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How Do Dinosaurs Go to Sleep?

Jane Yolen · The Blue Sky Press
Pages: 12
Format: Print book

With more than 14 million books in print, the How Do Dinosaurs... series is a huge hit all over the world. Humorous paintings of oversized dinosaurs with human parents make this an irresistible book for sharing. And we all know that when parents are ready to say good night, it turns out that...
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I Am a Jedi

Golden Books. · Golden Press, 2016.
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Meet Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda, and all the brave Jedi from the epic Star Wars space saga! Featuring stunning retro illustrations, this book is perfect for Star Wars - and Little Golden Book - fans of all ages.
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Eric Carle · Philomel Books
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

THE all-time classic picture book, from generation to generation, sold somewhere in the world every 30 seconds! Have you shared it with a child or grandchild in your life?Carle's classic tale of a voracious caterpillar who eats his way through the days of the week and then changes into...
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A Christmas Wish: A Peter Rabbit Tale

Beatrix Potter · Warne
Pages: 16
Format: Board book

Hop into the world of Peter Rabbit as Peter and his siblings prepare for Christmas in this charming board book!It's Christmas Eve and Peter Rabbit is wide awake, listening out for Santa Claus. He hears all sorts of noises in the night, but none of them turn out to be Santa! Can Peter...
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The Midnight Library

Kazuno Kohara · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Perfect for bedtime reading, pay a visit to the Midnight Library where you can snuggle up for a nighttime story. There is a little library that only opens at night. In the library there is a little librarian--and her three assistant owls--who helps everyone find the perfect book. The library...
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The Giant Jumperee

Julia Donaldson · Dial Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Two of the world's most celebrated picture book creators, Julia Donaldson and Helen Oxenbury, team up for the first time in this jaunty animal fable for fans of Room on the Broom and We're Going on a Bear HuntRabbit arrives home one day to hear a loud voice coming from inside his burrow:"I'm...
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Good Night: A Toddler's Bedtime Prayer

Emmanuelle Remond-Dalyac · Sparkhouse Family
Pages: 18
Format: Board book

Introduce your child to the practice of ending the day with a prayer with this calming bedtime book. Children give thanks for family, friends, and nature before saying good night. A parent page in the back helps moms and dads use this book to cultivate a prayer practice that lasts a lifetime.
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The Library

Julie Murray · Abdo Kids
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Little readers will learn all about what librarians do, where they work, and why they are important in our communities. Very simple text combined with correlating and colorful images will both inform and strengthen reading skills. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state...
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Near, Far: A Minibombo Book

Silvia Borando · Candlewick Press (MA)
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

From up close and far away, things can look so different. Can you guess what animals you're looking at as they zoom in, then zoom back out?No words are needed in this striking and colorful exploration of animal shapes. Bold graphic forms create a playful exercise in visual perception....
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Leaping Lemmings!

John Briggs · Sterling Children's Books
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Think before you leap! Lemmings look alike, they sound alike, and they act alike. So if one jumps off a cliff, the others will jump right after him . . . except Larry. Larry's very independent-minded and he won't follow his fellow lemmings blindly to their doom. But can he teach...
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That Naughty Meerkat!

Ian Whybrow · Harpercollinschildren Sbooks
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

A laugh-out-loud new picture book from the author of Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs series and the illustrator of the Dinosaur that Pooped series.Uncle Fearless is sure he can look after the baby meerkats all by himself. But taking charge is not as easy as it seems - especially with...
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Who's There?

Alain Crozon · Chronicle Books; Ltf edition
Format: Hardcover

Spot sweet surprises with each lift - or swing - of a flap! Cheep! Cheep! Who is cuddled under Mama's wing? Buzz! Buzzzz! Who has landed on that flashy flower? Discover hidden surprises and delight in interactive peekaboo play with this entertaining lift-the-flap book.
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Noni the Pony Goes to the Beach

Alison Lester · Beach Lane Books
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

It's beach time for a playful pony and her friends in this lighthearted celebration of friendship and loyalty from the author of Noni the Pony, which The New York Times called "an unabashedly sweet and simple tale about a happy pony ... related in laid-back couplets that work perfectly...
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One Busy Day: A Story for Big Brothers and Sisters

Lola M. Schaefer · Disney-Hyperion
Format: Hardcover

All Mia wants is for her big brother, Spencer, to play with her. But he's always too busy! So Mia paints, and dances, and explores, and keep busy all by herself. But with a little imagination and a lot of love, Mia might just be able to show Spencer that it's a lot more fun to be busy...
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Horrible Bear!

Ame Dyckman · Little
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

The "New York Times"-bestselling duo behind "Wolfie the Bunny" presents a hilarious new book about accidents, outbursts, manners... and the power of saying "I'm sorry. "Bear didn't "mean" to break a little girl's kite, but she's upset anyway--upset...
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