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Llama Destroys the World

Jonathan Stutzman · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Meet Llama, the next great picture-book megastar, who has most definitely driven a bus and who loves tacos way more than you.He also loves cake, and that's where our story begins.On Monday, Llama discovers a pile of cake, which he promptly eats.On Tuesday, Llama squeezes into his dancing...
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Home Is a Window

Stephanie Ledyard · Neal Porter Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

A family learns what home really means, as they leave one beloved residence and make a new home in another.Home can be many things--a window, a doorway, a rug . . . or a hug. At home, everything always feels the same: comfortable and safe. But sometimes things change, and a home must be left...
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Sign Off

Stephen Savage · Beach Lane Books
Pages: 56
Format: Hardcover

From award-winning author-illustrator Stephen Savage comes a playful wordless picture book about what the figures on road signs do when no one is around!What do the figures on signs do when no one is watching? Under cover of night, they leave their signs to play and collaborate in this...
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Lambslide

Ann Patchett · HarperCollins
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

From the international bestselling author of Bel Canto and Commonwealth, Ann Patchett, and the bestselling illustrator of the Fancy Nancy series, Robin Preiss Glasser, comes a hilarious children's story about a slide made just for lambs.Nicolette Farmer is running for class president,...
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How to Be a Big Kid

DK. · DK Children
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

This super-handy book is a survival guide for the busiest job there is: being a preschoolerBeing little is hard work. There's so much for children to learn: tying their shoelaces, finding the right hole for each arm in a sweater, remembering to say "please" and "thank you,"...
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You Are Never Alone

Elin Kelsey · Owlkids
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

From the creators of You Are Stardust and Wild Ideas comes a new picture book that explores how humans are inextricably connected to nature. This book draws examples from the clouds and the cosmos, the seafloor and the surface of our skin, to show how we are never alone: we are always surrounded...
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Just Like Rube Goldberg: The Incredible True Story of the Man Behind the Machines

Sarah Aronson · Beach Lane Books
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

Discover how Rube Goldberg followed his dreams to become an award-winning cartoonist, inventor, and even an adjective in the dictionary in this inspiring and funny biographical picture book. Want to become an award-winning cartoonist and inventor? Follow your dreams, just like Rube Goldberg!...
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Magic Ramen: The Story of Momofuku Ando

Andrea Wang · little bee books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Inspiration struck when Momofuku Ando spotted the long lines for a simple bowl of ramen following World War II. Magic Ramen tells the true story behind the creation of one of the world's most popular foods.Every day, Momofuku Ando would retire to his lab--a little shed in his backyard....
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Hello, I'm Here!

Helen Frost · Candlewick
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

A poetic text and wonderfully intimate photographs follow a newborn sandhill crane as it takes its first steps into the world.Will my legs hold me?What if I fall?Peek in as a sandhill crane hatchling makes its first wobbly stand and takes its first steps alongside its brother. With their...
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Big and Little: A Story of Opposites

Cheryl Pilgrim · Holiday House
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Enormous Big and tiny Little, two adorable dogs, go over and under, deep and shallow, in and out in pursuit of a butterfly.A simple book that introduces the important concept of opposites to the very youngest readers. Loveable Big and effervescent Little opposite in size--and the way they...
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Rainbow: A First Book of Pride

Michael Genhart PhD · Magination Press
Pages: 24
Format: Hardcover

A must-have primer for young readers and a great gift for pride events and throughout the year, beautiful colors all together make a rainbow in Rainbow: A First Book of Pride. This is a sweet ode to rainbow families, and an affirming display of a parent's love for their child and a child's...
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The Cook and the King

Julia Donaldson · Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

The king searches his kingdom far and wide for the perfect cook. He's very particular, and none of the cooks can get the job done just right. Until the king meets Wobbly Bob. The king thinks Wobbly Bob might be the perfect fit, but there's just one small hitch - Wobbly Bob is afraid...
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