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Freedom in Congo Square

Carole Boston Weatherford · little bee books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

2017 Caldecott Honor 2017 Coretta Scott King Honor 2017 Charlotte Zolotow Award A 2016 New York Times Best Illustrated Book This poetic, nonfiction story about a little-known piece of African American history captures a human's capacity to find hope and joy in difficult circumstances...
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Look & Find Your World

Thierry Laval · Children's Press®

Readers can take an imaginary journey to the mountains, the sea, outer space, and more in this colorful collection of look-and-find illustrations. Do you see a goat inside a tent? A mermaid investigating a shipwreck? An alien driving a UFO?
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Earthquake

Joyce L. Markovics · Bearport Publishing
Format: Print book

Introduces the topic of earthquakes to young readers.
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Cheers for a Dozen Ears: A Summer Crop of Counting

Felicia Sanzari Chernesky · Albert Whitman & Company
Format: Hardcover

Summertime means fresh veggies at the farm stand to pick out and count! This concept book follows a family's stop at the farm stand as they count tomatoes, strawberries, sunflowers--and yes, ears of corn. Felicia Sanzari Chernesky's simple verses are beautifully accompanied by Susan...
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Extremely Cute Animals Operating Heavy Machinery

David Gordon · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

Just because you're extremely cute, doesn't mean you can't operate a bulldozer! From author-illustrator David Gordon comes a fun, funny, and whimsical take on believing in yourself and telling bullies who's boss!Karen and the other extremely cute animals just want to build...
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A Whale in the Bathtub

Kylie Westaway · Clarion Books
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Praise for A Whale in the Bathtub: "This exuberantly illustrated tale is perfect for pre-scrub reading." - Weekend Australia "Superb storytelling and lively illustrations combine perfectly to make a great read." - Parents in Touch (UK) Bruno! It's bath time!...
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A Dream for a Princess

Melissa Lagonegro · Disney Books For Young Re
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Disney's beloved story of Cinderella is retold in this Deluxe Step 2 Step into Reading leveled reader featuring over 30 shiny stickers! It's perfect for children ages 4 to 6.
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The Ghost in the Attic #2

Dori Hillestad Butler · Grosset & Dunlap
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover

A brand-new young chapter book series from Edgar Award winner Dori Hillestad Butler! After successfully solving the mystery of the ghost in the library, Kaz and Claire land the first case for their detective agency - a haunted attic in a neighbor's home! With a little help from Grannie,...
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I Wanna Go Home

Karen Kaufman Orloff · G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Another hilarious companion to I Wanna Iguana.Alex is not happy about being sent to his grandparents' retirement community while his parents go on a fabulous vacation. What could be worse than tagging along to Grandma's boring bridge game or enduring the sight of Grandpa's dentures?...
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Curious George A Home for Honeybees

H. A. Rey · Houghton Mifflin
Pages: 24
Format: Paperback

In this springtime adventure based on the Emmy Award-winning PBS TV show, George and Steve find themselves in a sticky situation when they accidentally eat all of Betsy's delicious honeycomb for her Earth Day presentation about bees. Now they need to find a way to replace the honeycomb...
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Once upon a Mastodon: All About Prehistoric Mammals

Bonnie Worth · Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

How cool! The Cat and Co. time-travel to the Great Ice Age!   The Cat in the Hat visits with Ice Age mammals on a whirlwind tour of the Pleistocene! From ground sloths as big as elephants to bears as heavy as Volkswagens, the Cat introduces young readers to mastodons, mammoths, woolly...
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When Otis Courted Mama

Kathi Appelt · HMH Books for Young Readers; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Apart from sticker burrs and sand fleas, Cardells life is mostly wonderful. He knows hes loved through and through by his perfectly good mama and his perfectly good daddy. They live in different parts of the desert, but thats okay—Cardell is mostly used to it. Then Otis comes calling,...
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Katy Duck's Happy Halloween

Alyssa Satin Capucilli · Simon Spotlight
Pages: 24
Format: Paperback

Katy Duck goes trick-or-treating in this Halloween-themed Level 1 Ready-to-Read story for beginning readers."Tra-la-la. Quack! Quack!I will be a magicaldancing unicorn!"Katy galloped.She twirled."No one will have a costumelike this," she said. And no one does have a costume...
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The Lost Princess

Debbie Dadey · Aladdin
Format: Hardcover

In this Mermaid Tales adventure, Shelly’s not sure she’s ready to be royalty.Not one of the merkids in Shelly Siren’s third grade class can believe the shell-shattering news: Shelly is a princess! A real princess! It’s been a deep, dark secret in Trident City, but now everyone...
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