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Tea with Grandpa

Barney Saltzberg · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Spending time with Grandpa is always fun.Singling, laughing, eating, and playing.And when it's time to say goodbye,It won't be for long because He's never too far away to have tea.In this sweetly simple, rhyming picture book by acclaimed author/artist Barney Saltzberg, a little...
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Rufus Blasts Off!

KIM GRISWELL · Sterling Children's Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

"My name is Rufus Leroy Williams III. And I am ready to blast off.""NO PIGS IN SPACE." Rufus the Pig has already sailed the seven seas on a pirate ship. Now he dreams of the Moon, the stars, and Mars! So he bids his mateys goodbye and reports for duty at the space center....
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While You Are Sleeping

Mariana Ruiz Johnson · Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover

While you are sleeping, does the rest of the world sleep, too?Not everyone.In this dreamy book, which won the 2015 Silent Book Contest at the prestigious Bologna Children's Book Fair, Mariana Ruiz Johnson conjures up the ordinary yet extraordinary world outside the window of a sleeping...
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At Night

Helga Bansch · Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pages: 41
Format: Print book

A whimsical and soothing bedtime story At night, all the animals return to their homes to sleep. Birds dream in their nests, polar bears snore inside their ice caves, and children snuggle under the covers of their beds. Everything is in order. Unless, of course, it isn't. Sometimes the world...
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This Book Will Not Be Fun

Cirocco Dunlap · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

A mouse who acts as a careful custodian of his book tries to guarantee his reader some peace and order in spite of escalating chaos. For fans of The Book With No Pictures and This Book Just Ate My Dog!A book is no place for tomfoolery, and this mouse assures us that his book is to be no exception....
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Mama's Kisses

Kate McMullan · Dial Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

From bestselling author Kate McMullan, a sweet rhyming bedtime story celebrating mothers' love It's bedtime in the jungle, but baby panda, elephant, orangutan, and leopard are nowhere to be found. Their mamas set out to look for their wayward little ones, calling them to bed with a soft...
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Old MacDonald Had a Truck

Steve Goetz · Chronicle Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Old MacDonald had a farm E-I-E-I-O. And on that farm he had a...TRUCK?! With a DIG DIG here and a SCOOP SCOOP there, this classic folk song just got revved up! Beloved machines - the excavator, dump truck, bulldozer, and more - will have the vehicle-obsessed of all ages reading and singing...
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Dinosaur vs. School

Bob Shea · Hyperion Books for Children
Pages: 40
Format: Book

Dinosaur is starting preschool today. ROAR There are new friends to meet, dress-up outfits to wear, glitter and googly eyes to paste, musical instruments to play, and snacks to eat. What's not to like? But then, oh, no It's Dinosaur vs. Clean-up Time Fortunately, when friends work together,...
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The Most Magnificent Thing

Ashley Spires · Kids Can Press
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Award-winning author and illustrator Ashley Spires has created a charming picture book about an unnamed girl and her very best friend, who happens to be a dog. The girl has a wonderful idea. ?She is going to make the most MAGNIFICENT thing! She knows just how it will look. She knows just...
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A Number Slumber

Suzanne Bloom · Boyds Mill Press
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

In this book, beloved author-illustrator Suzanne Bloom asks readers how they prepare for bed - from putting on jammies to asking for one more hug - then counts down to bedtime from ten terribly tired tigers to one really weary wombat. Each animal demonstrates a different bedtime ritual...
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Love Monster and the Scary Something

Rachel Bright · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

It's way past bedtime o'clock in Cutesville . . . . but somebody can't sleep. The harder he tries to nod off, the more wide awake Love Monster is, and the later and darker and spookier it gets. When he hears a rustle rustle, then a creeeak, scuffle-shuffle BUMP, he's just sure there's a hungry,...
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Walter's Wonderful Web

Tim Hopgood · Farrar
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

A determined little spider named Walter is trying to make a sturdy web that will stand up to the blustery wind. The webs he makes at first are woven in special shapes--a triangle, a square, a circle--but they are still wibbly-wobbly. Can Walter make a web that is both wonderful and strong?...
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Old Dog Baby Baby

Julie Fogliano · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

old doglazy lazylying on the kitchen floorhere comes babybabycrawling through the kitchen doorFollow the antics of a curious baby and his silly old dog in this funny, rhythmic, and joyful picture book from Julie Fogliano, illustrated by Caldecott Medalist Chris Raschka.
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Peekaboo, Elmo!

Constance Allen · Random House Books for Young Readers; Brdbk Rep edition
Format: Board book

Baby Elmo and his friends play peekaboo all around Sesame Street. Toddlers will giggle their way through this sturdy board book as they figure out where Elmo, Grover, Big Bird, Cookie Monster, and the others are hiding. And theyll be inspired to play peekaboo, too!,
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Poppy Follows Her Nose

RANDOM HOUSE. · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 24
Format: Hardcover

Go exploring with DreamWorks' Trolls in this hardcover scratch-and-sniff book featuring ten amazing scents!From the makers of Shrek, DreamWorks Trolls is a hair-raising comedy filled with unbelievable adventure, incredible music, and Trolls - the joyous creatures with crazy, colorful,...
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