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Balance the Birds

Susie Ghahremani · Abrams Appleseed
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

A follow-up to Stack the Cats, Balance the Birds is about balance and relative size. When birds spot a tree and decide to land on its branches, the readers can help them find the perfect balance. Like Stack the Cats, Balance the Birds introduces key early math skills for toddlers.
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Pink Is for Boys

ROBB PEARLMAN · Running Press Kids
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

An empowering and educational picture book that proves colors are for everyone, regardless of gender. Pink is for boys . . . and girls . . . and everyone! This timely and beautiful picture book rethinks and reframes the stereotypical blue/pink gender binary and empowers kids-and their grown-ups-to...
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Monster Trouble!

Lane Fredrickson · Sterling Children's Books
Pages: 26
Format: Hardcover

Nothing frightens Winifred Schnitzel - but she DOES need her sleep, and the neighborhood monsters WON'T let her be! Every night they sneak in, growling and belching and making a ruckus. Winifred constructs clever traps, but nothing stops these crafty creatures. What's a girl to do? (Hint:...
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Look and Find: Minnie Mouse

Editors of Publications International LTD · Publications International
Format: Hardcover

Minnie Mouse has a busy day ahead of her! Follow her around town as she runs errands, sees friends, reads, exercises, and even fixes a flat tire! While you shop, use your look and find skills in these eight super-busy scenes.
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Animal Planet Wild Animals

Animal Planet · Animal Planet
Pages: 80
Format: Print book

With more than 200 gorgeous animal photos of lions, giraffes, ibexes, flamingos, hippopotamuses, and many others, Animal Planet Wild Animals is a fun, habitat-by-habitat guide that provides kids in the first years of schooling with the perfect bite-sized view of their favorite wild animals....
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Through the Window: Views of Marc Chagall's Life and Art

BARB ROSENSTOCK · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

A gorgeous, expressive picture-book biography of Marc Chagall by the Caldecott Honor team behind The Noisy Paint Box.Through the window, the student sees . . .His future--butcher, baker, blacksmith, but turns away.A classmate sketching a face from a book. His mind blossoms.The power of pictures....
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Leo Gets a Checkup

Anna McQuinn · Charlesbridge
Pages: 24
Format: Hardcover

When Dad takes Leo to visit the doctor, Leo learns to wait his turn, sit quietly while his eyes and ears are checked, and be brave during a shot. And, of course, Leo gets a book before he leaves! Little brother Leo was first introduced through the best-selling Lola Reads series in Lola...
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Volcano Dreams: A Story of Yellowstone

JANET FOX · Web of Life Children's Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

VOLCANO DREAMS leads readers on a tour of Yellowstone National Park, from the wolves, elk, bears, and mountain goats that live there today to the supervolcano that exploded thousands of years ago.
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Rock What Ya Got

Samantha Berger · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

A child reminds everyone to embrace their own special something in this joyful expression of self-love.When a drawing of a little girl comes to life, she boldly declares that she doesn't want to be erased, or put into a picture that doesn't feel like her true self. Instead, she decides...
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Blue

LAURA VACCARO SEEGER · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

How many shades of blue are there?There's the soft blue of a baby's cherished blanket, the ocean blue of a romp in the waves, the chilly blue of a cold winter's walk in the snow, and the true blue of the bond that exists between children and animals.In this simple, sumptuously illustrated...
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Star Wars Are You Scared, Darth Vader?

Adam Rex · Disney Lucasfilm Press
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

Darth Vader isn't scared! Nothing can scare Lord Vader.Right?
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The Girl With a Mind for Math: The Story of Raye Montague

Julia Finley Mosca · The Innovation Press
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Meet Raye Montague -- the hidden mastermind who made waves in the U.S. Navy! After touring a German submarine in the early 1940s, young Raye set her sights on becoming an engineer. Little did she know sexism and racial inequality would challenge that dream every step of the way, even keeping...
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