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Orange Pear Apple Bear

Emily Gravett · Little Simon; Brdbk edition
Format: Board book

Destined to become a contemporary classic, this book has spare text and sweet illustrations but contains only five words: apple, pear, orange, bear--and there. Emily Gravett creates clever variations on this theme by rearranging the words--on one spread, a brown bear juggles an orange,...
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Wake Up, Tug!

MICHAEL GARLAND · Holiday House
Pages: 18
Format: Board book

Tug is a little boat with a big job! He pulls cruise ships, tall ships, and even a fireworks barge!This charming board book follows a day in the life of a New York City tugboat. Simple language, lush illustrations, and a happy, straightforward story will appeal to the youngest children.
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While You Are Sleeping

Mariana Ruiz Johnson · Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover

While you are sleeping, does the rest of the world sleep, too?Not everyone.In this dreamy book, which won the 2015 Silent Book Contest at the prestigious Bologna Children's Book Fair, Mariana Ruiz Johnson conjures up the ordinary yet extraordinary world outside the window of a sleeping...
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Happy Easter!

Liesbet Slegers · Clavis; Tra edition
Format: Book

Taking children on a fun-filled jaunt through springtime, this book highlights the Easter holiday's traditions along with the beauty of the season. Full color.
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Nini Lost and Found

Anita Lobel · Knopf Books for Young Readers; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

A simple - and simply beautiful - story for young cat lovers. One beautiful autumn day, Nini, a little tabby cat, sees that the door is open. The garden and nearby woods seem to beckon her to explore. Nini thinks the great outdoors is really, really, really nice . . . until night falls...
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Halloween in Anopha (Thomas & Friends)

Richard Courtney · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

IT IS HALLOWEEN, and Thomas and Mavis are working hard at the quarry in Anopha. On Halloween, Thomas is sent into town to pick up a special cargo, but he cannot see what he is pulling. Thomas loves Halloween, but hopes that his Special is full of treats, and not tricks!
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A Magical Christmas

Gail Yerrill · Tiger Tales
Pages: 18
Format: Hardcover

"The mice are out gathering holly, as soft snowflakes swirl everywhere. There are hushed little whispers of Christmas, and a magical feel in the air."Little Mouse shares the excitement of Christmas but wants to know what is the magic of Christmas? One by one his family members...
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Zero

Kathryn Otoshi · KO Kids Books
Format: Hardcover

Zero is a big round number. When she looks at herself, she just sees a hole right in her center. Every day she watches the other numbers line up to count: "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 . . . !" "Those numbers have value. That's why they count," she thinks. But how could a number...
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The Boat is Blue: Baby's First Book of Colors

CAROLYN SCRACE · Scribblers
Pages: 12
Format: Board book

Give baby hours of fun - and learning too!What's yellow? What's purple? Learn all about the different colors, from a blue boat splish-splashing in the water to a brown chicken cluck-clucking all day long. Featuring attractive high-contrast and patterned illustrations that help calm...
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Working Mummies

Joan Horton · Farrar Straus Giroux
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Get ready for giggles and ghouls in this celebration of hard-working mommies who also happen to be mummies. Here you'll find a doctor mum curing raspy spooks with coffin syrup and a fang-filling dentist completely wrapped up in her dangerous work. You'll also meet a librarian mummy who has her hands...
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Mr. Clever

Roger Hargreaves · Price Stern Sloan
Pages: 32
Format: Paperback

Mr. Clever thinks he is smartest guy around. But one day, helearns that he doesn't know everything.
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Back to Bed, Ed

Sebastien Braun · Peachtree Publishers; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

When it s bedtime, Ed plays games with Dad, splashes in the bath, and reads stories with Mom. Yes, Ed loves going to bed, but he hates staying in bed! Night after night, he tiptoes down the hall and climbs into his parents bed. Something has to be done, but how to get Ed back to bed and get him to stay...
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Too Many Fairies: A Celtic Tale

Margaret Read MacDonald · Two Lions
Format: Hardcover

An old woman complains about all the housework she has to do, but when some fairies come to help her she finds that they are more trouble than they are worth.
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