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Hug This Book!

Meagan; Saltzberg Bennett · Phaidon Press
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

An energetic, heartfelt, and humorous ode to book loveYou can spin and twirl and dance with this book.You can listen while someone else reads it.You can take your book to lunch.Just do not try to feed it.Expertly whimsical illustrations accompany this rhyming celebration of the printed...
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Bee & Me

Alison Jay · Candlewick Press
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

A beautiful wordless picture book brings a personal note to the plight of the honeybee and offers a message of hope.A little girl befriends a bee that takes her on a journey of discovery, revealing an action that every child can take to aid in conservation. In a wordless story told through...
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Countablock

Christopher Franceschelli · Harry N. Abrams; Nov Brdbk edition
Format: Board book

Following on the heels of a successful abecedary, Countablock features thick pages cut into the shape of each numeral, creating a peek-through guessing game around the number form itself. One acorn becomes . . . one oak tree! From snowmen to puddles and eggs to chicks, quantities are illustrated...
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Blue Hat, Green Hat

Sandra Boynton · Little Simon
Format: Board book

Three earnest animals and one misguided turkey learn colors and clothes in this Sandra Boynton classic. Serious silliness for all ages. Artist Sandra Boynton is back and better than ever with completely redrawn versions of her multi-million selling board books. These whimsical and hilarious...
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I Can Smell

Julie Murray · Abdo Kids,
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Presents the sense of smell using simple text and colorful illustrations.
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Unlike Other Monsters

Audrey Vernick · Disney Hyperion
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

Zander is a monster. Monsters don't have friends. They prefer to scare children and eat their raisin bread alone. Then one day Zander meets a bird, and the unexpected happens. They start to spend time together, and Zander is reminded of how he's unlike other monsters. But does the fact...
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Wally's Magical Adventures

Golden Books · Golden Books; Nov edition
Format: Hardcover

Wally Trollman and his pet dragon, Norville, are the stars of Wallykazam!, a new animated series on Nickelodeon that encourages preschoolers to explore the magic of words. Boys and girls ages 3 to 7 will love reading about Wally and Norville's adventures in this beautifully illustrated...
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Max & His Friends/Snowball & the Flushed Pets

Random House. · Random House
Pages: 16
Format: Print book

Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures present The Secret Life of Pets, a comedy about the lives our pets lead after we leave for work or school each day. Boys and girls ages 3 to 7 will love this full-color storybook based on the hit film, which features two stories and more...
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The Big Book of Engines

W Awdry · Random House Children's Books
Pages: 64
Format: Print book

This handsomely illustrated, hardcover guidebook is just what every Thomas & Friends fan has been waiting for. Inside, boys and girls ages 3 to 7 will discover fascinating facts about all the engines, trucks, buses, and cranes on Sodor.
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Twenty Yawns

Jane Smiley · Two Lions
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

From Pulitzer Prize winner Jane Smiley and Caldecott Honor artist Lauren Castillo. As her mom reads a bedtime story, Lucy drifts off. But later, she awakens in a dark, still room, and everything looks mysterious. How will she ever get back to sleep?Pulitzer Prize winner Jane Smiley's first...
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Float

Daniel Miyares · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

A boy's small paper boat - and his large imagination - fill the pages of this wordless picture book, a modern-day classic from the creator of Pardon Me! that includes endpaper instructions for building a boat of your own.A little boy takes a boat made of newspaper out for a rainy-day...
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Swap!

Steve Light · Candlewick Press, 2016.
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

An old ship. A sad friend. A button . . . An idea. Let's SWAP!In a young scalawag's first tale of bartering, a peg-legged youngster sets out to help his captain repair his vessel. One button for three teacups. SWAP! Two teacups for four coils of rope. SWAP! And so it goes, until the little...
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Unti Silva Novel #5

Daniel Silva · Harper
Pages: 528
Format: Hardcover

#1 NYT Bestseller#1 USA Bestseller#1 WSJ BestsellerAn Amazon Editors' Best Book of the YearA Kirkus Best Fiction Book of the YearAn iBooks Book of the Month"The novel's grand finale is heart-stopping, unexpected and deeply unsettling." - Washington Post"Fascinating, suspenseful,...
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Kings of the Castle

Victoria Turnbull · Templar
Pages: 44
Format: Hardcover

A new book from Victoria Turnbull, a Waterstones Children's Book Prize short-listed author-illustrator.George didn't want to waste the night moon bathing. He wanted to build a sand castle that would turn any monster green with envy! But when George meets the strangest creature he has ever...
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Five Hungry Pandas!: A Count and Crunch Book

Alexis Barad-Cutler · Cartwheel Books; Brdbk edition
Format: Board book

Learn to count to five as these very hungry pandas lunch on bamboo in this innovative board book with die-cut pages!Brightly colored illustrations and fun rhyming text make this the perfect read-aloud for young children just learning about numbers and counting. The die-cut pandas sit at the top of the page,...
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