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Uh-oh Octopus!

Elle van Lieshout · Lemniscaat USA
Format: Hardcover

Mies van Hout has long wished to do an underwater story and the result is this beautiful picture book that truly conveys the deep sea experience. A small octopus lives in a snug apartment until one day an intruder barricades the entrance. Octopus asks for advice on how to escape but the more...
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It's Tough to Lose Your Balloon

Jarrett J. Krosoczka · Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Library Binding

Lost balloons. Melted ice cream. Babysitters. Life as a kid can be pretty daunting. But don't let these troubles get you down. With the right attitude, a hurdle can become a hammock and an obstacle can become an opportunity! Veteran picture book creator Jarrett J. Krosoczka teaches...
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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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Choose Your Days

Paula Wallace · Cinco Puntos Press
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Will little Corky - so quirky and curious - live her life and her dreams to the fullest? When Corky is a baby, Old Bear gives her the keys to her days. As she grows, she lives in wonderment. As her days grow short, she asks Old Bear for a few more days. Old Bear reminds Corky that she holds...
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The Forgotten Rabbit

Nancy Furstinger · The Gryphon Press
Format: Hardcover

"A true success story. I just loved it. The Forgotten Rabbit will not be forgotten!" - Amy Sedaris, proud rabbit rescue owner for over 20 years With its compelling color illustrations and evocative descriptions, The Forgotten Rabbit tells the tale of Bella the rabbit as she makes...
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Dario and the Whale

Cheryl Lawton Malone · Albert Whitman, 2016.
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

When Dario and his mother move to Cape Cod from Brazil, Dario has a hard time making friends since he doesn't speak English well. But one day Dario meets someone else who has just arrived in New England and he doesn't speak any English at all ... because he's a right whale!...
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Caillou The Road Trip: Travel Bingo Game included

Carine Laforest · Caillou
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

One fine day Caillou and his family are going on a car trip and Caillou isn't sure it will be any fun at all. But after playing car games, seeing a big truck, eating at a restaurant and going on a ferry boat ride, Caillou decides that sometimes the journey is more important than the destination!The...
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Maisy's Morning on the Farm

Lucy Cousins · Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

Morning is a busy time on Maisys farm. In MAISYS MORNING ON THE FARM, there are chickens and pigs to feed, and the cow to milk. After the chores are finished, theres just one more thing to do—eat a yummy breakfast!,
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So Many Shapes!

Cordelia Evans · Simon & Schuster Books
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Discover all the shapes in Gabba Land with the whole Yo Gabba Gabba! crew in this entertaining 8x8 storybook!While playing a guessing game, Plex discovers that the Gabba gang doesn't really know much about shapes. There are so many fun shapes, and he can't wait to have his friends...
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The Very Cranky Bear

Nick Bland · Orchard Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Four animal friends cheer up a very cranky bear.Nick Bland's expressive, adorable illustrations complement delightful, rhyming, read-aloud text in this lesson about the importance of sharing with others.Moose, Lion, Zebra, and Sheep take shelter in a cave on a cold and rainy day, only...
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Cat Got a Lot: An I Like to Read® Book

Steve Henry · Holiday House
Pages: 24
Format: Hardcover

Cat wants a fish. He ventures out in search of one and comes across a horn in the window of a music shop that he thinks his neighbor Elephant might like, so Cat buys it. Cat's search for a fish continues when he encounters a bookstore. Certainly bookworm Dog would enjoy a new book,...
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Llama Llama Jingle Bells

Anna Dewdney · Viking Books for Young Readers; Brdbk edition
Format: Board book

With short and simple rhyming text, the Llama Llama board books introduce Llama Llama to babies and toddlers before they're ready for longer full-length stories. And their small size and durable pages are perfect for little hands. In Llama Llama Jingle Bells, little llama and his friends...
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No Nap! Yes Nap!

Margie Palatini · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Mama says, NAP.Baby says, NO NAP!Baby wants to CLAP, DRINK, READ....Anything but NAP!Margie Palatini brings her signature humor to this rollicking sing-song read-along, inviting readers on a fast-paced chase through every room in the house as we follow Mommy on her quest to settle Baby...
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Flora and the Penguin

Molly Schaar Idle · Chronicle Books LLC
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Having mastered ballet in Flora and the Flamingo, Flora takes to the ice and forms an unexpected friendship with a penguin. Twirling, leaping, spinning, and gliding, on skates and flippers, the duo mirror each other's graceful dance above and below the ice. But when Flora gives the penguin...
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