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A Dog With Nice Ears: Featuring Charlie and Lola

LAUREN CHILD · Candlewick
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Beloved siblings Charlie and Lola are back - on a quest to find Lola's version of the perfect dog, which seems suspiciously un-doglike.At the moment, all Lola can talk about is dogs. She says she would like one more than anything you could think of. "More than a squirrel or an actual...
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Fort-Building Time

Megan Wagner Lloyd · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Grab your blankets and pillows! From the creators of Finding Wild, a new picture book that follows the changing of the seasons and is as cozy as a fort. Winter, spring, summer, fall. Each season brings new materials to make the perfect fort. From leaves to snow, from mud to sand, there...
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How to Cheer Up Dad

Fred Koehler · Dial Books
Format: Hardcover

A hilarious book about parent and child relationships for fans of Ian Falconer and Jon Agee--a perfect gift idea for Fathers Day and beyond!Little Jumbo just cant understand why his dad is having such a bad day. It couldnt be the raisins Little Jumbo spit out at the ceiling or the bath...
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The Line

Paula Bossio · Kids Can Press
Format: Hardcover

A little girl stumbles onto a line ... and endless possibilities for fun! With a twist and a shake of the line, it becomes a slide, a giant bubble or even a jungle vine. But what -- or who -- could be at the other end?
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Stanley's Shapes

William Bee · Peachtree Publishers
Pages: 20
Format: Print book

It's another busy day for Stanley and friends... Stanley and Little Woo are on vacation learning about shapes. Join them as they spot circles, squares, triangles, and more!
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Demolition

Sally Sutton · Candlewick Press
Pages: 22
Format: Book

What's even more exciting to preschoolers than seeing big machines that build things? Watching the massive ones that tear them down!Crush the stone. Crush the stone. Chip and grind and munch. Make new concrete from the old. Whirr! Churr! Crunch!From the huge crane with a swinging ball (crack!...
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Roar: A Big-Mouthed Book of Sounds!

Jonathan Litton · Tiger Tales; Brdbk edition
Format: Board book

Whos the loudest animal in this fiercely fun book of sounds? Bright artwork, finger-holes, and a cheerful rhyming story make learning come alive!,
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Kickin' It

Meg Greve · Rourke Educational Media,
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

Luis finally gets to play on a real soccer team. He can't wait to show off his skills to his teammates and coach. Can he show his team that he's a team player before the big game? Includes a writing prompt, tips to organize a soccer party, and discussion questions!
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Boats for Papa

Jessixa Bagley · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Buckley and his Mama live in a cozy cabin by the ocean. He loves to carve boats out of the driftwood he finds on the beach nearby. He makes:big boatslong boatsshort boats andtall boats,each one more beautiful than the last, and sends them out to sea. If they don't come back, he knows they've...
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Goldilocks and the Just Right Potty

LEIGH HODGKINSON · Nosy Crow
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Little Goldilocks wants to wear underwear - big-girl underwear that's not too silly and not too frilly, but just right. But that means she also needs to find the "just right" potty. Will she know when she needs to go? And will she get to the potty in time? Find out in this lighthearted...
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A Cat Named Swan

Holly Hobbie · Random House
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Discover this beautiful pet-adoption story from Holly Hobbie, the creator of the bestselling Toot & Puddle series and one of the most treasured children's illustrators of all time. Beloved author-illustrator Holly Hobbie presents the story of a rescue cat's adoption, the paradise...
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If Your Monster Won't Go To Bed

Denise Vega · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

For fans of How to Babysit a Grandpa comes a tongue-in-cheek story that is a step-by-step manual for putting your monster to bed. If you have a monster that won't go to bed, don't bother asking your parents to help. They know a lot about putting kids to bed, but nothing about...
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Move-Along Nursery Rhymes

Laura Huliska-Beith · C. Press/F. Watts Trade
Pages: 32
Format: Paperback

Move to the rhythms of Jack and Jill, Little Boy Blue, and Little Miss Muffet with your little one. Then have some fun together by counting flowers and animals in the stories, moving like the characters, and more.
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Ben & Zip: Two Short Friends

Joanne Linden · Flashlight Press
Format: Hardcover

A tribute to friendship, boardwalks, and summer, this storybook tells of Ben and Zip, two best friends who will keep readers laughing, cheering, and guessing until the very end when they are reunited after a rainstorm. Ben is short, but his best friend Zip is even shorter. One day while...
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Ladybug Girl's Day Out with Grandpa

Jacky Davis · Dial Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Ladybug Girl and Grandpa visit the museum in the New York Times bestselling series' latest picture book! Lulu wants to learn everything, but she discovers that sometimes you have to slow down to appreciate the wonder of what's around you. When Lulu and Grandpa visit the museum, Lulu wants...
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