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This Is Baby

Jimmy Fallon · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Jimmy Fallon, host of NBC's The Tonight Show and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Your Baby's First Word Will Be DADA and Everything Is Mama, returns with a book that teaches new babies the words for the various parts of their body--This is Baby.Let's meet ... Baby!From...
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Good Night, Little Blue Truck

Alice Schertle · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Beep! Beep! Beep! It's time for sleep. Say goodnight with Little Blue Truck and friends--a perfect bedtime read-aloud in this bestselling series! A storm is brewing and Little Blue Truck and his good friend Toad are hurrying home for bed. But who can sleep with all that racket? It's...
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I Love All of Me

Lorie Ann Grover · Cartwheel Books
Pages: 24
Format: Hardcover

What do you love about you? Find out in this sweet padded storybook full of wonder and love!

I love my wiggle toes. I love my smelly nose!

From head to toe, there's so much to love about wild, wonderful you! With charming illustrations and a sweet, bouncy text that...
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Fly!

Mark Teague · Beach Lane Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Mama bird thinks it's time for Baby bird's first flight, but Baby bird has other ideas in this humorous wordless picture book from New York Times bestselling author-illustrator Mark Teague.It's a big day up in the tree that Mama bird shares with her baby. Mama bird thinks Baby...
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This Little Artist: An Art History Primer

Joan Holub · Little Simon
Pages: 26
Format: Print Length

Learn all about artists who changed history in this engaging and colorful board book perfect for creators-in-training!Painting, shaping, making art. With creative joy, hands, and heart. Little artists have great big imaginations. In this follow up to This Little President, This Little Explorer,...
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Baby Loves the Five Senses: Hearing!

Ruth Spiro · Charlesbridge
Pages: 22
Format: Board book

Big, brainy science for the littlest listeners.Baby loves the five senses! Accurate enough for experts, yet simple enough for baby, this clever board book explores the science of sound and hearing. Beautiful, visually stimulating illustrations complement age-appropriate language to encourage...
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Winter Cats

Janet Lawler · Albert Whitman & Company
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Willy's an indoor cat who dreams of becoming an outdoor cat, but his parents tell him that indoor cats and outdoor cats are different. When he sees the outdoor cats having tons of wintery fun, he decides to sneak out and join in! Willy and his new outdoor friends soon learn that labels...
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Who Wet My Pants?

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

In this hilarious tale of blame, compassion, and forgiveness, a very embarrassed bear is reminded that accidents can happen--but with the support of good friends, life goes on.

Reuben the bear's got donuts for everyone in his scout troop, but his friends are all staring at something...
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How to Catch a Dinosaur

Adam Wallace · Sourcebooks Wonderland
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Do YOU have what it takes to catch a prehistoric pal?

This newest installment in the New York Times and USA Today bestselling series is sure to delight every dinosaur fan!

Can you catch a dinosaur
and prove they're still around?
Use your brain and set your traps
to...

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I Am Love: A Book of Compassion

Susan Verde · Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

A celebration of love and connection for young readers Susan Verde and Peter H. Reynolds continue their collaboration with the fourth book in their bestselling wellness series. A celebration of love in all its forms, I Am Love asks readers to look inward when they feel afraid. Love allows...
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Fall in the Country

Sue Tarsky · Albert Whitman & Company
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Join the fun of finding and counting all the animals, flowers, and insects, as more and more appear on a lively walk through the country in the fall. Packed with repetition that young children love and that also helps them learn, this is an entertaining introduction to colors, numbers,...
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Visiting Feelings

Lauren Rubenstein · Magination Press
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Gold Medal, 2013 Mom's Choice Awards
b>Silver Medal, 2014 Nautilus Awards


Beautifully descriptive prose and delightful illustrations cultivate a message of mindfulness and emotional awareness to help children fully experience the present moment. Rather than labeling or defining...

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The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family

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

A powerful, vibrantly illustrated story about the first day of school--and two sisters on one's first day of hijab--by Olympic medalist and social justice activist Ibtihaj Muhammad.
With her new backpack and light-up shoes, Faizah knows the first day of school is going to be special....
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A Day with Parkinson's

A Hultquist · Albert Whitman, 2016.
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Ever since Grandpa got Parkinson's, Noah has noticed he hasn't been the same. He doesn't have as much energy as he used to, and sometimes when he's excited or happy, he can't smile. Noah worries that Parkinson's is his fault, but Grandpa assures him it's not--and...
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Curious George My First Bedtime Stories

H. A. Rey · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 72
Format: Hardcover

Six irresistible Curious George stories in one cozy volume, perfect for sharing with curious little ones at bedtime.

Curious little ones will love to cuddle up at bedtime with this padded story collection with sturdy pages. The perfect ending to a long day of play!

Includes...
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Apple Cake: A Gratitude

Dawn Casey · Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Thank you, hedge, / Thank you, tree. / Thank you, flower, / Thank you, bee. / Thank you, rain, / Thank you, sun. / Thank you, farmers, / every one. In this simple rhyming story from the author of Held in Love, a child says thank you for the gifts nature provides, from hazelnuts in the hedge...
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Stanley's Train

William Bee · Peachtree Publishing Company
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

It's another busy day for Stanley and friends!
All aboard on Stanley's train and tickets ready, please. Stanley's passengers have a beach ball, a toy boat, and an inner tube. Where could Stanley's train be headed? Off we go on another adventure! Choo, choo!
With bright illustrations,...
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Just Because

Mac Barnett · Candlewick
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Curious minds are rewarded with curious answers in a fantastical bedtime book by Mac Barnett and Isabelle Arsenault.

