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Never Ask a Dinosaur to Dinner

Gareth Edwards · Scholastic Press
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

This fun, rhyming read-aloud will guide young children through the bedtime routine. Would you ask a dinosaur to dinner? Would you share your toothbrush with a shark? Through a series of amusing mishaps, a young boy learns that a dinosaur, a shark, a tiger, and other animals will not help...
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Monster Party!

Annie Bach · Sterling Children's Books
Format: Hardcover

Monster's invited - and monster's delighted! Come and join the monster bash. There's spinning and pinning, high-fiving and jiving, and munching, crunching, and buggy-food lunching. But when it all ends, Monster must leave his fun-loving friends. There's crying and sighing...
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Digger Dog

William Bee · Candlewick Pr
Pages: 36
Format: Book

Digger Dog loves to dig up bones, the bigger the better. But for the biggest bone in the world, what will Digger Dog need? The biggest digger in the world, of course! All through the story, the diggers get bigger, the hole gets deeper, and there is a fantastic fold-out surprise at the end!
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Underpants Dance

Marlena Zapf · Dial Books
Format: Hardcover

A charmingly irreverent look at a mischievous kid-fixation underwear! Underpants can be fancy or functional, but for pre-schoolers, it is always funny. Take Lily McBloom - she has the fancy kind and loves to show them off with a special dance to make everyone laugh. This horrifies...
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Higgledy Piggledy the Hen Who Loved to Dance

Francesca Simon · Harpercollins, 2016.
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

A delightful farmyard story full of energy and fun from Francesca Simon, author of the bestselling Horrid Henry series.Higgledy Piggledy loves to dance - but what good is a dancing hen? The other animals can do much more useful things like pulling the cart, giving milk and making wool.Then...
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Eight Jolly Reindeer

Ilanit Oliver · Cartwheel Books; Brdbk edition
Format: Board book

A shaped board book with tabs and glitter featuring Santas eight adorable reindeer!Eight jolly reindeer flying with delight.Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!Young readers will love counting down from eight to one in this adorable story book featuring Santas famous reindeer!...
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Thirsty, Thirsty Elephants

Sandra Markle · Charlesbridge
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Elephants never forget During a drought in Tanzania, Grandma Elephant is in search of water for her herd. Little Calf follows along and mimics her grandmother at each stop on their journey. When Grandma leads them to a watering hole she recalls from years before, the elephants are overjoyed...
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Vroom, Vroom, Trucks!

Karen Katz · Little Simon
Pages: 14
Format: Print book

Vroom vroom! Here come the construction trucks in this new lift-the-flap book from Karen Katz featuring the cutest trucks you've ever seen.Rumble! Rumble! Here come the big trucks! Look for bulldozers, dump trucks, and more in this adventurous lift-the-flap book from Karen Katz sure...
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Thank You, God

J. Bradley Wigger · Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

This bright, lyrical book offers readers of all ages and backgrounds the perfect chance to reflect on all the things that they have to be grateful for. Thank You, God is a celebration of family and friends, of homes and food to share, and of the wonder of creation from the first light of day to the calm,...
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Beware the Kakamora!

Rh Disney. · Disney Books For Young Re
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Walt Disney Animation Studios "Moana" is a sweeping, CG-animated comedy-adventure about a spirited teenager on an impossible mission to fulfill her ancestors quest. In the ancient South Pacific world of Oceania, Moana, a born navigator, sets sail in search of a fabled island....
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What a Wonderful World

Bob Thiele · Henry Holt & Company
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

First recorded in 1967 by Louis Armstrong, and with sales of over one million copies, "What a Wonderful World" has become a poignant message of hope for people everywhere. Sweet and positive in its message, with bright, beautiful art, this book is sure to be a hit. Perfect for sharing!
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Franky

Leo Timmers · Gecko Press
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Sam has a lot of imagination. He loves robots and looks at the stars, imagining that robots live there. But Sam's parents are so busy doing mundane, ordinary things like vacuuming and gardening that they have have lost all their imagination. Although Sam and his parents speak the same...
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My First Kwanzaa (My First Holiday)

Karen Katz
Format: Book

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Lola Plants a Garden

Anna McQuinn · Charlesbridge
Pages: 28
Format: Print book

Readers who loved Lola at the Library, Lola Loves Stories, and Lola Reads to Leo are in for a backyard treat. After Lola reads a book of garden poems, she wants to plant some flowers. She gets books from the library and chooses her plants. Then Lola and her mommy buy the seeds, make the garden,...
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Creepy caterpillars

Celeste Bishop · PowerKids Press
Pages: 24
Format:  Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats

The caterpillar got its name from words that mean hairy cat, and its easy to see why. Thats just one of the interesting facts readers will learn through this title, which introduces them to the small and gross caterpillar. The texts age-appropriate content teaches readers everything they...
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