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Still a Gorilla!

Kim Norman · Orchard Books
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Will Willy be another type of animal?No!Still a gorilla! In this fun, zany picture book, Willy the Gorilla imitates other animals at the zoo, including a lion, a walrus, a billy goat, an alligator, and a kangaroo. But pretending to be something he is not "never" works out. What...
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There's a Bear on My Chair

Ross Collins · Nosy Crow
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Poor Mouse! A bear has settled in his favorite chair, and that chair just isn't big enough for two. Mouse tries all kinds of tactics to move pesky Bear, but nothing works. Once Mouse has gone, Bear gets up and walks home. But what's that? Is that a mouse in Bear's house?
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A Hop Is Up

Kristy Dempsey · Bloomsbury
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Wiggly, giggly preschoolers will love the action in this picture book with its catchy sequence of movements and directions -- hop up, bend down, spin round, jump over -- that are endlessly fun! A young boy and his energetic puppy take a walk in their neighborhood, where they encounter and interact...
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Hank's Big Day: The Story of a Bug

Evan Kuhlman · Schwartz & Wade Books
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Perfect for reading aloud, this spare, charming picture book about a day in the life of a pill bug in suburbia is also about an unusual friendship. Hank is a pill bug with a busy life - for a pill bug, that is. His daily routine involves nibbling a dead leaf, climbing up a long stick, avoiding...
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How This Book Was Made

Mac Barnett · Disney Hyperion
Pages: 48

You may think you know how this book was made, but you don't. Sure, the author wrote many drafts, and the illustrator took a long time creating the art, but then what? How'd it get into your hands? Well, open the cover and read through these pages to find out. Just beware of the pirates...
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Everything Is Awkward

Mike Bender · Crown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40

The creators of the Awkward Family Photos franchise shines a light on childhood - because growing up isn't always easy, but it's usually funny. Life isn't perfect, and things don't always go as planned. Like when you try to feed yourself and the food ends up all over your...
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A Family Is a Family Is a Family

Sara O'Leary · Groundwood Books
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

When a teacher asks the children in her class to think about what makes their families special, the answers are all different in many ways - but the same in the one way that matters most of all.One child is worried that her family is just too different to explain, but listens as her classmates...
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