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My favorite pet by Gus W. for Ms. Smolinski's class
My favorite pet by Gus W. for Ms. Smolinski's class

Jeanne Birdsall; Harry Bliss · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

A hilarious picture book from New York Times bestselling author of The Penderwicks Jeanne Birdsall and New York Times bestselling illustrator Harry Bliss about one child's outrageous school essay on his "pet" sheep. Things to know about sheep: Sheep live outside. Sheep have...
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Where's Mommy?
Where's Mommy?

Beverly Donofrio · Schwartz & Wade
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times Best Illustrated BookIn this companion to the acclaimed picture book Mary and the Mouse, the Mouse and Mary, Maria Marys daughter and Mouse Mouse Mouses daughter are looking for their mothers. Theyre not in their bedrooms, their car and cart are still in the driveway, and they...
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The Bear Ate Your Sandwich
The Bear Ate Your Sandwich

Julia Sarcone-Roach · Alfred A Knopf
Pages: 40
Format: Library Binding

Bear meets sandwich, adventure ensues. . . . A sly classic-in-the-making for fans of Jon Klassen, Peter Brown, and Mo Willems. By now I think you know what happened to your sandwich. But you may not know how it happened. So let me tell you. It all started with the bear . . . So begins...
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How Hippo Says Hello!
How Hippo Says Hello!

Abigail Samoun · Sterling Children's Books; Brdbk edition
Format: Board book

A well traveled hippo takes a trip around the world, saying hello to the animals he meets in eight different countries in their own language.
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Duck & Goose, Goose Needs a Hug
Duck & Goose, Goose Needs a Hug

Tad Hills · Schwartz & Wade
Pages: 22
Format: Print book

Duck & Goose are back in this sturdy board book, perfect for preschoolers! And this time, New York Times bestselling author and illustrator Tad Hills brings our favorite feathered friends out to celebrate Valentine's Day. What does Goose need more than anything this Valentine's Day?...
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Outstanding in the Rain
Outstanding in the Rain

Frank Viva · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Step right up! Step right up to the amusing amusement park! It's a whole story, and the pages have holes!
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Peep and Egg: I'm Not Trick-or-Treating
Peep and Egg: I'm Not Trick-or-Treating

Laura Gehl · Farrar Straus Giroux
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Peep can't wait to go trick-or-treating with Egg. But Egg is NOT trick-or-treating! No way, no how. With monsters, witches, and mummies out there, it is just too scary. Even when Peep tells Halloween jokes to soothe Egg's fears, Egg is not cracking. How can Peep help Egg realize that...
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Bluebird
Bluebird

Bob Staake · Schwartz & Wade
Format: Hardcover

"Like nothing you have seen before," raves Kirkus Reviews in a starred review. In his most beautiful and moving work to date, Bob Staake explores the universal themes of loneliness, bullying, and the importance of friendship. In this emotional picture book, readers will be captivated...
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Gus & Me: The Story of My Granddad and My First Guitar
Gus & Me: The Story of My Granddad and My First Guitar

Keith Richards · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Long before there was a band, there was a boy: a young Keith Richards, who was introduced to the joy of music through his beloved granddad, Theodore Augustus Dupree, affectionately known as "Gus," who was in a jazz big band and is the namesake of Keith's daughter, Theodora...
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Bear and Bee
Bear and Bee

Sergio Ruzzier · Disney Hyperion Books
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

After a nice long hibernation, Bear wakes up and craves some honey. When he spots a beehive in the distance, he heads right for it! Sitting on top of the beehive is Bee who graciously offers Bear some honey, but Bear is worried. He believes that bees are big, scary creatures who do not share...
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Bernice Gets Carried Away
Bernice Gets Carried Away

Hannah E. Harrison · Dial Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Perfect for a new generation of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day readers, this charming story about a grumpy cat gently shows how far a little sharing can go. Bernice is having a truly rotten time at her friend's birthday party. First, everyone else gets a piece...
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Families
Families

Shelley Rotner · Holiday House
Format: Hardcover

Celebrate diversity with a picture book for very young children about the many faces of contemporary families in this companion to Shades of People.Big or small, similar or different-looking, there are all kinds of families. Some have one parent, some have two, and many include extended...
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Happy Love Day, Daniel Tiger!: A Lift-the-Flap Book
Happy Love Day, Daniel Tiger!: A Lift-the-Flap Book

Becky Friedman · Simon Spotlight, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pages: 14
Format: Print book

It's a very special Love Day with all your friends from Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood in this sweet board book with flaps!It's Love Day in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. Daniel and his family find all kinds of ways to say "I love you" and show that they care. Daniel makes paper...
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Once Upon an Alphabet: Short Stories for All the Letters
Once Upon an Alphabet: Short Stories for All the Letters

Oliver Jeffers · Philomel Books
Pages: 1
Format: Hardcover

THE alphabet book to top all others, from the illustrator of the #1 New York Times bestselling The Day the Crayons Quit! If words make up the stories and letters make up the words, then stories are made up of letters. In this menagerie we have stories made of words, made FOR all the letters.The...
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Blizzard
Blizzard

John Rocco · Disney-Hyperion
Format: Hardcover

Blizzard is based on John Rocco's childhood experience during the now infamous Blizzard of 1978, which brought fifty-three inches of snow to his town in Rhode Island. Told with a brief text and dynamic illustrations, the book opens with a boy's excitement upon seeing the first snowflake...
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