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Night Train, Night Train

Robert Burleigh · Charlesbridge
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Ride the rails of the night train in this beautifully rendered journey conducted by renowned artist Wendell Minor and frequent collaborator Robert Burleigh.Rhyming, lyrical text describes the sights and sounds of a nighttime journey from country to city on a passenger train in the 1940s....
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Are You a Cow?

Sandra Boynton · Little Simon
Pages: 16
Format: Hardcover

Embrace identity with this brand-new board book from the beloved and bestselling Sandra Boynton!Are you a COW? Are you a DOG?Are you a DUCK?Are you a FROG? A clever chicken narrates a playful inquiry in this charming and hilarious story perfect for Boynton fans new and old. As readers...
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I Hate My Cats

DAVIDE CALI · Chronicle Books
Pages: 44
Format: Hardcover

Ginger is the weird one. She plays with peas, purrs at artichokes, and has a strange fondness for chicken (but only the neighbor's chicken) . Then there's Fred. His greatest talent? Sleeping. Oh, and hiding. And when he's not hiding, he's conspiring with Ginger to destroy...
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Does Frankenstein Get Hungry?

John Solimine · G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

In this monstrously funny picture book, an inquisitive young girl with some pressing questions proves these creatures may not be so scary after all.Tucked up in her bed, a little girl wonders about the creatures rumored to go bump in the night. But instead of pulling the covers over her head,...
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I Got the Christmas Spirit

Connie Schofield-Morrison · Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

In the same feel-good style of I Got the Rhythm, this exuberant picture book explores the joys of the holiday season, once again illustrated by award-winning artist Frank Morrison.It's the most wonderful time of the year, and a mother and daughter are enjoying the sights and sounds of the holiday...
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There's a Dragon in Your Book

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

OH NO! There's a dragon in this picture book by bestselling author, YouTube star, and musician Tom Fletcher--author of There's a Monster in Your Book!First, there's an egg in your book. Then the cutest baby dragon you've ever seen hatches from it. But don't tickle its nose, and whatever...
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Pop-Up Book

Lisa Marsoli · Silver Dolphin Books; Pop Spl edition
Format: Hardcover

Start a new holiday family reading tradition with this delightful pop-up retelling of the beloved Christmas story. Just in time for its 50th anniversary, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is now a stunning pop-up book, a treasure for generations to come. All of the classic characters join...
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Polar Bear Island

LINDSAY BONILLA · Sterling Children's Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

When Kirby, a fun-loving penguin, arrives on Polar Bear Island, she shakes things up - much to the dismay of Parker, the mayor. Will Parker learn to see how great it is to make new friends? Or will he chase Kirby away . . . forever? "Welcome to Polar Bear Island. NO OTHERS ALLOWED!"...
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The Broken Ornament

Tony DiTerlizzi · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

When a beloved ornament breaks, will it ruin the holidays or save them? New York Times bestselling author and Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator Tony DiTerlizzi offers a brand-new Christmas story that is sure to be a holiday classic.Jack wants this to be the best Christmas ever, and he knows...
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Do You Believe in Unicorns?

BETHANIE DEENEY MURGUIA · Candlewick
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Is believing in magic the key to seeing a unicorn? If you keep your eyes open to wonder, the possibilities are endless.Is that a horse wearing a hat? It's definitely not a unicorn in disguise - that would be ridiculous, right? It's probably just a horse that's having a bad hair day. Or trying...
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Inky's Amazing Escape: How a Very Smart Octopus Found His Way Home

Sy Montgomery · Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Learn all about Inky the Octopus, an international sensation known for escaping from the New Zealand aquarium in April 2016, in this adorable picture book from National Book Award nominee and octopus lover Sy Montgomery.Inky had been at the New Zealand aquarium since 2014 after being taken...
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Never Touch a Dragon

Make Believe Ideas Ltd. · Make Believe Ideas
Pages: 12
Format: Board book

A tactile touch-and-feel book all about dragons! You must never touch a dragon . . . except in this book!This dragon-themed touch-and-feel book is perfect for young children! They will love reading the funny rhyme that warns of the dangers of touching a dragon and then ignoring the advice!...
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Auntie Luce's Talking Paintings

Francie Latour · Groundwood Books
Pages: 36
Format: Hardcover

Every winter, a young girl flies to Haiti to visit her Auntie Luce, a painter. The moment she steps off the plane, she feels a wall of heat, and familiar sights soon follow -- the boys selling water ice by the pink cathedral, the tap tap buses in the busy streets, the fog and steep winding...
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Jingle Bugs

David A Carter · Little Simon
Pages: 22
Format: Board book

Jingle Bugs, Jingle Bugs, Jingle all the way. Here's a merry pop-up book To share on Christmas Day.
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Corduroy Writes a Letter

ALISON INCHES · Penguin Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Celebrate Corduroy's 50th anniversary with the reissue of this delightful leveled reader!Lisa is learning how powerful letters can be. When she wants the bakery to add more sprinkles to the cookies they sell, she writes a letter to the baker, and he adds more. But when she wants to contact...
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Lights, Camera, Carmen!

Anika Denise · Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

In the vein of Eloise, Olivia, and Fancy Nancy, Carmen is a little girl with a BIG personality. She loves the spotlight and fame that comes with being an actress, and she only grudgingly shares attention with her adoring little brother, Eduardo - especially when the prize is a starring...
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Santa Bruce

Ryan T Higgins · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

Bruce is a lot of things. He is a bear. He is a grump. He is a pretty decent cook. And he is a mother.One thing Bruce is not?Santa Claus.But that doesn't stop the whole forest from lining up to give him their Christmas wishes when he becomes the victim of mistaken identity-again.Kids will...
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If Animals Celebrated Christmas

Ann Whitford Paul · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

In the same vein as IF ANIMALS KISSED GOOD NIGHT, this new picture book from Ann Whitford Paul and David Walker explores how different members of the animal kingdom might spend the Christmas season.If animals said Merry Christmas like we do . . .how would they say it? Tortoise would hiss...
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Plum

Sean Hayes · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

From Will & Grace star Sean Hayes and composer Scott Icenogle comes a modern classic inspired by The Nutcracker about how the Sugar Plum Fairy got her wings.Plum will not stay glum. For as long as she can remember, Plum has lived at the Mary Fitzgerald Orphanage, wishing and hoping...
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Last Stop on the Reindeer Express

Maudie Powell-Tuck · Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

The magic of Christmas is found on every page of this imaginative holiday picture book, with doors that open into the next page, peek-through holes, and even a card to open and read!Christmas is coming but Mia has no time to send the card she made to Grandpa, who lives far away. But when...
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