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Baby's First Bank Heist

Jim Whalley · Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Meet Baby Frank, the world's most unlikely criminal, as he masterminds his very own bank heist. Perfect for fans of Boss Baby.Move over, Bonnie and Clyde, because there's a new criminal mastermind in town . . . Baby Frank! He's the world's most unlikely criminal, but he's...
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The Too-Scary Story

Bethanie Deeney Murguia · Arthur A. Levine Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Grace wants Papa to tell her a scary bedtime story... but her little brother Walter doesn't want it to be TOO scary! So as Papa invents the story of two children out for a walk in the woods, Grace and Walter take turns correcting him. But when darkness falls, a shadow looms, and footsteps...
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What Happens When a Loved One Dies?: Our First Talk About Death

Jillian Roberts · Orca Books Publishers
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Whether children are experiencing grief and loss for the first time or simply curious, it can be difficult to know how to talk to them about death. Using questions posed in a child's voice and answers that start simply and become more in-depth, this book allows adults to guide the conversation...
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Princess Truly in My Magical, Sparkling Curls

Kelly Greenawalt · Orchard Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

I love my fluffy, puffy curls.I'm so happy they are mine.When I believe in myself,They shimmer and they shine.Princess Truly is back! In the second Princess Truly adventure, Truly's magical, sparkling curls have the power to transport her to exciting new places like the Egyptian pyramids,...
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Skyscraper

Jorey Hurley · Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Acclaimed picture book creator Jorey Hurley who was called "stunning" and "dramatic" tells the story perfect for the youngest reader of all the different and mightly trucks it takes to build a city skyscraper!What once was a vacant lot, watch as truck by truck, a towering...
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Mini Myths: Brush Your Hair, Medusa!

Joan Holub · Harry N. Abrams; Brdbk edition
Format: Board book

Medusa refuses to care for her hair, her long locks getting knottier and dirtier with each passing page. Her hair rebellion elicits frozen expressions of shock from her family, but nothing will convince Medusa to brush. Only her hairdresser approaches Medusa with bravery and a blade, successfully...
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Pat-a-Cake Baby

Joyce Dunbar · Candlewick Press (MA)
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Mother-daughter team Joyce and Polly Dunbar offer a sweet and whimsical confection for babies, inspired by a nursery rhyme.It's late at night, and everyone is sleeping? - ?except for pat-a-cake baby! All dressed up in his chef's coat and hat, baby wants to make a very special cake....
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Give Thank You a Try

Bill O'Reilly · jimmy patterson
Pages: 56
Format: Hardcover

James Patterson, author of the #1 bestselling Give Please a Chance, continues his celebration of simple civility in this follow-up picture book about the power of expressing thanks.In Give Please a Chance, bestselling author James Patterson showed little ones the magic of the word "please."...
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The First Day of School

LARRY DANE BRIMNER · Two Lions
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Puppy is small and loves to play. Bear is big and feels grumpy. But the two unlikely friends soon become inseparable. All summer long they play hide-and-seek under the oak trees, fly down the lane on Bear's bike, and pretend to be pirates. Everything is perfect, until the weather cools...
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Make Way for Ducklings (Viking Kestrel picture books)

Robert McCloskey · Viking Books for Young Readers
Pages: 72
Format: Hardcover

Mrs. Mallard was sure that the pond in the Boston Public Gardens would be a perfect place for her and her eight ducklings to live. The problem was how to get them there through the busy streets of Boston. But with a little help from the Boston police, Mrs. Mallard and Jack, Kack, Lack,...
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My Little Garden

Katrin Wiehle · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 16
Format: Board book

Journey through the garden in this environmentally-friendly board book made from 100% recycled materials.Hedgehog, Mouse and Sparrow live in the garden and introduce readers to their home: showing the vegetable plots, the fruit trees, and the many other creatures who share their world....
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Maggi and Milo Make New Friends

Juli Brenning · Dial Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Perfect for fans of Ladybug Girl, this playground adventure about the joy of making new friends continues the story of the plucky girl-and-dog duo from Maggi and Milo Maggi is an irrepressible girl with an equally awesome best friend: her dog, Milo. So when Mom suggests a day at the park...
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Mouse Loves School

Lauren Thompson · Simon Spotlight
Pages: 22
Format: Hardcover

Mouse decides to hide inside a bright red backpack...and ends up at school! He explores a world full of colors, letters, and numbers and more until, at last, Mouse discovers his favorite thing about school. Friends! Young readers are sure to enjoy Lauren Thompson's simple, energetic text...
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The Animals' Santa

Jan Brett · G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

When Big Snowshoe tells Little Snow that the animals' Santa is coming with presents for everyone, Little Snow wants to know who he is. The animals say they have never seen him. Maybe he's a badger, a moose, a polar bear, or a wolf, they tell him. But this spunky little rabbit...
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A Song for Snow

Monetary Authority of Singapore. Economic Policy Department. · Dial Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

A young owl experiences the magic of a first snowfall - the quiet wintery wonder, the pristine beauty, and snowballs! - in this follow-up to the adorable Hoot and PeepIt's Peep's first winter, and it's going to snow very, very soon. Peep has so many questions for her older brother Hoot:...
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