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What in the World Is Wrong with Gisbert?

Jochan Weeber · Flyaway Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Meet Gisbert, a tall, young giraffe. Gisbert is tall enough to do everything a giraffe might want to do, and his life is good. But one day, something happens. Gisbert's friends start making fun of him, and with each negative comment they say, he begins to shrink! What in the world is wrong...
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Gwen the Rescue Hen

Leslie Crawford · Stone Pier Press
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Gwen has spent her whole life in a big egg-laying hen house, so she knows very little about what chickens can do (besides lay eggs, of course) . A fateful tornado turns her world upside-down and sideways, landing her in a strange new place that's nothing like the hen house. Using...
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I Am Peace: A Book of Mindfulness

Susan Verde · Harry N. Abrams
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

When the world feels chaotic, find peace within through an accessible mindfulness practice from the bestselling picture-book dream team that brought us I Am Yoga. Express emotions through direct speech. Find empathy through imagination. Connect with the earth. Wonder at the beauty of the natural...
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The Visitor

ANTJE DAMM · Gecko Pr
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Elise was frightened—of spiders, people, even trees. So she never went out, night or day.One day a strange thing flies in through the window and lands at her feet. And then there comes a knock at the door. Elise has a visitor who will change everything.The Visitor is a story about friendship...
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The Runaway Chicken

Kiki Thorpe · Kane Pr
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

There’s a chicken on the loose! Maddy takes it home, but chickens are not good house pets. Can Maddy find—or make!—a better place to keep it?Tying into the popular Makers Movement, MAKERS MAKE IT WORK is a series of fun easy-to-read stories that focus on problem-solving and hands-on...
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Family Is A Superpower

Michael Dahl · Capstone Editions
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

BATMAN, SUPERMAN, and WONDER WOMAN have many extraordinary abilities, but their greatest superpower of all? Family! In this new addition to the bestselling DC Super Heroes Picture Book series, the diverse family structures of the World's Greatest Heroes mirror the lives of real-life children...
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Little Bear Dreams

Paul Schmid · Phaidon Press
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

A cozy and whimsical ode to polar oppositesOf what do little bears dream? Bright snowflakes perhaps... Or dark starry nights. Hot chocolate... Cold pizza. Straight horizons... And curly moustaches.This gentle and imaginative tale takes readers on a journey of wintry opposites, including...
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Misunderstood Shark: Friends Don't Eat Friends

Ame Dyckman · Orchard Books
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

In this new Misunderstood Shark story from New York Times bestselling duo Ame Dyckman and Scott Magoon, Shark dares to ask the question: Can friends eat friends (and get away with it) ?Last time on Underwater World with Bob Jellyfish..."SHARK ATE ME! Now get me OUT, Shark!""That's...
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Want to Play Trucks?

ANN STOTT · Candlewick
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Jack likes trucks. Alex likes dolls. What will they play together? Their new favorite game, of course!Jack and Alex meet almost every morning in the sandbox at the playground. Jack likes trucks - big ones, the kind that can wreck things. Alex likes dolls - pink ones, with sparkles....
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Zola's Elephant

Randall De Se?ve · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Illustrated by two-time Caldecott-honor winning artist Pamela Zagarenski, this tender, witty friendship story of imagination gone wild, by New York Times bestselling author Randall de Sève, shows how assumptions often cause us to misjudge - and miss out. But with a little courage, new opportunities...
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Quiet Wyatt

Tammi Sauer · Clarion Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

At the noisiest of times, can the quietest kid save the day? Opposites attract in this sweet and funny friendship story from the author of Nugget & Fang.Wyatt likes quiet. And being quiet works for Wyatt. He's the model visitor at museums, the perfect tree in the school play - and he's...
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Let's Get Ready for Bed

Michael W. Smith · Zonderkidz
Pages: 24
Format: Hardcover

From Grammy Award-winning artist Michael W Smith and the co-creator of Veggietales Mike Nawrocki comes Let's Get Ready for Bed, the second in a series of bedtime books in the Nurturing Steps line. This sweet and sleepy picture book will lull your little one to sleep with their favorite...
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I'll Love You Till the Cows Come Home

KATHRYN CRISTALDI · HarperCollins
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

