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Flora and the Penguin

Molly Schaar Idle · Chronicle Books LLC
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Having mastered ballet in Flora and the Flamingo, Flora takes to the ice and forms an unexpected friendship with a penguin. Twirling, leaping, spinning, and gliding, on skates and flippers, the duo mirror each other's graceful dance above and below the ice. But when Flora gives the penguin...
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The Nuts: Keep Rolling!

Eric Litwin · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Hazel Nut and Wally's Nut's playtime roll down a muddy hill turns into a hilarious chase when they get covered in so much muck that they get bigger... and bigger... until they're big as ELEPHANTS! Can anyone help get the Nuts back down to size? Eric Litwin offers an upbeat and inspiring...
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If You're Spooky and You Know It

Aly Fronis · Little Bee Books
Pages: 16
Format: Print book

Clap your hands for this spooky, Halloween-themed twist on the classic children's song "If You're Happy and You Know It"!If you're spooky and you know it, clap your hands! If you're spooky and you know it, clap your hands! If you're spooky and you know...
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Dreamland

Noah Klocek · Candlewick
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Bedtime surroundings mingle with dream imagery as a little girl drifts into peaceful slumber.Amelie loves everything about bedtime: wrapping up in her favorite blanket, listening to bedtime stories, and most of all, dreaming. But finding her dreams is not always easy, and she often has to set out in search...
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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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The Lost Kitten

LEE. · Gecko Press
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

When a tiny stray kitten turns up on the doorstep, Hina and her mother take the kitten in. Hina makes a home for her and learns all about caring for a living creature. Then one day the kitten goes missing.
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Our New Kittens

Theo Heras · Pajama Press
Pages: 24
Format: Hardcover

These two young brothers have waited weeks to welcome their new kittens, and they are determined to do a good job taking care of them. They help their new pets explore their food and water dishes, their litter boxes, and a comfy bed, trying to keep quiet and gentle so the kittens will feel...
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Cancer Hates Kisses

Jessica Reid Sliwerski · Dial Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Mothers are superheroes when they're battling cancer, and this empowering picture book gives them an honest yet spirited way to share the difficult experience with their kids. Author Jessica Reid Sliwerski was diagnosed with breast cancer four months after giving birth to her daughter....
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Giraffe Problems

Jory John · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Penguins aren't the only animals with problems. . . . A second hilarious collaboration from picture-book superstars Lane Smith and Jory John!Can you guess what's making this giraffe self-conscious? Could it be . . . HIS ENORMOUS NECK?? Yes, it's exactly that--how on earth did you figure...
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I Got the Christmas Spirit

Connie Schofield-Morrison · Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

In the same feel-good style of I Got the Rhythm, this exuberant picture book explores the joys of the holiday season, once again illustrated by award-winning artist Frank Morrison.It's the most wonderful time of the year, and a mother and daughter are enjoying the sights and sounds of the holiday...
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Richard Scarry's Pig Will and Pig Won't

Richard Scarry · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 24
Format: Paperback

Richard Scarry and his beloved characters, Pig Will and Pig Won't, introduce toddlers to the important concept of manners. From helping around the house to playing nicely with friends, this charming and accessible story will have children eager to use their manners. Includes one sheet of stickers!
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5-Minute Spooky Stories

Disney Book Group · Disney Press
Pages: 187
Format: Hardcover

The perfect treat for Halloween, this treasury of spooky stories is packed with thrilling adventures. Beloved favorites like Mickey Mouse and Peter Pan as well as popular new characters from the latest Disney films, including Wreck-It Ralph and Rapunzel, encounter everything from ghosts...
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The Queen's Handbag

Steve Antony · Scholastic Press
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

From Steve Antony, the author and illustrator of Please, Mr. Panda, I'll Wait Mr. Pandat, and Green Lizards VS. Red Rectangles.A very naughty thief has stolen the Queen's handbag! There's only one thing to do: chase the thief all over the landmarks of Great Britain! Hold on to your...
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Trees

Lemniscates. · Candlewick Press
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

A lyrical narrative and lovely, graphic illustrations pay tribute to the beauty and importance of the trees all around us.Trees change through the seasons - springing to life, bearing fruit, and losing their leaves before a period of sleep. They clean the air we breathe, provide seeds...
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A Greyhound, a Groundhog

Emily Jenkins · Schwartz & Wade
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

When a greyhound meets a groundhog, wordplay and crazy antics ensue. The two animals, much like kids, work themselves into a frenzy as they whirl around and around one another. (Around, round hound. Around, groundhog!) The pace picks up (Around and around and astound and astound!), until...
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