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Elise Parsley · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

In this crowd-pleasing read-aloud from the creator of the bestselling If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, Don't!, a giraffe's self-esteem is tested during a hilarious confrontation between unlikely look-alikes!Everybody loves Leopold the giraffe. He inspires awe and wonder....
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Davy's Summer Vacation

Brigitte Weninger · NorthSouth Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

When Davy hears about his friend Wendy Wildgoose's wonderful vacation at the beach, he wants to go too. But he and his family can't fly like geese and their wagon is too weak to carry their luggage, so the beach is out. But Davy takes the family on a wonderful trip that is just as fun!
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Rescue and Jessica: A Life-Changing Friendship

JESSICA KENSKY · Candlewick
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Based on a real-life partnership, the heartening story of the love and teamwork between a girl and her service dog will illuminate and inspire.Rescue thought he'd grow up to be a Seeing Eye dog - it's the family business, after all. When he gets the news that he's better suited to being...
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Quincy: The Chameleon Who Couldn't Blend In

Barbara DiLorenzo · little bee books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Quincy the chameleon just can't seem to blend in. Will he ever find a way to embrace his uniqueness?Quincy wants to love chameleon school, but he's not very good at blending in. No matter how hard he tries to stop it from happening, all of his thoughts keep popping up on his skin! In camouflage...
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The Push

Patrick Gray · Tyndale Kids
Pages: 29
Format: Hardcover

When Marcus moved next door to John, they knew instantly they'd be friends. Now John and Marcus do almost everything together. They go on lots of adventures, with Marcus pushing John's wheelchair and John fueling their escapades with jokes. Through their friendship, the boys discover that...
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The Three Little Pugs

Nina Victor Crittenden · little bee books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

The three little pugs just want to curl up and take a nap, but the big bad cat is sleeping in their basket!Once upon a rug, there were three little pugs. Gordy, Jilly, and Zoie love to race, chase, and play pug-of-war. But most of all, they love snoozing in their big, cozy basket. Then...
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People Don't Bite People

Lisa Wheeler · Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Lisa Wheeler and Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator Molly Idle remind overeager little biters that biting is for food in this hysterical read-aloud picture book. Learning good behavior has never been so fun!It's good to bite a carrot. It's good to bite a steak. It's bad to bite your sister!...
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Mama's Belly

Kate Hosford · Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

As a curious little girl awaits the arrival of her baby sister, she asks Mama many questions: "Will she have freckles?" "Will I have to share my blanket?" She helps Mama and Dad prepare to meet her little sister, singing her songs and knitting her a new blanket. But the most...
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Peep and Egg: I'm Not Taking a Bath

Laura Gehl · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

In this lively addition to the funny Peep and Egg picture book series for toddlers, a reluctant chick named Egg overcomes her aversion to taking a bath.Peep thinks Egg needs to take a bath after playing in the mud. But Egg is not taking a bath. Not in the river, not in the duck pond, and definitely...
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Ninja Bunny: Sister vs. Brother

Jennifer Gray Olson · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

A hilarious new Ninja Bunny adventure featuring a humongous carrot, sibling rivalry, and a pair of ninjas who make a super awesome team. Ninja Bunny has faced incredible danger! He has demonstrated all the skills of a super awesome ninja: impressive strength, amazing bravery, extreme...
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Old MacDonald Had a Boat

Steve Goetz · Chronicle Books LLC
Pages: 44
Format: Print Length

Old Mac and Mrs. Mac are at it again! This time, these DIY-happy farmers wield a host of noisy tools - from hammers to sanders, and even a blowtorch - to soup up their rusty old fishing boat. With a BANG BANG here and a BUZZ BUZZ there, this silly, summery sequel to the wildly popular Old MacDonald...
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Mommy's Khimar

Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow · Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

A young Muslim girl spends a busy day wrapped up in her mother's colorful headscarf in this sweet and fanciful picture book from debut author and illustrator Jamilah Tompkins-Bigelow and Ebony Glenn.A khimar is a flowing scarf that my mommy wears. Before she walks out the door each day,...
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Ladybug Girl and the Rescue Dogs

David Soman · Dial Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Ladybug Girl and her friends help at a dog-adoption fair and discover that even the littlest things can make a big difference in this tenth hardcover in the New York Times bestselling Ladybug Girl series.Lulu is excited to meet all the rescue dogs when the pet-adoption fair comes to her local...
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A Season of Flowers