I will love you till the cows come homefrom a trip to Mars through skies unknownin a rocket ship made of glass and stone.I will love you till the cows come home. Love knows no bounds in this lyrical, gentle lullaby, a tender tribute to the depths of family love. Filled with warm, funny...
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Skyscraper

Jorey Hurley · Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Acclaimed picture book creator Jorey Hurley who was called "stunning" and "dramatic" tells the story perfect for the youngest reader of all the different and mightly trucks it takes to build a city skyscraper!What once was a vacant lot, watch as truck by truck, a towering...
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Mary Wears What She Wants

Keith Negley · Balzer + Bray
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

From the award-winning creator of My Dad Used to Be So Cool and Tough Guys Have Feelings Too comes a charming picture book inspired by the true story of Mary Edwards Walker, a trailblazing 19th-century doctor who was arrested many times for wearing pants.Once upon a time (but not that long...
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Perfect

Max Amato · Scholastic Press
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

A fussy eraser and a mischievous pencil spar in this picture book adventure.In this funny and light-hearted picture book, a fussy eraser tries to keep the pages clean by erasing the scribbles of a mischievous pencil. But before long, the eraser discovers what can happen when two opposing...
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The Dress and the Girl

Camille Andros · Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

A little girl and her favorite dress dream of an extraordinary life. They enjoy simple pleasures together on a beautiful Greek island. They watch the sunset, do chores, and pick wildflowers on the way home. One day, the dress and the girl must leave the island and immigrate to the United...
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Giraffe and Bird Together Again

REBECCA BENDER · Pajama Press
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Bird lives for adventure. He wants to swoop, soar, and explore. Giraffe is perfectly happy right where he is, thank you very much. He never worries when Bird flits off for a while. But one afternoon his friend fails to return. Giraffe has a bad feeling that something has happened to Bird....
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The Extraordinary Gardener

SAM BOUGHTON · Tate Publishing
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Joe is a boy just like any other, but with a bigger imagination. Joe lives in an ordinary apartment building in a rather ordinary city. His world is rather gray. But he spends his time imagining a wonderful, colorful world filled with exotic plants and unusual animals. One day, Joe decides...
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Cheerful Chick

Martha Brockenbrough · Arthur A. Levine Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Right from the moment Chick is born, she wants to lead the other animals in cheer! Unfortunately, the rest of the barnyard just isn't quiiiite as enthusiastic. Lucky for little Chick she has a whole squad of siblings who are backing her up (even when she doesn't realize it) !
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Bear Needs Help

Sarah S. Brannen · Philomel Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

With one of his shoes untied, and all of the animals too scared to help, what's Bear going to do? The surprisingly clever answer will make kids -- and parents -- laugh. A perfect read-aloud.A lumbering little polar bear has one shoe untied, and he needs some help! Sadly for him, though,...
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I Need a Hug

Aaron Blabey · Scholastic Press
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

In I Need a Hug, a tiny porcupine just wants a cuddle. All of the other animals turn him away because of his prickly spikes. But finally the porcupine meets an animal who's happy to hug -- a snake!Rich with author-illustrator Aaron Blabey's signature rhyming text and unforgettably splendid...
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Hush Hush, Forest

Mary Casanova · Univ Of Minnesota Press
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Lyrical words and elegant woodcuts capture the quiet beauty of the forest as day fades to night and autumn gives way to the North Woods winter While we are tucked in, snug in warm blankets as we listen to bedtime stories, the woods around us whisper another tale. As the golden leaves waft...
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I Hate My Cats

DAVIDE CALI · Chronicle Books
Pages: 44
Format: Hardcover

Ginger is the weird one. She plays with peas, purrs at artichokes, and has a strange fondness for chicken (but only the neighbor's chicken) . Then there's Fred. His greatest talent? Sleeping. Oh, and hiding. And when he's not hiding, he's conspiring with Ginger to destroy the house!...
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In Arctic Waters

Laura Crawford · Sylvan Dell Publishing
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

An arctic variation of "This is the House that Jack Built," In Arctic Waters follows polar bears, walruses, seals, narwhals and beluga whales as they chase each other around "the ice that floats in the Arctic waters." Not only is the rhythmic, cumulative prose good for early...
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