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Just a Duck?

Carin Bramsen · Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Carin Bramsens beloved Hey, Duck! characters return in this humorous and heartwarming picture book about friendship. Now that Cat has learned to play games that Duck enjoys, its Ducks turn to try things that Cat likes. However, climbing trees and swatting at leaves prove to be a bit tricky...
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Explorers of the Wild

Cale Atkinson · Harpercollins
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Boy and Bear both love to explore the outdoors. There are so many neat things to see, and so many strange things to find. These explorers are prepared for anything . . . except each other! When Bear and Boy meet in the woods, they're scared at first. Really scared. But soon these kings...
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Snippet the Early Riser

Bethanie Murguia · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Book

Snippet is a typical snail. But unlike other snails, he loves to wake up early. While his family is snoozing the morning away, he is wide awake and ready to race to the flowers, make leaf sculptures, and get piggyback rides. With the help of his bug friends,  he tries and tries to wake...
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Tinyville Town Gets to Work!

Brian Biggs · Abrams Appleseed
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

The Tinyville Town series, new from New York Times bestselling author and illustrator Brian Biggs, launches with three books: Tinyville Town Gets to Work!, a world-establishing picture book that introduces the town and its many residents, and two board books, I'm a Veterinarian and I'm...
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Summer Supper

RUBIN PFEFFER · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

A bold and graphic farm-to-table story, told entirely in words beginning with the letter "s"!From sowing seeds in spring to savoring succotash, follow the creation of a family meal from the farm to the picnic table on a warm summer evening. Told entirely in words beginning with...
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ABC Ready for School: An Alphabet of Social Skills

Celeste Delaney · Free Spirit Publishing
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

C is for cooperate. G is for grow. P is for play! This friendly and reassuring alphabet book helps young children (and those who care for them) consider, explore, and discuss a wide range of skills related to school readiness. Kids preparing for kindergarten or preK will learn social...
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Inside This Book:

Barney Saltzberg · Harry N. Abrams
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Inside This Book is a tribute to self-publishing in its most pure and endearing form. Three siblings create three books of their own using blank paper that they bind together (in descending sizes to match birth order) . One sibling's work inspires the next, and so on, with each book's...
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Ten Little Fingers, Two Small Hands

Kristy Dempsey · Little Bee Books
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Count each little finger one by one in this sweet picture book.Ten little fingers, one hand . . . two. Two small hands belong to you! Join a group of toddlers as they enjoy delicious treats, and count one by one as one little finger points to cake, two little fingers tap a plate, three...
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I Used to Be Afraid

Laura Vaccaro Seeger · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

There are a lot of things to be afraid of in this world: spiders, the dark, being alone. In this simple, beautifully-crafted picture book, acclaimed author/illustrator Laura Vaccaro Seeger shows that what seems scary at first, can become magical. It all depends on perspective. Using...
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Good Night Owl

Greg Pizzoli · Disney Hyperion
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

Owl is ready for bed. But as soon as he settles in, he hears a strange noise. He'll never get to sleep unless he can figure out what's going on He looks everywhere-in his cupboard, underneath the floorboards-even in his walls. But while he's busy tearing his house apart, he doesn't notice...
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The Potato King

Christoph Niemann · Owlkids
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Once upon a time there was a Prussian King, Frederick, also known as Fritz, who saw potential in the lowly potato - a newly introduced crop from South America - and decided to plant it for his people. However, it quickly became clear that his subjects didn't like being told what...
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Turtle Island

Kevin Sherry · Dial Books
Format: Hardcover

From the award-winning creator of I'M THE BIGGEST THING IN THE OCEAN comes an inspiring tale of friendship and belonging that's perfect for fans of THE SNAIL AND THE WHALE, OWEN AND MZEE, and Oliver Jeffers's LOST AND FOUND.Turtle is big. But the ocean is bigger. And Turtle...
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Planet Kindergarten

Sue Ganz-Schmitt · Chronicle Books (CA)
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

A genius way to ease kids into the new adventure that is kindergarten."--Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewThis clever picture book will prepare young explorers to boldly go where they have never gone before: Planet Kindergarten. Suit up for a daring adventure as our hero navigates the unknown...
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Newspaper Hats

Phil Cummings · Charlesbridge
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Georgie visits her Grandpa at the home where he lives, but he doesn't always remember who she is. He does, however, remember how to make newspaper hats, and together they fold enough for all his friends. Touching moments portray the difficulties and nuances of memory loss from a child's...
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Little Pig Saves the Ship

David Costello · Charlesbridge
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Intrepid Little Pig - still the littlest pig in the family - is back for a second adventure. When his older brothers and sisters trundle o? to sailing camp, Little Pig is left behind with Grandpa and Poppy. Little Pig and Poppy make and sail a toy ship all week, but on Saturday a gusty...
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