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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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Pre-Reading Skills: Basic Literacy Concepts in Engaging Read-Aloud Stories

Lynn Maslen Kertell · Scholastic Language: English ISBN-10: 0545064937 ISBN-13: 978-0545064934 Average Customer Review: Be the first to review this item Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,570,702 in Books

"Recognizing shapes trains a child's eye to begin to recognize letters. (Differentiating between a circle and a triangle is the first step in telling an O and an A apart.) Learning that shapes have specific, consistent names and identities helps kids understand that letters have...
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Jack and Jill

Anthony Lewis · Childs Play Intl Ltd; Brdbk edition
Format: Hardcover

A childs language development is strongly influenced by the close sharing of well-known songs and rhymes, and actions and movement aid coordination. Motor skills are closely related to language skills. Encouraging action through rhymes will aid language development.,
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Mimi and Bear in the Snow

Janee Trasler · Farrar Straus Giroux
Pages: 24
Format: Hardcover

Wherever Mimi goes, Bear is sure to be there--whether she is ice-skating, having fancy tea with the queen, or making a scary snow monster. But when Bear gets lost, poor Mimi is heartbroken. Luckily, the snow melts and Mimi and Bear are reunited. Janee Trasler's spare text and utterly...
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How to Catch a Mouse

Philippa Leathers · Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

A confident but inexperienced cat is certain she has scared all the mice out of her house, but things are not always as they seem.Clemmie the cat knows everything about how to catch a mouse, and she would prove it, too - except that she's never actually seen a mouse. Perhaps, she thinks,...
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Druthers

Matt Phelan · Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

With warmth and humor, award-winning author-illustrator Matt Phelan follows a child as she leads her daddy on some rainy-day flights of fancy.It's raining and raining and raining, and Penelope is bored. "What would you do if you had your druthers?" asks her daddy. Well, if Penelope...
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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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Sleepy Dog, Wake Up!

Harriet Ziefert · Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Paperback

The bestselling Sleepy Dog now has a sequel! In this Step 1 Step into Reading Reader, Sleepy Dog does not want to wake up! The sun is up, the cat is up—wake up, Sleepy Dog! Every sleepy child will laugh with Sleepy Dog as he shakes off his snooziness and finally gets out of bed, all ready...
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Before I leave

Jessixa Bagley · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

How do you say goodbye to your best friend?When a little hedgehog's family tells her they're moving far away, she and her anteater best friend decide to play one last time, like nothing is changing. And though it's hard, they discover that while some things have to change, the most...
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The Importance of Being Little: What Preschoolers Really Need from Grownups

Erika Christakis · Viking, 2016.
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

"Teach your children well. It's easier to sing than do. Erika Christakis wants to foment a revolution in early childhood education, and with this deeply insightful, scientifically grounded, and utterly original book, she may just get her way." - Dan Gilbert, author of Stumbling...
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Carry and Learn Colors

Scholastic · Cartwheel Books; Brdbk edition
Format: Board book

An exciting new concept series for toddlers on the go!Learn all about the world of colors with Scholastic's brand new CARRY AND LEARN board book program! This program teaches toddlers early learning concepts such as colors, numbers, shapes, and opposites using multi-sensory novelties...
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Whoops!

Suzi Moore · Templar Books
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

An all-join-in rhyming romp of mixed-up animal sounds!This is the cat, the dog, and the mouse. Here's the old lady in the tumble-down house. She has a spell to make them all well . . . but she just can't find the right one! Whoops! In this hilariously chaotic escapade, three animals are desperate...
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Time Out!

Ale Barba · Philomel Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

This imaginative picture book, filled with rocket ships and dreams of flying to the moon, is perfect for fans of Not A Box and Harold and the Purple Crayon.CRASH! A young boy has made a mess, and his mother sends him to his room for a Time Out. But is Time Out really such a punishment?...
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Midnight at the Zoo

FAYE HANSON · Templar
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

What happens at the zoo when all the people have gone home?Max and Mia are very excited about their school trip to the zoo. But when they arrive, not much is happening: the zebra is asleep, the lions are hiding, and they can't even see a monkey. Max and Mia make the best of it - after...
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Spooky Street

Roger Priddy · Priddy Books
Pages: 14
Format: Board book

Take a walk down Spooky Street to meet all the creepy neighbors that live in each haunted house. This interesting novelty book has a different house to explore on each page and clever peep-through holes to look through. The printed acetate windows reveal what's inside each spooky home...
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