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Do Not Take Your Dragon to Dinner

Julie Gassman · Capstone Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

We know you shouldn't take your dragon to the library, but what about taking him out to dinner? After all, dragons need to eat too! But with firey breath, flapping wings, and pointy spikes, that might not be a good idea! Rhyming text and diverse characters bring the importance of dinner...
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Princesses Wear Pants

SAVANNAH GUTHRIE · Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

From NBC's TODAY coanchor Savannah Guthrie and educator Allison Oppenheim comes an empowering fairy tale with a twist. In the tradition of Not All Princesses Dress in Pink and Princess in Black, Princesses Wear Pants follows the unflappable Princess Penelope Pineapple, who knows how to get the job done...
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Bruce's Big Move

Ryan T. Higgins · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

After the events of Hotel Bruce, our favorite curmudgeonly bear shares his home with not only his four geese, but three rowdy mice besides! Fed up with their shenanigans, Bruce sets off to find a rodent-free household. But as usual, nothing goes quite according to plan. . .
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Lines

Suzy Lee · Chronicle Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

It starts with a line. Whether made by the tip of a pencilor the blade of a skate, the magic starts there.And magic once again flows from the pencil and imagination of internationally acclaimed artist Suzy Lee. With the lightest of touches, this masterwork blurs the lines between real and imagined,...
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His Royal Highness, King Baby: A Terrible True Story

SALLY LLOYD-JONES · Candlewick
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

When an older sibling with a flair for the dramatic shares her kingdom with a baby tyrant, can there be a happily ever after?Once upon a time there was a happy family: A mom, a dad, a gerbil, and the most beautifulest, cleverest, ever so kindest Princess. . . .On one horrible day, a new ruler...
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Big Words for Little Geniuses

JAMES PATTERSON · jimmy patterson
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

There's no "gobbledygook" in this clever, New York Times bestselling picture book by James and Susan Patterson, with each letter of the alphabet providing a sophisticated word and definition for "Lilliputian" children to learn. Adults will appreciate the "juxtaposition"...
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Thank You, Bees

TONI YULY · Candlewick
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

This gentle message of gratitude and connection, enhanced by beautifully simple collage illustrations, makes for a charming gift.Sun gives us light.Thank you, sun.Clouds bring the rain that makes puddles to splash in. Sheep give us wool for our sweaters and hats. The honey that sweetens...
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Stinker

David Zeltser · Carolrhoda Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Stinker is a puppy stuck in the pound. He's playful and loving and wants more than anything to be adopted. Unfortunately, little Stinker is always making big smells. As family after family return the ever-patient pooch back to the shelter, even he begins to lose hope. That is, until Stinker...
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Still Stuck

SHINSUKE YOSHITAKE · Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Getting dressed and undressed can be difficult, especially for little ones. While getting ready for a bath one evening, a little boy gets stuck in his clothes. He panics and starts to fear what life would be like if he never got unstuck. How will he play outside? How will he stop the cat from...
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Molly and Mae: A Friendship Journey

DANNY PARKER · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

When Molly and Mae meet at the train station, two journeys begin: a trip through the countryside and an expedition through the highs and lows of friendship. At first the way is scenic and smooth - and then something goes off track. Can Molly and Mae build a bridge of kindness back to each...
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Yak and Dove

Kyo Maclear · Tundra Books
Pages: 56
Format: Hardcover

Sometimes the unlikeliest friends form the greatest friendships. A funny, charming picture book from a dynamic duo.Friends Yak and Dove are complete opposites. Yak is large and Dove is small. Yak has fur and Dove has feathers. Yak is polite. Dove is ill-mannered. Yak likes quiet. Dove likes...
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There's a Monster in Your Book

Tom Fletcher · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Shake, wiggle, and tickle the monster out of this book - an interactive bedtime read-aloud by a YouTube star, musician, and children's book author!With the irresistible pull of Hervé Tullet's Press Here and the charm of The Monster at the End of This Book, Tom Fletcher's inviting interactive...
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A Loud Winter's Nap

KATY HUDSON · Capstone Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

For Tortoise, winter is good for one thing: a nice long nap. Can friends open his eyes to a season full of surprises? Every year, Tortoise hibernates through winter. He assumes he isn't missing much. However, his friends are determined to prove otherwise! Will Tortoise sleep through another...
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Thank You, Mr. Panda

Steve Antony · Scholastic Press
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Generous Mr. Panda is giving away presents to all his animal friends, including a mouse, an octopus, an elephant, and a lemur, but they aren't being very grateful about the gifts they receive. It may be because the presents aren't quite right. Mouse receives a sweater that's too big, and Octopus...
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River Rose and the Magical Lullaby

Kelly Clarkson · HarperCollins
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller!The original Idol, Grammy Award-winning singing sensation Kelly Clarkson, makes her picture book debut with this enchanting story inspired by her own daughter, River Rose. The book comes complete with a link so you can listen to an original lullaby written and performed...
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I'll Wait, Mr. Panda

Steve Antony · Scholastic Press
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Mr. Panda from Steve Antony's bestselling, funny manners book Please, Mr. Panda is back!This time, Mr. Panda's black-and-white animal friends are curious what he's making, but only one has the patience to stick around. An alpaca, an aardvark, rabbits, and a bird all wind up missing out....
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Melvin the Mouth

Katherine Blanc · Charlesbridge
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Melvin is an imaginative and noisy little boy who grows up to be Mel Blanc, Looney Tunes cartoon character pioneer and the voice behind Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Woody Woodpecker, the Tasmanian Devil, and so many more familiar personalities. Readers are treated to a typical day for young...
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Now!

Tracey Corderoy · Tiger Tales
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Otto doesn't like to wait. He wants to do things NOW! Even though Dad is on the phone, Otto wants him to read a book NOW! When Otto gets in line for the bouncy castle, he wants his turn NOW! One day, Mom tells Otto that the family is going on vacation-and, of course, Otto wants to go NOW!...
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It Takes a Village: Picture Book Edition

Hillary Rodham Clinton · Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

"It Takes a Village offers a universal, unifying message. It captures perfectly Clinton's vision of a multicultural America working toward a constructive goal. So hopeful and forward-looking." - The Washington Post "Inspired by her 2006 book of the same name, Clinton's unadorned...
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The Littlest Train

Chris Gall · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

In this endearing story of a tiny toy train, the creator of the hit series Dinotrux now breathes life into more than a half-dozen trains that climb, haul, chug, zip, and zoom.In a small room, down a short flight of stairs, there lives a little toy train...about to have a BIG adventure!...
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Little i

MICHAEL HALL · Greenwillow Books
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

A charming, suspenseful, and wholly original picture book about the adventure of growing up, from the acclaimed and bestselling creator of Red: A Crayon's Story and Wonderfall.When Little i's dot falls off, rolls down a hill, over a cliff, and into the sea, Little i sets out on a journey...
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The Pout-Pout Fish and the Bully-Bully Shark

DEBORAH DIESEN · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Mr. Fish and all his friendsLove to play down at the park.But that ends when they're bulliedBy a misbehaving shark!Mr. Fish wants to help.He knows bullying is wrong!But he's just one fish -- Is he really that strong?In The Pout-Pout Fish and the Bully-Bully Shark, the New York Times-bestselling...
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Give Me Back My Book!

Travis Foster · Chronicle Books
Pages: 56
Format: Hardcover

This book is full of wonderful WORDS and beautiful PICTURES! And it's EXCITING! And it's FUNNY! It might be the BEST BOOK EVER - if we could decide whose book it is. Redd and Bloo explore the way a book is made and accidentally build a friendship, too, in this tale told only in dialogue....
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