Why is the ocean blue? What is the rain? What happened to the dinosaurs? It might be time for bed, but one child is too full of questions about the world to go to sleep...
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Bedtime for Baby Shark: Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo

John John Bajet · Cartwheel Books
Pages: 24
Format: Paperback

Sing and dance along with Baby Shark as he gets ready for bed in this playful song and story -- the follow-up to the bestselling picture book!How does Baby Shark get ready for bed?Brush your teeth! Doo doo doo doo doo doo!Take a bath! Doo doo doo doo doo doo!Read a book! Doo doo doo doo doo doo!Off...
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Cookie Monster's Foodie Truck

Naomi Kleinberg · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 26
Format: Board book

Cookie Monster and his Foodie Truck star in a colorful new Sesame Street board book!Cookie Monster and his chef sidekick, Gonger, feed their friends from the kitchen of Cookie Monster's Foodie Truck, in a new Sesame Street photographic board book based on the show's segment of the same...
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Snowmen at Halloween

Caralyn M. Buehner · Dial Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

The snowmen are getting their Halloween costumes ready for the latest picture book in this New York Times bestselling series.

Have you ever built a snowman and discovered the next day that his grin has gotten a little crooked, or his tree-branch arms have moved? And you've...
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There's an Elf in Your Book

Tom Fletcher · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Ho, ho, ho! There's an elf in this Christmas picture book by bestselling children's author, YouTube star, and musician Tom Fletcher!Do you have what it takes to make Santa's Nice List? An elf is here to test you in Tom Fletcher's newest participatory read-aloud. Don't...
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The Golden Acorn

Katy Hudson · Capstone Editions
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

Whoosh! Squirrel takes off at full speed through the autumn leaves. But pump the breaks, because this year The Golden Nut Hunt race it is a team event. Squirrel reluctantly enlists his friends and is not impressed. Will Squirrel's competitive spirit take over or will he learn how to be a team...
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Fall with Lily and Milo

Pauline Oud · Clavis
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

"These simple, colorful stories could be used in story time... or as beginning readers" - School Library Journal"Lily and Milo books are "perfect for babies and toddlers"" - Kiwi magazineFall is here! Lily and Milo go exploring in the woods. They see a hedgehog,...
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I Want a Dog

Jon Agee · Dial Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

A girl seeks her perfect pet at a wonderfully unusual animal shelter in this comical read-aloud by the award-winning creator of Life on Mars

The Copley County Animal Shelter has an aardvark, a lizard, a goose, a weasel, and plenty more. But do they have a puppy? The girl with...
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How to Code a Rollercoaster

Josh Funk · Viking Books for Young Readers
Pages: 44
Format: Hardcover

Pearl and Pascal take their coding adventures to the amusement park in this follow-up picture book from our Girls Who Code program!

Pearl and her trusty rust-proof robot, Pascal, are enjoying a day out at the amusement park. Spinning teacups, ice cream, and of course: rollercoasters!...
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The Bravest Man in the World

Patricia Polacco · Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Pages: 56
Format: Hardcover

From master storyteller Patricia Polacco comes the tragic and beautiful story inspired by Wallace Hartley - the musician who played with his band to calm the passengers of the Titanic as the ship sank.One afternoon, Jonathan Harker Weeks didn't feel like practicing the piano. So his grandfather...
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Everyone Counts

Judy Sierra · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

From the bestselling creators of Wild About Books comes a rhyming, counting, and teamwork-focused picture book about the beginnings of a new zoo!

When Takoda the tiger cub happens upon a tumbledown mall, the lone cub imagines a zoo. All Takoda needs is a capable crew to lend...
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When a Kid Like Me Fights Cancer

Catherine Stier · Albert Whitman & Company
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

When a young boy finds out he has cancer, he learns a lot right away. He learns that cancer is something you fight, and that cancer isn't anyone's fault - especially not his. He discovers that many things change with cancer, but some of the most important things stay the same. He also...
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How the Crayons Saved the Unicorn

Monica Sweeney · Sky Pony
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Can a lost box of crayons help a lonely unicorn regain his color? A shy unicorn has a hard time making friends. In his sadness, his colors start to fade away until they are gone completely. Worrying that he may never get back his colors or make true friends, the unicorn finds himself lost...
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Pumpkin One, Pumpkin Two: A Counting Book

Thomas Nelson · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 12
Format: Board book

A pumpkin patch adventure is full of blessings - and pumpkins! Kids will love wandering through the farm, noticing the blessings of fall and counting the pumpkins piling up in the wagon. This lively board book features bright artwork of animals exploring the pumpkin patch and is the perfect...
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Tractor Mac: Autumn Is Here

Billy Steers · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Tractor Mac and his vehicle and animal friends return in a jacketed hardcover edition about the joys and challenges of change.

Fergus the calf doesn't want autumn to come to Stony Meadow Farm. Not if it means the cornstalks are cut, the trees lose their leaves, and his bird friends...

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