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Little Burro

Jim Arnosky · Putnam Juvenile
Format: Hardcover

In the vein of his popular picture books Grandfather Buffalo and Raccoon on His Own, Jim Arnosky’s Little Burro features a lovable new character who finds out that trying new things does not have to be scary.Little Burro’s canyon has everything she needs—it’s breezy...
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I Can Help

David Costello · Farrar Straus Giroux
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

"Uh-oh. I'm lost," a little duck says.
"I can help," says a monkey, who swings down from a tree and points out Mama duck.
Then the monkey loses his balance! Who can help him?! Giraffe can!

And so the fun begins in this story, beautifully illustrated...

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Forest Animals - My Little Sound Book

Christophe Boncens · Auzou; Ina Brdbk edition
Format: Board book

Forest Animals introduces some great first facts about five favorite forest animals--the wolf, the bear, the deer, the frog, and the owlaccompanied by bright, colorful photographs of each animal. A great noisy early learning book!Christophe Boncens started his career as a graphic designer....
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On the Spot: Countless Funny Stories

Amy Krouse Rosenthal · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Transform an ordinary story into a silly one with stickers or found objects in this Mad Libs-esque adventure! For fans of Press Here and Tap the Magic Tree.New York Times bestselling author Amy Krouse Rosenthal (Uni the Unicorn and I Wish You More) , Lea Redmond, and Sanne te Loo have created...
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My Fuzzy Valentine

Naomi Kleinberg · Random House Children's Books
Pages: 12
Format: Book

It's Valentine's Day and Elmo has received an anonymous valentine. Who could have sent it? He checks with all of his friends and finds the answer right back where he started looking - at home! Toddlers will love touching the fuzzy valentine on every spread!
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Cat Nap

Toni Yuly · Feiwel and Friends
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Cat loves to nap. If only he could find a good resting place to hide from playful (and wide awake) Kitten!

Opposites and hide-and-seek make this a fun story for nap time -- or anytime.

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How Do Dinosaurs Learn to Read?

Jane Yolen · The Blue Sky Press
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Get ready to laugh at this lighthearted, heartwarming, and funny approach to books!

Children sometimes feel the task of learning to read is overwhelming, but the winning combination of rhyme and illustrations here provide a perfect way to present the subject in a comical, engaging,...
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Hoppy Hanukkah!

Linda Glaser · Albert Whitman & Company
Format: Hardcover

Violet and Simon, two small bunnies, are excited about Hanukkah. Simon is ready to light all the candles and then blow them right out! But Mama and Papa explain how to celebrate Hanukkah by lighting one candle each night at sunset and placing the menorah in the window for all to see....
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Big Red Tub

Julia Jarman · Orchard
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

It's bathtime for Stan and Stella, but too many friends want to join them in the big, red bathtub.Stan and Stella are having lots of fun in the big, red bathtub. And soon all of the animals want to join them. First Dog, then Lion, and soon Kangaroo wants to come in, too. But when Hippopotamus...
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Touch and Feel: ABC (Touch & Feel)

DK Publishing · DK Preschool; Brdbk Rep edition
Pages: 12
Format: Board book

Toddlers will welcome learning their ABCs with the interactive images in this board book that features an apple, umbrella, violin, yo-yo, zipper, and more every-day objects, with appealing touch-and-feel elements on every spread that help build sensory development as well as language and reading...
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Choo Choo

Petr Horacek · Candlewick Press
Pages: 16
Format: Hardcover

Hop in! The bold illustrations and playful sound words in these two board books with die-cut pages will beckon to preschoolers who love things that go.What could be more fun than an old-fashioned train ride? Off go the passengers, past the town, into the woods (SHHH, SHHH), over the bridge...
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David's World: A Picture Book about Living with Autism

Dagmar H. Mueller · Sky Pony Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

“Sometimes I do not like David. He is so different. He speaks a different language. . . . David is my brother.” Thus begins a moving story about David, who has autism, and his older brother, who is trying to understand the world David inhabits. David does not like when people...
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Mud

Mary Lyn Ray · Harcourt Children's Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

One night it happens. Maybe it begins in the warmth of the day, but it's always at night that it happens. Earth comes unfrozen, and then there is . . . MUD! This ode to muddy hands and feet, brown earth, and new grass celebrates the joy of mud and the coming of spring. "Wallow in it."--Kirkus...
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