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Helicopters

Chelsea Confalone · Grosset & Dunlap

"Helicopters are amazing machines! They can take off and land vertically, hover over an area, and even fly forward, backward, and laterally. This new nonfiction 8x8 is full of fascinating facts and photographs of these flying giants"--Provided by publisher.
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Skip to the loo, my darling! : a potty book.

Sally Lloyd-Jones · Candlewick Press
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Sally Lloyd-Jones's riotous narration and Anita Jeram's endearing illustrations make this a charming and energetic invitation to potty trainees everywhere.

Bunny wants his potty. What will Bunny do? Only one thing for it . . . skip to the loo! Bunny's not the only one skipping...
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The Christmas Fox

Anik McGrory · New York
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

A Christmas tale for young children that celebrates the true meaning of the season "Come!" drummed a woodpecker one cold, wintry day. "A baby is coming. There's work to be done!" One by one, from field and forest, the animals make their way to a barn. The cow has sweet-smelling...
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Barbie Summer 2016 Movie Pictureback

Random House. · Random House
Pages: 16
Format: Print book

Children ages 3 to 7 will love this full-color storybook based on the latest Barbie™ movie, releasing in fall 2016. Press-out paper dolls and over 50 stickers are included to add to the fun!
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Beach Baby

Laurie Elmquist · Orca Book Publishers
Pages: 24
Format: Board book

A gentle, poetic lullaby for baby, filled with memories from a perfect day playing on the beach. Castles, sand dollars, seals peering out of the waves and the beat of the ocean become sweet reminders of all the magical things that await baby tomorrow. A lyrical celebration of natural beauty...
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Hot Rod Hamster: Monster Truck Mania!

Cynthia Lord · Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

The award-winning, bestselling team Cynthia Lord and Derek Anderson are back with the best Hot Rod Hamster adventure yet: Monster Truck Mania!It's Fair Day, and Fearless Franco's famous Monster Truck Mania has come to town. Hot Rod Hamster and his friends are geared up for a roaring,...
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The Little Red Hen

Byron Barton · HarperCollins; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

Byron Barton presents a fresh retelling of the well-loved folktale of The Little Red Hen. The little red hen grows grain, threshes wheat, bakes bread, and feeds her chicks—all by herself, without any help from her lazy friends. Young readers will learn a valuable lesson about teamwork...
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The Pawed Piper

Michelle Robinson · Candlewick
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Calling all kittens! A little girl longing for a pet of her own gets a bit more than she bargained for in this cat-filled celebration.A small girl wants a cat of her very own: a furry fluffball to cuddle, just like the one in her book or her grandmother's cat, Hector. So she lays a trail:...
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The Runaway Bunny

Margaret Wise Brown · HarperCollins; Revised edition
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

A little bunny keeps runningaway from his mother in an imaginative and imaginary game of verbal hide-and-seek children will be profoundly comforted by this lovingly steadfast mother who finds her child every time.The Runaway Bunny, first published in 1942 and never out of print, has indeed...
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Are You My Mommy?

Mary Murphy · Candlewick; Ltf Brdbk edition
Format: Board book

Lift the flaps and join the peek-a-boo fun with a little pup searching for his mommy.Babies and toddlers are invited to lift the flaps and transform the pictures in this bright board book as they follow a puppy who is looking for his mother. Mary Murphys colorful illustrations of adorable...
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My Very First Book of Shapes / Mi primer libro de figuras: Bilingual Edition

Eric Carle · Philomel; Nov Brdbk edition
Format: Book

Can you find what is round? What is square? In this bilingual English / Spanish edition from Eric Carle, creator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, children can find the bottom half of a page that matches the top half. Find the right pairs, and you will learn to identify all kinds of shapes....
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Muncha! Muncha! Muncha!

Candace Fleming · Atheneum Books for Young Readers; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

How does a dinosaur eat all his food?

Does he burp, does he belch, or make noises quite rude?

Does he pick at his cereal, throw down his cup,

hoping to make someone else pick it up?

Just like kids, dinosaurs have a difficult time learning to behave at the table....
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One Today

Richard Blanco · Little
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

One Today is a poem celebrating America.

President Barack Obama invited Richard Blanco to write a poem to share at his second presidential inauguration.

That poem is One Today, a lush and lyrical, patriotic commemoration of America from dawn to dusk and from coast...
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Baby Says Board Book

John Steptoe · HarperFestival
Pages: 26
Format: Board book

The legendary Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Award-winning author and illustrator John Steptoe shares the story of a baby who desperately wants to get his older brother's attention. Now in board book!Spare text and lively illustrations tell the story of two brothers at opposite...
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Prickly Hedgehogs!

JANE MCGUINNESS · Candlewick
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Who is that small and prickly creature? Visit a hedgehog mom and her babies as she teaches them to survive on their own.When the sun has set, Hedgehog's day has only just begun. She's out and about, snuffling through layers of leaves and twigs as she searches for bugs and other...
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