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Elmo's Super-Duper Birthday

Naomi Kleinberg · Random House
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Elmo celebrates his birthday with his Sesame Street friends by eating cake, playing games, and opening presents. Girls and boys ages 3 to 7 will love this paperback storybook that includes over 50 stickers, a Pin-the-Nose-on-Elmo game, and a press-out birthday crown!
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Biscuit Loves the Library

Alyssa Satin Capucilli · HarperCollins
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

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Leilani's Luau

Sheila Higginson · Disney Press
Pages: 32
Format: Paperback

When Doc receives Leilani, a solar-powered hula girl, from her grandmother who is traveling in Hawaii, Doc and the toys decide to welcome the hula dancer with a lu'au. Leilani begins to teach everyone to hula, but suddenly winds down and stops! This 8x8 storybook comes with a page of full-color...
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Hello, World! My Body

JILL MCDONALD · Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Pages: 26
Format: Board book

Young children are fascinated by their eyes, ears, nose, fingers, and toes. Now here's a board book that teaches toddlers all about the human body, with shapes, sizes, colors, and super-simple facts. Hello, World! is a series designed to introduce first nonfiction concepts to babies...
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Shy

Deborah Freedman · Viking Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

A dazzlingly beautiful new book about shyness from the author of Blue Chicken, The Story of Fish and Snail, and By Mouse and Frog!Shy loves birds. He'd love to watch them fly and hear them sing, but he's only ever read about them in books. . .until a real bird comes along. He's dying to meet...
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Disney Moana: Call of the Ocean

Lori Froeb · Studio Fun International
Pages: 12
Format: Print book

Join the adventure with spirited teenager, Moana, as she sails the Pacific Ocean to complete her ancestors quest. This unique storybook features see-through windows on every page that create a dimensional ocean scene when closed. As pages are turned, different characters are revealed!
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Angelina's Cinderella

Katharine Holabird · Viking
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Everyone's favorite dancing mouse is back on the big stage! Angelina is playing the lead in the Cinderella Dance Tour that is traveling across Mouseland. The final stop on the tour is at the grand Von Whiskers Castle, but just before the performance, the scenery is ruined! Angelina and her friends...
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Seeking a Santa

Angela DiTerlizzi · Little Simon
Pages: 30
Format: Print book

From bestselling author Angela DiTerlizzi comes a lighthearted and sweet Christmas board book perfect for little elves and Santa fans everywhere!I'm seeking a Santa And everyone knows ... Your eyes must be bright With red cheeks and red nose Should have a fur hat Wear a warm, woolen...
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Raybot

Adam F Watkins · Price Stern Sloan, 2016.
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

When an inquisitive robot named Raybot begins to explore Earth, he knows he is supposed to find the thing that goes "bark." But try as he might, all he can find are things that go "roar" and "oink" and "moo." Still, Raybot keeps searching, and on the way,...
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I Love You Night and Day

Smriti Prasadam-Halls · Bloomsbury USA Childrens; Brdbk edition
Format: Board book

When you love someone, you want the whole world to know. Through good times and bad, rain or shine, love is unconditional.I love you wild, I love you loud,I shout it out and I feel proud. A lyrical text from Smriti Prasadam-Halls is beautifully paired with illustrations from an exciting...
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A House in the Sky

Steve Jenkins · Charlesbridge
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Caldecott Honor recipient Steve Jenkins shines as the author of this amusing and thorough introduction to animal homes.Turtles, birds, fish, beavers, and kangaroos are just like people--they need homes, and take up residence in unusual places. A simple main text introduces similarities...
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Not Very Scary

Carol Brendler · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

Melly is a brave little monster who is not afraid of anything. She loves surprises, and when her fun-loving cousin invites her over for a big surprise, Melly excitedly sets out for a visit. On her way, she notices skittish skeletons, a coal-black cat, and even ghoulish goblins following...
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Monster Cruise!

NOT AVAILABLE. · Simon Spotlight
Pages: 24
Format: Paperback

Fans will scream ... with laughter when reading this silly and spooky 8x8 storybook retelling of the hilarious monster movie. Sony Pictures Animation's Hotel Transylvania 3 - starring Adam Sandler and Selena Gomez - hits theaters July 13, 2018!Everyone agrees: Drac should take a break....
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Later, Gator!

Erik Brooks · Sterling Children's Books
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

After awhile, Crocodile. See you soon, Baboon. LATER, GATOR. Gator's moving, and he's so sad to say goodbye to his friends. Worst of all, he doesn't know anyone in his new neighborhood! But with a little help - and some encouraging letters - from the good pals he left behind,...
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My First Book of Animal Opposites

National Wildlife Federation. · Charlesbridge
Pages: 22
Format: Board book

This photo-illustrated gem teaches the youngest of children about opposites using examples from the animal kingdom. Families who love nature and the world's wild places will enjoy sharing these animal opposites.
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