MICHAEL GARLAND · Tilbury House Publishers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Michael Garland (Daddy Played the Blues) displays his impressive illustration range with the stylized, country-quilt, digital collage illustrations of A Season of Flowers. Snowdrops and crocuses yield to tulips and hyacinths, then dogwood blossoms, iris, lupine, daisies, morning glories,...
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Peep and Egg: I'm Not Hatching

Laura Gehl · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Egg is not hatching. No way. No how. It is too scary out there. Peep wants Egg to hatch so they can do fun things together, like watch the sunrise, splash in puddles, and play hide-and-seek.But Egg is not cracking... Joyce Wan's bright and bold illustrations will have young chickies giggling...
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The Two Mutch Sisters

Carol Brendler · Clarion Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

A playful look at sisterhood and honoring differences when having some things in common doesn't mean having everything in common.The two Mutch sisters have two of everything, and Violet believes they are as perfectly matched as the objects in their collections. Ruby, however, has other...
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What If...

Samantha Berger · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Creativity, the power of imagination, and the importance of self-expression are celebrated in this inspiring picture book written and illustrated by real-life best friends.This girl is determined to express herself! If she can't draw her dreams, she'll sculpt or build, carve or collage....
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The Worry Box

SUZANNE CHIEW · Tiger Tales
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Murray Bear is supposed to go to the waterfall with his sister, Molly, to meet a friend, but Murray is worried. “What if it’s too LOUD?” he cries or “Or what if I get swept away!” So Molly tells him about her special worry box. “When I’m worried about something,”...
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With Your Paw in Mine

JANE CHAPMAN · Tiger Tales
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Miki, an otter pup, loves to snuggle on her mamaÂ’s tummy. And Mama holds MikiÂ’s paws while she teaches her how to swim. One day while Mama is out gathering food, Miki meets another otter pup named Amak, and the two become best friends. Then one day, a terrible storm rages in the ocean,...
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The Treasure of Pirate Frank

MAL PEET · Nosy Crow
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

A boy and his dog set sail in search of treasure, braving stormy seas, mountains snowy and cold, the forest where the monkeys swing, the swamp where the bullfrogs sing, and other challenging obstacles, before finally reaching the end of their quest - the treasure of Pirate Frank. But there's...
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Wallpaper

Thao Lam · Owlkids
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

New from the creator of Skunk on a String comes Wallpaper, a wordless picture book in Thao Lam's signature paper collage style. It tells the story of a young girl whose family moves into a new house. Outside, she can hear other kids playing, but she's too shy to say hello. So she picks...
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Twilight Chant

Holly Thompson · Clarion Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

A lyrical exploration of the transition between day and night and of the animals who thrive during this special time.As day slips softly into night, sharp eyes catch glimpses of the special creatures who are active at dusk. Lyrical text and lush art capture the richness and life of this...
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Pippa and Percival, Pancake and Poppy: Four Peppy Puppies

Deborah Diesen · Sleeping Bear Press
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

A puppy named Poppy hears a rustling behind her fence and does what any curious puppy would--digs a hole under! There she finds another puppy! The puppies find two more floppy puppy friends and go on a galloping, gamboling adventure...until they catch a fright and go racing back to their...
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Time for a Trip

Phillis Gershator · Sterling Children's Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

What time is it? It's TIME FOR A TRIP! Little Bunny's all packed and ready to go - and imagining the many ways his family might travel. Will they board a bus or a choo-choo train? Sail on a ferry or blast off on a plane? In the end, everyone piles in the car and they visit the best place...
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This Story Is for You

Greg Pizzoli · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

A simple "It's nice to know you" holds so much power in this tender picturebook by acclaimed author-illustrator Greg Pizzoli. Finding value in others as a matter of course, the narrator accepts and appreciates difference as the foundation of a life-long friendship. This Story...
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This is THE Day!

Amy Parker · Little Shepherd
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Right now is the moment.It's yours! Don't delay!Step into the sunshine.Yes, THIS IS THE DAY!Every day is a day to celebrate and find hope in this colorful, creative storybook inspired by Psalm 118:24. With joyous rhymes and colorful illustrations of all kinds of children, find the beauty...
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