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What's My Superpower?

AVIAQ JOHNSTON · Inhabit Media
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Nalvana feels like all of her friends have some type of superpower. She has friends with super speed (who always beat her in races) , friends with super strength (who can dangle from the monkey bars for hours) , and friends who are better than her at a million other things. Nalvana thinks...
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Outstanding in the Rain

Frank Viva · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Step right up! Step right up to the amusing amusement park! It's a whole story, and the pages have holes!
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Just Like My Brother

Gianna Marino · Viking Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

An entertaining and moving tribute to big brothers by the author/illustrator of Meet Me at the Moon and Following Papa's Song.

Continuing her picture book stories about family relationships, Gianna Marino introduces Little Giraffe, who adores her big brother. Set in a stunning...
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Grandpa's Top Threes

Wendy Meddour · Candlewick
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

A young boy's original game coaxes a grieving grandpa to reconnect with the world in a touching intergenerational story of love and resilience.

Henry loves talking with Grandpa, but Grandpa has stopped listening. Mom says to just give him time. But Henry wants to talk to Grandpa...
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Big Bunny

Rowboat Watkins · Chronicle Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Once upon a time there was a book about . . .
MONSTERS!
No.
SPACE ALIENS?
Nope . . . a BUNNY!
A GIANT SCARY TRUCK-EATING BUNNY?!?
Um . . . well, maybe it was a tiny bit big.

From the curious mind of Rowboat Watkins comes a ginormously imaginative story that is as funny...
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Owl Bat Bat Owl

MARIE-LOUISE FITZPATRICK · Candlewick
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Can two very different families find their space in the world together? A wonderful wordless picture book offers stylish art, humor, and charm.

A mother owl and her three little owlets live happily on their branch. That is, until the bat family moves in. The newfound neighbors (owls...
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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...

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It's Time for Bed

Ceporah Mearns · Inhabit Media
Pages: 36
Format: Hardcover

It's time for Siasi to go to bed, but she doesn't want to brush her teeth or put away her toys. It's so much more fun to play with all the animals of the Arctic! Wouldn't everyone rather dance with polar bear, howl with the wolves, and swim with the fish instead of get ready for bed?
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Dinosaur Pirates!

Penny Dale · Nosy Crow
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Our intrepid team of dinosaurs is back, but this time they are pirates in search of buried treasure! Having navigated their way to a desert island and dug up their booty, they are just sailing away when they are ambushed by a fearsome band of marauding baddy-pirates! Will our goody-pirates...
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First Times

Charles Ghigna · Orca Book Publishers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Experience the adorable first adventures of childhood with this picture book from bestselling author Charles Ghigna and celebrated illustrator Lori Joy Smith. From the first slip down a slide to the first time picking out a book to read, this rollicking narrative takes readers on a journey...
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Daniel Learns to Share

Becky Friedman · Simon Spotlight
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Daniel and Prince Wednesday learn to share their toys in this Pre-level 1 Ready-to-Read story based on a popular episode of Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood!Daniel and his friends are all playing with their toy cars. But Prince Wednesday has forgotten to bring his car. He asks Daniel if he can play...
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Penguin on a Scooter

Kate Endle · Little Bigfoot
Pages: 20
Format: Board book

Meet a roller-skating bunny, a disco-dancing philly, a penguin on a scooter, and other playful animals in this silly and adorable board book from indie collage artist Kate Endle and children's music star Caspar Babypants. Toddlers will love this fun board book, featuring beautiful and playful...
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Rescue Squad No. 9

Mike Austin · Random House
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

In this companion book to Fire Engine No. 9, Rescue Squad No. 9 must spring into action when a young sailor and her dog are stranded during a storm!

Follow the crew as they scramble aboard their helicopter and speedboat, racing to the rescue through the waves and winds....
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Arthur and the Big Snow

Marc Tolon Brown · Cartwheel Books
Pages: 24
Format: Paperback

It's the perfect snow day, and Arthur is excited to spend it with his friends. But because his little sister D.W. is too small, he has to wait for the snow plow to come by. Arthur waits so long, his friends have finished sledding! Will his snow day get any better? With a little help...
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Make a Face

RICARDO ALEGRIA · POW!
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Make a Face is an interactive, concept driven-picture book that shows how different facial expressions connect with different emotions by pairing them with corresponding animals who "come to life" as children make different faces on cue.Can you make a face as happy as a dancing...
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