox is next, followed by Tortoise, Mouse, and Stork,...
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John Ronald's Dragons: The Story of J. R. R. Tolkien

Caroline McAlister · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 39
Format: Hardcover

A captivating picture book biography of a boy who imagined a world full of dragons and grew up to be beloved author J. R. R. Tolkien.John Ronald loved dragons. He liked to imagine dragons when he was alone, and with his friends, and especially when life got hard or sad. After his mother...
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Round

Joyce Sidman · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

If you look closely, you will find that the world is bursting, swelling, budding, and ripening with round things awaiting discovery--like eggs about to hatch, sunflowers stretching toward the sun, or planets slowly spinning together for billions of years. Whimsical and imaginative, this...
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Escargot

Dashka Slater · Farrar
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Bonjour! Escargot is a beautiful French snail who wants only two things: 1. To be your favorite animal. 2. To get to the delicious salad at the end of the book. But when he gets to the salad, he discovers that there's a carrot in it. And Escargot hates carrots. But when he finally...
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Jack and the Beanstalk: A Folktale

NINA TWE · minedition
Pages: 38
Format: Hardcover

'Fee, Fie, Fo, Fum!' Jack and his mother are so poor they decide to sell their faithful brown cow. But Jack takes only a handful of beans from a stranger in exchange for the animal! His mother is furious but little does she know that these beans are magic and soon will grow into...
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Pandora

Victoria Turnbull · Clarion Books
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Pandora lives alone, in a world of broken things. She makes herself a handsome home, but no one ever comes to visit. Then one day something falls from the sky . . . a bird with a broken wing. Little by little, Pandora helps the bird grow stronger. Little by little, the bird helps...
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Morris Mole

Dan Yaccarino · Harper
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

From internationally acclaimed author-illustrator Dan Yaccarino comes a heartwarming tale about finding your own courage.Meet Morris Mole - he has always been a little bit different. When the moles are running low on food, it's up to clever Morris to save the day. With a little help...
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Amanda Panda Quits Kindergarten

Candice F Ransom · Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

Kindergarten has never been funnier with the launch of this new, strong-willed character, in the style of Ladybug Girl, Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse, and Bread and Jam for Frances. Amanda Panda has BIG ideas for her first day of school. But when things don't go according to plan,...
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Inside A House That Is Haunted

Alyssa Satin Capucilli · Turtleback Books
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A cumulative rhyme in which the spider, ghost, cat, and other inhabitants of a haunted house wake up and startle each other.
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Clues at the Carnival

Ivy S. Ip · Spotlight
Pages: 24
Format: Library Binding

There is a mystery at the carnival. Can Scooby and the gang find the magician¹s missing hat? Using pictures as tools for learning new words, very young children feel pride in ³reading² along . . . and they can help solve the mystery, too! --This text refers to an out of print...
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Trains Don't Sleep

Andria Warmflash Rosenbaum · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Puffing, chuffing, never yawning Climbing hills as day is dawning. Trains don't sleep, they CLANG and HOOT Cross bridges and canyons, plow through snow, charge down mountains, and meander across fields filled with sheep. And when it is time to rest and dreams are just ahead, never fear...
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Toad on the Road: A Cautionary Tale

Stephen Shaskan · HarperCollins
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

With bouncy call-and-response text and vivid illustrations, this lively picture book from author-illustrator Stephen Shaskan is sure to have readers giggling along with Toad's silly antics. A perfect read-aloud!Who's that coming down the road?Oh yikes! Oh yikes!It's a bear on a bike....
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