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Maxwell the Monkey Barber

Cale Atkinson · Owlkids Books Inc.
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Maxwell the monkey operates a barbershop, where he offers everything from a trim to a chop. He excels at helping his fellow animals look shipshape and feel their best, no matter how unruly their locks. Whatever the coiffure quandary, Maxwell is your monkey. He tames Baboon's curls,...
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Margo Thinks Twice

Monica Arnaldo · Owlkids Books Inc.
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Margo is an imaginative, adventurous little girl who has just one problem - worry has found its way into her life. She sometimes feels nervous and uncomfortable, especially inside the wild world her imagination creates. Whenever her mom gives instructions, Margo's mind turns the everyday...
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Abigail the Whale

Davide Cali? · Owlkids Books
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Abigail dreads swimming lessons. Every time she dives into the pool, she makes a big splash, and all the girls in her class shout: "Abigail's a whale!" Abigail can see that she is larger than the other girls. She feels huge, heavy, and out of place.Abigail's swimming teacher...
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Billions of Bricks

Kurt Cyrus · Christy Ottaviano Books / Henry Holt and Company
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Two, four, six. Look at all the bricks!Grab a hard hat and all your tools, and get ready for a construction adventure in counting! This clever, rhyming picture book leads readers through a day in the life of a construction crew building with bricks. A brick may seem like just a simple block,...
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The storybook knight

Helen Docherty; Thomas Docherty · Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pages: 32
Format:  Print book : Fiction : Primary school : English

Ordered by his parents to tame a dragon, a gentle knight who prefers reading to fighting arms himself with a book.
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Click, Clack, Surprise!

Doreen Cronin · Atheneum Children'S Books
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Little Duck learns how to celebrate his birthday with a little help from all the other animals on the farm in this charming picture book from the award-winning duo, Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin.Happy first birthday, Little Duck! Everyone wants to look their best for the party. But Little...
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Little Night Cat

Sonja Danowski · North-South Books
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

This heartwarming tale by the extraordinary illustrator, Sonja Danowski, is sure to please animal lovers! When Toni, a little boy, bravely offers his favorite stuffed cat to the animal shelter to raise money for the needy dogs and cats, it touches his mom's heart. Later that night Toni...
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A Hat for Mrs. Goldman: A Story About Knitting and Love

Michelle Edwards · Schwartz & Wade Books
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Here's a heartwarming winter picture book that's sure to appeal to families who love knitting. Mrs. Goldman always knits hats for everyone in the neighborhood, and Sophia, who thinks knitting is too hard, helps by making the pom-poms. But now winter is here, and Mrs. Goldman herself doesn't...
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Old Dog Baby Baby

Julie Fogliano · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

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 illustrated by Caldecott Medalist Chris Raschka.
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Sofia the First Elena and the Secret of Avalor

Disney Book Group. · Harpercollins
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

In this beautifully illustrated Secret Library story, Sofia discovers the incredible mystery behind her amulet. Princess Elena from the kingdom of Avalor has been magically trapped inside Sofia's amulet, waiting for another princess to set her free, and Sofia is up to the task! Join...
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Push! Dig! Scoop!: A Construction Counting Rhyme

Rhonda Gowler Greene · Bloomsbury
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Down at the construction site, mama and papa trucks show their youngsters how to build. Push oosh goes a big mama bulldozer and her one little dozer! Dig schlup goes a tough papa excavator and his two little excavators! Count along with every scooping, mashing, and spinning family of trucks...
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When the World Is Dreaming

Rita Gray · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Take a peek into the moonlit world of deer, rabbits, and other woodland creatures as they ready for a good night. The author Rita Gray poetically recounts their ordinary real-life resting places while revealing their anything-but-ordinary dreams.
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Are You Sure, Mother Bear?

Amy Hest · Candlewick Press
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Will everything I love still be there when I wake? Mother Bear's absolute reassurance - and an unexpected outing - enables a little cub to sleep in a masterful bedtime story.On the first night of winter, Little Miss Bear will not go to sleep. She simply refuses. "Winter is for sleeping,"...
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Big bob, little bob

James Howe · Candlewick Press
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

It s not easy to become friends with someone who is nothing like you but surprising things can happen when you give it a try. Despite the fact that they share a name, Big Bob and Little Bob are different. Big Bob likes trucks and throwing balls and being loud. Little Bob likes dolls and jingling...
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Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes

James Dean · Harper
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Pete makes the best cupcakes!Join Pete the Cat in a brand-new story and help him and his friends find the missing cupcakes! Pete the Cat and his friends are busy as can be baking cupcakes for a cupcake party, and Pete can't wait to perform with his groovy band. But some of the cupcakes...
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Joe Cepeda · Holiday House
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Pura Belpre honor recipient, Joe Cepeda, brings magical realism for the beginning reader! Two brothers are asleep in their bed when a pinwheel flies through the window and into the hand of the younger boy. He stands in front of the window, and soon he s flying through the sky where he sees...
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Rabbit and Robot and Ribbit

Cece Bell · Candlewick Press
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

What happens when two friends suddenly become three? Cece Bell's very funny follow-up to the Geisel Honor-winning Rabbit and Robot: The Sleepover.Rabbit is excited. He is going to surprise his good friend Robot at home. DING DONG! When Robot opens the door, he is surprised. He wasn't...
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Elephant & Piggie Like Reading! The Cookie Fiasco

Mo Willems · Hyperion Books for Children
Pages: 64
Format: Print book

Four friends. Three cookies. One problem. Hippo, Croc, and the Squirrels are determined to have equal cookies for all But how? There are only three cookies . . . and four of them They need to act fast before nervous Hippo breaks all the cookies into crumbs
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Elephant & Piggie Like Reading! We Are Growing!

Mo Willems · Hyperion Books for Children
Pages: 64
Format: Print book

Walt and his friends are growing up fast! Everyone is the something-est. But . . . what about Walt? He is not the tallest, or the curliest, or the silliest. He is not the anything-est! As a BIG surprise inches closer, Walt discovers something special of his own!
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