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Greenling

Levi Pinfold · Candlewick Press, 2015.
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

A modern fable about nature's power from a Kate Greenaway Medal winnerMr. Barleycorn picks a green baby growing on his land, unleashing the incredible power of nature. When zucchinis flower in the kitchen and carrots sprout out of their television, Mr. Barleycorn's wife insists...
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Follow the Trail: Farm

Dorling Kindersley Inc. · Dk Publishing, 2016.
Pages: 14
Format: Print book

Follow the Trail: Farm includes activities that teach preschoolers about shapes, sorting, and matching, as well as developing their hand-eye coordination and pre-writing skills. With trails that let toddlers circle the wheel of a tractor, trails that lead around the farm, and trails that...
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Green Is a Chile Pepper: A Book of Colors

John Parra · Chronicle Books
Pages: 32
Format: Book

Pura Belpré Award, Illustrator HonorLatino Book Award, WinnerGreen is a chile pepper, spicy and hot.Green is cilantro inside our pot.In this lively picture book, children discover a world of colors all around them: red is spices and swirling skirts, yellow is masa, tortillas, and sweet...
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Monsters Go Night-Night

Aaron Zenz · Harry N. Abrams
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

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Ten Eggs in a Nest

Marilyn Sadler · Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Beginning readers can count to ten—and add—while they learn to read with P.J. Funnybunny author Marilyn Sadlers latest, funniest Bright and Early Book! Gwen the hen has laid her eggs, but just how many is anyones guess. For now, shes quite content to sit and wait for them to hatch....
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Go Sleep in Your Own Bed

Candace Fleming · Schwartz & Wade
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

From bestselling, award-winning author Fleming and beloved illustrator of the Maple books Nichols comes a giggle-inducing read-aloud starring a cast of comically grumpy barnyard animals. Sure to become a bedtime favorite. This funny and irresistible picture book feels like a classic...
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Pancakes!: An Interactive Recipe Book

Lotta Nieminen · Phaidon
Pages: 16
Format: Print book

Cook pancakes from scratch inside this interactive recipe book ? readers whisk the eggs, flip the pancakes, and more!Step one: mix together the flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder.Step two: whisk the eggs, milk, and butter.Step three: stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients...
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Where Did All the Dinos Go?

Jim Benton · Cartwheel Books
Pages: 18
Format: Print book

From Jim Benton, the international bestselling author and illustrator of Dear Dumb Diary and It s Happy Bunny, comes the latest board book addition to his series for Scholastic s youngest readers "Where did all the dinos go? Some say they vanished long ago. Could they be living way out westin...
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Tractor Mac Parade's Best

Billy Steers · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

There are so many great floats at the town parade: the Young Farmers' Club, the Sports Team, the Outdoor Club. Tractor Mac can't wait to see which one he gets to pull. Then he finds out that his friends have been asked to pull all of the floats he wanted, and all that is left is the Mrs....
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Little school bus.

Margery Cuyler · Henry Holt
Pages: 32
Format: Book

Join Driver Bob the school bus driver and his little school bus as they wake early, pick up the children, and drop them off at school. Then it's off to the garage to fix a tail light. All in a day's work for this trusty team. The lyrical text, catchy rhyme, and bright pictures make this...
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Super Bugs

Michelle Meadows · Orchard Books
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

The Super Bugs help insects when they are in danger! "Antennae up, eyes down.Buzzing all around the town.Super Bugs, Super Bugs, mighty, mightySuper Bugs!" These heroic insects are ready to fly in and lend a helping hand or wing! The Super Bugs spend all day doing good, and when...
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Presents Through the Window: A Taro Gomi Christmas Book

TaroÌ? Gomi · Chronicle Books
Pages: 36
Format: Print book

Pink suit. Moustache. Helicopter. This may not be your ordinary Santa, but it's still a daunting Christmas Eve challenge! There are so many presents to deliver, and so little time. It's a good thing Santa has a plan. He'll just peek into every window and toss in a gift. Done! The trouble...
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There Might Be Lobsters

CAROLYN CRIMI · Candlewick
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Come on, Sukie, you can do it! A little dog's paralyzing anxiety gives way to bravery when someone smaller is in need in this humorous, tenderly sympathetic story.Lots of things at the beach scare Sukie. Lots. Because she is just a small dog, and the stairs are big and sandy, and the waves...
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Listen to Our World

Bill Martin Jr. · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

From beloved storytellers Bill Martin Jr. and Michael Sampson and with shimmering illustrations by Caldecott Honor­ artist Melissa Sweet comes a celebration of the animals all around us!Squawk! Hiss! Grr! Roar! Big, small, black, brown - all kinds of animals make their home in our world....
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In

Nikki McClure · Harry N. Abrams
Pages: 36
Format: Hardcover

I only want to stay in. In my pajamas. Inside. In. In. In. For a boy and his toy giraffe, today is the perfect day to stay in. Snug in his pajamas, he reads books, bakes popovers, and plays with a big wicker basket - that he transforms into a rocket ship to fly in "innerspace."...
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