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Songs in the Shade of the Flamboyant Tree: French Creole Lullabies and Nursery Rhymes

Chantal Grosleziat · The Secret Mountain; Har/Com edition
Format: Book

Through colorful tunes and splashy illustrations reminiscent of the vibrant flamboyant tree, this collection celebrates life’s passages and various island rituals in the tropical isles of Guadeloupe, Haiti, Martinique, and Reunion. Lyrics are reproduced in the original French...
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Tucker's Spooky Halloween

Leslie McGuirk · Candlewick
Pages: 28
Format: Board book

Oh, what to be for Halloween? A determined Tucker rolls out a very creative costume in a funny story young children will surely appreciate."HE'S SO-O-O-O-O CUTE!"Tucker’s owner always dresses him as something cute for Halloween, like a pumpkin with a little orange hat....
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Poppleton

Cynthia Rylant · Scholastic
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

Poppleton befriends his neighbor Cherry Sue, goes to the library, and helps a cranky friend take a pill by hiding it in a piece of cake, in the first of ten picture books designed for the youngest readers.
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That's Not My Monkey

Fiona Watt · Usborne Pub Ltd
Format: Board book

A touchy-feely board book with simple, repetitive text, tactile patches and bold illustrations suitable for babies and toddlers. A little white mouse appears on every page, for children to spot. --This text refers to an alternate Board book edition.
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Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf: With a Fully-Orchestrated and Narrated CD

Janet Schulman · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

THERE IS NO better way to introduce children to classical music than with Prokofiev’s musical fairy tale of the little boy (played by all the strings of the orchestra) who, with the help of a bird (played by the flute), outsmarted the big, bad wolf (played by the French horns). And now with...
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I've Won, No I've Won, No I've Won (Charlie and Lola)

Lauren Child · Grosset & Dunlap
Pages: 32
Format: Paperback

Lola always always always has to win! No matter what games she and Charlie play, Lola always triumphs. What will happen when Charlie devises a strategy for a game that surely he will win? When playtime is through, Charlie and Lola have learned that maybe having the upper hand isn’t...
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The Secret of Black Rock

Joe Todd-Stanton · Flying Eye Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Erin loves to lie on the jetty, looking for the weirdest fish in the sea - the weirder, the better! And she knows the best ones must be further out, where her mum won't let her go . . .Out there in the deepest sea lies the Black Rock: a huge, dark and spiky mass that is said to destroy...
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I Don't Like Gloria!

Kaye Umansky · Candlewick
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

A jealous pup learns that rivals can become unexpected allies in a picture book loaded with preschooler appeal.Why didn't anyone ask Calvin if it was all right to bring Gloria home? Now Calvin has to live with Gloria — and to make matters worse, this cat eats from his dog bowl,...
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Daddy Adventure Day

Dave Keane · Philomel
Format: Book

If youre a father-or a child-there is no better way to spend a day than on a Daddy Adventure Day. And theres no better way to spend a Daddy Adventure Day than going to a ball game. Because while there are humongous cheering crowds, fun foods, presents, and home run celebrations, here is the best...
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