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The Book Hog

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

The Book Hog loves books-the way they look, the way they feel, the way they smell-and he'll grab whatever he can find. There's only one problem: he can't read! But when a kind librarian invites him to join for storytime, this literature-loving pig discovers the treasure that books...
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Kristy's Big Day

Ann M Martin · Graphix
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

Kristy's mom is getting married, and Kristy is going to be a bridesmaid! The only trouble is, fourteen kids are coming in town for the wedding. Kristy, Claudia, Mary Anne, Stacey, Dawn, and Mallory think they can handle it, but that's before they spend a week changing diapers, stopping...
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Wintercake

Lynne Rae Perkins · Greenwillow Books
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

Sometimes a mistake can be a wonderful thing.Sometimes a mistake is cause for celebration.Sometimes making a mistake leads to rousing adventure and a whole new chapter.That's exactly what happens to Lucy and Thomas in this luminous and festive picture book about a holiday mistake, cake,...
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It's Not Hansel and Gretel

Josh Funk · Two Lions
Format: Hardcover

Hansel and Gretel will not listen to their storyteller. For one thing, who leaves a trail of bread crumbs lying around, when there are people starving? Not Hansel, that's for sure! And that sweet old lady who lives in a house made of cookies and candy? There's no way she's...

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Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller

Joseph Lambert · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 96
Format: Hardcover

Helen Keller lost her ability to see and hear before she turned two years old. But in her lifetime, she learned to ride horseback and dance the foxtrot. She graduated from Radcliffe. She became a world famous speaker and author. She befriended Mark Twain, Charlie Chaplin, and Alexander...
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Whose Footprint Is That?

Darrin Lunde · Charlesbridge
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

A nonfiction guessing game that explores the connections between an animal, its tracks, and its habitat.Written by a mammalogist at the Smithsonian, this clever preschool page-turner pairs seven tracks with information about the animals' locomotion, asking kids to guess which animal...
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