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Have You Seen My Lunch Box?

STEVE LIGHT · Candlewick
Pages: 18
Format: Board book

From the creator of Have You Seen My Dragon? comes a colorful seek-and-find board book for the younger set.It's almost time for school, and one small boy's things are strewn all over. Can he collect everything he needs in time to hop on the bus? Among the missing items are some...
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Sleep Tight Farm: A Farm Prepares for Winter

Eugenie Doyle · Chronicle Books
Pages: 36
Format: Hardcover

A captivating exploration of how a family gets a farm ready for the snow of winter, Sleep Tight Farm lyrically connects each growing season to the preparations at the very end of the farm year. This beautiful and informative book paints a fascinating picture of what winter means to the farm...
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Dad Can Do Anything

Martin Thomas · Sky Pony Press
Pages: 18
Format: Board book

It's not easy being small. Especially not for Little Elephant who isn't tall enough to reach things, like the hook to hang a coat, a shelf to get toys, or the pedals of a bike. Kitchen counters, the shower, and a light switch are all too high. But with dad close by anything is possible...
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Valensteins

Ethan Long · Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Something strange is in the air on this dark, cold night. The members of Fright Club are always ready to scare, but tonight Fran K. Stein has something else on his mind. He's busy making something, and the other monsters want to know what it is.Could it be a mask with fangs? A big pink...
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Do Not Bring Your Dragon to the Library

Julie Gassman · Picture Window Books
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Have you ever thought about bringing your dragon to the library? Don't do it! You might have the best intentions, but that dragon will cause nothing but trouble. Using rhyming text and a diverse cast of characters, this charming picture book will provide some important and some not so important...
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The Fish Who Cried Wolf

Julia Donaldson · Arthur A. Levine Books
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

From the award-winning team behind ROOM ON THE BROOM -- a very fishy story about very fishy stories!The little fish Tiddler comes late to school every day, but always with an elaborate excuse that entrances his classmates -- and annoys his teacher! One day, as he's thinking up his next...
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Cat Nap

Toni Yuly · Feiwel and Friends
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Cat loves to nap. If only he could find a good resting place to hide from playful (and wide awake) Kitten!Opposites and hide-and-seek make this a fun story for nap time -- or anytime.
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Love Monster and the Last Chocolate

Rachel Bright · Farrar Straus Giroux, 2015.
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

When Love Monster comes home from vacation, he discovers a box of chocolates on his doorstep. He knows he should share it with his friends, but what if there's none left for him after everyone has a piece? What if they take his favorite-the double chocolate strawberry swirl? And even...
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Penguins Don't Wear Sweaters!

Marikka Tamura · Nancy Paulsen Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

This uplifting, charmingly told story, tells what happens when well-meaning humans knit sweaters for penguins who've encountered an oil spill. You may have seen the cute pictures of penguins wearing sweaters--but did you know why they were wearing them? Debut author Marikka Tamura answers...
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Little Concepts: ABC Color: Apricot, Burgundy & Chartreuse, 26 cool new colors are out on the loose!

Ingela Peterson Arrhenius · Walter Foster Jr
Pages: 36
Format: Board book

ABC Color combines learning the alphabet with colors for an educational and fun board book for young children. Each page of this beautifully illustrated book features a different letter and little-known color, so children can learn about both topics at one time! Parents will love spending...
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Who ate all the cookie dough?

Karen Beaumont; Eugene Yelchin · Henry Holt
Format: Hardcover

Kanga wants to make cookies, but someone has eaten all the cookie dough.Who could it be? Join in the fun and find out! This rollicking whodunit begs to be read aloud. The refrain will remind teachers and kids of the preschool game Who Stole the Cookie from the Cookie Jar, making Who Ate All the Cookie...
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Poor Little Guy

Elanna Allen · Dial Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

With the cheeky twist of Jon Klassen's This Is Not My Hat and the graphic appeal of Mo Willems, Poor Little Guy will leave kids giggling ... and begging for rereads! What do you do when you're so tiny that the bigger ocean creatures think you might even taste adorable? An itsy-bitsy,...
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Tiny and the Big Dig

Sherri Duskey Rinker · Scholastic Press
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Sniff! Sniff-sniff!I smell a bone. A bone that's BIG.I'll get it out, I'll dig and dig.A big, BIG bone! I know it's there!It will take work, but I don't care!Tiny may be a small dog, but don't let that fool you. He's a pooch with power who knows what he wants. And he's going for it. But oh, those...
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Count on the Subway

Paul DuBois Jacobs · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Print book

1 MetroCard, Momma and me.Down 2 flights—to catch the 3.4 turnstiles, singers 5.A rumble, a screech . . . the train arrives!This bright, young counting book is a delightful trip through the New York City subway system. Hand in hand, child and mother see colorful subway signs and funny...
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The Secret Life of Pets Little Golden Book

Golden Books. · Golden Press
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

This Little Golden Book peeks into Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures' The Secret Life of Pets, a comedy about the lives our pets lead after we leave for work or school each day. It's perfect for boys and girls ages 2 to 5!
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